Project Lotus Elise Part 1 - A proper introduction to the marque.
By Wes Dumalski
ACBC -- These letters adorn the hood of every Lotus offered for sale worldwide.... These letters are an homage to Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, the British Designer who founded Lotus Cars. Often times when people talk about car design they rarely speak of company ideology as designs of modern day production cars tend to include a series of compromises in performance for the sake of civility and creature comforts. The lack thereof is precisely what drew us to the Lotus marque. Quite simply the original founder's innovative and influential designs in the motor sports world are in place on every car Lotus produces. Enter Project Elise.
Project Infiniti G20 Racecar: Keeping it Running
By Steve Rockwood
Engine problems are not a good time, and there is usually a period of denial where you keep flooring your already toast motor, thinking it'll somehow "clear up" and fix itself. Eventually, you hear the bang, and you're greeted by the sound of once meticulously formed pieces of metal, now turned slag, bouncing around under the car. Then the smoke. Lots of smoke. Sweet Mary, this car's on fire smoke.
It's amazing how fast you can exit a vehicle that's on fire.
By Mike Kojima
It’s no secret, we hate towing, however if you are going to race or drift, there is no escaping it. Towing is a necessary evil that has to get done if you are going to have fun at the track. Trailers are a pain in the ass as well. They are hard to drive with, making your vehicle’s stopping distance get dangerously long, are easy targets for thieves and have a nasty habit of breaking in far off places where you especially don’t want problems.
Project Defiant1: Introduction & Concepting
By Justin Banner
There are some people born to defy the authority of those smarter than themselves. They rise up and disagree, viewing things from a different position. Sometimes wrong, sometimes right, all the time viewed as foolish until proven one way or the other. The following that the S12 Nissan 200SX chassis has begun to gather are viewed as the foolish ones by the masters of the S13 and S14. "The semi-trailing arm rear suspension is wrong," cries one expert, "you never get it to handle right!" "The front end is no good," cries another, "It's too narrow and no one has made anything for it!" "It looks too much like an AE86 poser," cries the drifting hipster. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have gone against the grain and have decided that the S12 is the perfect project for me and MotoIQ. Let me introduce to you Project Defiant1, the 1987 Nissan 200SX. Have I found the hidden gem in my quest for the alternative to the S13?
Project EVO X, Keeping the SST Transmission and the engine oil cool!
In the last editions of Project EVO X we worked to get our car's handling and stopping power up to world class standards and eagerly attended our first track event. However we were really disappointed when our car went tilt after just a few laps at Streets of Willow Raceway. When the SST dual clutch transmission in the EVO X MR gets too hot the engine's ECU automatically makes moves to protect the transmission and the car goes into limp mode killing all measures of speed until the temps drop. In our hot Southern California climate, this happens so fast that it’s a frustrating experience and probably not good for the transmission either.
What The Hell Happened to Project Silvia?
by Dave Coleman
A simple head swap gone horribly wrong drags Project Silvia out of retirement and into the modern tuning world.
Project EJ Honda Civic: Skunk2 Pro-C Coilovers
by Annie Sam
My Koni Yellows coupled with the Ground Control coilover kit served me well for street use, and I think I got more than my money's worth out of these shocks over the last eight years. Now that I am no longer a starving college student, my grown up self decided that I should upgrade to a grown up set of coilovers. After a little bit of research, we decided to go for a set of Skunk2 Pro-C coilovers for Project EJ Civic.
by Steve Rockwood
I hate maintaining vehicles. Nothing is worse than sweating your ass off and busting knuckles for hours only to have a car that was only as good as when you started. No better, no worse (hopefully). If cars stayed clean, parts never wore out, and oil stayed golden, I'd piss my pants in jubilation. Unfortunately, everything on this planet has a nasty habit of degrading, and cars are no exception.
Project 200SX - Time Trial Bound Part 1.
by Wes Dumalski
Track Photos by Tom Hitzeman
Let's pretend you spend years of your life, thousands of your hard earned dollars, a pint of blood, a gallon of sweat, and countless four letter words building a car. It goes through various stages in its life, and the end result of the project is a car destined for the track.... Two possible outcomes for this somewhat common scenario.... You either become a hard parking car show stunta with a track worthy car or you actually take it to the track. Obviously we chose the latter. The next question was if our last name isn't Johnson, Coleman, or Kojima.... How do we enter the competitive world of motor sport?
The answer..... Time Trials.
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