Have you wondered what it feels like to be driving on a real racing circuit? Do you dream of taking your car to the limit but realize it is too risky on public roads? SpeedTrialUSA is here to provide you with the opportunity to drive your car in [ … ]
If you are just joining us in project EJ Civic, what has transpired over the last couple of months is as follows: 12 years of less than careful flogging of the car, over 260,000 miles driven, and a day at Buttonwillow Raceway which left us limping home from the racetrack with a blown head gasket. [ … ]
Project Silvia was a Krylon superstar. Back in the heady days of Sport Compact Car and paper magazines, it was our most popular project, and when we launched MotoIQ, dusting off the Silvia was one of our first stories. The rebirth of this project series was looking so promising, and then...
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If you have been in the game of modifying cars for 10 years or so and got your start modding compact cars, you probably remember the good old days when adding a cold air intake was probably the first or second engine mod you did to your car. In those days a really well-designed intake could ad [ … ]
I am not Jesus so I don’t have to forgive you if you mess things up when setting up your car. I am talking about sin, pure dumb unforgivable sin. No it’s not the one that’s talked about in the New Testament that gives clergy fits to explain to lay people, it’s a big mistake, one that nearly al [ … ]
Part of the perks of being on the staff of MotoIQ.com is that we get to go to all of the cool media events and get some free food and drinks. So we found ourselves at the launch party for Forza 4, the newest version of the Forza series for XBox, which was a big party held at LA Live.
While we [ … ]
Walker Wilkerson has suddenly burst upon the Pro Drift scene. At the Long Beach season opener, the 21 year old College student made a sudden appearance on the 2011 Formula D tour in his striking lavender hued Nissan S13, qualifying well and beating out many seasoned pros. In his rookie year, [ … ]
Race Car Fabricators APD had a goal in mind when building their Acura TSX, to build a car that would be competitive in MotoIQ’s Pacific Coast Tuner Challenge in the TU class. Currently most of the cars competing in the series were built to be competitive under the rule sets for different clas [ … ]
Someone recently asked, “Why a longer rod?” Someone else answered, “Longer dwell time.” I never really thought about it before, so I thought I’d look into it. Using some basic math, we can prove that a longer rod does indeed create a longer dwell time around top dead center.
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