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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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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…

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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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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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Building an FA20 Race Engine for Michele Abbate: Part 2

Posted on January 27, 2018August 9, 2018
byMike Kojima

So when we last left off, we were putting together some awesome parts for Michele’s engine and were about to embark on assembling it. In the interest of long-term durability, we…

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Building an FA20 Race Engine for Michele Abbate: Part 1

Posted on November 25, 2017August 9, 2018
byMike Kojima

We have known Michele Abbate ever since she was a college student doing track days with her trusty Mazdaspeed Protege and have followed her career as friends as she has…

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Building the FR-S FA20 with Stay Crushing: Installing the Engine and Making Big Power!

Posted on August 17, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the FR-S FA20 with Stay Crushing: Installing the Engine and Making Big Power! by Mike Kojima If you have been following our story, we are now ready to install the engine…

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Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine!

Posted on January 23, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine! by Mike Kojima In our previous installments of the Stay Crushing FR-S engine build, we have been accumulating the parts…

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Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine Part 3, Assembling the Engine

Posted on January 4, 2017July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine Part 3, Assembling the Engine By Mike Kojima In the previous two installments of our engine build, you were able to take a look…

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Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine with Drag Cartel! Part 2

Posted on November 29, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine with Drag Cartel! Part 2 by Mike Kojima In the last edition of building the naturally aspirated K24, we were showing some of…

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Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing!

Posted on October 4, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing! by Mike Kojima Our friend Robert Kochis doesn't seem like a typical MotoIQ reader. He is a cool guy, not a nerd. He vapes…

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Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine! Part 1

Posted on August 31, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine! Part 1 by Mike Kojima The Honda K series of engines is one of our favorites and one of the top production inline…

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Project G20 Race Car: Building a More Bulletproof SR20DE!

Posted on August 18, 2016July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project G20 Race Car: Building a More Bulletproof SR20DE! by Mike Kojima The good old stock SR20DE in our Project G20 Racecar has been doing yeoman duty, reliably lasting for the last…

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Extreme Engine Tech, Building a High Boost 2JZ with Brian Crower and JE Pistons-Part 1

Posted on October 30, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Extreme Engine Tech, Building a High Boost 2JZ-GTE with Brian Crower and JE Pistons-Part 1 by Mike Kojima Building a 2JZ-GTE is not new on the pages of MotoIQ. Pablo…

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Project 350Z- Building a New Engine Part 2

Posted on August 9, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project 350Z: Buidling a New Engine – Part 2 by Mike Kojima When we last left off on Project 350Z, we were in the process of assembling a group of…

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Project 350Z: Building a New Engine – Part 1

Posted on July 8, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Project 350Z: Building a New Engine – Part 1 by Mike Kojima Our Project Z was a pretty good example of what a naturally aspirated VQ35DE could do. However, our …

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Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 2 The Bottom End!

Posted on May 27, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

an Extreme Engine Tech, Building the Ultimate K24 Part 2 The Bottom End! By Mike Kojima In the last edition of our series, building the ultimate streetable late model K24,…

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Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 1 The Cylinder Head!

Posted on May 20, 2015July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 1 The Cylinder Head! by Mike Kojima Modding late model Honda/Acura engines is somewhat problematic lately. Take for instance the late model…

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Building the Ultimate Turbo Small Block Chevy Part 2, The Making of 1100 Hp!

Posted on June 25, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the Ultimate Turbo Small Block Chevy Part 2, The Making of 1100 Hp! by Mike Kojima When deciding the best way to power Daren McNamara’s Formula D S14, Team…

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Building the Ultimate Turbo Small Block Chevy Part 1

Posted on June 6, 2014July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the Ultimate Turbo Small Block Chevy-Part 1 by Mike Kojima The Small Block Chevy is a dead outdated hunk of iron that is best left to old guys puttering…

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Wrench Tip – Gapping Piston Rings

Posted on April 27, 2014July 2, 2018
byMike Kojima

MotoIQ Wrench Tip – How to Gap Piston Rings by Mike Kojima Setting the gap on your piston rings is an important step to building an engine that performs at…

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Inside the Cosworth VQ35DE Rev-Up! Part 1

Posted on May 22, 2012July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Extreme Engine Tech: Inside the Cosworth VQ35DE Rev-Up! (Part 1) By Mike Kojima No, this is not the engine for the Team America BNR32 GT-R Time Attack killer. That engine…

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Building the Long Rod Nissan SR20VE Engine

Posted on September 19, 2011July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Building the Long Rod Nissan SR20VE Engine By Mike Kojima and Chuck Johnson We last left off our SR20VE engine repair job with Port flow Design fixing our head.…

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Does Length Matter? Part Deux

Posted on July 24, 2011June 30, 2018
byKhiem Dinh

Does Length Matter? Part Deux By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by…

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Does Length Matter

Posted on June 19, 2011June 30, 2018
byKhiem Dinh

Does Length Matter? by Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and opinions expressed by Khiem Dinh are…

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Compression Ratio – The Squish

Posted on May 15, 2011June 8, 2018
byKhiem Dinh

Compression Ratio – A Look From The Thermo Side By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements and…

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The Three Day Wonder, Building a Nissan VQ35DE in Just 3 Days!

Posted on March 21, 2011July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

The Three Day Wonder, Building a Turbo Nissan VQ35DE in Just 3 Days! By Costa Gialamas If you have been following our adventures with Dai Yoshihara in the Middle…

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Engine Tech, Building the Nissan VG30DETT part 1

Posted on March 22, 2010July 3, 2018
byMike Kojima

Engine Tech, Building the Nissan VG30DETT part 1 By Mike Kojima Found in the 1990 to 1996 Nissan 300ZX twin turbos, the Nissan VG30DETT is a robust, sturdy engine right…

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Extreme Engine Tech: Jim Wolf Technology’s Turbo Nissan QR25DE Powerhouse Part 1

Posted on January 18, 2010July 4, 2018
byMike Kojima

Jim Wolf Technology’s Turbo Nissan QR25DE Powerhouse – Part 1 By Mike Kojima Due to some rather unfortunate decisions within Nissan’s corporate structure, the QR25DE engine has found its way,…