Project 987.2 Cayman S, Cup Car Suspension for the Street!
The Porsche Cayman has always had a dear spot in our hearts. In another life, I was an engineer at a large OEM and we were doing benchmarking testing for…
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Rapid Designing and Testing Suspension With 3D Printing Part 2
In our last story, we were redesigning the steering knuckle/upright for the 2019 season on Dai Yoshihara’s Turn 14 Formula Drift BR-Z. Our design goals were to keep the tires…
Designing Suspension with 3D Printing
Drift cars with their extreme steering angles are pretty difficult to design suspension for. A lot of things must be considered because geometry that works well on a regular car…
The Best of 2018- Project EP3 Civic Si: Why the Suspension Sucks and How to Fix It!
The Best of 2018- Project EP3 Civic Si: Why the Suspension Sucks and How to Fix It! For the Holidays, we take a look back at some of our most…
How to Make Crappy Cars Handle Well!
Handling is a difficult subject for many people to wrap their heads around. Many cars, especially lower end sport compacts have a reputation for awful handling that can’t be fixed or for…
Bushings Upgrade For WRX
Every Subaru suspension bushings of our Subaru WRX had two lifetimes of wear and needed replacing, but we don’t just replace parts here at MotoIQ. We will be completing our…
Team America BNR32 GT-R First Update in a Long Time!
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…
Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing the @$#%! Steering for Good with SHG Motor Works!
Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing the @$#%! Steering for Good with SHG Motor Works! by Mike Kojima In our last edition of Project EP3 Civic Si, we thought we had…
Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing EP3 Bumpsteer with Hardrace
Project EP3 Civic Si: Fixing EP3 Bumpsteer with Hardrace by Mike Kojima In prior editions of Project EP3 Civic Si, we went over the history of the car, the worst…
Project Mustang 5.0 (White)-Reducing Understeer with Ford Racing
Project Mustang 5.0 (White)- Reducing Understeer with Ford Racing by Mike Kojima The McPherson strut suspension found in our Mustang has some good and bad points. The good points are…
ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update
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…
ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update
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…
ARK Design Team America BNR32 GT-R Update
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…
ARK Team America BNR32 GT-R Update Teaser
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 9
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 8
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 7
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 6
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…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu but really again by Mike Kojima Well it's getting closer…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 5
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…
Project V8 RX-7: Part 10 – Power Steering
Project V8 RX-7: Part 10 – Power Steering by Jeff Naeyaert We want power steering! Even though our RX-7 is pretty light at 2,843 pounds with 3/4 of a tank…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In the last segment, Gary Castillo…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 4 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In the last segment, Gary Castillo…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In our last segment we had a…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 3 Supposed to be by Eric Hsu, Really by Mike Kojima In our last segment we had a…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2 By Eric Hsu, Important Stuff By Mike Kojima Mike was driving my G35 home from…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 2
Badass unequal length A-arms all the way! Gary and Tyler working out some problems with the front suspension caused by the position of the front diff with the Hollinger…
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design’s BNR32 Skyline GT-R Intro Part 1
Team America World Time Attack – ARK Design's BNR32 Skyline GT-R Part 1 by Eric Hsu When Richard from Sierra Sierra last year told me that the Sierra Sierra EVO…