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WATCH: Big Power Subaru Parts! Turbo | Exhaust | Fueling

  • Posted on December 23, 2022
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  If you saw our video on how to build an EJ so it won’t blow up (see the link below if not) you’ll definitely want to watch what turbo,…
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Project GD STI, Fixing all the Details!

  • Posted on September 25, 2022September 28, 2022
  • byMike Kojima
There are a lot of small details involved with swapping an engine, especially when upgrading all of the system parts for higher performance.  These make the difference in the reliability…
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Project Tundra- California Legal High Flow Cats from Magnaflow

  • Posted on August 17, 2022August 22, 2022
  • byMike Kojima
Our Project Tundra had had cat problems before. It had a cat function DTC code on bank one at just under 100k miles.  The emissions were still under warranty and…
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WATCH: Long Tube vs Short Tube Headers | The Technical Differences

  • Posted on June 5, 2022
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  A lot of people know that long tube headers generally make more power than short-tube headers, but not many people talk about the technical reasons for that and when…
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WATCH: C7 CORVETTE DYNO TEST | Hooker Blackheart Catback Exhaust & Intech Cold Air Intake

  • Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  We installed a Hooker Blackheart catback exhaust and Holley Performance Intech cold air intake onto our C7 Z51 Corvette Stingray project and were honestly surprised by the results! If…
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Project Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 3 – Dyno Testing Borla S-Type Cat-Back Exhaust and Tune

  • Posted on January 17, 2021January 18, 2021
  • byBilly Johnson
Despite achieving our 400 WHP goal, we installed a Borla S-Type Cat-Back Exhaust to further increase power, reduce weight, and improve the sound of our Mustang.  We also found a…
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Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 2

  • Posted on October 4, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
In previous segments of Project 987.2 Cayman we worked on our suspension and brakes to prepare our chassis for more power.  Now it’s time to attack our 9A1 engine to…
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Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, Bolt On Power Mods Part 1

  • Posted on August 23, 2020September 22, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
Our last work on our project R35 GT-R was to do the suspension and brakes to bring them up to a high level and address some of the R35’s shortcomings…
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Building the Nissan VQ37VHR part 3

  • Posted on July 5, 2020July 30, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
In our last segment of building the ultimate NA VQ37VHR, we assembled the long block of our engine.  Now its ready to drop into the 370Z chassis.  We had a…
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Building the Nissan VQ37VHR part 2

  • Posted on July 1, 2020July 30, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
In our last story, we gave you a sneak peek and a technical overview of the parts we were going to use on our naturally aspirated VQ37VHR engine with some…
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Building the Nissan VQ37VHR!

  • Posted on May 10, 2020July 30, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
The Nissan VQ37VHR is a notoriously difficult engine to modify in naturally aspirated form.  This is due to its VVEL continual variable cam timing system on the intake side of…
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Building a 650 hp Naturally Aspirated Drift Spec LS3 Part 2

  • Posted on March 22, 2020March 23, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
In the first installment of our drift spec LS3 build, we discussed our parts selection and listed the part numbers for building a 650 whp NA monster with parts from…
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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Four

  • Posted on February 4, 2020November 10, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
In our last articles, we gathered the parts and assembled out low octane Honda K motors for our sleeper DC5 RSX Type S project car.  Our engine was intended to…
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BEST OF 2019: Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 1

  • Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
Previously we have been working on Project 987.2 Caymans Suspension and Brakes to get them up to Cup Car standards.  With that work being completed we are now going to…
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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part Two

  • Posted on November 24, 2019November 10, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
In our last article, we discussed the modifications needed to the bottom end on our super pump gas Honda K series engine to get it up to snuff. Now we…
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Project Porsche 991 GT3 RS, Shedding a Little Weight With Dundon Motorsports!

  • Posted on July 29, 2019August 6, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
So I have been pestering the guys at Dundon Motorsports, the maker of our Porsche GT3 RS project car’s awesome set of headers and exhaust system, telling them that they…
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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…
Borla S-type CatBack Mustang Exhaust
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Testing Borla’s S-Type Cat-Back Exhaust for the 2018+ Mustang GT

  • Posted on June 3, 2019
  • byBilly Johnson
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…
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WATCH: Porsche GT3 RS Headers GUARANTEE Eargasm!

  • Posted on December 21, 2018December 28, 2018
  • byJeff Naeyaert
 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! …
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APR and COBB Tuning upgrades for the VW Golf R (MK7)

  • Posted on August 14, 2018August 23, 2018
  • byIsaac Sandoval
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…
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Project R35 GT-R, Saving Weight With a Greddy Titanium Exhaust System!

  • Posted on July 23, 2018July 24, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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Testing Vektor Performance Headers for the 991.2 Porsche 911 Carrera!

  • Posted on July 15, 2018July 16, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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More Power With Dundon Motorsports – Porsche GT3RS

  • Posted on May 22, 2018July 3, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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Dundon Motorsports Headers and Exhaust System for the Porsche 991 GT3 RS

  • Posted on March 3, 2018July 3, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
It’s tricky to attempt to improve the engine performance of a supercar, especially when its one that puts out 125 hp per liter like the Porsche GT3 RS does. When…
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  • BMW
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We Test the BimmerWorld Exhaust and Epic Tune for S65 V8 M3

  • Posted on February 25, 2018July 2, 2018
  • byPabloMazlumian
For this test we used the same 2008 E90 M3 tested against our own Project E46 M3 last year. We Test the BimmerWorld Exhaust and Epic Motorsports ECU Tune for…
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TESTED: Ford Performance Cat-Back Exhaust and GT350 Valence

  • Posted on August 30, 2017September 24, 2020
  • byBilly Johnson
The Ford Mustang may be the best-selling sports car in the world at the time of this writing, yes you read that right, but it is far from the best…
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Building the FR-S FA20 with Stay Crushing: Installing the Engine and Making Big Power!

  • Posted on August 17, 2017July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Building the FR-S FA20 with Stay Crushing: Installing the Engine and Making Big Power! by Mike Kojima If you have been following our story, we are now ready to install the engine…
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Project F150: Part One – Opening Things Up With a MagnaFlow Exhaust System

  • Posted on March 17, 2017July 2, 2018
  • byS Tate
Project F150 EcoBoost: Part One – Opening Things Up With a MagnaFlow Exhaust System by S. Tate   MotoIQ's latest project car is a (tow) truck! Let's get it introduced…
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Project E46 M3, Part 17: Preferred exhaust, MKC/AEM tune

  • Posted on March 6, 2017June 14, 2019
  • byPabloMazlumian
Here is Project M3 sporting a Khoalty rear diffuser and Scorpion exhaust from Bavarian Autosport. Finding the exhaust combo to work with the VAC/Fabspeed header setup has been a real…
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Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine: Part 4- Burns Header and Tuning

  • Posted on February 6, 2017July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine! Part 4- Burns Header and Tuning By Mike Kojima   If you have been following our previous articles of our build of the naturally aspirated K24, we…
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Project E46 M3: Part 15 – more exhaust testing and weight reduction

  • Posted on October 10, 2016July 2, 2018
  • byPabloMazlumian
In this installment we test a Scorpion exhaust system from Bavarian Autosport, which is seen here nestled inside the Khoalty carbon fiber rear diffuser. Project M3: Part 15 – More…
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Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing!

  • Posted on October 4, 2016July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing! by Mike Kojima Our friend Robert Kochis doesn't seem like a typical MotoIQ reader. He is a cool guy, not a nerd. He vapes…

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