Visiting Japan 2025
A few weeks ago I decided to go to Japan to check out the car scene and to do some general exploring in the Tokyo area. The last time I…
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Project Do It All S13, Assembling the Bulletproof SR20DET Cylinder Head!
In our last edition of Project Do it All S13, were covered the build of our 2.2 liter bottom end. Now we are going to turn our attention to the…
Project Do It All S13, Assembling the Bulletproof SR20DET Bottom End!
We are starting to put together the SR20DET for our car. Our goals are to have a wide powerband and lots of torque while limiting the revs to the stock…
Introducing Project Phoenix, Round Two of our R35 GT-R Project.
With a crash, Project R35 came to an end. A careless driver ran a stop sign and t-boned our car totaling it. We were really upset that our wonderful, well-rounded…
Turbocharging the Nissan MR20DD Engine, Part 5, Putting It All Together!
So if you have been following our series on building the Turbo Nissan MR20DD engine, you can read about our analysis of the engine in the first chapter, the engine internals…
Turbocharging the Nissan MR20DD Engine, Part 4, The Turbo System
If you have been following our series on building the Turbo Nissan MR20DD engine, you can read about our analysis of the engine in the first chapter, the engine internals…
Turbocharging the Nissan MR20DD, Fortifying the Engines Internals!
If you have been following our build-up of the Nissan MR20DDT, We have been examining the suitability of this engine to be converted to turbocharging. We were able to identify…
Turbocharging the Nissan MR20DD Engine! Part Two, the Internal MR20DD Architecture
In our last story of our saga of turbocharging the MR20DD, we looked at the engine’s external features to see how they would be would be suitable for building a…
The Full Bolt on SR20 Engine, Part One, The Basics
Check out the entire project to date! For MotoIQ Merch and Parts Check out our Store! With our do-it-all all S-Chassis suspension and brakes nearly done, it is time to…
Turbocharging the Nissan MR20DD Engine! Part one, the External MR20DD Architecture
Our latest endeavor in the field of modding cars has been to revisit what was one of our favorite cars of all time, the Nissan Sentra. If it was not…
WATCH: How to Build a Bulletproof 400 Horsepower Nissan SR20 Engine!
MotoIQ would not exist if it wasn’t for the Nissan SR20DE engine and the 1990’s cars the founders of the company drove when they met over 20 years ago!…
AMS Performance Alpha Deep Transmission Oil Pan and Pickup Relocation Kit for the R35 GT-R
If you own an R35 GT-R and drive it hard, you will know about some of its transmission pitfalls. Besides running hot and breaking internal parts if you have a…
Modernizing the 300ZX and the VG30DETT, Fixing Spark Scatter with EPR Engineered Performance
One of the VG30DE and DETT’s weak points is the belt drive of its valvetrain. Belts were the main way to drive camshafts in the 80’s when the engine was…
Modernizing the Nissan 300ZXTT (Z32) Fuel System with Polar Engineering, BDE Engineering and DeatschWerks
There have been a lot of developments for the Z32 and VG30 family engines over the last several years and as we accumulate parts to bring our 300ZXTT project back…
Modernizing the VG30DETT, Fixing the Oil System
The VG30DETT is known to fail the rod bearings. Since the oil pump seems to have decent capacity and the rod bearings have a sufficient surface area, we believe a…
WATCH: Solid Nissan KA24DE Budget Build!
This week Mike takes a look at the often overlooked Nissan KA24DE engine and shows us why it may deserve a second look before tossing it in the trash…
The Most Advanced 240SX/ Nissan S Chassis, Z32/300ZX, R32/GT-R Rear Suspension Ever From GKTech!
In our last story about Suspension for our upcoming S13 Project car, we went over what we feel is the ultimate front suspension/angle kit for the S Chassis from GKTech. …
The Most Advanced 240SX/ Nissan S Chassis Front Suspension Ever From GKTech!
We will soon be starting work on a new MotoIQ project car, we have obtained A Nissan S13 240SX hatchback with a totally stock SR20DET swap. This car is going…
Project R35 GT-R, What is inside our 1200 lb/ft Capable GR-6 Transmission!
For years I have wanted a transmission built by Sheptrans, builder of some of the most amazing transmissions for AWD Mitsubishis and Nissans but I never had a car worthy…
Getting Big VR38DETT Power with Extreme Turbo Systems!
We are getting Project R35 GT-R ready for a huge power infusion if you have been following things. Our goal is to exceed 1000 hp with less turbo lag and…
Project DBA R35 GT-R, Building the VR38DETT Engine for Mad Power with MAD Sweden!
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…
The Best of 2021, #5: Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, The Ultimate R35 Brake System, Nismo/Brembo Carbon Ceramic
The R35 GT-R is a marvelous machine capable of amazing performance. However, it is a heavy beast weighing in at anywhere from 3820 to 3900 lbs depending on year and…
Feal Suspension 442, The Best Sentra B Chassis Shocks!: Tested on the K24 powered NX2000
There are so many options for suspensions systems that it is challenging to make a decision. Unless however, you have a Nissan B13 and then the choices are reduced…
The Nismo R33 400R
If you are into rare JDM cars, one of the unicorn cars that you probably lust after is the Nismo 400R. The 400R is a very limited edition R33 GT-R…
Project Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 – Part 1: I finally have one!
I’m going to tell you a story—a story about a 46–year-old boy who never grew up and now (whether fortunately or unfortunately is up for debate) will never have to.…
Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, Getting Some Serious Power With M-Engineering!
So you have probably been following the progress of our R35 GT-R build over the past few articles. We had installed a full complement of bolt-on power parts from Greddy,…
Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, Adding a Radium Coolant Tank
As we prepare our max effort bolt on GT-R engine for tuning we decided to use Radium Engineering’s Coolant tank as a final touch to clean up our engine compartment. …
Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, Helping the Breathing
The CBA R35 GT-R which was made from 2009 to 2011 was held back significantly by a restrictive air intake. This was improved in 2012 in the more powerful DBA…
The Car Lovers Guide to Japan, The Nissan Heritage Museum
Located in Kanagawa, a suburb of Yokohama on the grounds of Nissan’s Zama plant is the Nissan Heritage Museum. The museum is a must see place if you are…
Building the Nissan VQ37VHR part 3
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…
Building the Nissan VQ37VHR part 2
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…
Building the Nissan VQ37VHR!
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…