Formula SAE: What a Few Car College Gear Heads Can Do In Their Free Time
by David Zipf
A good percentage of MotoIQ's staff and readership is comprised of Mechanical Engineers. That title isn't given to just anyone, you have to work through a (minimum) of four years of hard college work full of long lectures, late nights, and a hermit-like social life. So what does a car geek do when he's tired of working the books and nerdulator? He (or she) finds the campus Formula SAE team and wrenches of course!
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.
MotoIQ Radio: Kyle Millen from Stillen
In this one hour episode of Motoiq Radio, host Will Cannady interviews Kyle Millen from Stillen. They talk about the history of the company and its involvement in motorsports. We hope you enjoy it!
by Mike Kojima
We have been witness this year to the sheer power and speed of the K&N Infiniti G35 driven by Paul Brown, which is currently tied for second place in Redline's Pro Track Challenge. What is unusual about this G35 is that it is a corporate car owned and constructed by K&N as an in house engineering effort. Usually cars like this are regulated to dressing up the floor at the SEMA show then making rounds at car shows but in K&N’s case it is heartening to see the car out on the track kicking ass and taking names!
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.
Project S2000 - Oil Cooling
by Khiem Dinh
Tracking the S2000 and monitoring the oil temperatures has taught us one thing: it runs hot! Even with the reduced coolant temperatures afforded by the Koyo radiator, the oil temperatures were still too high for a car to be tracked for long-term reliability. This is occurring at completely stock power levels even (the more power an engine makes, the more heat it makes and consequently needs to reject). High oil temperatures lead to reduced oil viscosity and faster oil breakdown. Low oil viscosity can mean inadequate oil film strength and thickness with the end result being metal-on-metal contact between engine components. While low oil viscosity may not grenade your engine immediately, it will lead to accelerated wear of components.
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.
By Sarah Forst
Air tools are not just about busting nuts. Pneumatic tools are more efficient than electric tools- they can exert more force using less energy and complete jobs more quickly.
Introducing Project 240SX- Land Speed Racer
by Chuck Johnson
The project mission is simple: Build a bad ass S13 240SX, conquer a land speed record, and join the infamous Bonneville 200 MPH club.
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