Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part One
So the MotoIQ garage is in the process of building a pretty neat car, restoring a well worn DC5 RSX to better than its formal glory. The story starts here…
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WATCH: How to Get 150hp/liter from your Honda!
Today in the MotoIQ Garage we’re building a hybrid K24 Honda engine for a customer who wants to get the most power out of his daily driven Acura…
The Mazda RX-9 won’t have a rotary engine
Hot off the heels of the Supra revitalization, the web is filled with the next possible RX Mazda sports car. Fanboys won’t be happy though, because what everyone wants is…
Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 1
Previously we have been working on Project 987.2 Caymans Suspension and Brakes to get them up to Cup Car standards. With that work being completed we are now going to…
Getting More Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Managment
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 into our Link Engine…
Restoring a Legend, Building a LS3 For Falken’s Championship Winning S13 – Part Two
In our last segment, we gave you a look at the 415 cubic inch or 6.8 liter Chevy LS drift motor we are building for Falken Tires ex Yoshihara championship-winning…
Project Ducati 998 Superbike Part 4: Trackday Recap and Fine Tuning
After the shakedown event in the last installment of Project Ducati 998 was brought to an end by a failed fuel pump o-ring, the Ducati is back in the garage…
Project C7 Corvette Stingray, Keeping It Track Cool With CSF
Corvettes always seem to run hot. From our experience, they have run hot since the C4. Heck maybe even before that but we are not old enough to have experienced…
Project Subaru GD STI, Improving The Ignition System!
Nowadays it is hard to improve the ignition on late model cars. New car ignitions, especially ones with coil on plug systems are more powerful from the factory than racing…
Project Ducati 998 Superbike Part 3: Radiator, Fairings and Track Preparation
When building a bike, or anything for that matter, have a plan. ‘While you’re in there’ becomes a very slippery slope. ‘Future-proofing’ always ends up costing ten times more than…
Nerd’s Eye View: Mercedes AMG M139 Engine
Photos from Mercedes A few months ago, the automotive media went nuts over the M139 engine from Mercedes. It’s the highest horsepower 2.0L engine ever to go into production making…
The Dreaded Subaru p0011 and p0021 DTC Codes, Don’t Let Them Wreck Your Turbo!
So DO NOT do what we did when our Project GD STI turned on a p0011 OBD DTC code. What we figured was some sort of sensor issue ended up…
The New Supra Engine Might Actually be Better than BMW’s M Engine
The new 2020 Toyota Supra gets a lot of internet bashing for “being a BMW.” It’s almost as if people believe Toyota is still good at building sports cars on…
Pro Tip! Check Inside Your Oil Filter!
One of the most important things to do when maintaining an engine used in competition or any sort of hard-driving is to constantly monitor its condition and do preemptive service…
Project Ducati 998 Superbike Part 1: Getting a Basket Case Running With a 999 Engine Swap!
I stupidly picked up this dilapidated Ducati 998 Superbike as a birthday gift to myself in October of 2017. My wife said it was stupid to buy another motorcycle a…
Project Porsche 991 GT3 RS, Shedding a Little Weight With Dundon Motorsports!
So I have been pestering the guys at Dundon Motorsports, the maker of our Porsche GT3 RS project car’s awesome set of headers and exhaust system, telling them that they…
Testing Garrett Advancing Motion’s Upgraded Intercooler for the Ford Focus ST!
If you own a Focus ST, Garrett Advancing Motion has come out with a new outstanding bolt on performance intercooler upgrade for your car. We obtained a sample of the…
Testing Borla’s S-Type Cat-Back Exhaust for the 2018+ Mustang GT
For the fourth year in a row, the Mustang continues to be the “best-selling sports coupe in the entire world”. The S550 platform that debut in 2015 catapulted the brand…
Project SR E30: Part 7 – Wiring and First Startup!
Hello! Welcome to the 7th installment in our hardheaded adventure of SR swapping a BMW E30. As you may recall, in part 6, we finished up some plumbing and installed…
Restoring a Legend, Building a LS3 For Falken’s Championship Winning S13, Part One
The Discount Tire/Falken S13 that Dai Yoshihara drove to many podiums and a Formula Drift championship now resides with Falken Tire where it does duty as a promotional demo car. …
Project STurdteen, Plumbing the Motor and Getting Her Ready to Run!
So we have rebuilt the engine and the transmission for Rathyna’s Turd. Now came the job of putting the engine back in the car and undoing the clusterfuck of plumbing…
The Closed Deck Subaru EJ20, Built for Boost!
In our last story, we were assembling the parts for Ian’s long rod stroker EJ205. Now that we had rods and a crankshaft from Eagle and Pistons from JE, it…
WPC Wants You!
WPC Treatment is looking for potential employees. If you are a long time reader of MotoIQ you know that we use WPC treatment on a lot of our projects to…
Project STurdteen: Building the SR20DET Engine
Rathyna’s S13 drift car’s engine was thoroughly hammered with little compression. In our last article, we rebuilt her cylinder head with Portflow Design replacing her worn valve guides and eroded…
King Bearings Long Term Extreme Use Torture Test!
We have been using King Bearings almost exclusively in our engine builds for the past several years and have been getting extremely good results with them. So we wanted to…
Testing the Fluidampr Viscous Harmonic Balancer on the B18C Engine
In laying down the base for some serious B series power that we have planned later, we decided to test out Fluidampr’s viscous harmonic balancer on our Project DC2 Integra’s…
Project SR E30: Part 6 – Catch Can, Plumbing and Throttle Cable
We’re back! After a short break, the SR E30 saga continues! In the last episode, we painted the engine bay and installed the SR20 back into the car… through the…
Preventing S2000 Oiling Issues with Canton
The Honda S2000 is an awesome car. With mild suspension modifications, it handles like a dream and can turn some impressive lap times. With RWD, an engine that is set…
Getting More From the 4G63, Project Evo IX
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…
WATCH: Porsche GT3 RS Headers GUARANTEE Eargasm!
If you haven’t already read our article on the Dundon Motorsports headers and exhaust we installed on our Project Porsche GT3 RS click on that link and do it! …
Modernizing the Evo IX Engine Control
We are finally going to a stand-alone ECU in our Project Evo IX with Link Engine Managment! Since the beginning, our car has been tuned with ECU flash, an open…
Ultimate SR20 Rebuild Guide: Part 2 – Selecting Your Engine Management
In the last installment we disassembled our SR20 in preparation for machining. Now comes the fun part where we get to pick all the parts for the new build! We’re…