It’s no secret to enthusiasts Nissan or not; importing a vehicle that is considered “gray market” or not older than the current 25 year old requirement make it nearly impossible to obtain the car of one’s dream. There is hope for old-car lovers though, and we can try to change current restrictions through signing a petition created by the fellows over at 2009gtr.com.
For more information click on the following link: petition-for-25-year-old-to-15-year-old
If you want to go directly to the sign-in click HERE
Don’t delay! It takes literally 2 minutes. The goal is to get 1000 signatures/day and 25,000 total by 12/18/11!
In addition to full bore restorations ZCarGarage also helps enthusiasts complete their work in-progress. Randy M. restored his Z on his own and brought it to ZCG for the finishing touches. The engine bay required plenty of clean up work and the engine itself needed tuning:
Here are some shots of the teardown before cleanup:
A fresh, tidy engine bay after assembly:
We set the carbs, installed a header and exhaust system:
One of those special details that makes ZCG restorations so nice are our powdercoating and zinc plating services. Randy’s engine bay received both and even little items like the inspection light, hood prop and hood latch got some zinc love:
A new KOYO aluminum radiator was fitted along with new hoses:
Finally, 16×7 Panasport wheels were installed to make this one sexy Z car!
Long Live The Z!
Check the gallery for more pictures of the engine bay restoration
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Although ZCarGarage is in San Jose it doesn’t stop people outside of the Bay Area from bringing their cars in for service, tuning or restoration. Bryan is a transplant from Long Island, NY and his family lives in the Reno area. Bryan and his Dad made the trek down from the Sierras for some tuning time on the ZCG dyno:
We UPREV tuned his Z and gained power throughout the rev range. Nothing like more HP and Torque to help Bryan on those mountain passes! This Z gets stored during the winter but look for more of Bryan’s Z as spring unfolds
Long live the Z
Rob
Never let where you live stop you from performance!!!
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Nissan’s mighty VK56 engine is a powerhouse from the factory and you are about to see how well it responds to modifications/tuning. This 2011 Titan is known as “Red Alert” to owner, Joe E. The big red truck came to ZCG for some extensive NA power upgrades. We started with a throttle body spacer, Doug Thorley long tube headers, Berk Hi-flow cats, and a Stillen cat-back exhaust, followed by Rob’s Uprev tuning.
The quest for more power left us wanting more than 309hp/355tq at the wheels(significant gains over stock, nonetheless) so the cylinder heads were removed and sent to Rebello Racing for some massaging. New Supertec intake valves, ported heads, and higher a compression ratio (9:8:1 to 10:4:1) allow the VK to suck, squish, bang and blow more efficiently.
And you thought Doug Thorley only made headers for Hot Rods and American Muscle cars 🙂 Look how beautiful these pieces are:
Here is the engine with the front end apart preparing to receive the new JWT cams/valve springs
Cylinder head details below from Rebello with the Supertec intake valves, porting and new JWT cams installed:
With more Uprev tuning Red Alert now makes 342hp and 385tq at the wheels, gains of 58hp and 52tq!!!
Joe will always need to use 91 octane but we don’t think he will mind for the newfound hp and tq these mods added to his TITAN…
Uprev or stay at idle!
Rob
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You might remember Thad’s
FX45 coming in to ZCarGarage for a upgrades earlier this year. His better half, Dana, was so impressed with the FX that she wanted her G35 to handle and perform just as well. Dana enjoys listening to Van Halen and driving spiritedly so we installed full suspension consisting of Tokico D-spec shocks with Eibach springs, front and rear camber kits, and Hotchkis sway bars:
I love new parts! Here are the new shocks/springs and upper A-arms replacing old front and rear:
Thick and lovely Hotchkis sway bars front and rear will keep body roll in check as Dana carves through those corners:
Here is a before/after of the slight drop in ride height:
The only other modification added was a JWT POP charger for that nice intake growl and some UPREV tuning for icing on the cake:
Rob extracted +10hp and +8tq at the wheels. Not bad for a stock motor with just an intake! So with some extra oomph and a whole lotta handling upgrades Dana is ready to enjoy the ride…this Infiniti family has got a need for speed 🙂
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