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Entries for the 'Toyota' Category
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.
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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.
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Mike Kojima posted on January 27, 2010 11:34
By Mike Kojima
Today Toyota announced perhaps what is the most extensive, comprehensive and expensive recall in the history of Automotive manufacturing. The recall involves eight of their best selling models from the Camry to even our Project Tundra. 2.3 MILLION vehicles will be affected by this recall. In an unprecedented move, Toyota has also stopped all sales and production of the potentially affected models as well. This affects more than 100,000 brand new Toyotas in the sales pipe line. This is STOPPED, dead cold, with thousands of workers at plants and dealerships who as of next Monday will be sitting around twiddling their thumbs. This recall will probably be disastrous financially for Toyota.
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Mike Kojima posted on January 14, 2010 14:39
By Mike Kojima, Photos & Video by Jeff Naeyaert
When we last left the Technosquare crew, they had completed the stroker 4AG engines bottom end and assembled the cylinder head. Now it was time for the engines final assembly and installation into an AE86 time attack car.
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Click Here for Part Two
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Mike Kojima posted on January 12, 2010 19:43
By Mike Kojima
Since we are all about worry free towing, we decided to look into getting a new full size truck. Over the years we have used about every truck on the market including the Dodge Ram and Ford F250 SD (which was our current favorite truck). Dan Gardner, owner of our Project Scion racecar was awfully impressed with the Tundra he received on long-term loan from Toyota and recommended we give one a try.
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Mike Kojima posted on November 25, 2009 20:59
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By Mike Kojima
In our last edition of the building of Technosquare's monster Toyota 4AG, we mainly looked at the details of the bottom end. Now we will finish our tour of the bottom end and delve into the engines cylinder head which is the heart of any high performance engine.
The 83mm x 83 mm stroker motor gives 1800cc. The 200 extra cc's makes a huge difference, fortifying the 4AG's notoriously narrow power band. The engine cranks out over 250 crank hp, more than the most highly developed Formula Atlantic engines of yore and 30 more hp than the previous 1600 cc version of this motor.
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Mike Kojima posted on November 20, 2009 19:05
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Extreme Engine Tech: Technosquare's Monster Naturally Aspirated Toyota 4AG - Part I
By Mike Kojima
The Toyota 4AG is a historic engine, one that was essential in launching sport compact car culture in the USA. In 1985 the 4AG first rocked the automotive world. It was the standard engine in the Toyota Corolla GTS, the famed Hachi Roku AE86. The AE86 was the last of the RWD Corollas and Toyota made history by equipping it with the revolutionary A4G engine. The AW11 MR2 mid engine sports car was also powered by the 4AG as well.
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