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Project Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R – Part 6: Clutch, Diverter valves, catch cans, and Dyno testing. Going from bad..to great..to terrible.

Posted on September 11, 2022
byPabloMazlumian

It’s been several months since we’ve updated you on our Project Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R. We battled some gremlins and figured things out along the way, and are finally moving…

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Building the Nissan VQ37VHR part 3

Posted on July 5, 2020July 30, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last segment of building the ultimate NA VQ37VHR, we assembled the long block of our engine. Now its ready to drop into the 370Z chassis. We had a…

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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Four

Posted on February 4, 2020November 10, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last articles, we gathered the parts and assembled out low octane Honda K motors for our sleeper DC5 RSX Type S project car. Our engine was intended to…

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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Two

Posted on November 24, 2019November 10, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last article, we discussed the modifications needed to the bottom end on our super pump gas Honda K series engine to get it up to snuff. Now we…

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Getting More Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Managment

Posted on October 13, 2019December 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

Photography by Vincent Soto Now that we have accumulated all of the cool parts for our Project Evo IX it is time to start getting it all together to integrate…

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BMW E39 M5 Fuel Pump Repair With DeatschWerks

Posted on February 7, 2019February 7, 2019
byMartin Gonzales

The E39 M5 has a fuel pump that tends to fail at the most inopportune moments, usually with no warning. This fuel pump issue is something that requires particularly closer…

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Getting More From the 4G63, Project Evo IX

Posted on January 30, 2019October 10, 2019
byMike Kojima

After sitting for several years, we are getting off of our asses and are working on getting a decent bump in power on Project Mitsubishi Evo IX. In our last…

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BMW Powered Toyota 86 – Roll Cage, Pedal Box & Fuel Cell

Posted on September 11, 2018September 27, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Toyota 86 (FR-S or BRZ) does everything quite well, right up until the moment you mash the throttle. The chassis would make an amazing race car, but something has…

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Giving the LS3 More Power With Comp Cams and FAST!

Posted on July 30, 2018July 31, 2018
byMike Kojima

If you have been a long time reader of MotoIQ, you probably know of our Social Media Manager, Rathyna Gomer’s LS-powered 350Z drift car. Rathyna is known around here to…

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Building the FR-S FA20 with Stay Crushing: Installing the Engine and Making Big Power!

Posted on August 17, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the FR-S FA20 with Stay Crushing: Installing the Engine and Making Big Power! by Mike Kojima If you have been following our story, we are now ready to install the engine…

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Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine!

Posted on January 23, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine! by Mike Kojima In our previous installments of the Stay Crushing FR-S engine build, we have been accumulating the parts…

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Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing!

Posted on October 4, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing! by Mike Kojima Our friend Robert Kochis doesn't seem like a typical MotoIQ reader. He is a cool guy, not a nerd. He vapes…

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Project STurdteen: Building the Competitive Drift Car from a Pile

Posted on March 2, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project STurdteen: Building the Competitive Drift Car from a Pile by Mike Kojima Rathyna Gomer is MotoIQ’s sales manager but in her other life she is a Pro-Am drifter. We…

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Supercharging the Nissan VQ35DE with Vortech!

Posted on September 15, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Supercharging the Nissan VQ35DE with Vortech! by Mike Kojima The Nissan VQ35DE in all of its variations is one of the best six cylinders on the market, light compact and…

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Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 3- The Finished Goods!

Posted on June 9, 2015October 27, 2020
byMike Kojima

We have been working with Motovicity for the last few weeks to demonstrate the building of a potent Honda K24Z7 motor, built completely from in stock and off the shelf parts…

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Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 2 The Bottom End!

Posted on May 27, 2015October 26, 2020
byMike Kojima

In the last edition of our series, building the ultimate streetable late model K24, we had focused on the engines top end switching to an earlier model K20Z3 head with…

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Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 1 The Cylinder Head!

Posted on May 20, 2015October 26, 2020
byMike Kojima

Modifying late model Honda/Acura engines is somewhat problematic lately. Take for instance the late model K series engine. Once probably the best naturally aspirated inline four cylinder production engine by…

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Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports Part 2!

Posted on April 14, 2015July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports Part 2! by Mike Kojima When we last left our Project Ford Fiesta ST it was…