Building a Drift Kart Sort Of
So when Googling around for good prices for kart racing slicks my daughter Christa saw an ad for kart drift tires from Monster Scooters and thinking it would be fun,…
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Inside Michael Essa’s 1000hp Formula Drift BMW E46 M3!
Renaissance man noun The definition of a Renaissance man or woman is a person who is well educated and sophisticated and who has talent and knowledge in many different fields…
BEST OF 2019: The Amazing 10,000 RPM Turbo 3-Rotor 20B Mazda MX-5! Kyle Mohan’s American Ethanol/Mazdatrix Formula Drift Monster
In sea of V8 swapped cars in the pro drifting world, the Mazda MX-5 of Kyle Mohan stands out as a bold statement of uniqueness and technical innovation. It is…
Rapid Designing and Testing Suspension With 3D Printing Part 2
In our last story, we were redesigning the steering knuckle/upright for the 2019 season on Dai Yoshihara’s Turn 14 Formula Drift BR-Z. Our design goals were to keep the tires…
Mason’s Mean LS Powered Mustang 5….3?
Josh Mason originally found himself on the same old path that most drifters travel — an S13 240SX with an impending turbocharged LS swap. Josh, at just 26 years old,…
Designing Suspension with 3D Printing
Drift cars with their extreme steering angles are pretty difficult to design suspension for. A lot of things must be considered because geometry that works well on a regular car…
How to Pass The Drift League Pro Am Tech Inspection!
How to Pass Tech Inspection for The Drift League and Other Events! By Mike Kojima As the Technical Director for The Drift League, I was pleased that the quality of…
WATCH! In-Depth Look: Fredric Aasbo’s 2018 Formula Drift Toyota Corolla Hatchback
WATCH! In-Depth Look: Fredric Aasbo’s 2018 Formula DRIFT Toyota Corolla Hatchback Last fall, we took a long look at Fredric Aasbo’s Formula DRIFT Toyota Corolla iM, but he’s back for the 2018…
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion
Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion by Mike Kojima So if you have been following along with our mini-series on what an end of season refresh on Pro…
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued!
Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued! by Mike Kojima So the rush to freshen Dai's car for 2018 by Eimer Engineering continues. In our last story, the chassis had gotten…
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild by Mike Kojima After 3 years of Formula Drift competition, our team had pretty much developed the BRZ chassis to where we were satisfied with…
We Look Inside Fredric Aasbo’s Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM Drift Machine
We Look Inside Fredric Aasbo's Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM Drift Machine by Mike Kojima It is really hard to build a competitive car in Formula Drift nowadays. The rules…
A Look Inside Alec Hohnadell’s Get Nuts Lab Nissan S14
A Look Inside Alec Hohnadell's Get Nuts Lab Nissan S14 by Mike Kojima Do you want to see a future Formula Drift Champion? Look no further than Alec Hohnadell. At only…
Inside Matt Field’s Drift Assassin Nissan S14
Inside Matt Field's Drift Assassin Nissan S14 by Mike Kojima We have been watching Matt Field for the last few years. Matt originally was a hero of the “keeping it…
Forrest Wang’s Get Nuts Lab! Nissan S15 Drift Car
Forrest Wang’s Get Nuts Lab! Nissan Silvia S15 Drift Car by Mike Kojima If you are a fan of drifting, then you know all about Forrest Wang, who is renowned for…
Sneek Peak- A look Inside Mad Mike Whiddett’s Radbul MX-5
Sneak Peek- A look Inside Mad Mike Whiddett's Radbul MX-5 by Mike Kojima A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to get a close look at the car that…
Sneak Peek- Matt Coffman’s 2015 Formula Drift Nissan S13
Sneak Peek – Matt Coffman's 2015 Formula Drift Nissan S13 by Mike Kojima 21 year old Matt Coffman is currently in his second year of Formula D competition. The second youngest driver…
Sneak Peak-Tanner Foust’s 2015 VW Passat Formula Drift Machine!
Sneak Peak-Tanner Foust's 2015 VW Passat Formula Drift Machine! by Mike Kojima The start of every Formula D season is always pretty cool for the tech head enthusiast. New cars…
The Fabulous Flog: A Look Inside Dai Yoshihara’s Falken Tire Subaru BRZ
The Fabulous Flog: A Look Inside Dai Yoshihara's Falken Tire Subaru BRZ by Mike Kojima What is the Flog? It is the nickname that the Falken team has given their…
Revenge of the Nerd – Power Wars
Revenge of the Nerd – Power Wars by Mike Kojima It’s been quite a while since I had the time to write my supposedly “monthly” column. Since we started MotoIQ…
Nerd’s Eye View, a Look Inside Darren McNamara’s Falken Tire Nissan S14
Nerd's Eye View-a Look Inside Darren McNamara's Falken Tire Nissan S14 By Mike Kojima Falken Tire's drift team consists of Justin Pawlak, Dai Yoshihara and Darren “DMac” McNamara. Hailing…
Nerd’s Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing’s Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine
Nerd's Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing's Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine By Mike Kojima A couple of years ago, a lot of knowledgeable people, myself included declared that…
Sneak Peek: Mike Essa and GSR Autosport’s E46 Build
Sneak Peek: Mike Essa and GSR Autosport’s E46 Build By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…
Please Help! Walker Wilkerson’s FD LS7 Powered S13 has Been Stolen!
Help! Walker Wilkerson's FD LS7 Powered S13 has Been Stolen! MotoIQ Staff Report Walker Wilkerson's competition car and race trailer was stolen from an industrial storage area in Carson…
Sneak Peek: Daigo Saito’s Achilles Tire SC430
Sneak Peek: Daigo Saito's Achilles Tire SC430 By Mike Kojima After two years of rumors and plenty of gossip, it finally happened, Daigo Saito, reportedly the best drift driver…
Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 4
Matt Powers’ 2012 Formula D ride Part 4 By Mike Kojima When we last left off Costa Gialamas and his crew were pounding away to get Matt’s car done by…
Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 3
Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 3 By Mike Kojima When we last left off, Matt's crew chief Costa Gialamas had just begun the heavy fabrication and had just…
Walker Wilkerson’s 2012 Formula D ride
Walker Wilkerson's 2012 Formula D Ride By Mike Kojima In 2011 Walker Wilkerson blasted out of the Pacific Northwest and took the Pro Drifting world by storm. The 21 year…
Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 2
Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 2 By Mike Kojima In our first article we showed you how Matt Powers Crew Chief and fabricator Costa Gialamas prepped the Nissan…
Matt Powers 2012 Formula D Ride!
Matt Powers 2012 Formula D Ride! By Mike Kojima In 2011 Matt Powers battled to sixth place in the Formula D points standing in his Nissan S14 240SX. The old 240…
The Story Behind the Bergenholtz Racing 2009 Mazda RX8 Formula D Pro Drift Car
The Story Behind the Bergenholtz Racing/Nitto Tire 2009 Mazda RX8 Formula D Pro Drift Car By Ron Bergenholtz with Mike Kojima Bergenholtz Racing has always been a fan of Drifting…
The Kid Rocks! A Look Inside Walker Wilkerson’s Nissan S13
The Kid Rocks! A Look Inside Walker Wilkerson’s Nissan S13 By Mike Kojima Walker Wilkerson has suddenly burst upon the Pro Drift scene. At the Long Beach season opener, the…