Building an FA20 Race Engine for Michele Abbate: Part 2
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
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…
Building the FR-S FA20 with Stay Crushing: Installing the Engine and Making Big Power!
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…
Building the FR-S FA20 Engine with Stay Crushing, Assembling the Engine!
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…
Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine Part 3, Assembling the Engine
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…
Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine with Drag Cartel! Part 2
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…
Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing!
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…
Building the Naturally Aspirated Honda K Engine! Part 1
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…
Project G20 Race Car: Building a More Bulletproof SR20DE!
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…
Extreme Engine Tech, Building a High Boost 2JZ with Brian Crower and JE Pistons-Part 1
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…
Project 350Z- Building a New Engine Part 2
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…
Project 350Z: Building a New Engine – Part 1
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 …
Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 2 The Bottom End!
In the last edition of our series, building the ultimate streetable late model K24, we had focused on the engines top end switching to an earlier model K20Z3 head with…
Extreme Engine Tech: Building the Ultimate K24 Part 1 The Cylinder Head!
Modifying late model Honda/Acura engines is somewhat problematic lately. Take for instance the late model K series engine. Once probably the best naturally aspirated inline four cylinder production engine by…
Building the Ultimate Turbo Small Block Chevy Part 2, The Making of 1100 Hp!
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…
Building the Ultimate Turbo Small Block Chevy Part 1
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…
Wrench Tip – Gapping Piston Rings
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…
Inside the Cosworth VQ35DE Rev-Up! Part 1
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…
Building the Long Rod Nissan SR20VE Engine
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.…
Does Length Matter? Part Deux
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…
Does Length Matter
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…
Compression Ratio – The Squish
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…
The Three Day Wonder, Building a Nissan VQ35DE in Just 3 Days!
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…
Engine Tech, Building the Nissan VG30DETT part 1
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…
Extreme Engine Tech: Jim Wolf Technology’s Turbo Nissan QR25DE Powerhouse Part 1
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,…
Extreme Engine Tech, Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG part 2
Extreme Engine Tech: Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG – Part 2 by Mike Kojima In our last edition of the building of Technosquare’s monster Toyota 4AG, we mainly looked…
Project NSX: Part 3 – Building a Race Proven C32 Engine
At MotoIQ we have always contended that it is a much larger challenge to build an engine to hold up to the stress of road racing than nearly any other…
Extreme Engine Tech, Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG
Extreme Engine Tech: Technosquare’s Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG – Part I by Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert The Toyota 4AG is a historic engine, one that was essential…
A Look Inside, Technosquare’s Ultimate Street Car Turbo Nissan VQ35DE
A Look Inside, Technosquare’s Ultimate Street Car Turbo Nissan VQ35DE by Mike Kojima Cheston Chiu’s turbo Nissan 350Z is well known in the Nissan Z community as being a fast…
Project Pathfinder Part 10, How to Build the Nissan VG30E
Project Pathfinder Part 10, How to Build the Nissan VG30E We are getting quite excited as Project Pathfinders motor is now up and running. We are out to show…
Project Low Buck Nissan SR20DE Part 2
Project Low Buck SR20DE Part 2 Completing the bottom end In our last edition of Project Low Buck SR20DE, we stated our goals to obtain a decent amount of naturally…
Project Low Buck Nissan SR20DE Part One
When it comes to N/A performance, most people immediately think of the Honda brand. Even though Honda motors are coveted for their all motor revving ability, there are other motors…