Jose B visited us in April to troubleshoot some noises and install his Motordyne exhaust and Stillen intakes. We also UPREV dyno-tuned the 370Z, making an impressive 345hp/265tq to the wheels. Jose recently came back to ZCG for a big-brake upgrade.

 

We installed Jose’s Stillen AP Racing Big Brake Kit, replacing the stock front calipers and rotors:

 

The 14″, 6-piston calipers finished in red really fill out the Nimso 19″ wheels:

  

We like the new look with the rear spoiler and lowered suspension:

 

Thanks for letting us be a part of your build Jose, Long Live The Z!

 

Z Car Garage is proud to attend the 2018 SEMA show this week in Las Vegas! Our customer Randy Jaffe is displaying his 1970 Datsun 240z in the Braille Battery booth #25029. Please stop by the booth and don’t forget to see our hero Pete Brock as he will be in the Braille booth for autograph sessions:

Tuesday 10-11:30am and 3-4pm
Thursday 9:30am-10:30am and 3-4pm

  

We look forward to seeing you! Enjoy this video showing the Z on our dyno, loading into SEMA and some footage of Pete Brock from ZCon last week.

LONG LIVE THE Z!

 

 

 

 

More and more Z car owners are enjoying innovative products from Z Car Garage. Here is a quick update on two S30s getting our ZCG Big-Brakes for small wheels. Full report coming soon!

The Bring A Trailer Datsun 240z

The Bring A Trailer Datsun 240z is back at ZCG to replace the existing Wilwood brakes with our ZCG Big-Brake Kit.

 

   

Randy’s Z will also have a fully functioning parking brake now! We are excited to have have the car ready to rock on its next rallye at the Targa Baja California.

 

Bruce’s Series 1 Datsun 240z

We met Bruce L at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion . He has owned this Series 1 Z for a long time and he wanted it back on the road. Though he’s worked on his own Z for years, he was ready to hand it off to our crew at ZCG. We are restoring the fuel system and just finished up the suspension. Bruce’s Z got our ZCG Big-Brake kit and our ZCG CV Axles:

  

Both of these products are available now from Z Car Garage. Please email/call Rob!

 

We are excited to see our customer James Stephens’ 1972 S30 Datsun 240z featured on Speedhunters. Check out the article with great photos by Naveed Yousufzai HERE!

Paolo M came to ZCG for a differential build on his 370z. The G35/350z and G37/370z cars all share the same diff bushing failure due to aggressive driving or simple wear and tear. From Nissan, the OEM diff bushing is filled with silicone, and will burst/leak this fluid resulting in a noticeable clunk when shifting.  Paulo’s Z34 had the tell-tale sign of the diff bushing failure, with visible leakage on the cover:

 

Nissan will not replace the bushing alone. By design, Nissan wants you to replace the entire rear subframe at a substantial cost.  Fortunately, Whiteline makes a really nice bushing that can be installed and it is a mandatory solution whenever we perform a diff job at ZCG. In addition to replacing the diff bushings, we replaced the bearings, changed the final drive and installed an OS Giken limited-slip unit:

 

The diff is removed from the Z and OS Giken LSD prepped:

  

We check the pinion depth by testing the wear pattern on the ring gear with paint:

   

For an added piece of security for the differential we installed a NISMO diff cover. Its extra oil capacity and finned design aid in cooling for hard driving. The unit was filled with OS Giken gear oil:

 
We finished with an engine oil change and Paolo was back on the road. He’s visited ZCG several times and we like working on his Z34. Enjoy The Ride Paolo!