Suspension Setup and Tuning Archives

45 Years With ST Suspensions!

Posted on March 5, 2024
byMike Kojima

Born in Southern California, ST Suspensions quickly rose to prominence as a foundational aftermarket supplier, paving the way for the performance aftermarket with its exceptional coilover suspension systems, anti-sway bars,…

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WATCH: How To Adjust Your Shocks Like a Pro and Go Faster | PART 3 – 3, 4 & 5-Way Adjustable Dampers

Posted on June 23, 2023
byJeff Naeyaert

In this third and final part of our “How to adjust your shocks like a pro” series we’ll show you how to set up three-way, four-way and five-way adjustable…

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S2000 Suspension Geometry Fix

Posted on June 11, 2023June 15, 2023
byBrian Jang

In our last article, we lowered the height of our S2000, which changed the suspension geometry leading to tweaked handling and irregular wear to the driveshaft inboard joints. In addition,…

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How to Adjust Your Shocks Like A Pro and Go Faster Part 3: 3,4 and 5-Way Adjustable Shocks With Advanced Techniques

Posted on May 22, 2023May 30, 2023
byMike Kojima

Ah, now it’s time for the third and last edition of this series on shock tuning. We are gonna talk about how to adjust 3 to 5 way adjustable shocks…

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WATCH: How To Adjust Your Shocks Like a Pro and Go Faster | PART 2 – Two-Way Adjustable Dampers

Posted on April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
byJeff Naeyaert

In this second part of our “How to adjust your shocks like a pro series we’ll show you how to set up two-way adjustable shocks! If you liked the…

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How to Adjust Your Shocks, Part Two- Double Adjustable Shocks

Posted on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023
byMike Kojima

In our first article of this series, I talked about the very basics of shock adjustment in general, basic shock damping technology, and how to adjust single adjustable shocks. For…

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WATCH: How To Adjust Your Shocks Like a Pro and Go Faster!

Posted on March 3, 2023
byJeff Naeyaert

In this first part of a new series we’re doing on tuning the suspension on your car, we’ll show you how to set up basic single-way adjustable shocks! If…

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Tech

How Does Engine Position Affect Weight Distribution

Posted on February 26, 2023
byMike Kojima

I have always told people that moving the position of an engine does not make that much of a difference in the car’s weight distribution and that moving a battery…

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How to Adjust Your Shocks, Part One- Single Adjustable Shocks

Posted on February 5, 2023March 5, 2023
byMike Kojima

A lot of the art of shock adjustment is seemingly pretty basic, but as a Motorsports Engineer and someone who is hired frequently to sort out ill-handling cars, I have…

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Strengthening and Improving the Geometry of the S13 Subframe With GKTech and ZSM Custom

Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 2022
byMike Kojima

Since were are building the ultimate suspension system for our S13 with GKTech, we also got some of their parts to beef up the often ignored rear subframe. With stronger…

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Mike Kojima Guest on HP Academy’s Podcast on Suspension!

Posted on September 2, 2022
byMotoIQ Staff

We have always really liked the content that the guys from HP Academy create. They share the same passion for technical excellence as we do and we were recently honored…

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The Most Advanced 240SX/ Nissan S Chassis, Z32/300ZX, R32/GT-R Rear Suspension Ever From GKTech!

Posted on July 24, 2022November 23, 2022
byMike Kojima

In our last story about Suspension for our upcoming S13 Project car, we went over what we feel is the ultimate front suspension/angle kit for the S Chassis from GKTech. …

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Subaru WRX Econo Suspension! Part 2

Posted on July 21, 2022
byMike Kojima

We had last left our GD WRX with the front suspension mods from ST Suspension and Whiteline. Now it’s time to finish the installation at the rear suspension and get…

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Subaru WRX Econo Suspension! Part 1

Posted on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022
byMike Kojima

A lot of what you see here at MotoIQ are often really high-end mods that many people can just dream about or are so high performance and track level that…

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The Most Advanced 240SX/ Nissan S Chassis Front Suspension Ever From GKTech!

Posted on July 10, 2022November 23, 2022
byMike Kojima

We will soon be starting work on a new MotoIQ project car, we have obtained A Nissan S13 240SX hatchback with a totally stock SR20DET swap. This car is going…

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Street Friendly (And California Legal) GD Subaru STI Build! Part Two Streetable Suspension

Posted on May 15, 2022
byMike Kojima

In our first story on our practical daily STI build, we worked over the worn OEM brakes with DBA rotors and Hawk Performance Pads adding a Cobb short shifter into…

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Tune your OEM Active Suspension with DSC Sport’s Suspension Controller

Posted on October 24, 2021November 8, 2021
byMike Kojima

Many of today’s higher-end sports cars and sports sedans have active damper control. The factories engineers use this active control to tune the suspension in the same way that we…

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Project Tundra: Assembling the Ultimate Off Road Drop In Suspension!

