More 370z reports on the way! Greg J is a new customer at ZCG and visited ZCG for Stillen Gen 3 intakes, Bassani exhaust and an UPREV tune on his Z34 Roadster.

 

Stock vs Bassani exhaust:

 

Stillen Gen 3 intakes:

   

The VQ responded well to the bolt-on mods with gains of 24hp/11tq to for a total of 307hp/248tq to the wheels:

 

Next up for Greg is suspension, wheels and brakes so stay tuned!

 

Jimmy V came to Z Car Garage with his 2012 Infiniti G37 Sedan, aptly named the “GNTLMN Z”. Jimmy and Rob discussed options for the best exhaust system, tuning and suspension. We got him dialed in with a Fast Intentions cat-back exhaust system using 18″ resonators and 2.5″ piping, Motordyne ART pipes, and Hotchkis sway bars:

   

Stock vs Fast Intentions exhaust system:

  

ART Pipes:

 

Jimmy wanted to see dyno results before/after with no tuning at this time. With Stillen Gen3 intakes already installed we baselined at 301hp/250tq and 315hp/256tq to the wheels with the new exhaust components:

 

You can watch a video of the dyno run (and see more pictures) of Jimmy’s G on his Instagram account linked below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHvaDxQDwHv/?hl=en

 

Here are the Hotchkis bars installed, front stock(Left):

 

 Rear:

 

We also installed a new battery in his key fob and GNTLMN Z was off to Enjoy The Ride. Thanks for coming to ZCG Jimmy, and we like how your G has progressed!

 Ron B. Jr met Rob Fuller in the early 2000s. At the time Ron had a 300zx Twin-Turbo that ZCG serviced. Sadly, one day Ron decided he was done with the Z32 and sold it. One of our customers actually bought it and we think it is still out there being enjoyed. Ron wasn’t entirely done with Z’s as he picked up a 350z Track model (shown at Thunderhill in 2006):

 

Some 15 years later after meeting Rob, Ron had got another Z. Why? Once you have a Z it is in your blood and hard to get it out of your life! This latest Z obsession came in the form of a 2012 Nismo 370:

 

Ron loved this car but he was missing something. We all long for it: BOOST! So he gave ZCG call, reconnected with Rob and reminisced about the old days with the 300. It was decided, we would make Ron’s car one of the first jobs of 2016 using a Stillen supercharger kit.

    

The Stillen kit comes with a polished V-3 blower, 25-row oil cooler and we add GT-R plugs. Due to higher inlet temperatures observed on these builds we are starting to upgrade the stock water-to-air cooler. Frozen Boost makes a larger cooler shown below:

 

A few shots of the kit installation:

 

Before and after:

 

We love the PLX Devices DM100 gauge that neatly replaces the clock with…

 

… a multi-function display for vitals like boost, air intake temp and wideband:

  

Another addition to the interior was a new NISMO shift knob:

 

Got the Z on the dyno and out of the box the Stillen supercharger added 82hp/42tq to the wheels:

 

 

With UPREV tuning we saw significant gains of 120hp/85tq above stock for a grand total of 410hp/326tq to the wheels:

 

With 410hp to the wheels one would think Ron’s Z car obsession is satisfied…he is really feeling the need for another 300zx Twin Turbo in his life so we are on the hunt for a pearl white 90-92 Z32TT with black/tan interior. From Z32 to Z33 to Z34, if the Z is in your blood we can help you live with it!

 

Keep Boosting Ron and Long Live The Z!

 

Scott B was the first Nismo 370z to be supercharged down at Stillen. After a few years and 25k miles he came to Z Car Garage because the car was acting up. Rich A/F ratios from the (early) Stillen tunes had fouled the catalytic converters.

   

We installed ART pipes which are test pipes without the traditional raspy sound:

OEM cats vs ART pipes:

After the install we re-tuned Scott’s Z picking up 17hp/14tq for a total of 416hp/313tq to the wheels:

Enjoy The Ride Scott!

Phillip V is a Z Car Garage customer and former 350z/current 370z owner. We installed an Injen exhaust system on his 350z and he absolutely loved it so naturally he wanted one for his 370z. We didn’t sell these exhaust systems for the Z34 and this was our very first install. Here is a before/after:

 

More exhaust details:

Rear end view of the exhaust tips:

 

On the intake side we added JWT dual Pop chargers:

 

Dyno Tuning

 

To maximize gains from the bolt-ons we UPREV tuned the Z.  We started with 284hp/235tq and the JWT POP chargers made a significant increase up to 294hp/241tq:

 

The Injen exhaust was good for ~4hp/3tq for a total of 298hp/244tq:

 

UPREV tuning yielded even more power for a final output of 311hp/258tq to the wheels, gains of 27hp/23tq to the wheels:

 

Enjoy The Ride Phillip!