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Entries for 'Mike Kojima'
Mike Kojima posted on February 20, 2012 00:00
By Mike Kojima
Alignment is one of the most important things in getting your drift car to handle correctly and a subject that is mangled quite a bit on internet forums. It is important to make your alignment adjustable. In the case of you having a popular car like a Nissan S chassis you can get adjustable front tension rods, rear toe, traction and camber links all off the shelf from companies like SPL Parts and Battle Version. If you have cars with MacPherson struts in the front, you can often get camber plates. Ground Control Suspension has camber plates for many different cars.
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Mike Kojima posted on February 06, 2012 00:00
By Mike Kojima
We had last left our Project 350Z with much improved braking at the track with a big brake kit and other parts from Stoptech. After her last on track foray at Buttonwillow, Sera reported to us that her 350Z was having trouble laying down power out of the turns. On the gas her car wanted to drift immediately which was limiting how hard she could apply the throttle on corner exit. The corner exit drift was not smooth but twitchy as well. When drifting with stock tires, her car was not so bad but with the forces generated by big sticky NT01’s the suspension’s bushings were getting overworked causing toe changes, hurting the car's stability.
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Mike Kojima posted on January 24, 2012 00:00
By Mike Kojima
When we last left off, our Project Trailer was just starting to take shape with the main layout of the framework in place. As the project progresses, Shadow Trailers is continuing to add features to make our trailer more convenient for us to use. Check it out as our super single car hauler comes together.
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Mike Kojima posted on January 19, 2012 00:00
By Mike Kojima
In our last edition of Project 350Z, we upgraded our Wheels and Tires to Motegi TrakLitesand Nitto NT01’s. When Sera went back to the track she reported much more grip and good basic balance, which complemented the Whiteline Swaybars and KW Clubsports we had previously installed. Now it was time for a Stoptech big brake upgrade.
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Mike Kojima posted on January 17, 2012 00:00
By Mike Kojima
Since we opened up the back part of our exhaust with Greddy’s 85mm in diameter RS catback exhaust system, it was natural to next look for a better downpipe. After evaluating what was on the market, we decided to use the AMS Wide Mouth because of several unique design features which we felt made it stand out above the rest.
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Mike Kojima posted on January 10, 2012 09:40
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Project 370Z: Part 1 - Testing the AEM ETI Cold Air Intake
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By Mike Kojima
Nissan’s 370Z is a pretty damn good car. It is a nice improvement over the already good 350Z; it is more powerful, handles better, is lighter, stiffer and faster. We wonder why it doesn’t sell all that well as we feel that it is a class leading car at a reasonable price. Perhaps in this sluggish economy, the market for a mid priced two seat sports car, which for many people is a second or third car is too much of a luxury.
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Mike Kojima posted on January 05, 2012 00:00 
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Project Evo X GSR- Testing the Greddy RS Catback Exhaust System
By Mike Kojima
In our last edition of Project Evo X GSR, we tested the K&N Typhoon Cold Air Intake with excellent results. Since the next logical choice in the path to modding our car is to free up the exhaust, we went to our friends at Greddy to get one of their RS exhaust systems to evaluate. The Greddy RS is a new line of exhausts that are constructed much like their race only systems. The main differences in the RS exhausts are that they allow the use of the stock catalytic converter and do not feature exotic titanium in their construction.
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Mike Kojima posted on December 31, 2011 00:00
Mike Kojima posted on December 30, 2011 00:00
By Mike Kojima
If you were at the Long Beach Grand Prix this last weekend, you would have seen Brandon Davis win the World Challenge Race in his GT class ACS Express Ford Mustang Cobra. Brandon, the 2009 WC GT Champion, drove a controlled race and careful drive to victory. We were lucky enough to be able to get a close look at the car during last year's Sonoma segment of the Redline Time Attack series and can now share some of the car's details with you. A lot about the car is secret but we gleaned a lot from looking closely at what we were allowed to see.
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Mike Kojima posted on December 29, 2011 00:00
By Mike Kojima
The 2011 Formula D pre season is heating up and we are getting in a bunch of last minute coverage on some of the new builds that we can get access to. Last week we showed you an early look at Dai Yoshihara's Team Falken/ Discount Tire car coming together at SPD Metal Works. Now let us take you on a technical tour of the completed car as we caught up to it at Falken's pre season testing at Willow Springs Balcony.
For an earlier view of Dai's car under construction check here!
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