Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 28 – Getting Safer with Sabelt
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.
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…
Project SR E30: Part 8 – Fabricating a Custom Stainless Steel Oval Exhaust
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…
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…
Project S2000: Part 26 – Air to Water Intercooler Setup
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…
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…
Update: The Team America BNR32 Is On Its Wheels Again!
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…
BMW Powered Toyota 86 – Roll Cage, Pedal Box & Fuel Cell
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…
A Proper Primer on Personal Protection
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…
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…
Team America BNR32 GT-R First Update in a Long Time!
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…
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…
Project SR E30: Part 2 – Making Custom Motor Mounts
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…
Fabricating Turbo Headers and Exhaust Systems with Eimer Engineering and Burns Stainless
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…
Project Pure Performance E46 Time Attack
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.…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 17 – Eimer Engineering Arms, Wheel Spacers and the Hunt for Perfect Stance
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…
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports Part 2!
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…
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports!
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…
ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update
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…
ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update
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…
ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update
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…
ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser
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…
Project LS S13: Part 1 – Getting the Chassis Ready
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8
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…
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu So much has happened on the car that it was a…