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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…

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Project Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 – Part 1: I finally have one!

Posted on February 28, 2021July 9, 2021
byPabloMazlumian

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.…

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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, 2020September 9, 2021
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…