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By Mike Kojima
Every car with aspirations of track driving needs accurate instruments, the EVO is no exception. Factory gauges are very inaccurate, often lagging far behind what is actually going on. In the case of the EVO, most of the important gauges are simply missing. The EVO only has a water temperature gauge, ridiculous for a high performance car. We installed an ARK Designs MFD To fix this.
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MotoIQ Staff Report
If you are into cars, it’s inevitable that your nice shiny new ride will accumulate its share of ugly and annoying dents and dings no matter how careful you are when parking. Even the stored garage queen is not immune to this sort of damage. Some of you have kids, some have crowded garages full of stuff that falls over. Some of you have spouses or SO’s that think your obsession with cars is dumb and park the car any old where when you are not around.
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MotoIQ Staff Report
Series to introduce “All Star” competition, new weekend format, support races and Pro Track Challenge.
With a successful fifth season of the Redline Time Attack Series coming to a close this November, the Series is charting the course for the future of the sport. To best prepare current and future competitors, the Series is releasing the most important details of their future plans. Beginning with the 2011 season, Redline Time Attack will re-format the weekend of racing activities to better showcase the top-level talent and premiere teams that are involved in the sport of time attack.
MotoIQ will be the series' official online media partner and will be covering the events from an insider's view and as a participant. MotoIQ will feature driver and team profiles as well as our trademark in-depth tech dissections of the machines! MORE
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By Billy Johnson
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, previously known simply as “Laguna Seca” was built in 1957 on the land of Fort Ord; which was a maneuvering area and artillery target range for the US Army. World-renowned (by the help of Playstation video games for the younger generation), the track has hosted Champ Car, ALMS, Grand-Am, Moto GP, World Superbike, Formula 5000, Trans-Am, Can Am, and has been the site for several very memorable races. In 1988 the track was increased to its current 2.238 mile, 11-turn configuration with 300 feet of elevation change and the world-famous “Corkscrew” Turn 8.
To see more of Billy's Fast Laps click here!
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By Mike Kojima
What do guys like Billy Johnson, Dai Yoshihara, Joon Maeng, Tyler McQuarrie and other Pro Drivers do to keep sharp in between events and during the off season? Karting. We know that most of you like track time, however track time is a precious commodity that is getting harder to come by in this sluggish economy. As we get older, family and career commitments take away more and more time that used to go to race car maintenance and prep. Some of us move out of family garage space and have less room in apartments and condos. All of these factors make owning a race car more and more difficult.
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By Mike Kojima
Yes, China the land of crappy copycat parts and shady business practices offers up a new plague, this one aimed straight at MotoIQ. For the past two weeks we have been bombarded by Chinese spammers on a daily basis who are attempting to fill our article comments section with crap and have been probing our forums and community sections as well. It's a whole slew of Chinese coming at us from many IP's.
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By Eric Hsu
A fun video Tyler put together for shits and giggles. Hopefully Cosworth doesn't make us take it down. Benny Hill is making a comeback.
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Go fast Bits G-Force boost controller!
By Wes Dumalski
Our mates overseas at Go Fast Bits have been hard at work perfecting a new feature packed boost controller called the G-Force that has hit our shores! This cutting edge unit has all the bells and whistles any boost junkie could ask for. We recently put the G-Force through it's paces on Project 200SX in an effort to share our feedback with Go Fast Bits themselves..... Here are our impressions of the unit they sent us.
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Text and photos by Jeff Naeyaert
When Berk Technology set out to build a time attack car, their intent was not to build some sort of exotic open class killer; it was more to build a rolling test bed for their exhaust products and something that their high performance street customers could relate to. Thus it was decided that their efforts would evolve around building a car to compete in Redline Time Attack's Rear Wheel Drive Street Class. Street Class is something that Berk's customer base could identify with and would be a more powerful marketing statement.
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By Mike Kojima
We spend a lot of time in Project Tundra and if we can do a few things to it to make our life a little easier it is all a good thing. All of our race tracks in Southern California are in hot areas and most of them are in the desert. This means that we are constantly fighting heat, blowing sand, debris and other severe environmental conditions. To help keep Project Tundra's interior cooler and to protect our paint, lights and trim from abrasion and pitting during road trips, we called upon the folks at 3M for help with some of their advanced film technology.
To read more about Project Tundra, Click Here!
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VIDEO: Whiteline Adjustable Swaybars Explained
Whiteline has put together a short video discussing their adjustable swaybars and sizing. Check it out!
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Braille Battery Altima Hybrid at Sebring Time Attack
The August Redline Time Attack event wrote a new chapter in the Time Attack history books. Not only was it the first time Redline Time Attack visited the historic Sebring International Raceway, but fans also witnessed the first production based Hybrid racecar compete in Time Attack.
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