The Best of 2021 #1: The GT3 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Spaceship
Recently, we got a chance to see a very unique racecar under construction. Our subject car used to be a 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 GT Veloce. The GTV was…
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The Shape of Things to Come: Evasive Motorsports Pikes Peak/Time Attack Tesla Model 3
Like it or not, the electric revolution is coming. Electric cars already outpower IC-driven ones in contests of acceleration and as battery technology and battery management improves, it’s only a…
WATCH: BimmerWorld OPTIMA Batteries E36 Hill Climb Car!
We took a break from isolation to make the trip out to Austin, Texas for Optima Batteries’ Hi-Performance Expo at the Circuit of the Americas last November (2020). We’ll…
Inside Michael Essa’s 1000hp Formula Drift BMW E46 M3!
Renaissance man noun The definition of a Renaissance man or woman is a person who is well educated and sophisticated and who has talent and knowledge in many different fields…
An End of an Era of Fun. Good Bye Dog Car!
This week marked a sad day in MotoIQ and my personal history. Today is the day that the new owner of the little 1996 B14 Sentra race car known in…
The Eneos Oil Pikes Peak Toyota 86
Last week Eneos Oil officially announced that they would be backing the Evasive Motorsports Toyota 86 for an effort at 2019 running of the Pikes Peak hillclimb. With Formula Drift…
The Queen of Hearts – Erin Sanford’s LS-powered Time Attack 240SX
Erin Sanford bought his first S13 in late 2003 after wanting to find something fun to daily drive. The S13 coupe was always visually appealing to him, and so he…
A Look Back, Nissan’s Best Ever Super Bowl Commercial and the Racecar that Never Was
It’s been a long-standing opinion of mine that a front engine layout can potentially work better for Prototype racing. A front engine car can easily be packaged into a body shape like…
K-Tuned Integra Type R: Team Approach!
2018 has been both an incredibly successful year while at the very same time quite a challenging year for the K-Tuned Integra Type R. The car is more powerful and faster than ever, but so is the competition. The team has been pushed throughout the year as they seek to get even more out of this amazing car and even more out of this amazing team.
BBi Autosport’s Ultimate Porsche 993, Modding the Last of the Air Cooled Era Porsches
The Porsche 993 variant of the iconic 911 is perhaps one of the most significant of all the 911 models. It was in many ways a game-changing model that incorporated…
The Best of 2018: The King of Speed, PZ Tuning’s Amazing Time Attack Civic
The King of Speed, PZ Tuning’s Amazing Time Attack Civic By Mike Kojima At the end of 2018, we take another look at the all-dominating FG4 Honda Civic of William…
The New Porsche 935 Spotted
Over the weekend, MotoIQ had a chance to check out the annual Porsche Rennsport Reunion hosted at Laguna Seca Raceway. With over a thousand Porsche cars on display, we spotted…
The CSF EvoX Racecar Build – Engine, Oiling & Cooling
Engine oiling and engine cooling are no-brainer priorities for any race car build, but these items are ever more important for the 4B11 powered CSF EvoX as one of its…
The CSF EvoX Racecar Build – The Beginning
We’ve been working on the CSF EvoX racecar here at the MotoIQ Garage for the better part of the last year, which means we’ve had a front row seat to…
Ryan Passey’s Amazing Miata
Ryan Passey’s Amazing Mazda Hyper Miata By Mike Kojima We have always liked the super-efficient cars of Moti Almagor’s Blackbird Fabworx. His cars have a distinct signature; lightweight, elegant, very fast with…
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…
The Spoon Center Drive Civic: 2017 Changes
The Spoon Center Drive Civic: 2017 Changes by Mike Kojima 2016 was a pretty disappointing Super Lap Battle for Spoon USA. In the rush after the Formula D season to upgrade the…
480WHP Honeywell Garrett Powered F20C: Devin Giles’ Time Attack S2000
480WHP Honeywell Garrett Powered F20C: Devin Giles' Time Attack S2000 by Khiem Dinh Photos Provided by Devin Giles It all starts the same way. “I want to go auto-crossing!”…
We Look Inside Fredric Aasbo’s Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM Drift Machine
We Look Inside Fredric Aasbo's Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM Drift Machine by Mike Kojima It is really hard to build a competitive car in Formula Drift nowadays. The rules…
Hondata’s Land Speed Record Honda CRX
Hondata's Land Speed Record Honda CRX by Mike Kojima A lot of armchair racers like to comment on Land Speed Racing saying things like “how hard could it be to…
K-Tuned Integra Type R Update: The Road to Super Lap Battle
K-Tuned Integra Type R Update: The Road to Super Lap Battle James Houghton's 2017 Season Recap by Frank Ewald The K-Tuned Integra Type R is a truly amazing machine.…
Chris Boersma: Record Breaking, 600 HP Turbo B-Series K-Tuned Civic
Chris Boersma: Record Breaking, 600 HP Turbo B-Series K-Tuned Civic by Frank Ewald Global Time Attack. GridLife. CSCS. East Coast. West Coast. Canada. Winning! New Record! That is the article,…
Breaking Records with the Solo Motorsports 624HP Time Attack BMW 135i
Breaking Records with the Solo Motorsports 624HP Time Attack BMW 135i by Erik Jacobs Solo Motorsports brothers, Harold and Tony Marulanda, have been in the automotive scene in Atlanta…
The Blackbird Fabworx Morpheus Miata!
The Blackbird Fabworx Morpheus Miata! by Mike Kojima The cars created by Moti Almagor of Blackbird Fabworx have always caught our attention. More for less has always been the theme his…
Terrorizing Time: Integra Type R
Terrorizing Time: Integra Type R by Frank Ewald Titles are easy to write and often the hyperbole is so extreme that they are to be ignored. Before you dismiss…
Boersma Racing: SLB Limited FWD Record!
Boersma Racing: SLB Limited FWD Record by Frank Ewald Chris Boersma has been preparing himself and his car for years. There was no mistaking the look in his eyes as…
The Spoon Sports Center Seat Civic at Super Lap Battle!
The Spoon Sports Center Seat Civic at Super Lap Battle! by Mike Kojima We hope you've been following our progress in updating the Spoon Sports USA Time Attack FWD Unlimited…
Update: Spoon Sports USA Time Attack Civic!
Update: Spoon Sports USA Time Attack Civic! by Mike Kojima If you are a Honda fan or a follower of Time Attack then you are probably familiar with the Spoon Sports USA…
The Life of Opy: The Nissan Juke Multi-Purpose Racer Part 4 – To Laguna Seca and Beyond!
The Life of Opy: The Nissan Juke Multi-Purpose Racer Part 4 – To Laguna Seca and Beyond! by Khiem Dinh Opy is now set to venture away from the dirt…