Fabrication and Safety Archives

Since were are building the ultimate suspension system for our S13 with GKTech, we also got some of their parts to beef up the often ignored rear subframe. With stronger…

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Project C8 Corvette, Getting Track Safe with Peitz Performance and Simpson Safety

Posted on October 10, 2021
byMike Kojima

Since we have upgraded our C8’s wheels, tires, brakes, and suspension, the car is starting to turn some seriously fast lap times (1:52’s at Buttonwillow CW 13). We found that…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 33 – A quick, dry break with Radium Engineering

Posted on January 25, 2021September 12, 2021
byErik Jacobs

While you haven’t heard from Project SC300 in a minute, it hasn’t been entirely idle. We took the car out to Carolina Motorsports Park last November for some additional testing…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 28 – Getting Safer with Sabelt

Posted on January 12, 2020December 26, 2021
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 28 – Getting Safer with Sabelt by Erik Jacobs Earlier in the year I had gotten all new safety equipment and detailed the journey to…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! Getting Clearance with a Wide Body Kit.

Posted on September 9, 2019
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 23 – Wider is better! by Erik Jacobs We had brakes, we had suspension, we had refreshed hubs, and we had a scary, twitchy car…

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Project SR E30: Part 8 – Fabricating a Custom Stainless Steel Oval Exhaust

Posted on June 9, 2019
byNikita Rushmanov

Part 8??? Wow, we are getting close to the end now! Can we make it a 10 part series? If we had to pick one thing on this car that…

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Project STurdteen, Plumbing the Motor and Getting Her Ready to Run!

Posted on April 28, 2019September 24, 2019
byMike Kojima

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…

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Project S2000: Part 26 – Air to Water Intercooler Setup

Posted on March 25, 2019March 31, 2019
byKhiem Dinh

For my low-speed/max-response turbo S2000 project, I decided to go with an air-to-water setup. Auto-x is the environment I’m designing for where you’re sitting idling for long periods of time…

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Project SR E30: Part 6 – Catch Can, Plumbing and Throttle Cable

Posted on March 6, 2019
byNikita Rushmanov

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…

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Update: The Team America BNR32 Is On Its Wheels Again!

Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019
byMike Kojima

If you have been following the saga of the Team America BNR32 you know it has been in hiatus for quite a while. Brian Kono of Afterhours Automotive has been…

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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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A Proper Primer on Personal Protection

Posted on June 29, 2018July 9, 2018
byErik Jacobs

A Proper Primer on Personal Protection by Erik Jacobs In the time between the SC300 getting dyno tuned and our first track day (complete with transmission soup), I had some…

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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion

Posted on April 9, 2018July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

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…

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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued!

Posted on March 21, 2018July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

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…

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Team America BNR32 GT-R First Update in a Long Time!

Posted on March 19, 2018July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Team America BNR32 GT-R First Update in a Long Time! by Mike Kojima So most of you probably thought that the Team America GT-R was dead, long abandoned to…

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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild

Posted on February 6, 2018July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

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…

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Project SR E30: Part 2 – Making Custom Motor Mounts

Posted on December 14, 2017July 25, 2018
byNikita Rushmanov

In the last episode, we managed to make an SR20DET fit inside an E30. Now it’s time to actually make it stay there. In this installment, we will be fabricating…

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Fabricating Turbo Headers and Exhaust Systems with Eimer Engineering and Burns Stainless

Posted on March 28, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Fabricating Turbo Headers and Exhaust Systems with Eimer Engineering and Burns Stainless by Mike Kojima How do you make a good turbo system even better? We did it by enlisting…

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Project Pure Performance E46 Time Attack

Posted on January 26, 2016February 26, 2019
byMike Kojima

Project Pure Performance E46 Time Attack by Mike Kojima In the pages of MotoIQ, we have partnered with Pure Performance in Laguna Hills California for many of our BMW projects.…

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Project V8 RX-7: Part 17 – Eimer Engineering Arms, Wheel Spacers and the Hunt for Perfect Stance

Posted on August 12, 2015July 1, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project V8 RX-7: Part 17 – Eimer Engineering Arms, Wheel Spacers and the Hunt for Perfect Stance by Mike Kojima In our last Project V8 RX-7 article, we left you with photos…

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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…

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

Posted on March 6, 2015July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car With SPD Motorsports! by Mike Kojima Project Fiesta ST’s owner started to really get the track day bug after…

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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

Posted on September 9, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Andrew Brilliant designed splitter is amazing and somewhat agricultural in appearance. Given the team’s budget and time constraints, Andrew was not commissioned to make it look beautiful; only functional. I can…

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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

Posted on September 9, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Andrew Brilliant designed splitter is amazing and somewhat agricultural in appearance. Given the team’s budget and time constraints, Andrew was not commissioned to make it look beautiful; only functional. I can…

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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

Posted on August 16, 2014August 14, 2018
byMike Kojima

ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update by Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The Team America crew has been busy and the car has really come together in the past…

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ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser

Posted on July 31, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser by Mike Kojima An update has been a long time in coming but it is true, the ARK Team America BNR32 has not…

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Project LS S13: Part 1 – Getting the Chassis Ready

Posted on February 4, 2013May 20, 2020
byMike Kojima

Our latest project started as an accident. The S13 that we are using started off as Chuck Johnson’s, one of our writers, daily driver. It was a really nice S13…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

Posted on December 1, 2012July 3, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9 by Eric Hsu I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

Posted on December 1, 2012August 14, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9 by Eric Hsu I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

Posted on July 29, 2012July 3, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…

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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

Posted on July 29, 2012August 14, 2018
byEric Hsu

Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…

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Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 4

Posted on July 2, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

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…