We are working are a few updates this week for all of you Z-car fans:

Behemoth RB28 240z: I went to William’s Autobody on Monday and saw the progress on this car and i was amazed.  The entire interior of the car has been painted gloss black to match the under hood and exterior.  As of yesterday the exterior paintwork has begun and I will be headed up there to check out the progress.  I will have photos up by tomorrow evening.

Cosworth Plenums: I’m still gathering more information for this post to make it as accurate as possible.  We will be installing one on another customer’s car today and I should have some dyno numbers and graphs by tomorrow.

240z Upgrades: We are doing work on a 240z here that is currently equipped with an odd dual down-draft Weber carburetor setup and will be swapped over to triple 44mm Mikuni carbs.  We are also installing a Motorsport Auto 6-into-1 ceramic coated header.  These modifications will remove all of the performance robbing SMOG equipment and will also enhance the engine appearance greatly.  The baseline dyno showed that this car has a really strong torque curve and we will be hoping to keep that intact while bringing the horsepower up to match it.  I should have the final numbers and photos by the end of the week.

Hot Import Nights in San Mateo: There is an import and tuner show in the bay area this Saturday night from 5pm-11pm at the San Mateo County Event Center.  We were going to be showing off a couple of our cars but the show has sold out and we couldn’t pull any strings to get us in the event this time.  Come meet us at the show and check out what the aftermarket scene has to offer.

HIN San Mateo website

There are a few other things on our plate this week so check back soon.  Happy April FoolZZZZZZ.

Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference.  In this case we have a 1973 240z that was in need of a bumper re-do to make it as beautiful as the early cars.  This car first came to us last year with the idea to re-spray the engine bay and replace the tired 2.4L with a factory long-block 2.8 and a new set of SU carburetors.  It turned into a half restoration that was finished just in time to deliver to the customer for Christmas last year.

It came back to us a few months ago to have the bumpers smoothed and re-chromed with all the over-riders removed and their respective holes filled.  A few weeks ago Rob and I took a trip to the chrome shop to check on the progress and ended up making a few changes to the bumpers to be ensure that we would be happy with the finished product.

The bumpers were finished on Tuesday and I was given the task of prepping and carrying out the re-assembly.  All related brackets were repainted and all new zinc plated hardware was used.  We were also able to source all new bumper rubbers because the both the front and rears had seen better days.

I had a little trouble finding shots of the car before the change but there is one at the San Jose Auto Show from last year where you can sort-of see the front over-riders.  The newest shots show the nice change that took place after all was said and done.  So now the customer has his beloved Z back again just in time to enjoy for Christmas, a nice gift indeed.

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