Pete and Karen were nice enough to send me a link to the photos that they took during the trip up to Truckee on the ZONC Feather River Run.  I love to see the all the photos that other people take on trips like this because usually I’m the only one with a camera in hand.  Keep up the good work!  I’m also looking forward to the photos from Curtis, who made this amazing trip possible, so be prepared to see at least on more post on this trip.

In ZONC news, there are a few car shows and get-togethers planned in the near future so check the ZONC site for more info.  I’ll also be putting info here on ZCarBlog tomorrow for your convenience.  See you soon.

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With the Behemoth back in our hands, the time has come to focus on getting the Kurtzee RB build up to speed.  The freshly powder-coated coilovers have now been fitted to the car to make it a roller once again so that we can carry on with the chassis stiffening.  We were really excited to see this car back on the ground after sitting by the wayside for some time, now is the big push!!

The chassis will be modified along the same lines as the Behemoth build so that the nearly forty year old body doesn’t destroy itself the first time we step on the “fun” pedal.  It will also allow us to remove the bolt-in roll bar that was previously installed.  The new setup will help provide a more solid feel in the entire car on the street and on the track, oh man these cars are going to be a handful!!

To prep the car for the cage/stiffening we needed to remove every part of the interior.  This isn’t a difficult task but it can be time consuming because you really need to make sure everything is handled properly to prevent damage and labeled accurately to ensure that the re-installation goes smoothly.

I should have some photos in a week or so when it gets out of the fabrication phase.  The car will then be stripped down even further and sent off to William’s Auto Body to have the engine bay cleaned up and resprayed to perfection.  As with all the RB builds that we do, all the holes and parts that are no longer used with the new engine will be removed or smoothed to provide the cleanest engine bay possible.

As you read a week ago HERE, we recently received all the parts for the ZCG Big Brake Kit that has been a few years in the dreaming/engineering phase and I am happy to report that all of the custom CnC’d brackets have been given a beautiful black anodized finish.  We can’t thank Ken over at Roost Billet Products enough for donating so much of his time and hard work for this project, the quality is amazing and rest assured it doesn’t get any better than this for a 240z.

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This post was supposed to be up yesterday but we experienced some server issues which have been cleared up.  Sorry.

Volk TE37 wheels are the bees knees.  When our friend who owns this car found a NEW set of TE’s in Los Angeles that were painted black with a polished lip from the factory, he decided it was worth the six hour drive down there to pick them up.  It was a good decision.  Now we just need to get some springs on this thing…Bill?

One of the first posts we did on this car is HERE.  It has made almost 300whp (SAE corrected) with just a few bolt-ons.  Check out the post.

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I just found this over on the ZELE site and I’m in love.  It looks like they are offering a real life kit of a G37/V36 Skyline that Polyphony Digital designed for the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 5 racing simulator.  This kit combined with the Volk TE37 G2 wheel just hits so hard.  Looks like I need to start saving for a G37.

Happy Friday and look for another post before the end of the day, we are crazy busy here at the shop.

Link: ZELE Performance G37/V36 Gran Turismo Edition

This GT-R came into the shop back in January to get a lower stance by way of an Eibach Springs Pro-Kit.  That post can be found HERE.

Last week it came back to us to receive it’s first engine related upgrade, a new HKS mid-pipe that removes the secondary cats from the system.  This upgrade has been shown to pick up a few horsepower by way of less exhaust restriction but the best part about this change in my opinion is the few extra decibels that the VR38DETT makes now.  Sometimes the ear dyno can be more rewarding than the butt dyno.  A nice upgrade for a super-clean car.  I’m not sure what else the owner has in mind for his GT-R but if we do the work you better believe it will be up here on ZCarBlog.

As a side note, the owner of this car recently got rid of his highly modified Mitsubishi Evo VIII in favor of a new Nissan 370z!  Way to keep it in the family.  I’ll try to see if I can get a few pictures of both cars.  Happy Wednesday.

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