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Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, Getting Some Serious Power With M-Engineering!

  • Posted on December 23, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
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,…
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Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, Adding a Radium Coolant Tank

  • Posted on November 18, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
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. …
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Project DBA R35 Nissan GT-R, Helping the Breathing

  • Posted on October 25, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan, The Nissan Heritage Museum

  • Posted on October 11, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
  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…
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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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The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, Nismo Omori Factory

  • Posted on April 19, 2020April 19, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
While we were in Yokohama we dropped by Nismo’s Omori Factory located just outside Nissan’s Oppama assembly plant. The Nismo Facility is a relatively new one.  I worked FOR a…
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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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The Car Lovers Guide To Japan, The Nissan Gallery, Nishi Yokohama

  • Posted on February 25, 2020February 27, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
Nissan’s headquarters used to be in Toyko’s prestigious baller Ginza district.  As the company started to have financial trouble in the early 2000s, Nissan was forced to sell there Ginza…
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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part Two, Non Car Stuff to Do in Tokyo and The Nissan Crossing Part 2

  • Posted on February 17, 2020February 23, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
A few days ago we left you back at the Nissan Crossing with a look at the latest GT-R replacement concept.  Please, Nissan, have the balls to build this! Besides…
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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan! Part One, Non Car Stuff to Do in Tokyo and The Nissan Crossing Part 1

  • Posted on February 14, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
So in our last story, we wrote about how to get around in Japan and how to eat well and relatively inexpensively.  In this edition, before we get into our…
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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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Building the Nissan R35 GT-R VR38DETT For Safe Bolt On Power!

  • Posted on January 7, 2020February 3, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
The R35 GT-R is an exceedingly capable car.  With tons of support from the aftermarket and a basically strong platform, it is capable of world-class performance.  The VR38DETT is an…
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Restoring a Legend, Building a LS3 For Falken’s Championship Winning S13 – Part Three

  • Posted on December 16, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
In the last edition of our engine build, restoring the engine for Dai Yoshihara’s Team Falken S13 we worked on the bottom end fortifying it with parts from JE Pistons,…
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Restoring a Legend, Building a LS3 For Falken’s Championship Winning S13 – Part Two

  • Posted on October 6, 2019November 20, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
In our last segment, we gave you a look at the 415 cubic inch or 6.8 liter Chevy LS drift motor we are building for Falken Tires ex Yoshihara championship-winning…
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An End of an Era of Fun. Good Bye Dog Car!

  • Posted on August 22, 2019August 26, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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Project SR E30: Part 7 – Wiring and First Startup!

  • Posted on May 19, 2019
  • byNikita Rushmanov
Hello! Welcome to the 7th installment in our hardheaded adventure of SR swapping a BMW E30. As you may recall, in part 6, we finished up some plumbing and installed…
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Project G37S Transmission Upgrade part 2

  • Posted on May 14, 2019May 15, 2019
  • byAaron LaBeau
Having addressed most of our cooling concerns in part 1 we continue with the transmission upgrade for our Infiniti G37S.  Ten years ago it would have been a fringe case…
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Restoring a Legend, Building a LS3 For Falken’s Championship Winning S13, Part One

  • Posted on May 5, 2019October 3, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
The Discount Tire/Falken S13 that Dai Yoshihara drove to many podiums and a Formula Drift championship now resides with Falken Tire where it does duty as a promotional demo car. …
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Project STurdteen, Plumbing the Motor and Getting Her Ready to Run!

  • Posted on April 28, 2019September 24, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
So we have rebuilt the engine and the transmission for Rathyna’s Turd.  Now came the job of putting the engine back in the car and undoing the clusterfuck of plumbing…
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Project S-Turdteen Fixing the Transmission

  • Posted on April 14, 2019April 15, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
Well, Rathyna’s S13 not only had a roached engine, but her transmission had given up the ghost as well. It didn’t shift well, third gear was broken and her clutch…
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Project STurdteen: Building the SR20DET Engine

  • Posted on March 31, 2019April 9, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
Rathyna’s S13 drift car’s engine was thoroughly hammered with little compression.  In our last article, we rebuilt her cylinder head with Portflow Design replacing her worn valve guides and eroded…
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The Queen of Hearts – Erin Sanford’s LS-powered Time Attack 240SX

  • Posted on March 17, 2019September 24, 2019
  • byErik Jacobs
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…
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Update: The Team America BNR32 Is On Its Wheels Again!

  • Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
If you have been following the saga of the Team America BNR32 you know it has been in hiatus for quite a while. Brian Kono of Afterhours Automotive has been…
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Team America BNR32 GT-R First Update in a Long Time!

  • Posted on March 19, 2018July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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Pinnacle of Charm – James Deane’s Worthouse Drift / Falken Tire Nissan S15

  • Posted on September 27, 2017July 9, 2018
  • byAndrewJennings
Pinnacle of Charm – James Deane’s Worthouse Drift / Falken Tire Nissan S15 by Andrew Jennings   James Deane is following in the footsteps of several past Western European drift…
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5 Performance Car Engines That Suck

  • Posted on July 25, 2016July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
5 Performance Car Engines That Suck! by Mike Kojima We are going to go out on a limb and make a lot of fanbois angry. They will call BS and…
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Sneak Peek- Matt Coffman’s 2015 Formula Drift Nissan S13

  • Posted on April 29, 2015July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Sneak Peek – Matt Coffman's 2015 Formula Drift Nissan S13 by Mike Kojima 21 year old Matt Coffman is currently in his second year of Formula D competition.  The second youngest driver…
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Project 370Z – ARK Design Superflow Exhaust Test

  • Posted on October 7, 2014July 2, 2018
  • byClintBoisdeau
Project 370Z – ARK Design Superflow Exhaust Test by Clint Boisdeau So Project 370Z has not seen a power part upgrade since the first installment of the series which included…
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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

  • Posted on September 9, 2014July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
The Andrew Brilliant designed splitter is amazing and somewhat agricultural in appearance.  Given the team’s budget and time constraints, Andrew was not commissioned to make it look beautiful; only functional. I can…
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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

  • Posted on September 9, 2014July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
The Andrew Brilliant designed splitter is amazing and somewhat agricultural in appearance.  Given the team’s budget and time constraints, Andrew was not commissioned to make it look beautiful; only functional. I can…

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