***HAPPY HOLIDAYS From Z Car Garage***

One of the real joys this holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you and wish you the very best for the new year. From all of us at Z Car Garage we thank our friends, family and customers again for another exciting and productive year! Enjoy our 2021 recap and upcoming projects. Please note our holiday closure below:

ZCG will be closed from 12/24/21 and we will re-open for business on 1/3/22.

We had a busy year and though the shop will be closed, we won’t leave you hanging for the holidays. Many zcarblog features have yet to be published like our belated race report from the 2021 Velocity Invitational in addition to client stories.

Before we take a look back at highlights from 2021, here are several exciting projects coming along at the shop:

Jeff and Ryan B’s LS3-powered Z came to us for mechanical sorting. It’s now sporting our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes (for small wheels) and Z Car Garage CV Axles. Ryan successfully ran the Targa California Rallye in blistering summer heat. He recently got a new set of VOLK TE37V wheels full report soon!

 

The OMS Pace Car

This is a 1972 Official OMS Pace Car Duplicate. It is at present one of only two known survivors . Fifty were originally produced by Nissan Motors to commemorate the DATSUN 240Z being selected by the Ontario Motor Speedway to Pace the 1972 “U.S.A.C. California 500 Championship”.  It really is a small Datsun world, as the official OMS pace car is none other than our very own Joel Anderson #49 IMSA GTU 240Z .

 

This OMS duplicate belongs to our long time customer and friend Linda. She acquired it from a family in SoCal and tasked ZCG with making it a nice driver. Full report soon but it got loaded up today for its journey to Colorado!

 

Jim’s 1971 Datsun 240z returned for a Rebello 3.2L with triple-Mikuni carbs on a Harada intake and CD009a 6-speed transmission:

  

David’s 240Z

Long-time friend and client David attended a track day at Laguna Seca. This Z was built over 15 years ago and sill running strong. We prepped his Z for the track, full report soon!

Dyno Tuning your 350z/370z/Q/G

We have been dyno tuning your late model Nissan/Infiniti sports car daily. Bolt-ons, UPREV tuning. Our customers leave happy with more performance. Call us to schedule an appointment! Here are just a few cars:

Aaron’s Q50:

 

Randy’s 1970 Safari Tribute Z lived an eventful life this year. It was in Los Angeles to be filmed for Nissan’s commercials and also served as Randy’s ride for cruising around Monterey Car Week. We installed a new engine and made some suspension changes. Though it’s back at home in Georgia it will get a full ZCG-style feature.

   

One of many Z32s we are working on, Steve’s will get a full report soon:

Highlights from 2021

Even though 2021 was crazy year for all of us we still managed to have fun on and off the track. The shop made some really great progress as well.

Enjoy these highlights from the year and Z you in 2022!

Datsunworks

Z Car Garage is excited to collaborate with Datsunworks and develop their brilliant KN20 dual-overhead cam (DOHC) cylinder head designed for the Nissan inline-6 L-Series engine. You can read all about it HERE

 

2021 was a development year for this drivetrain setup. We continue to extract more power and run longevity testing with owner Gary who has the pleasure of living daily with this beast. More updates to come, but for now enjoy the music this KN20 head provides in the video below!

240Z

ZCG PARTS: Z Car Garage CV Axles on Brad’s IMSA 240Z race car!

Ole Orange Bang: Larry Chen’s 1970 Datsun 240Z

Stock is Good: Mike’s Series 1 Datsun 240Z

ZCG Big-Brakes, ZCG CV Axles and Panasports for Greg’s 1970 Datsun 240Z

ZCG Big-Brakes, 6-Speed and EFI for Khang’s 1973 Datsun 240Z

HISTORY: 1970 Datsun 240Z Salt Flat Racer Lives!

Panasport Wheels for Jay’s 240Z

Vince’s 1972 Datsun 240Z

TRIBUTE Z: Michael’s RB25DET-Powered 1972 Datsun 240Z

The Transcendental Racing Datsun 240Z

Friends for 50 Years: Richard’s 1971 Datsun 240Z

Kai’s 1972 Datsun 240Z

For Love of The Z Car: Vince’s 1973 Datsun 240Z

SERIEZ 1: Wayne’s 1971 Datsun 240Z

PARTS: Z Car Garage Big-Brakes for Jeremy’s 1973 Datsun 240Z

PARTS: Z Car Garage CV Axles for Chris’ 1970 Datsun 240Z

PARTS: ZCG Big-Brakes and CV Axles for Hazel’s 1970 Datsun 240Z

The Well-Sorted Series 1: Rob J’s 1971 Datsun 240Z

Gary’s 1971 Datsun 240Z is Alive!

One Owner Time Capsule: Ed’s 1971 Datsun 240Z

Tony’s 1972 Datsun 240Z

260Z

 

TUNING: Glenn’s 1974 IMSA GTU Datsun 260Z

ZCG PARTS: Z Car Garage CV Axles on Glenn’s IMSA 260Z race car!

280Z

ZCG Parts: ZCG CV axles-For Peters 1977 Datsu 280Z

Trevor’s 1978 Datsun 280Z

Z Car For Generations: Gilberts 1978 Datsun 280Z 2+2

280ZX

 

300zx

Red Devil Z: Jas’ 1991 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo

Patrick’s 1994 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo

Arsia’s 1994 Nissan 300ZX Convertible

 510 and Fairlady Roadster

PARTS: ZCG CV Axles for V8-Powered Datsun 510

Happy 510 Day!

