054: Unlock Your Car’s Full Handling Potential with Mike Kojima [

There’s a good chance there’s more you could be doing to get the most out of your car’s handling capabilities, and this week’s guest - industry legend Mike Kojima of ‪@motoiq‬ - is here to talk you through it.
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MotoIQ has long been a trusted source for technical knowledge covering a wide range of subjects, and although founder Mike Kojima is an automotive jack of all trades, it’s his vast knowledge of suspension tuning that we tap into for this episode.
Mike first talks us through basic suspension set up rules to live by, the pitfalls of cheap parts, and points out where he sees enthusiasts going wrong time and time again - it turns out that it’s not all that hard to take a step backwards in handling performance when fitting new parts if you don’t know what you’re doing.
The episode then dives pretty deep into the finer details of handling, focusing on tyre temps, front-wheel drive and drift-specific wheel alignment secrets, as well as super-common issues that could be fixed relatively easily with a few tweaks.
Finishing up with a fascinating look into the world of Formula D suspension, wheel alignment, and tyre setups, this episode is required listening for anyone that likes to go fast.
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TAGS:
#highperformanceacademy #learntotune #carhandling #suspension #wheel alignment #datanerd #gofasterwithdata #drifting #formulad #motorsport

[@twinturbo3470]

you guys did a great thing getting Mike Kojima........he and Moto IQ are the best

[@twinturbo3470]

When I first found Motoiq I was like "FINALLY someone who wants to actually wants to dive deep into all details"

[@hpa101]

Some great articles on there eh! - Taz.

[@JP-gd1ln]

One of the best tuned in episodes yet! Mike Kojima is the man. I have learned so much from him over years of reading his articles in print to moto iq website and most recently watching the videos on KZbin. In fact he has probably taught me more than any other single person in my entire automotive education and I 2 years of auto tech in high school and 3 years of automotive technology at college level but having spent 4-5 years prior passionately dedicated to self education you coincidentally become very good at deciphering reputable solid valuable information worthy of your time & resources vs macho ego fueled know it all hot air cited as factual. Mike Kojima is the weight one uses to calibrate their self teaching source/author "save to memory,bookmark for later vs straight to the rubbish bin, burn this BS" content scale. Mike Kojima is true north on the factual compass in a sea of shit swarming your boat for likes and subs.

[@FreshZ32]

With every interview I get an even better feel of the vast amount of knowledge Andre and the guys at HPA have.

[@hpa101]

And the guests you mean 😉 We'd love if all these people worked here with us though haha Appreciate that and we're really happy with how this is all going after talking about doing a podcast for so many years behind the scenes. Thanks for the support and make sure any and everyone you know who you think might also enjoy these episodes hears about it too. That helps us grow it bigger and bigger 😎 - Taz.

[@FreshZ32]

@@hpa101Yes, the guests as well.

[@capncrunchdorf]

The HPA tuned in podcasts are always well put together and showcase practical, application-specific and extra high-level info & scenarios. Keep em coming!

[@BigAl22]

This is awesome, Mike is a wealth of knowledge! Always a joy to listen to

[@1jzfc999]

Good interview Ive been reading and watching his stuff for years. Dont always understand what hes talking about but really interesting none the less

[@martinburnett3852]

There are four guys on KZbin where when they speak I STFU -One is Mike Kojima from MotoIQ The others are Julian Edgar, Lake Speed Jr from Total Seal Piston Rings and Rafe Britton from Lubrication Experts

[@byloyuripka9624]

this dude put out the masterclass on thee subies! what a great combo hpa and motoiq! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@-ev1l562]

Another 10/10 video, mike dropped some real gold here and the interview was well conducted. Blew my mind knowing drift cars can pull more gs than race cars in some corners.

[@robhudson6133]

This podcast is what I have dreamt of Mike of moto IQ what a genius Hope you got the microphone wpc treated before recording Thankyou so much for making this happen EVERY BODY at hp academy Seriously thankyou so much

[@mysticgarage1243]

I enjoy hearing Mike's experience and thoughts on mechanics, motorsports, etc. HP Academy is always dropping knowledge to gain understanding on autos. Glad you guys linked up for this podcast.

