Project FR-S is for Sale!
So many things good things have to come to an end and for us, we would like to move on to new projects and pass our Project FR-S to a…
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Project FR-S, Fixing the original tune with Church Automotive Testing
We had been running Project FR-S on the track for a few events. Most of these were at Streets of Willow, a tight course with a lot of turns and…
Project FR-S, Improving the Aero Balance with Verus Engineering and Victory Function
When driving Project FR-S on the track we had noticed that although the car had excellent handling in general, it had understeer in high-speed turns. We also noticed in pictures…
Prevent Recovery Damage with Raceseng (and Mount Your Go Pro)
We have seen cars damaged at races and track days by corner workers and tow truck drivers many times. Often the damage caused by recovering the car is worse than…
BMW Powered Toyota 86 – Roll Cage, Pedal Box & Fuel Cell
The Toyota 86 (FR-S or BRZ) does everything quite well, right up until the moment you mash the throttle. The chassis would make an amazing race car, but something has…
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…
Project Unpimp My Ride: Pedders Easyfit Suspension and Swaybars, Street Performance for the Toyota86/BRZ/FR-S
Not all of us want a race car for the street. Although many of us are hardcore track day participants, autocrossers or canyon runner nuts, there are a lot of enthusiasts who…
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 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 FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing, Building the Cylinder Heads With Portflow Design
Building the FR-S FA20 engine with Stay Crushing, Prepping the Cylinder Heads With Portflow Design by Mike Kojima In the last installment of our FA20 engine build, we covered the…
Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S, Getting More Power with a Ganador Exhaust
Project SEMA Scion Tuner Challenge FR-S, Getting More Power with a Ganador Exhaust by Mike Kojima Our first step in extracting more power from our FR-S's FA20 motor was to…
Project FR-S – Testing the Nameless Performance Second Generation Header
Testing the Nameless Performance Second Generation Header by Mike Kojima Until now our FR-S had been running on Nameless Performance's very first prototype header, in fact, this was the very…
Nerd’s Eye View- Inside Evasive Motorsports Scion FR-S!
Nerd's Eye View- Inside Evasive Motorsports Scion FR-S! by Mike Kojima You have probably seen photo spreads of this car in Speedhunters and the magazines. You might have ogled it…
Motovicity’s Ticket To Ride FR-S Update- Exedy Stage 2 Clutch
Motovicity's Ticket To Ride FR-S Update- Exedy Stage 2 Clutch By Mike Kojima In anticipation of more added power to the Motovicity Ticket to Ride FR-S from the HKS Supercharger it…
Project Scion FR-S Part 4- Exhaust and Tuning Frustrations
Project Scion FR-S Part 4- Exhaust and Tuning Frustrations By Mike Kojima When we last left off, we had just installed some bolt ons onto our Scion FR-S's motor…
Project Scion FR-S Part 2- Uncorking the exhaust with Greddy
Project Scion FR-S Part 2- Uncorking the exhaust with GReddy By Mike Kojima The more time we spend behind the wheel of Project Scion FR-S, the more dear it is…
Fredric The Great, a Look Inside the Papadakis Racing Scion tC of Fredric Aasbo
Fredric The Great, a Look Inside the Papadakis Racing Scion tC of Fredric Aasbo By Mike Kojima We had never heard of Norwegian Fredric Aasbo before Formula D's Long Beach…
A Look Inside Tanner Foust’s Rockstar Scion Formula D Drift Machine
The Rockstar/Scion TC built by Papadakis Racing and driven by Tanner Foust is one of the most feared machine/driver combinations on the Formula D circuit. Tanner is currently sitting…