Happy 311 Day!

350Z

Datsun Destiny: Christine’s 2004 Nissan 350Z Roadster

Brad’s Stillen-Supercharged Nismo 350Z

370z

TUNING: Gordon’s 2010 Nismo 370Z

TUNING: Gentry’s Nismo 370Z

Henry’s Stillen Supercharged 370Z

R32

TUNING: Pall’s R32 Skyline GT-R

More Upgrades For Lee’s R32 Skyline

Racing

 

RACE REPORT: B-Sedan Datsun 510 Racing at Sonoma with CSRG

EVENTS: IMSA Datsuns Racing at the Velocity Invitational November 11-14

RACE REPORT: B-Sedan Datsun Racing at Laguna Seca With SVRA 5/21

Rallyes/Events

EVENTS: The 2023 Nissan Z Viewing at Z Car Garage Was A Success!

The 2023 Nissan Z Unveiled!

Z Car Garage visits Nissan Headquarters to spend time with the Z Proto

EVENT REPORT: Z Car Garage at SEMA 2021!

EVENTS: The 2021 Japanese Classic Car Show

EVENTS: The 34th Annual Z Car Convention!

EVENTS: DWA Morning Motors Cars & Coffee 6/13

EVENTS: Breakfast Club Rally Report 6/12

EVENTS: Super Drive Sunday

Media

MEDIA: Larry Chen’s 1970 Datsun 240Z on Hoonigan Autofocus!

MEDIA: 1970 Datsun 240Z Salt Flat Racer Featured on Hoonigan Autofocus!

MEDIA: ZCG’s 1971 Datsun 240Z Featured in Petrolicious

DATSUNWORKS: Road & Track Features the KN20 Cylinder Head!

MEDIA: Rob Fuller’s Datsun 510 Featured on Hoonigan Autofocus!

MEDIA: ZCON With Rob and Larry Chen on Hoonigan Autofocus!

MEDIA: 1970 Datsun 240Z Safari Tribute on Hoonigan Autofocus!

MEDIA: Trevor’s 1978 Datsun 280Z Featured on Hoonigan Autofocus!

LONG LIVE THE Z! Check out our Instagram story for more updates!

Dear Z-car enthusiasts we are excited to announce the new 2023 Nissan Z will be at Z Car Garage on Saturday, October 23 from 10am to 4pm. This will be the first public showing of the new Z in Northern California since its 9/17 Global Reveal in New York. Join fellow Z car fans at our shop and see the new Z in person! Bring your friends, family and please spread the word. 

ZCG will also have several vintage Z cars on display to celebrate the lineage. A representative from Nissan will be present to answer your questions and this is a perfect opportunity for photography of the new Z. Big thanks to Larry Chen for sharing these photos with us.

We know this is a busy time of the year so mark your calendars for 10/23 to spend some time with the new Z! More details to follow (like parking suggestions) with updates on our social media outlets including Instagram, Facebook and here on zcarblog.com.

Huge thanks to  Nissan for making Z Car Garage the premier venue for sharing the new Z. It really gives us some 2008 vibes when our shop was chosen to host the first stop on the “Follow The Z” Tour of the then-new 2009 Nissan 370Z:

Long Live The Z!

We had a blast at the 34th Annual Z Car Convention (ZCON) hosted by ZCCA in Colorado Springs. This is the largest Z-car event in the US and we were stoked to be a sponsor. Coming from the 8/17 New 2023 Z Reveal in New York, Rob and Meghan attended the the 8/21 People’s Choice Show at ZCON. Enjoy photos these from the event!

 

Congratulations to our client Bob Russell on his 1st place award for Stock 240Z! We will have a full report on Bill’s S30 on zcarblog.com soon

Both of our clients Jack and Linda made it to ZCON with their recently finished Z’s and had a great time:

Jack won 3rd place for Ultra-Modified Z32 with his LS3-swapped, Primadonna Z:

The largest Z show!

ZCON was a Z car lover’s fantasy… with every generation represented. There were even non-Z cars welcomed!

S30

S130

 

Mike Rogers 12-mile 1980 ZX. Here is a great video and walk through on this time capsule!

Z31

Z32

350z

370z

Nissan/Datsun Gems

ZCON welcomed all members of the family and there were some great cars on display:

Roadster, 620 and S13

Best of the 90’s!

Midnight Purple R33, Z32 and R32 all at gas station just outside of ZCON!

People

The legendary Pete Brock, Hiroshi Tamura and Larry Chen were just a few of the big names at ZCON:

Christopher Karl and Mark Lambert both received Lifetime Achievement Awards, congrats gentlemen!

Thank You!

ZCON was a success. Big thanks to Christopher Karl of ZCCA for an incredible week of friends and Z cars. Z you next year!

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The next-generation Nissan Z sports car will be unveiled Tuesday, August 17 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. Nissan is making this a global reveal so Z car fans worldwide can watch via livestream. You can sign up for reminders at Nissan’s American website.

Z Car Garage was fortunate to check out the Z Proto at Nissan Headquarters back in May. We were impressed and can’t wait to see how close the production Z will be…with great styling, twin-turbos and a Six-speed manual transmission sign us up!

The global press event for unveiling the new Nissan Z will be at a private event in New York City. ZCG will be attending the event so stay tuned for live updates!

LONG LIVE THE Z!