Formula Drift Round 2 – Road Atlanta

By Justin Banner

High-speeds and natural terrain make for entertaining drifting! With Road Atlanta, the first permanent road course the cars and drivers encounter, who would drive away from the “Road to the Championship” with a win? Could Daijiro Yoshihara make a repeat win? Would a course change throw a wrench into the system? You’ll have to keep reading if you want to find out.

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Killer Scooter's SoCal Super Sunday

By Justin Banner

Super Sunday was upon us a couple weekends ago and with over 200 scooters of which, 161.5 were Ruckus’ of some build; it was the largest turn out yet. This year started as always at The Hat, a well-known restaurant in Temple City, California. Where was the final destination and did we all make it? Read on to find out!

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Formula Drift 2012 Round 1 at Long Beach: Finals!

By Justin Banner

Allright, enough with this off-season crap! It's time to get rockin' and rollin' as Formula Drift opens up for Round 1 at the Long Beach Grand Prix Street Circuit! Can Daijiro Yoshihara keep up his championship win to push him into a Round 1 win? Could Justin T. Pawlak make it two-for-two and build momentum for him to win the championship in 2012? Will the debuts of Daigo Saito or Ken Gushi's FR-S put them on top? Find out now!

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Formula Drift Round One at Long Beach: Qualifying! by Justin Banner Couldn't catch all the qualifying from Long Beach on Live Stream? Don't worry, we here at MotoIQ are to the rescue! Read our Qualifying Update from Long Beach here!

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Company Profile - Radium Engineering

By Wes Dumalski

por·nog·ra·phy  

[pawr-nog-ruh-fee]

noun: obscene writings, drawings, photographs, or the like, especially those having little or no artistic merit.

Shit, I could use the above to describe just about every article I have ever written. But the reality is that when I first laid my eyes on the offerings of Radium Engineering, PORN was the first thing that came to mind. In the current sea of inferior parts to lay gaze on the products that Radium proudly engineers, prototypes, and builds here in the States is nothing short of inspiring!

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Ask Sarah: Red or Blue thread locker?

By Sarah Forst

I just recently completed Eibach lowering springs and anti-sway bars upgrade on my 08 Infiniti G37S Coupe.  My question is when and where should I use threadlocker (red/blue) or Loctite? Different sources say different things, but is there a rule of thumb for applying these adhesives?

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MotoIQ Radio: KW Suspension

In this episode of Motoiq Radio we sit down with our guests from KW Suspension. We will talk about the company's history and its work on both the street and race track. Our guests will be George Ciordas and Chris Marion.  George is the Director of Marketing and Chris is Motosports Tech support for KW Suspension.

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Inside Look: Dino Crescentini's StopTech Porsche 911 GT3

By Steve Rockwood

Carroll Shelby once said that to make a small fortune racing, you must first spend a large one.  Of course, Mr. Shelby was also the spokesperson of some snake oil company that combines the last letter of the alphabet with the shortened version of the word maximum when Global Motorsports Group (GMG) became more than a twinkle in its founders' eyes.  Founded in 2001 by James Safronas and Fabryce Kutyba, GMG started its existence in a 1200 sq ft facility, and has since grown to fill its current 15,000 sq ft stable with high-end hardware that features charging bulls, prancing horses and a slew of crests from Stuttgart.  One of the many purebreds GMG looks after is the Pirelli World Challenge GT #4 StopTech Porsche 911 GT3, driven by Dino Crescentini, CEO  of Centric Parts and StopTech.

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NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill with BMC Tool Racing, Part 2

by Eric Hsu

In part 2, I cover most of the engine and some of the drama with the engine and engine installation. Racing's never easy is it? I included pictures of some of the engine's internals and components selected for the turbo Mazda DISI/MZR hybrid power plant.

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Ask Sarah: I Need More Track Time From My Water Injection System!

By Sarah Forst

I have a 1996 Mazda Miata with a Jackson Racing MP45 supercharger and an ECU controlled Aquamist water/methanol injection system.  The water tank I use is about 3/4 gallon in size, so when I fill it up with straight windshield washer fluid (no additives, just water and methanol) I'm running the tank dry well before my 30 min. track session is complete. 

Got a difficult tech question? Email Sarah at asksarah@motoiq.com

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