intake manifold Archives

Big Power with a MSD Atomic Intake Manifold and Tuning for Project C7 Corvette!

Posted on May 10, 2022
byMike Kojima

In our last episode of Project C7 Corvette, we installed some Hooker Blackheart long tube header for the direct-injected LT1 engine. For this episode, we are going to add an…

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WATCH: Our C7 Corvette Gets Long-Tube Headers, an Intake Manifold, New Tires and Competes at LS Fest West!

Posted on May 5, 2022May 6, 2022
byJeff Naeyaert

In this video, we’re taking our Project C7 Corvette out to Holley’s LS Fest West in Las Vegas! We’ve been to LS Fest several years in a row now…

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Freeing up the EJ257 Intake Flow with Process West and IAG

Posted on April 24, 2022
byMike Kojima

We were planning to run a Cosworth intake manifold on Project STI’s IAG motor but we were unable to find one for a decent price as they have been discontinued…

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Holley Officially Releases the SkyRam Intake for LS Motors!

Posted on April 1, 2022April 1, 2022
byMike Kojima

We were pretty in shock at our first view of the Holley SkyRam intake manifold. Holley just dropped the press release for it today so we can finally write about…

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Project DBA R35 GT-R, Building the VR38DETT Engine for Mad Power with MAD Sweden!

Posted on January 16, 2022
byMike Kojima

So after maxing out the VR38DETT engine with simple bolt-ons and having to limit the torque to spare the stock rods and connecting rods, we are going to embark on…

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The Best of 2021, #4: Testing The CSF VF Engineering A90 A91 Supra Intake Manifold Intercooler

Posted on December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
byMike Kojima

CSF Radiators in collaboration with VF Engineering is about to launch a new intake manifold for the A90 and A91 Toyota Supra with both the B58B30C and B58M30O1 engines –…

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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 Budget 400WHP S197 Mustang Track Car: Part 2 – Finding out what it takes to make 400WHP

Posted on October 20, 2020October 21, 2020
byBilly Johnson

We strap our first-generation 5.0L “Coyote” V8-powered S197 Mustang to the dyno and test the 2018+ “Gen-3” intake manifold, K&N air intake, and tunes by Palm Beach Dyno to find…

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Project 987.2 Cayman S: Getting More Out of the Engine to Chase the GT4 Part 3

Posted on October 18, 2020October 19, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last article we focused on freeing up the exhaust side of our 9A1 engine. Now we are working on freeing up the intake side of the engine for…

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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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Building a Drift Spec LS3

Posted on January 29, 2020February 3, 2020
byMike Kojima

There is a lot of interest in the LS world nowadays. The LS is rapidly becoming the king of motors, surpassing the Honda B and K series or the 2JZ…

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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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Getting More Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Managment

Posted on October 13, 2019December 9, 2019
byMike Kojima

Photography by Vincent Soto Now that we have accumulated all of the cool parts for our Project Evo IX it is time to start getting it all together to integrate…

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Getting More From the 4G63, Project Evo IX

Posted on January 30, 2019October 10, 2019
byMike Kojima

After sitting for several years, we are getting off of our asses and are working on getting a decent bump in power on Project Mitsubishi Evo IX. In our last…

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Giving the LS3 More Power With Comp Cams and FAST!

Posted on July 30, 2018July 31, 2018
byMike Kojima

If you have been a long time reader of MotoIQ, you probably know of our Social Media Manager, Rathyna Gomer’s LS-powered 350Z drift car. Rathyna is known around here to…

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TESTED: Ford Mustang GT Power Packs 1-3

Posted on October 19, 2017September 22, 2020
byBilly Johnson

TESTED: Ford Mustang GT Power Packs 1-3 by Billy Johnson Ford Performance offers three different 50-state legal “Power Packs” for the 2015-2017 Mustang GT that increases horsepower without affecting the factory…

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Project 5.0 Mustang: Improving the Breathing With Ford Racing and Cooling with CSF

Posted on September 22, 2015May 20, 2019
byMike Kojima

Project 5.0 Mustang: Improving the Breathing With Ford Racing and Cooling with CSF by Mike Kojima In previous installments of our Project Mustang we had installed most of the common…

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Project 350Z: Testing the MotorDyne Engineering MREV 2 Intake Manifold

Posted on March 18, 2014July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project 350Z: Testing the MotorDyne Engineering MREV 2 Intake Manifold by Mike Kojima We are reaching the limit of easy bolt on performance gains with Project 350Z. In looking over…

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Project 350Z – Finding More Power with MotorDyne Engineering

Posted on February 7, 2014July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project 350Z – Finding More Power with MotorDyne Engineering by Mike Kojima In looking for more low hanging horsepower fruit for Project 350Z, we decided to try an intake manifold…

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Tested: S52 vs. M50 Manifold and the TMS Stage 2 & 3 Packages for the BMW E36 M3

Posted on January 8, 2014August 15, 2020
byBilly Johnson

M3’s have always been fantastic handling cars but let’s face it; the US-spec E36 M3 is the only generation M3 that did not receive the same engine as its European…

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A Look Inside, Technosquare’s Ultimate Street Car Turbo Nissan VQ35DE

Posted on October 13, 2009July 4, 2018
byMike Kojima

A Look Inside, Technosquare’s Ultimate Street Car Turbo Nissan VQ35DE by Mike Kojima Cheston Chiu’s turbo Nissan 350Z is well known in the Nissan Z community as being a fast…