Tech House and Speed: Episode 167 - The Guests: Connor de Phillippi, David Sterckx, Andreas Eriksson, Chip Pankow & Katherine Legge

By Bill Wood

Tech House & Speed takes another global presence this week. We go to Germany to talk with a Southern Californian who's in the Porsche Junior Driver program. We talk with a Belgian driver who won a rally in Oregon. We talk with a Swede who may change the global world of rallycross. And we talk with a Brit who will drive the future in an ALMS stop in Northern California. Another fascinating show filled with Winners, Champions and Legends that's only available on Tech House & Speed.

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Motovicity Distribution Is Pleased To Announce Six New HKS Pro Dealers.

Motovicity Distribution, a leading performance automotive parts distributor, is pleased to announce six new HKS Pro Dealers in the U.S. and Canada. The new HKS-selected Pro Dealer shops gain exclusive access to proprietary HKS tuning and technical assets, and will function as full-service HKS expert tuning facilities.

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KW Variant 3 coilovers for 2013 Ford Focus ST

Industry Press Release

Race technology for the road, with adjustable compression and rebound dampening. State of the art motorsport technology enables better performance on the streets. The independently adjustable compression and rebound dampening allows for cutom driving setups. The exclusive KW patented system has dual level valves that allow for adjustment of the rebound dampening for your road comfort and the compression dampening that controls the driving dynamics.

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Fast Lap with Billy Johnson - Circuit Of The Americas

By Billy Johnson

Circuit Of The Americas (COTA for short) is America's first purpose-built Formula 1 track which stands at 3.427 miles long.  The track is characterized by a lot of elevation change and with 20 diverse and technical turns, it's a formula for great racing and a really difficult but fun track to drive. 

Located in Austin, TX the track was designed with the assistance of Hermann Tilke, who is responsible for designing most of the modern F1 circuits.  Proposed in the middle of 2010, COTA was completed in time for the November 18, 2012 Formula 1 race which I was fortunate enough to attend.  The track will host everything from MotoGP to Australian V8 Supercars and the world's top Road Racing series.   It's exciting to finally have a modern European-style circuit here in the States with a similar track specification, layout, curbing, and run-offs.  Rather than the tight, narrow, and bumpy tracks that characterize North American racing circuits.

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Project Honda Civic EJ: Building the B18C1 Part V

By Chuck Johnson

In our last installment of Project Honda Civic EJ, we thoroughly explored the Harlem Shake phenomenon and also partially completed the assembly of our B18C1’s valvetrain.  Now equipped with Skunk2 valve springs and titanium retainers; the cylinder head of our B18C1 engine is ready for completion.  Next on this list? A set of Pro1+ camshafts, Skunk2 adjustable cam gears, and an ARP stud kit. 

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MotoIQ Radio: Willow Springs MPTCC Review, Edo Stepanyan, Road Atlanta Drift Preview, and Jacob Leveton

By Justin Banner and Kerryann De La Cruz

Well, since we didn't do a review, we'll do a recap of the MPTCC Round 2 at Willow Springs Raceway and we'll interview Edik "Edo" Stepanyan right after! Then it's time for drifting! We'll talk about the upcoming round at Road Atlanta and then have Jacob Leveton on to discuss the favorites and look to see what the history of this track is like. We'll also try to get Michele Abbate and Ken Gushi on all here on MotoIQ Radio! Got questions? Type them in the comments or on the MotoIQ Facebook Page!

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MPTCC Round 2:  Willow Springs International Raceway

By Martin Gonzales

Only two races into the 2013 MPTCC season and we already had a close battle for championship positions.  No doubt Edik Stepanyan in the M-Factory Acura Integra had a solid grasp on first place after winning both races at Autoclub Speedway, but there was a fight for third place going on between Michele Abbate in the Scion Racing Scion tC and Steve Rockwood in the MotoIQ Project Infiniti G20 Racecar!  Justin Taylor was only six points behind first and after watching Edik's taillights the first two rounds, he was ready to put the Rockstar Garage Honda S2000 in the top podium spot. 

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Nerd's Eye View: The Dyson Mazda ALMS P1 Prototype

By Mike Kojima

I am old enough to have been around during what I consider to be the golden era of American road racing in the 80's.  In this time we saw the rise of IMSA with the outrageous GTP prototypes and the exotic sort of production based GTO and GTU cars.  SCCA had Trans Am and even CART Open wheelers were sporting awesome technology rivaling Formula One but with closer more exciting racing.  I was lucky enough to have been a fan during this time and later on in the decade a participant.

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Nissan GT-R SoCal Meetup

By GTChannel

GT-R owners throughout Southern California gather in Irvine to show off their incredible machines. R35's, R32 Skylines and Hakosukas are all on display as their owners talk specs.  

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Nerd's Eye View:  UMS Time Attack Evo

By Wes Dumalski

Like all car stories this one starts as a tale of insanity… The 2003 Mistubishi Lancer Evolution VIII you see before you was one of the first Evos to hit the States and ever since it landed it has been within the sites of Tony Szirka. While he did not own the car when it arrived, his hands have been on it ever since several Arizona based shops were unable to deliver on the previous owner's requests. Like many cars despite the fact that the title is held in someone else's name the car belongs to the one that works on it, slaves over it, and pours their heart and soul in to making it all that it can be, and in this case that person is NOT the owner.

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