By Mike Kojima
We spend a lot of time at Costa Gialamas's shop GTI Tech Innovations. Costa is Dai Yoshihara's Time Attack crew chief, Matt Powers Crew Chief and is also Stephan Verdier's Crew Chief. Costa is also one of the fabricators that MotoIQ uses on our various projects including some fab work on refitting the Dog II.
We have been around while Costa has been hard at work building Stephan Verdier's Rallycross Subaru STi over the past few months and we thought that it would be cool to share some of the build details with you. Look for a full feature on this car later.
By Costa Gialamas
If you have been following our adventures with Dai Yoshihara in the Middle East, then you have probably read the story of how we converted his mildly built time attack car into a Formula D drift car in just a few days, sending it to Abu Dhabi to compete in a Formula D expansion event. You can read about our adventures from building the car to where we last left off here.
by Eric Hsu
Some images and a summary of Cosworth's newly released VR38 stock stroke internal engine components. If you plan on modifying your GT-R for serious use, you need to read this. Dyno queen owners and show car owners need not read.
Our Friend Matt Powers has been rebuilding his S14 Nissan 240SX for the 2011 Formula D season. If you don't know Matt, he was one of the top seeded guys in the 2010 Formula D points standings without huge dollar backing and our favorite underdog. Matt is solidly backed by Need For Speed and Nitto Tires but his yearly budget is still a fraction of what some of the other top teams spend.
It’s been a while since we tested our last power adder on Project Tundra, a TRD cold air intake. Not that we had any complaints about our truck's power. Project Tundra continues as always in service as our main office truck, hauling parts, towing our project cars around and serving as our mobile headquarters at events where it can haul scooters, photo gear, a race car, tools and parts. Like our staff, our Tundra is always working hard.
Read more about Project Tundra Here!
For our next round of tweaks, we obtained a set of Cosworth M2 cams for the MIVEC variable cam timing version of the 4G63 found in our EVO IX. Camshaft design is very tricky with many of the aftermarket offerings not being engineered to control spring surge induced valve float.
Read More About Project EVO IX here!
What are the pro's and con's of using gapless piston rings in a street motor?
Got a difficult tech question? Email Sarah at asksarah@motoiq.com
Frankenmiata: Dyno Secrets Revealed For The First Time!
by Dave Coleman
Secrets? What Secrets? How about the secret to how we found 45 hp completely by accident? Or the secret to how we made 20 lb-ft of torque for $8.32?
In our last edition of Project G35 we set out to improve our handling with some suspension by KW. To keep things in line with having a balanced performance daily driver we next turned our attention to the brakes.
One of the bad things about having an unusual car like our Lexus IS-F is that it is, well, an unusual car. The IS-F is the first attempt by a rather young maker, in this case Lexus to build and market a true performance car. Lexus has a reputation for luxury with value and rock solid reliability, not a performance and racing pedigree.
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