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Rods and Pistons

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Project Do It All S13, Assembling the Bulletproof SR20DET Bottom End!

  • Posted on May 26, 2024
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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WATCH: How Much Does an LS Engine Build Cost?

  • Posted on February 3, 2023
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Let’s go over the costs of building an LS engine… the MotoIQ way! Mike and Martin go over the costs of a budget oriented build as well as some…
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WATCH: K-series Short Block Guide

  • Posted on October 8, 2022
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Today we’ll show you how to properly build your Honda K-series short block. We’ll go over how to choose pistons for your specific application, block limits, processes available and…
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WATCH: RB26 Bottom End Build: Rods & Pistons

  • Posted on September 9, 2022
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Our project R33 GTR is making good power, but it recently started to smoke. We tore it down and found detonation damage, so it’s time to rebuild the engine!…
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WATCH: How to Build a Turbo Ford Duratec V6

  • Posted on June 17, 2022June 17, 2022
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  We build a lot of different engines here at MotoIQ. We also have exclusive engine programs for a number of high performance companies such as Raiden Performance who we…
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WATCH: We’re Building a Jeep 4.7L Stroker Engine!

  • Posted on February 4, 2022
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  You probably know us for our high performance engine builds for racing but did you know we can also build truck engines? In this video Mike walks you through…
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WATCH: How Much Does a Subaru EJ Engine Build Cost?

  • Posted on December 17, 2021
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Let’s go over the costs of building a Subaru EJ engine…the MotoIQ way! Mike and Martin go over the costs of our “Subaru EJ That Wont Blow Up” and…
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Project GD Subaru STI: Building the Engine Part Two, Bottom End Bits With IAG Performance.

  • Posted on May 2, 2021June 9, 2021
  • byMike Kojima
In part one of our series of building the motor for Project GD STI we talked about the IAG Performance engine cases we are using and all of the prep…
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WATCH: How to Build a Subaru EJ Engine that won’t BLOW UP!

  • Posted on March 6, 2021
  • byJeff Naeyaert
  Time to dust off Project Bugeye WRX and start putting its new engine together. We’ll show you all the parts that will be going into our EJ20 build, along…
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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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What is WPC Treatment and Why Do We Use it?

  • Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
   Wonder why we use this mysterious WPC Treatment on so many of our engine builds? Let us explain what WPC is and how it works. It’s an inexpensive…
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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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WATCH: How to build a RELIABLE 1,400 Horsepower LS Engine!

  • Posted on May 7, 2020
  • byJeff Naeyaert
   Today in the MotoIQ Garage we’re building a 1,400 horsepower LS based engine that will be powering Dai Yoshihara’s Formula Drift BRZ but could be used for any…
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The CSF Evo X, Building a Time Attack Worthy 4B11 Engine Part 1

  • Posted on April 12, 2020April 12, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
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…
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The Car Lovers Guide to Japan, Tomei

  • Posted on April 7, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
As a treat, we got to visit Tomei’s facility located in Machida City, a suburb in Western Tokyo.  Most of you know of Tomei as the supplier of top quality…
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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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WATCH: 650whp “Moderate” Naturally Aspirated LS Build!

  • Posted on February 20, 2020
  • byJeff Naeyaert
   Today in the MotoIQ Garage we’re building a Chevrolet LS3 engine for a customer’s drift car but this particular build could be easily tweaked for road racing or…
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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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WATCH: Mission Impossible – Building the Nissan VQ37VHR!

  • Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019
  • byJeff Naeyaert
   You may not know it but MotoIQ was born and bred by a bunch of Nissan dorks.. Bring the best minds we’ve got together with the companies that…
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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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Getting the Most From 91 Octane Pump Gas with a Honda K Motor, Part One

  • Posted on November 4, 2019November 10, 2020
  • byMike Kojima
So the MotoIQ garage is in the process of building a pretty neat car, restoring a well worn DC5 RSX to better than its formal glory.  The story starts here…
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  • CSF RSX (DC5)
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WATCH: How to Get 150hp/liter from your Honda!

  • Posted on October 24, 2019December 26, 2019
  • byJeff Naeyaert
   Today in the MotoIQ Garage we’re building a hybrid K24 Honda engine for a customer who wants to get the most power out of his daily driven Acura…
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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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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: 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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  • WRX (GD)
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Stroke to Rod Length Ratios and Building a Long Rod Stroker EJ205

  • Posted on October 18, 2018October 18, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Like resoling your favorite pair of shoes, we are going to refresh the engine of our project WRX. If you have been following our series on the remake of Ian’s…
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Building the 1.6 liter Ecoboost Engine with mountune Part 1-Project Ford Fiesta ST Race Car

  • Posted on August 26, 2018August 27, 2018
  • byMike Kojima
Its been awhile since we did an update on Project Ford Fiesta ST Racecar. Until now we have been working on the chassis but now its time to go through…
SR20 compression test
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Ultimate SR20 Rebuild Guide: Part 1 – The Teardown

  • Posted on June 29, 2018July 25, 2018
  • byNikita Rushmanov
Hello and welcome to the Ultimate SR20DET Rebuild Guide! In this series we will be covering the disassembly, blueprinting and reassembly of a S13 SR20DET engine in extreme detail. We…
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  • Tech

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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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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