ZCarGarage is performing their first Stillen Supercharger installation for the 370Z. You might recognize this sharp Z from its great power gains with the Stillen exhaust system and Berk high-flow catalytic converters. It also received several suspension and cosmetic upgrades since last year.
Here are a few pics of the supercharger kit, note how the dual throttle-bodies are oriented compared to the stock location:
Keep an eye on the blog for more install updates and you can count on some dyno action too as this boosted 370 makes some serious power!
Ron Carter is no stranger to Datsuns. He owns a 1967.5 2000 Roadster, a BRE 240z tribute car, and is currently restoring a 510 B Sedan. We have bumped into him at various car shows and racing events and besides being a Datsun fan he’s just plain down to earth. Ron has been actively racing his ‘67.5 roadster with various vintage racing groups. You can follow the action on his blog filled with videos and full race reports. Check it out!
Ladies and Gentlemen Bassani has a new exhaust system for the 370z
More information and pictures shortly but for now here is short clip of the exotic sounds produced by the setup on the ZCG 370z:
The skies were cloudy for the Z Car Garage 6th Anniversary Dyno Day and ZONC General Meeting, but that didn’t stop Z fans from gathering to help celebrate.
I live a couple of hours away and this was my first trip to the shop.
This is one cool place. The waiting room has hundreds of car magazines, Datsun and Nissan motorsport posters, plaques with magazine articles about many of Rob’s cars, and plenty of Z car memorabilia. My favorite is an original 240Z race car model kit in the original shrink wrapped box. I assembled one of these very kits over 35 years ago at the start of my love affair with Z cars (I still have the model). The waiting area is completely open to the main shop area. Customers get to see and hear the work taking place. Beyond the main area behind large windows is the dynamometer bay.
The place is CLEAN. It’s one of the cleanest, tidiest shops I’ve ever seen. Even the bathroom is nice.
The ZCG technicians – Fred, Joshua, Vlad and CJ – spent much of the day jockeying cars in and out of the dyno bay and lying on the floor to strap them down. Despite having to work, the guys seemed to be enjoying themselves. Dyno runs were only $40 in honor of the Z car’s 40th anniversary.
The car show in the parking lot was great and kept changing during the day.
Monday the 1st of February was an amazing day for a couple of reasons. For one, Fred of the ZCG crew turned 40. And secondly, Fred gave me the day off to play with the shop 370Z. The day started off at ZCG in the early morning hours where I met the other two cars in the pack, Scott with his Z33 and Gia with his Nismo edition Z34. We drove down to Laguna Seca to start our track adventures for the day. Once we arrived at Laguna Seca we prepped our Z’s with numbers and a double check of our wheel torques. After a brief driver’s meeting, we were off to drive our first session. It’s been a while since I have been able to go to the track and hone my skill set. Years ago, before ZCG, going to the track was a regular event in my life. Driving on the track with Scott really made me appreciate the value of seat time. Scott’s many track days and autocrosses have paid off and he and his Z33 looked great out there. A few days prior to the event, we fitted Gia’s Nismo edition Z34 with a test ZCG oil cooler and some upgraded front brake pads. The oil temps were in range for moving forward with our next round of testing. The brakes, on the other hand, weren’t able to keep up with Gia’s driving style. I have shared my data with Stoptech and they say help is on the way in the form of a pad that should help us on the street and allow us to push the limits at the track. Once Gia’s Z34 brakes were unable to continue, we double teamed the ZCG Z34 with back to back sessions. During these sessions, we were able to keep our oil temperature under control with the help of the ZCG oil cooler. The highest oil temps were in the 250F range. For those of you just tuning in, this is the 3rd test version of our oil cooler. We feel after the next set of tests that we will be able to serve the Z community with a product that will allow you to keep your Z’s oil temps within reason and out of the famous limp mode. We will be returning to Laguna Seca on February 25th to complete the shake-down on our latest mods. The track organization we are running with is NCRC, nice guys with great organization which leads to lots of track time.
