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400whp Sleeper: Paul’s Vortech Supercharged G35

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,g35,Performance
by Alvin G @ 11:18 am on February 15, 2016

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Paul S owns a smog shop in South San Francisco and contacted us about making his Infiniti G35 a “sleeper”. You know, the kind of car that looks very stock from the outside but gets down like the “other” high-hp cars coming out of Z Car Garage. We discussed options for forced induction and decided on a Vortech supercharger–making good power and having CARB legal status was very attractive.

 

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The VQ had 98k miles and to prepare for boost we performed some preventative maintenance including a thermostat change.  The Vortech kit was the V3 model which is self-lubricating and polished:

 

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We installed a JWT HD Clutch and Flywheel:
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