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Entries for the 'Project Cars' Category
Wes Dumalski posted on August 27, 2010 19:14 
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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Mike Kojima posted on August 25, 2010 22:17
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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Aaron LaBeau posted on August 15, 2010 13:27
Project Nissan Sentra SE-R: Fmax Manifold
By Aaron LaBeau
In this third part of our series, we travel down to F-Max Fabrication in San Diego, CA for our turbo manifold buildup. Jhame Peters, owner and fabricator, was ready to take the SR20DE to a new level. His turbo manifolds for Toyota, Honda, Lexus and Nissan engines have proven to make high hp numbers and give incredible reliability. Still, we wanted something better than what was currently available and, at the time, we were willing to sacrifice durability to get better flow from an exhaust manifold. As it turned out, we got a lot more than we were asking for.
To read the series click here!
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Mike Kojima posted on August 12, 2010 19:58
By Khiem Dinh
The Honda S2000 is one of our all time favorite cars. In stock trim, it is also pretty capable. With its 50/50 weight distribution and low polar moment of inertia and sophisticated multilink suspension, the S2000 is pretty darned good out of the box. So good that it's one of those cars that tuners often mess up and actually end up reducing the performance on. Well hopefully that won't be us.
To see what else we did to project S2000 click here!
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Mike Kojima posted on August 10, 2010 18:59
By Mike Kojima
In the last installment of our build, we delved into building the bottom end of our VG30DETT engine for the goal of reliably achieving 550 plus horsepower. In this segment we will look into what was done to our top end including the cylinder heads to support this power level.
See part one about the bottom end here!
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Mike Kojima posted on August 05, 2010 22:53 
By Mike Kojima, photos by Jeff Naeyaert
In our last edition of Project Tundra, we discussed why we selected what is now our favorite truck of all time. We basically needed an office hauler, capable of carrying parts, carrying our staff and towing race cars all over the place under all conditions. It had to tow like a diesel and be reliable like a daily driver.
Read More about Project Tundra here!
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MotoIQ posted on August 01, 2010 03:47
Check out Project Scion and her sister car taking 1st and 2nd place at Watkins Glen in World Challenge Touring Car class! Congratulations guys!
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Mike Kojima posted on July 27, 2010 20:07
By Mike Kojima
When we last left off on our QR25DE project, Jim Wolf Technology was well on the development path for our motor with new rods, pistons and the removal of the balance shafts. JWT still had a few more tricks up their sleeves to help the motor make more power and to improve its reliability that we will get into in this installment.
Follow our project here!
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posted on July 21, 2010 19:00
By Khiem Dinh, Photos by Jeff Naeyaert
Although the Honda S2000 is one of our favorite all time cars, one of the parts we like the least about the car is the brake system. Although they are perfectly adequate for street duty, the stock brakes do not match the excellent handling ability of the car and are not up to snuff for track day use. S2000s that are tracked heavily, especially on non-staggered setups running 245 or 255 width front tires, are prone to cracking front rotors. The added traction from the wider front tires means more braking power and therefore more heat the front brakes must dissipate. This added heat is simply beyond the capacity of the stock brakes’ design, leading to oft cracked rotors.
To see what else we did to project S2000 click here!
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Wes Dumalski posted on July 14, 2010 19:48
By Wes Dumalski
It's no secret that driving your car at speed on a road course will bring to light all of the car's weaknesses. After sorting the motor and suspension we decided to take Project 200SX to a few track day events to put the car through its paces. While the car has proven dead reliable we certainly found its shortcomings.
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