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Tech
Jeff Naeyaert posted on October 18, 2010 21:02
By Mike Kojima
My involvement this year supporting Dai Yoshihara and James Deane with Falken Motorsports in Formula D drifting has been a wild ride. It was a very interesting learning experience as I finally discovered what the dynamics of a really good drift car are and how to set up the chassis to deliver the performance a driver needs to do his job. Modern Pro drifting is probably the greatest challenge for chassis set up out of any sedan based motorsport and the SPD Metalworks crew works pretty hard to get the car just right for any given course.
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Mike Kojima posted on October 14, 2010 16:42
By Mike Kojima
Unlike the Song by the Dead Milkmen, Conrad Grunewald's Hankook Tire 2010 Formula D pro drift car really is a Bitchin' Camaro. Conrad like many top pro drifters comes from a road racing background. He won the 2002 Skip Barber Mid West Championship with further success in Grand Am cup and Rolex GT racing before starting his career in Formula D. We first ran into Conrad when he was the driver of the Technosquare built Tanaka Racing Z06 C5 Corvette drift car.
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Dave Coleman posted on October 10, 2010 22:00 
Dave Coleman posted on October 07, 2010 21:00
Mike Kojima posted on October 06, 2010 11:34
By Mike Kojima
Hybrid, noun- the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, esp. as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
In what was nearly a generation ago, a fire was started in the Sport Compact performance market. Some guys on the west coast started dropping DOHC B series engines from the Acura Integra and H series engines from the Prelude in to the smaller Civic, dumping out the SOHC D series econo motor. The creation was called a Hybrid and in the smaller lighter Civic the bigger engines produced amazing for the time performance and launched a huge industry that for awhile dominated the modification scene creating a lifestyle of its own. Import Performance. This generation was rooted firmly against anything domestic. Domestic offerings were considered unrefined, unreliable, unsophisticated and redneck.
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Mike Kojima posted on October 05, 2010 12:06
By Mike Kojima
Detonation is perhaps the deadliest sin you can inflict upon your motor. It is usually caused by gluttony, another bad sin, gluttony for more power. Detonation is the result of going too far in the quest for power. Pushing things to the limit when eking the last bit out, too far for your fuel's octane, too far for your fuel system flow capacity, too much heat for your cooling system to dissipate, the list goes on and on. All of these can lead to a quick end to your motor. Really bad detonation can destroy any engine very quickly, about the only way quicker would be to dump out your oil while it's running full tilt.
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Dave Coleman posted on October 04, 2010 20:28
By Dave Coleman
A 70mpg, 7-second 0-60 daily driver for $7,000? It seemed like a good idea at the time...
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Mike Kojima posted on September 28, 2010 19:36
By Mike Kojima
I am not Jesus so I don't have to forgive you if you mess things up when setting up your car. I am talking about sin, pure dumb unforgivable sin. No it's not the one that’s talked about in the New Testament that gives clergy fits to explain to lay people, its a big mistake, one that nearly all enthusiasts are unknowingly guilty of that is the most common mistake when modifying a car's suspension. It’s a sin which so thoroughly screws up handling that it gives engineers fits when trying to explain why this is so to automotive enthusiasts.
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Mike Kojima posted on September 27, 2010 16:43
By Mike Kojima
We have brought our high tech Aprilia SR50 scooter from a fairly low powered urban runabout, whose direct injection stratified charge 50cc two stroke was designed as much for greenness as for performance to a practical suburban commuter whose acceleration and 55 mph top speed are fast enough for serious riding in cut and thrust morning commuter traffic.
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Jeff Naeyaert posted on September 24, 2010 15:44 
MotoIQ Staff Report
Besides its lavish brothels where you can legally get some uh diversions from racing, Pahrump Nevada is known for its state of the art track: Spring Mountain Raceway. We are getting to know our new Traqmate GPS data acquisition system a little better and got to use it again at Redline Time Attack's stop at Spring Mountain.
Data and Cool Stuff Inside!
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