The Mazda RX-9 won’t have a rotary engine
Hot off the heels of the Supra revitalization, the web is filled with the next possible RX Mazda sports car. Fanboys won’t be happy though, because what everyone wants is…
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The New Supra Engine Might Actually be Better than BMW’s M Engine
The new 2020 Toyota Supra gets a lot of internet bashing for “being a BMW.” It’s almost as if people believe Toyota is still good at building sports cars on…
The Eneos Oil Pikes Peak Toyota 86
Last week Eneos Oil officially announced that they would be backing the Evasive Motorsports Toyota 86 for an effort at 2019 running of the Pikes Peak hillclimb. With Formula Drift…
Project MKIV Supra Update: Nitto NT01 Tires
It’s time to give the passionate MotoIQ readers an MKIV Supra update, which today involves a set of Nitto NT01 tires. Over the past 12 months I’ve been so wrapped up…
Survival of the Fittest – Jimahajer Garage Tacoma Overlander
Survival of the Fittest Jimahajer Garage Tacoma Overlander by Erik Jacobs Everyone likes to talk about their bug out stuff and how they’re going to stock up on ammo and…
Can Oil Improve Your Fuel Economy?
Can a simple oil change give you a significant increase in fuel economy? Can the cost of changing your oil provide savings for your wallet? These are questions that oil geeks…
WATCH! In-Depth Look: Fredric Aasbo’s 2018 Formula Drift Toyota Corolla Hatchback
WATCH! In-Depth Look: Fredric Aasbo’s 2018 Formula DRIFT Toyota Corolla Hatchback Last fall, we took a long look at Fredric Aasbo’s Formula DRIFT Toyota Corolla iM, but he’s back for the 2018…
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
Unpimp My Ride: Transforming a Modded BRZ Into a Civilized Daily Driver with Pedders, Verus Engineering and ARK Designs by Mike Kojima Not all of us want a race…
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…
We Look Inside Fredric Aasbo’s Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM Drift Machine
We Look Inside Fredric Aasbo's Papadakis Racing Toyota Corolla iM Drift Machine by Mike Kojima It is really hard to build a competitive car in Formula Drift nowadays. The rules…
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…
5 Performance Car Engines That Suck
5 Performance Car Engines That Suck! by Mike Kojima We are going to go out on a limb and make a lot of fanbois angry. They will call BS and…
TEIN EDFC ACTIVE Controller: Suspension tuning at its best
With wireless and GPS technology, The TEIN EDFC ACTIVE and ACTIVE PRO systems allow for velocity- and G-Force-based (in all directions!) tuning. Unlike the ACTIVE, the ACTIVE PRO also programs…
The Alley: Enrique Perez’s LS-1 powered TE72 Toyota Corolla
The Alley: Enrique Perez's LS-1 powered TE72 Toyota Corolla by Mike Kojima In keeping with our new tradition of using our secret photoshoot location behind the palatal MotoIQ Mega Shop, our…
Nerd’s Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing’s Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine
Nerd's Eye View: Inside Fredric Aasbo/Papadakis Racing's Amazing V8 eating 2AR Toyota Engine By Mike Kojima A couple of years ago, a lot of knowledgeable people, myself included declared that…
Project Toyota Tundra Part 10- Suspension by King Shocks
Project Toyota Tundra Part 10- Suspension by King Shocks By Mike Kojima When we last left off, we had installed bigger brakes as well as wheels and tires on…
Project Toyota Tundra Part 5: Testing TRD’s Warranty Friendly Exhaust System
Project Toyota Tundra Part 5: Testing TRD’s Warranty Friendly Exhaust System By Mike Kojima It’s been a while since we tested our last power adder on Project Tundra, a TRD…