By Bill Wood
All over America this weekend people will be paying good, hard-earned dollars for the chance to see dramatic Hollywood stories they could see for free at the World Rally Championship round in France. Championships are at stake. First time competitors are in first place for the first time. An engine has blown up sidelining one of the best rally drivers in history. And all that was in the first of three days of competition.
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Formula DRIFT Insider: Episode 8 MotoIQ Staff Report
This weeks episode features an interview with our friend Matt Powers and a fan pole of what they prefer, Imports or Domestic.
Project MKVI Golf TDI: Introduction and Suspension Upgrades
By Steve Rockwood
Diesels aren’t for everyone. It takes a special breed to sacrifice comfort and performance for efficiency. They’re noisier than their gas counterparts, they make less power, you can’t find fuel for them everywhere, and they’re dirtier. Anyone who has been behind a diesel Chevy Celebrity wagon, breathing in clouds of diesel stink while crawling up the onramp at 23mph will attest to these sentiments. Fortunately, VW didn’t give up on improving the quirkiness of Rudolph Diesel’s sparkless engine. The TDI Clean Diesel engine found in our Project MKVI Golf TDI has none of these vices. It is the everyman diesel.
By Sarah Forst
Driving Down Under! MotoIQ checks out cars and culture in New Zealand and hopes for a chance to shift with our stranger hand.
MotoIQ Radio: Cosworth's Eric Hsu, Tyler Hara and Ken Anderson, Tom Maserio from Formula Drift and RaceCrowds.com
By Will Cannady
This will be a very cool episode. Be sure to bring your questions as we will have three represenatives from Cosworth. We will have Tom Masiero on next, he is the Director of Driftstream for Formula Drift as well as a few other ventures you might not have heard of as well as a new project he is brewing with the motorsports fan in mind.
By GT Channel
http://gtchannel.comfor more car videos. Behind the Smoke gives a look into the real life of professional Formula Drift driver, Daijiro Yoshihara. GTChannel's cameras will follow Dai throughout the 2011 FD season both on and off the track giving current and new drifting fans an exclusive look into what it's really like to compete in the top drifting series of N.America.
By Mike Kojima
We had been bolting stuff onto our web guy Frank’s Infiniti G35 sedan, including a really cool prototype exhaust system from Berk Technology. All this did was cause Frank to complain about how loud the car was. Did we even know this guy anymore? Anyways, to appease Frank who also happens to be the best web guy we know by far, we had to do something about the noise.
Project Miatabusa Part 9: We Finally Found a Starter!
by Dave Coleman
Somewhere in the great wide world of starters, there's surely something that will fit in the notch between the Hayabusa engine case and transmission case, line up with the Miata flywheel, have the right tooth pitch for a Miata, and have an unshrouded pinion, right? Sure, but where?
http://gtchannel.com for more car videos. Dai qualifies 7th on Friday to go up against team mate Ross Petty in the top 32 tandem battles. With the overall championship on the line Dai needs to finish better than his rivals JTP and Chris Forsberg who are trailing close behind. Behind the Smoke gives a look into the real life of professional Formula Drift driver, Daijiro Yoshihara. GTChannel's cameras will follow Dai throughout the 2011 FD season both on and off the track giving current and new drifting fans an exclusive look into what it's really like to compete in the top drifting series of N.America. Behind the Smoke is produced by GTChannel in association with Discount Tire/America's Tire and supported by Falken Tire and GoPro.
We have been building our Project Tundra into the ultimate towing machine over the past year with the help of Toyota and TRD. Toyota and TRD’s accessories are great in the fact that they do not affect your warranty and can even be financed at the dealer at the time you purchase your car if you are so inclined. You can check out our look at the supercharger kit contents here.
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