Project Scion tC at Thunderhill Video!

By Jeff Naeyaert

Check out this cool video of our Project Scion shot at the NASA Six Hours of Thunder hill.

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UPDATE:  Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park New Website

We got an email this weekend from Thomas Malloy, the main man behind the new Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park which is proposed to be constructed just northwest of Lancaster in LA County.  Malloy Is pleased to announce their new website which they recently launched at www.fairmontbuttemotorsportspark.com.  There you'll find more info on the proposed location, track maps, rendered photos of what they want the place to look like and most importantly how you can help get this place built!  MORE

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Project Honda Ruckus Part 5, Engine Bottom End

By Jeff Naeyaert

In the previous installment of Project Honda Ruckus, we worked with Dan Paramore of DPR racing to go where no one else had gone before by carefully porting the head of the Honda GET engine to maximize flow, improve combustion and raise the compression ratio.  To follow the progress of Project Ruckus, click here!

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Happy Thanksgiving from Your Friends at MotoIQ! We're thankful for all our great readers and sponsors that have stuck around while we work out the rough spots, bared with our spelling/grammar mistakes or otherwise participated in making this site a great place for serious car geeks to hang out.  Happy Thanksgiving!

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JTuned.com Is Back and Better Than Ever!! MotoIQ Staff Report After what seems like forever JTuned.com, the site we associate with some of the best import scene features and arguably the best automotive photography on the web is finally live again!  CLICK on over and check them out!

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Project Ruckus part 4, Building the Ultimate Honda GET Engine

By Jeff Naeyaert

In part 3 of Project Ruckus we applied a bunch of bolt on mods to our bike to reach our goal of 50 mph with decent acceleration.  Now that we have hit 50, we still have some shortcomings to our project.  We feel that 50 MPH is the minimal top speed any street driven machine should have, any less and you end up being a hazard, cars tailgate and road rage may ensue.  At the least, you might get cars tailgating and cutting you off, giving you the finger.

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EVENT COVERAGE:  Formula D Irwindale 2009 Photos by Jeff Naeyaert Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, California hosted the 7th and final event of the Formula D Pro Championship, and we were there!  While Kojimasan toiled on Dai Yoshihara's Falken S13 Silvia, I agonized in the annoying 100+ degree heat and tried to get some good photos of the event.  CLICK for the official press release and our photos of the event.

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Project Honda Ruckus part 3, 50 mph or bust!

By Jeff Naeyaert

When we last left Project Honda Ruckus, our first performance mods which included a Yoshimura pipe and a Bowls PC20 big bore carburetor kit had increased the top speed of our Ruckus from a pathetic 37 mph stock to a more reasonable 45 mph. However this was not fast enough to safely cruse on the fast streets of Orange County. The acceleration to reach this top speed was pretty lame as well. We had to get more speed, for safety and to be able to smoke the snobby Vespa riders in our area that would turn up their noses at our little Honda.

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Project Honda Ruckus Part 2- More Stuff, the Next Stage

By Jeff Naeyaert

In our Last edition of Project Ruckus, we worked mainly on getting the handling and braking of our bike up to a standard of reasonable safety, safe enough to handle the mean streets and venture beyond the safety of suburban neighborhoods and the pits at the track. Our bike is still far from our goal of it being able to handle itself on main streets though. For one it’s pitifully slow being barely able to creep up to 37 mph. At this speed the poor Ruck will get run over on the crowed, fast main streets of the South Bay where our office is located. It is also not as cool looking as we would like. So in this edition of Project Ruckus we are going to spiff up the looks of our ride and start working on the issue of power

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