The Impossible Evo Part 5: The Brakes
Turns out, braking is just as important as acceleration when out on the track. Who knew?! In today’s update to the Impossible Evo X, we tackle the brake system. Truth…
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The Impossible Evo Part 4: Ergonomics
Do you ever just feel old? At 38, I’m afraid it’s officially happening to me. Fortunately, only under very specific circumstances. Unfortunately, one of these situations is while driving. With…
The Impossible Evo X: Part 3 – The Cooling System
The steady, albeit slow, march of progress continues on the Impossible Evo X. The car is nearly ready for a baseline track experience, but as the car was optioned with…
KW 3-Way Clubsports for the Evo IX. The Ultimate, All Weather, Daily Driving Shocks!
In the past, to get 3-way adjustable damping on your car, you need to invest in really high-dollar sophisticated race-grade dampers. The trouble with this kind of shock is that…
The Impossible Evo X: Part 2 – How to use a BOV to control compressor surge
On partial throttle, lower revs, my Evo X has turbocharger compressor surge. This is a phenomenon that occurs when the turbocharger compressor wheel is creating more air mass than the…
The Impossible Evo X: Part 1 – An Introduction
Cheap, Fast, Reliable; you can only choose two. We’ve all heard this saying a thousand times. It’s as old as the combustion engine and as true now as it was…
WATCH: Evo 9 Tubular Subframes and Giro Disc Review
We put a customer’s Evo 9 RS on a performance diet courtesy of Magnus Racing and Giro-Disc. Today we’ll walk you through the Magnus front subframe and its additional…
Saving Weight with a Magnus Motorsports Evo Subframe
Evo’s have a pretty good cast aluminum rear subframe from the factory. So when an Evo IX was brought in to have its subframe changed out to a lightweight part…
The CSF Evo X: The Road to Global Time Attack Finals 2020 – Part 7: A Racecar is Always a Show Car
With the 2020 SEMA Show cancelled due to the pandemic, Toyo Tires took their version of the SEMA experience to Downtown LA. This year, Toyo selected a dozen world debut…
The CSF Evo X: The Road to Global Time Attack 2020 – Part 6: All Systems Go
With two weeks left before Global Time Attack Finals 2020, the #CSFevoX makes its way to World Motorsports to get strapped onto their state-of-the-art wind tunnel dyno. Wayne Potts,…
The CSF Evo X, Building a Time Attack Worthy 4B11 Engine Part 1
We are tackling the building of a 4B11 engine for the Time Attack Evo X built by CSF Cooling. The car was previously a big hit on the SEMA/Show circuit…
Getting More Power From the 4G63 With Link Engine Managment
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…
Getting More From the 4G63, Project Evo IX
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…
Oh Boyd That’s Quick – Boyd Racing Evolution X
In drag racing, people talk about “quickest” and “fastest”. Fastest is the term associated with MPH on the timeslip. In time trials and time attack, no one really cares who’s…
WATCH: The MOST In-Depth Look Into the CSF EVO X EVER!
We take a look at CSF Radiator’s EVO X you’ve seen all over the Internet, YouTube and even magazines in the deepest dive you’re gonna find ANYWHERE! If you…
Modernizing the Evo IX Engine Control
We are finally going to a stand-alone ECU in our Project Evo IX with Link Engine Managment! Since the beginning, our car has been tuned with ECU flash, an open…
Ignition system upgrade for the Mitsubishi EVO 8 / 9 – 4G63 engine.
We’re upgrading our Project Evo IX 4G63 motor with high-performance Ignition Projects – ignition coil IP-A133201 which features a high-power built-in spark amplifier, producing 4 times the spark energy and…
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…
Sneak Peek: Team R-Colt Time Attack Mitsubishi Ralliart Colt
Sneak Peek: Team R-Colt Time Attack Mitsubishi Ralliart Colt by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…
Killer Conquest- LS Swapped Conquest Starion
Killer Conquest – LS Powered Conquest Starion by Mike Kojima We are starting a new feature at MotoIQ called “The Alley”. The Alley is our ultimate photo location area, which also happens to be…
We Didn’t Crash!: An Enthusiastic Outing at Road Atlanta in Global Time Attack’s Enthusiast Class
We Didn’t Crash!: An Enthusiastic Outing at Road Atlanta in Global Time Attack’s Enthusiast Class by Daniel O’Donnell Truth be told, I don’t consider myself the best tech writer. I…
Project EVO X GSR- Upgrading the Fuel System with RC Engineering and Cobb Tuning
Project EVO X GSR- Upgrading the Fuel System With Cobb Tuning and RC Engineering by Mike Kojima When we last left off on Project EVO X, we had come close…
Project Evo X GSR- Testing the Greddy RS Catback Exhaust System
Project Evo X GSR- Testing the Greddy RS Catback Exhaust System By Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project Evo X GSR, we tested the K&N Typhoon Cold Air Intake…
Doing more with less, Ryan Gates Blazing Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X
The Attainable Goal, Ryan Gates Blazing Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert In the pages of MotoIQ, we have been focusing on some of…