Posted on June 1, 2021June 9, 2021
byMike Kojima

After installing and testing our Icon Vehicle Dynamics Stage 10 plus suspension in previous chapters of our Project Tundra build, we were super impressed with how well it performed, the…

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Saving Weight with a Magnus Motorsports Evo Subframe

Posted on January 31, 2021February 27, 2021
byMike Kojima

Evo’s have a pretty good cast aluminum rear subframe from the factory. So when an Evo IX was brought in to have its subframe changed out to a lightweight part…

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WATCH: Ohlins TTX 36 Damper Dissection!

Posted on December 20, 2020December 21, 2020
byJeff Naeyaert

If you got here from our Ohlins facility tour video then you know what you’re about to see! If not, in this video Brad from Ohlins shows our Mike Kojima…

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Project Toyota Tundra, Getting More Traction and Less Breakage with SDHQ Traction Bars!

Posted on December 9, 2020December 13, 2020
byMike Kojima

When you combine big power, big tires and a limited slip differential with leaf springs you have a recipe for the enemy of traction and your driveline parts, wheel hop.…

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Helping Out Rob Dahm, Then Double Driveshaft Explosion while Launching the AWD 4 Rotor!

Posted on November 3, 2020October 30, 2020
byMike Kojima

We have been helping Rob Dahm get the suspension sorted on his amazing 1400 hp 4 rotor AWD FD RX7. Things were looking good and its seems like we got…

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Giving a Hand to Rob Dahm and His Monster AWD 4 Rotor FD

Posted on October 21, 2020
byMike Kojima

We were honored to give a small hand to Rob Dahm in setting up the chassis of his awesome AWD, 1400 HP Garrett boosted 4 rotor FD RX-7. Right now…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 31 – ECM(easure all the things!)

Posted on September 27, 2020October 29, 2020
byErik Jacobs

COVID-19 has impacted everyone, and the motorsports community has been no exception. For a while there, everything was shut down. It didn’t matter if you drove in circles, or made…

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Inside KW Suspensions Solid Piston Shock Technology

Posted on September 13, 2020
byMike Kojima

We were recently at KW Suspensions North American headquarters for some new product training and we got to take apart some of their latest technology, the innovative solid piston damper.…

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DIY Alignment: The Basic Version

Posted on August 19, 2020September 9, 2020
byFrank Ewald

One day you have an alignment shop sponsoring you and your car gets set up and rides the track perfectly. The next day you move to the other side…

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Inside KW Suspensions New EXR valve system!

Posted on August 9, 2020
byMike Kojima

hys·ter·e·sis /ˌhistəˈrēsis/ noun The phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it. Reducing hysteresis is something that shock designers have worked…

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The Ultimate DIY Alignment Rig

Posted on July 26, 2020October 29, 2020
byErik Jacobs

If you’ve been following MotoIQ for a while, you know that Project SC300 has been around for a long, long, long time. If you’ve been paying close attention, you may…

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WATCH: Icon Vehicle Dynamics Stage 10 suspension install on our Tundra!

Posted on July 17, 2020
byJeff Naeyaert

Follow us as we take you through our install of Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension system for the Toyota Tundra as we explain how it works, how to adjust…

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Project Tundra, Installing the Ultimate Bolt On Off Road Suspension From Icon Vehicle Dynamics Part 2

Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020
byMike Kojima

In our last article we explained how the different components of our Icon Vehicle Dynamics suspension system that we would be installing on Project Tundra worked. In this weeks story,…

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Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 – You’re in Figs Army now.

Posted on June 17, 2020
byErik Jacobs

Project SC300 Road Racer: Part 29 – You’re in Figs Army now. by Erik Jacobs Well, it’s been another few months, and I still haven’t driven the SC300. So, why…

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Project Tundra, Installing the Ultimate Bolt On Off Road Suspension From Icon Vehicle Dynamics Part 1

Posted on May 31, 2020June 1, 2020
byMike Kojima

It’s been a long time in between updates for Project Tundra. Most of the time Project Tundra is the garage’s muscle. Moving big parts and towing cars is what it’s…