[@wilgil3269]

Spectacular. I'd listen to you guys 100 times

[@hpa101]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@grahamerosewarne6656]

Awesome content as per usual HPA. Glad to always hear from specialist people who know exactly how things really work.👍🤘💪

[@smudger6461]

Mind blowing, jeez that was deeper than space itself... what a guy what an interview thanks you..❤

[@RedRideRVT1R]

MotoIQ and Mike! thanks to Do It For A Living podcast that introduced me to the eventual HPA podcast

[@cichandler833]

This was absolutely amazing a needed!

[@KINZERS13GTR]

Mike is THEE Dude! 👍 Had me at "quantum adhesion" 😂☠️🙌 I'm finishing up my BMW build, and so many steps were taken, based on his and Martins suggestions at MotoiQ, both directly and from their videos. Not to mention valvetrain and block parts getting WPC treated and custom coatings. I only wish I could send him my chassis to be aligned and balanced. Next best is to just continue to follow his input, on my geometry for the street. You guys must have him back for an engine talk. David at Headgames I think could be another worthwhile chat. Always great Andre 🙏 love your content, all the time. 👍👍

[@vertigo91na]

Amazing interview content. Learned a lot. Thanks Mike and HP!

[@slfrules1]

Truth about urethane bushings! I don't have a life comparison to sphericals yet, haven't gotten around to pressing them in, but urethane compression bushings developed obvious play in 10k road miles vs the 70k the stock rubbers lived. Also debris that made it between the aluminum and urethane clearanced both heavily after that. Great info!

[@hasole9669]

Mike is awesome!

[@DanielODonnellProAwe]

Are these podcasts on the major distribution channels? I can only find it on KZbin which makes it hard to listen while in the car. Thanks so much for the great content!

[@hpa101]

Sure are! Check out this link and pick whichever suits 😎 www.hpa-tunedin.com/ - Taz.

[@hpa101]

Leave a review and or question via Apple Podcasts and if Andre reads it out in a future episode we'll hook you up with some merch 😉

[@ezpz4659]

Love it. I have a 17 month old daughter. Working my ass off protecting families to have enough money!

[@HGChannel2020]

This needs more views

[@21odnalro]

I checked everything is good to download.

[@mixxeerr]

Anyone have timestamps?

[@ThmsPtrsn]

Great Cast guys, I really wish Mike got out of mindset of gatekeeping certain lessons. I know it's good for business to monopolize a method but its harder than you think to put something you read/listen about in to practice without the necessary experience.

[@hernigti]

it is important when you have adjustable dampers, to put them in damper machine so you have the curves and don't guess. you know how much kg/mm/s each click gives you. pronello Penske machines.

[@matos_x_]

ive gotta find this commercial with the drift car and gt cars

[@douglascampbellshihada9133]

Peace

[@mikejovi980]

While I'm not out there setting lap times of any sort tyres are not the be all that ends all. I find even with very average tyres and old coilovers new arms but old bushes everywhere else throughout I was able to put over 400rwkw to the ground but my limit was 100% brakes.. totally off after a few corners of not even terribly agressive braking..

[@Laminur]

Thats called being an outlier.

[@zactrimble4343]

Or instead of coil overs keep your travel and just buy the right set of shocks and springs cant be fast with the wheels off the road

[@4G12]

If your coilovers don't allow the same wheel travel as OE, you bought the wrong ones in the first place. Properly engineered and fitted coilover suspension has too many performance advantages over fixed height spring and damper struts to ignore, such as the ability to optimize corner weights.

[@zactrimble4343]

@@4G12 95% of coil overs on the market even good name brand coils cut down travel if you can find a set of mk5 golf coil overs that don't reduce travel for less then 4k can add slot . The only cars coils don't reduce travel on is on cars set up with no travel from factory m3, AMG mercs, late model Evo's, stis, 86/brz even most of these you lose down travel they make the car feel unsettled can have adjustable spring seats without going to a coil over set up, don't need coil overs to corner weight a car, shock size and travel not limited by the strut assembly, some coil overs put the shock and spring in undesirable locations / angles especially in live axel some of the older double wishbone setups, Easter to change spring rates and ride hight in a lot of cases where you don't have a strut assembly

[@4G12]

How to drive a car faster: Step 1: Invest in a faster driver.

[@hpa101]

We can help with that too! www.hpacademy.com/courses/race-driving-fundamentals/?