I know that its cold outside here in Northern CA, but ZONC (Z Owners of Northern California) is hard at work preparing fun drives for all of you Nissan enthusiasts.  This run down to San Simeon (Hearst Castle) will once again be in held in conjunction with the NSX Club of America and is to take place on the 13th-14th of February 2010, President’s Day weekend (3 day!!).

This year will be slightly different than last year as the tours of the Hearst Castle will be separate from the ZONC event.  Meaning that those who wish to tour the castle or partake in any of the other amazing events down that way will need to book an extra night on your own.  I’m assuming this is so that no one is tied into something they don’t want to do; freedom to do what you want on the trip!

See the ZONC flyer below for more information and feel free to contact them on their site if you have any questions

Normally when customers come to us to upgrade their cars we start off small with an intake or an exhaust system and slowly progress to suspension and brake upgrades until we arrive at a need for forced induction.  This time it was the exact opposite.

This G35 came in bone stock (albeit with a nice set of HRE’s) and the owner wanted an instant boost in power.  Needless to say we were happy to oblige.  We contacted Vortech Engineering and had them send us one of their REV-Up Supercharger systems with a self contained oiling system.  The kit comes complete with everything from the upgraded fuel pump, supercharger, piggyback computer, the works.

The installation was performed flawlessly by Josh here at ZCG and we were on the dyno in no time.  Looking at the graph you can see that this car made awesome numbers for having stock exhaust, catalytic converters, and a full stock exhaust system.  Also in the interest of time and money we left the Uni-Chip with the factory program installed per the customer’s request.

There is so much more power potential with this car after a full exhaust system is fitted and a custom tune is done.  This car could easily have another 50-60+ wheel horsepower in no time!!

Only time will tell if the car will be allowed to reach it’s full potential, our dyno is waiting.

On behalf of Z Car Garage and all of it’s staff I would like to welcome home our good friend and Z owner Chuck G.  He has been in Afghanistan for quite some time now and we are happy to report that he has returned safely.  We have been storing and working on his car while he was overseas and we can’t wait to get it back into his hands.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with his project here are the basics:

• 3.8L Stroked VQ35
• GReddy Twin Turbo kit
• Fully built and upgraded automatic transmission (peppermint lattes!!)
• Upgraded axles
• Rotora Big Brake Kit
• VOLK Racing SF Challenge Wheels

Click on the three links below to follow the previous stages of his build.  The car currently makes 500whp and 500wtq through the auto tranny on only its base tune.  Now that Chuck is back the tuning will be finalized and he will be free to destroy as many tires as he pleases.

Again, welcome home friend.

• 3.8L Nears Completion
• 3.8L Lives!
• 3.8L Baseline Dyno
  

This has absolutely nothing to do with ZCG but I found it interesting so I’m going to share it in case any of you saw it as well.  I was watching an episode of Criminal Minds, a show based on an FBI behavior analysis unit, and the main killer was a Z aficionado!!  He even used a his restored 240z to lure in his most recent victim!

There were multiple shots of the 240z throughout the episode (called “Extreme Aggressor”).  The car was wearing fresh orange paint and what appeared to be a set of Konig “Rewind” (15″) wheels.  If you are skipping through the channels and need a Z fix keep your eyes out for this episode.  (Not to ruin it for you, but the girl who wanted to buy the Z is saved by the FBI in the end)

End of off-topic post

Make sure that you check this car out if you are in the market for a clean 300zx Twin Turbo.  It doensn’t get much better than this car anymore.

• ONLY 37,xxx on the odometer!
• StopTech BBk
• Volk CE28 Wheels
• Labree Exhaust (our favorite 300zx exhaust)

See the full listing by clicking on the picture above or going to the for sale section at the top of the page.  Thanks