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…
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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
As our wing is going to be making a few hundred pounds of downforce, it is important that we have sturdy wing mounts. Just bolting it to the trunk lid…
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu but really again by Mike Kojima Well it's getting closer…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5
Believe it or not the saddle is secured with quick release T-Bolt type clamps. Although this might sound woefully inadequate, please note that Top Fuel cars use this type of…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In the last segment, Gary Castillo…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In the last segment, Gary Castillo…
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In our last segment we had a…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In our last segment we had a…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2 By Eric Hsu, Important Stuff By Mike Kojima Mike was driving my G35 home from…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2
Badass unequal length A-arms all the way! Gary and Tyler working out some problems with the front suspension caused by the position of the front diff with the Hollinger…
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 1
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 1 by Eric Hsu When Richard from Sierra Sierra last year told me that the Sierra Sierra EVO…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 1
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 1 by Eric Hsu When Richard from Sierra Sierra last year told me that the Sierra Sierra EVO…
Project Scion tC Part III
Project Scion TC Part 3 By Mike Kojima After Technosquare was done fabricating our cage we proceeded to paint the cage for corrosion resistance and a finished look. A spot…
Project Scion TC Part Two, Chassis and Cage Construction Details
Project Scion TC Part Two, Chassis and Cage Construction Details By Mike Kojima In our last segment of Project Scion TC Racer we had brought our car to Technosquare…
No Respect, Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 2
No Respect, Project Nissan Sentra Spec-V part 2 By Mike Kojima In our first installment of project Spec-V, in an effort to turn an unloved econobox into a sharply honed time…
How to Make your Own Effective Exhaust System
How to Make Your Own Effective Exhaust System By Mike Kojima and Sarah Forst You are bummed. You don’t own a Honda, STi, EVO or some sort of popular sport…
No Respect, Project Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec-V Part 1
Our virgin stock Spec-V sits in the driveway awaiting its sacrifice to the racing gods. It seems like the B15 Sentra SE-R Spec-V just doesn’t get any respect. Unlike previous…
Project Nissan 300ZXTT Part One
Photos by Casey Heerman and Mike Kojima I guess my wife can blame James Chen of Axis Wheels for this project car. It’s a well known fact that I have…
Project Scion TC Racer Part One
Project Scion TC Racer Part One This is no Lifestyle Car Dammit! Building the first Scion Road Race Car Text and Photos By Mike Kojima I have many faults as…