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…
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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
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…
Stroke to Rod Length Ratios and Building a Long Rod Stroker EJ205
Like resoling your favorite pair of shoes, we are going to refresh the engine of our project WRX. If you have been following our series on the remake of Ian’s…
Building the 1.6 liter Ecoboost Engine with mountune Part 1-Project Ford Fiesta ST Race Car
Its been awhile since we did an update on Project Ford Fiesta ST Racecar. Until now we have been working on the chassis but now its time to go through…
APR and COBB Tuning upgrades for the VW Golf R (MK7)
Today we’re going to be upgrading our Project Golf R MK7 with the APR intercooler for enhanced cooling, a COBB GESI catted 3″ downpipe for maximum exhaust flow, and efficiently…
Porsche 911 GT3 RS tuning for 500 WHP
So in our last segment of Project Porsche 911 GT3RS, we installed Dundon Motorsports long tube headers and exhaust and picked up 16 wheel hp and 7 lb/ft of torque…
Ignition system upgrade for the Mitsubishi EVO 8 / 9 – 4G63 engine.
We’re upgrading our Project Evo IX 4G63 motor with high-performance Ignition Projects – ignition coil IP-A133201 which features a high-power built-in spark amplifier, producing 4 times the spark energy and…
Giving the LS3 More Power With Comp Cams and FAST!
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…
Project R35 GT-R, Saving Weight With a Greddy Titanium Exhaust System!
As we have complained about before, the R35 GT-R is a big heavy beast. In our previous segments of Project GT-R, we were able to carve off about 60 lbs…
Testing Vektor Performance Headers for the 991.2 Porsche 911 Carrera!
The introduction 991.2 version of Porsche’s venerable 911 Carrera was somewhat controversial for the Porsche connoisseur. Previous versions of the Carrera were traditionally naturally aspirated with the 991.1 model having…
We Check Out AMS Performance’s Turbo Test Rig
We Check Out AMS Performance’s Turbo Test Rig By Khiem Dinh A couple years ago, AMS Performance became a Garrett turbo distributor. In order to best serve their customers, they…
Bringing the Heat: Under Control!
Bringing the Heat: Under Control! by Frank Ewald Cover Photo by Martin’s Action Photography With our first track day and Knox Mountain Hill Climb 2018 now behind us, we can…
Project DC2 Integra, Testing the Fluidampr Crank Pulley
Project DC2 Integra, Testing the Fluidampr Crank Pulley By Mike Kojima We have big plans for Project Integra B18C engine. Instead of swapping to a K Series engine to make easy…
Ultimate SR20 Rebuild Guide: Part 1 – The Teardown
Hello and welcome to the Ultimate SR20DET Rebuild Guide! In this series we will be covering the disassembly, blueprinting and reassembly of a S13 SR20DET engine in extreme detail. We…
Controlling the Heat: Koyorad Radiator
Controlling the Heat: KoyoRad by Frank Ewald In the last article we discussed how HeatShield Products were being used to contain the heat. This article is looking at the installation…
More Power With Dundon Motorsports – Porsche GT3RS
The Porsche GT3 RS is a supercar with state of the art engineering in the powertrain department. It has a naturally aspirated 6 cylinder flat 6 that pumps out an amazing…
Inside the 1000 hp LS, Dai Yoshihara’s Formula Drift Powerplant
Inside the 1000 hp LS, Dai Yoshihara’s Formula Drift Powerplant By Mike Kojima MotoIQ Garage has taken over the development of Dai Yoshihara’s engine program for the last two years…
Can an Oil Viscosity Affect Power? We Test Idemitsu Zepro Eco Medalist 0W20 to Find Out!
Can you make significant power gains just by changing oil? In the past, we have proven that switching from a lower grade mineral oil to a premium synthetic oil can…