2013 Modified StreetCar Shootout - The Rules, The Cars, The Big Tease.

By Wes Dumalski and Sarah Forst 

Like all good stories, this one starts on the airplane while on line for the shitter. I hear a voice come up behind me “my GOD this woman won’t shut the hell up”... I turn to fund the animated Bill Caswell and we begin bantering about this woman on the plane who had been talking about absolutely nothing at all for 2 hours. I am on this plane and talking to Bill Caswell because I could not get a refund on my Expedia package and rather than let the tickets go to waste I figured I could still head to Arizona and cover the UMS tuning time attack event and find some good feature cars. As luck would have it two complete car nuts are on the same plane heading to the same place to do the same damn thing; be geeks. 

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Project V8 RX-7: Goin' Legit (Project RX-7 vs the State of California)

by Jeff Naeyaert

Now that it doesn't look like the world is gonna end we need to get our RX-7 smog legal and on the road!  Since the car has been down for surgery with the heart transplant the registration has long since expired. It's only a matter of time before we get busted by the fuzz for old tags and excessive hooning around.  

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MotoIQ Radio: Ben Hsu of Japanese Nostalgic Car Magazine, Luke Lonberger of Blu808, and the Formula Drift Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fundraiser

By Justin Banner & Kerryann De La Cruz

Japanese Nostalgia Cars and Drifting, nothing wrong with putting two of J-Ban's favorite things together on one show! Ben Hsu from Japanese Nostalgic Car Magazine will come on first to talk about Classic Japanese cars, trends in the Nostalgic side of JDM, and how the Classic cars of the USA and Japan Compare and Contrast. Then we'll have Formula Drift Driver, Luke Lonberger come on to talk about his Day Job at Blu808, his drifting Corvette, some ideas to help drifting in NorCal, and what 2013 has in store for him and the guys at Blu808. Finally, we'll talk with Formula Drift about the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fundrasier that will take place next Thursday at Irwindale Speedway. Old cars and Getting Slideways on MotoIQ Radio!

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Global Time Attack Round 6 - Buttonwillow II

By Justin Banner

Here it is! The grand finale of the 2012 Global Time Attack series. Not only is a new track record set, but also a champion is crowned to complete the 2012 GTA season. So, who takes it all and who takes the track?

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Mad Mike's 500 Horsepower N/A Rotary V8 Slayer

By Tatsunori Tsuchida

In 2008 a very special shipping container arrived in Tokyo harbor. Its final destination would be various drift circuits throughout the islands. The contents of the container, a RX-7, highly tuned by New Zealand’s best. Now this wouldn’t be the first time foreigners have drifted in Japan, but it would be the first time a foreigner had done it on such a large stage as D1GP.

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Turbosmart Time Attack FC RX-7

by Khiem Dinh

The FC is the middle child in the RX-7 family meaning it doesn't get quite as much love as the other two.  The 1st generation FB was a pure sports car that really introduced the rotary to North America while the 3rd generation FD was (and still is almost 20 years after its introduction) sex on wheels.  The FC was designed to be a little softer than the FB, but it was still a better performance car all around with an independent rear suspension and rack and pinion steering.  Of course, you could also buy the FC with boost!  For the 2011 World Time Attack Challenge, the boys down under at Turbosmart decided to show that the FC is a highly capable car even with a simple build.

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Rotary Radness, Mazdatrix's 13B REW/MSP Hybrid!

By Mike Kojima

So far we have not focused too much attention on the Mazda Rotary engine on the pages of MotoIQ.  This is not because we haven't wanted to but because no one on our staff has much expertise on the engine except for Eric and he has been pretty busy lately doing other things in the world of internal combustion besides messing on rotaries.

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Project V8 RX-7: Part 12 - The Intake & Moment of Truth! (VIDEO INSIDE)

by Jeff Naeyaert

Welp, the last day of Project V8 RX-7 Week is upon us!  If you’re a rotary zealot or Vh8er and we’ve been pissing you off all week, your suffering is almost over my friends!  All we've got left is the intake and this son of a bitch should be ready to roll! 

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Project V8 RX-7: Part 11 - Finishing the Driveline

by Jeff Naeyaert

The end is in sight!  Only a couple of things left on the TO DO list and the most glaring is our driveshaft and rear end.  Ordinarily this wouldn’t be a really big deal; you just get up under the car, take a few measurements and head to your local driveline shop where they can either modify your old driveshaft or build a whole new one.  But we've got a few other things in mind! 

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Project V8 RX-7: Part 10 - Power Steering

by Jeff Naeyaert

We want power steering!  Even though our RX-7 is pretty light at 2,843 pounds with 3/4 of a tank of gas (to be exact), doing 3 point turns in the neighborhood or negotiating parking lots sucks.  That suckness is compounded by the smaller 330mm Sparco steering wheel we're using.  Some argue you get better steering feel at higher speeds without power steering, but the best argument for NOT having power steering in your V8 converted RX-7 is that it’s a buttload easier to just plumb a bypass line on your power steering rack and ditch the power steering altogether.

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