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How to Pass The Drift League Pro Am Tech Inspection!

  • Posted on June 29, 2018July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
  How to Pass Tech Inspection for The Drift League and Other Events! By Mike Kojima As the Technical Director for The Drift League, I was pleased that the quality of…
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Inside the 1000 hp LS, Dai Yoshihara’s Formula Drift Powerplant

  • Posted on May 14, 2018July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Inside the 1000 hp LS, Dai Yoshihara’s Formula Drift Powerplant By Mike Kojima MotoIQ Garage has taken over the development of Dai Yoshihara’s engine program for the last two years…
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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion

  • Posted on April 9, 2018July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Conclusion by Mike Kojima   So if you have been following along with our mini-series on what an end of season refresh on Pro…
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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued!

  • Posted on March 21, 2018July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Dai Yoshihara's 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild Continued! by Mike Kojima   So the rush to freshen Dai's car for 2018 by Eimer Engineering continues. In our last story, the chassis had gotten…
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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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Improving Dai Yoshihara’s Formula Drift Engine Wear With WPC Treatment!

  • Posted on February 21, 2018July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Improving Dai Yoshihara’s Formula Drift Engine Wear With WPC Treatment! by Mike Kojima The world of Pro Drifting is a brutal place for machinery. Since I started my involvement with…
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Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild

  • Posted on February 6, 2018July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild by Mike Kojima After 3 years of Formula Drift competition, our team had pretty much developed the BRZ chassis to where we were satisfied with…
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The Spoon Center Drive Civic: 2017 Changes

  • Posted on December 13, 2017August 21, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
The Spoon Center Drive Civic: 2017 Changes by Mike Kojima 2016 was a pretty disappointing Super Lap Battle for Spoon USA. In the rush after the Formula D season to upgrade the…
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Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with Stoptech! Part 3

  • Posted on January 31, 2017July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with Stoptech! Part 3 by Mike Kojima We have been following the Stoptech’s team build of their NP01 in the MotoIQ Megashop…
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Update: Spoon Sports USA Time Attack Civic!

  • Posted on October 26, 2016February 26, 2019
  • byMike Kojima
Update: Spoon Sports USA Time Attack Civic! by Mike Kojima If you are a Honda fan or a follower of Time Attack then you are probably familiar with the Spoon Sports USA…
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Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with Stoptech! Part 2

  • Posted on August 22, 2016September 11, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with StopTech! Part 2 by Mike Kojima Ever since we laid eyes on the conceptual drawings and parts of the NASA/Elan NP01…
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Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with Stoptech! Part 1

  • Posted on June 13, 2016July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Building a NASA NP01 Prototype the Right Way with StopTech by Mike Kojima Last November we had the chance to drive and evaluate NASA's NP01 Prototype built by Elan. We…
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Analyzing and Driving the NASA/Elan NP01: The Ultimate Affordable Prototype

  • Posted on November 24, 2015July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Analyzing and Driving the NASA/Elan NP01: The Ultimate Affordable Prototype by Mike Kojima When you talk about prototype racing, images come to mind of the exotic, fast and unaffordable P class…
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Chasing the F-Wing: How Spoon Sports USA Beat the FWD Unlimited Record

  • Posted on November 15, 2015July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Chasing the F-Wing: How Spoon Sports USA Beat the FWD Unlimited Record by Mike Kojima Last week at the annual 2015 GTA Super Lap Battle at Buttonwillow Raceway, Chris Rado's…
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Project Ford Fiesta ST, Getting Done-More Details

  • Posted on August 14, 2015July 2, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Project Ford Fiesta ST: Getting Done – More Details by Mike Kojima It takes balls to tear into a brand new car and turn it into a race car but…
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Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports Part 2!

  • Posted on April 14, 2015July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports Part 2! by Mike Kojima When we last left our Project Ford Fiesta ST it was…
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Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car with SPD Motorsports!

  • Posted on March 6, 2015July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Project Ford Fiesta ST- Making the Jump to a Race Car With SPD Motorsports! by Mike Kojima Project Fiesta ST’s owner started to really get the track day bug after…
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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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ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update

  • Posted on August 16, 2014August 14, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update by Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The Team America crew has been busy and the car has really come together in the past…
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ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser

  • Posted on July 31, 2014July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser by Mike Kojima An update has been a long time in coming but it is true, the ARK Team America BNR32 has not…
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Project LS S13: Part 1 – Getting the Chassis Ready

  • Posted on February 4, 2013May 20, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
Our latest project started as an accident.  The S13 that we are using started off as Chuck Johnson’s, one of our writers, daily driver.  It was a really nice S13…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

  • Posted on December 1, 2012August 14, 2018
  • byEric Hsu
 Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9  by Eric Hsu   I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9

  • Posted on December 1, 2012July 3, 2018
  • byEric Hsu
 Team America WTAC – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9  by Eric Hsu   I realize it's been a long ass time since the last update, but they'll start rolling…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

  • Posted on July 29, 2012August 14, 2018
  • byEric Hsu
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8

  • Posted on July 29, 2012July 3, 2018
  • byEric Hsu
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8 By Eric Hsu Mike did a great job covering the build while I was unable to write…
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Matt Powers 2012 Formula D ride Part 4

  • Posted on July 2, 2012July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Matt Powers’ 2012 Formula D ride Part 4 By Mike Kojima When we last left off Costa Gialamas and his crew were pounding away to get Matt’s car done by…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7

  • Posted on July 1, 2012July 3, 2018
  • byEric Hsu
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7

  • Posted on July 1, 2012August 14, 2018
  • byEric Hsu
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu The clock is tearing itself through the calendar and there is…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6

  • Posted on June 13, 2012July 3, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6 By Mike Kojima and Eric Hsu So much has happened on the car that it was a…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6

  • Posted on June 13, 2012August 14, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
As our wing is going to be making a few hundred pounds of downforce, it is important that we have sturdy wing mounts.  Just bolting it to the trunk lid…
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Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5

  • Posted on June 12, 2012August 14, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Believe it or not the saddle is secured with quick release T-Bolt type clamps.  Although this might sound woefully inadequate, please note that Top Fuel cars use this type of…

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