Just to remind all of you about the event THIS WEEKEND!!!!
Update: There is a sign up sheet of sorts on MY350Z.com to get a semi-accurate headcount as to who is attending. Again the great folks at ZONC insist that you bring cash with you if you want to have lunch at Poppy Hill (restaurant) and for the gate entry fee for 17 Mile Drive!! See the updated flyer below for all of the info.
ZONC will be hosting the annual Monterey/Pebble Beach Meet and Ride this year on Saturday, September 19th. As usual we will be meeting at MY Nissan in Salinas, CA to gather most of the group before heading into 17 Mile Drive and then to lunch at Poppy Hill in Pebble Beach.
The event itself is free but there is a charge for the lunch if you wish to attend, there is also as $10 fee to drive on 17 Mile Drive itself but this is included if you decide to buy lunch. See the ZONC flyer below for further clarification. This is a really fun drive to make as you see tons of Zs and Gs make their way through some of the nicest beachfront neighborhoods on the west coast.
There will be more info to come in the next week or so as we set up a caravan from Z Car Garage to MY Nissan in Salinas so stay tuned for that.
Make sure you check out the post from last year to see all the photos we took.
Link: Pebble Beach Fun Run 2008
Link: ZONC.org (Z Owners of Northern California)
Link: MY350Z.com Info and Sign-up thread
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Well sort of…
The Boneville Salt Flats are holy ground for a large group of automotive enthusiasts. One such group of people happened to need a tune up on our dyno before this year’s Bonneville run. With the help of Rob’s vast tuning knowledge and our wide-band air/fuel ratio monitor we were able to dial in the engine which helped propel the car to a new record in it’s class. We are super stoked to have played even a small role in helping them achieve their goals. Congratulations!!!
From the owner:
We’re back from Bonneville and set a new record in our class. I’m attaching a photo of the car. Left to right is Don the driver, Lana and Ray the owners and me Tom crew chief. Our goal was for 140 MPH. Which we did the first run. Couldn’t back it up the next day. We started over with a new record run of 139.— MPH and backed it up with 135.— for a 135.819 official record. I feel our running well was do to your tune up on the dyno. I never would have leaned out the AF mixture as much as you did. Pulling a head off for record inspection showed a light gray combustion chamber, just perfect. We’ll be back next year for a pre Bonneville tune.
Tom

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I wanted to post this while the everyone was still jazzed from the turn out at last weekend’s Treasure Island caravan. ZONC will be hosting the annual Monterey/Pebble Beach Meet and Ride this year on Saturday, September 19th. As usual we will be meeting at MY Nissan in Salinas, CA to gather most of the group before heading into 17 Mile Drive and then to lunch at Poppy Hill in Pebble Beach.
The event itself is free to join attend but there is a charge for the lunch if you wish to attend, there is also as $10 fee to drive on 17 Mile Drive itself but this is included if you decide to buy lunch. See the ZONC flyer below for further clarification. This is a really fun drive to make as you see tons of Zs and Gs make their way through some of the nicest beachfront neighborhoods on the west coast.
There will be more info to come in the next week or so as we set up a caravan from Z Car Garage to MY Nissan in Salinas so stay tuned for that.
Make sure you check out the post from last year to see all the photos we took.
Link: Pebble Beach Fun Run 2008
Link: ZONC.org (Z Owners of Northern California)

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the Treasure Island meet last weekend. I was so happy to see the twenty-ish cars at the shop to make the drive together. Also thanks to everyone who helped set up and organize the event and to Rob who was nice enough to provide doughnuts and coffee for everyone in the morning as well as the raffle prizes (dyno pulls and shop gift certificates.)
It was a real blast to see all of these Zs on the road. I ended up not driving so that I could ride with Rob and take pictures. He had taken the T-tops out of his 300zx twin turbo which made for some great photo opportunities and an even better sun burn for me, haha. Treasure island was a bit chilly but the good conversations about Zs kept my mind off of it.
I will be posting some information on another get-together real soon, so I hope to see you all then. Enjoy all the pictures after the read-more!!



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This is from the event organizers themselves. Thanks a ton to Jesse and Vincent for all the work they’ve done to set this up for all of us!!
->Map of Entire Drive<-
Point A
We will be meeting at Z Car Garage @ 9am. This is the Official start of our drive.
Z Car Garage
140 Archer Street
San Jose, CA 95112
->Google Map To Z Car Garge<-
We will start staging @ approximately 9:45am to depart to Red Robin.
Point B
Plans are to reach Red Robin @ 10:30am. If you are not planning on Caravanning with the Z Car Garage crew this is the place you will want to meet up with us to have Brunch.
Doors open @ 11am
Red Robin
2204 Bridgepointe Pkwy
Foster City, CA 94404
->Google Map To Red Robin<-
Point C
After we Eat we will stage and head out to T.I. We will only be doing a pit stop here to hang out and take some pix. Due to lack of permits we will only stop for 1.5-2 hours and then move on.
ETA @ T.I. is 1pm
Point D
After we depart T.I. we will regroup @ 3050 main st. Alameda, CA 94501
There is a long parking lot accross from the docs. When you enter Alameda Via the Webster tunel continue stright down the middle.
We will wait for everybody to catch up and then drive as a group to our final destination.
Point E
Final destination will be 1956 Monarch, Alameda, where we will be able to hangout with no restrictions. At this point we hang out until whenever.
ETA Will be approximently 3:30pm
Copys of the Maps will be available the day of the meet. All Caravans other than the official Z Car Garage one need to be coordinated amongst yourselves.
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