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Alex’s Supercharged 370z

Filed under: 370z,Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 4:18 pm on August 2, 2014

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Alex T is the owner of this pretty Black Cherry Z34 and he visited Z Car Garage on referral from our boost junkie friend and customer Juan F.  To satisfy Alex’s desire for forced induction we installed a Stillen supercharger kit that was actually used on Grant K’s Nismo 370z.

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Out of the box, this older Stillen kit left plenty of room for improvement so we invested in several upgrades like 1000cc injectors, Aeromotive high-flow fuel pump, pulley and these engine oil/automatic transmission coolers:

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The transmission received a GTM valve-body upgrade and stock bypass valve was replaced with a blow-off valve:

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Fast Intentions test pipes replace factory cats:

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To put the power down more effectively we installed a Quaife limited-slip differential, using the stock 3.36 R&P:

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With all of the modifications and UPREV tuning Rob extracted 435hp/343tq to the wheels. This is a 147hp/104tq gain over stock:

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To monitor vitals Alex chose PLX Device’s OBD2 multi-gauge. We first installed this trick, wireless sensor/gauge package on Steve’s G35 with an iPhone interface.  For Alex’s Z34 the multi-gauge was seamlessly integrated into the OEM pod:

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We love the brilliant display and wealth of data that can be accessed:

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Enjoy the Ride Alex!

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Mike’s Nismo 370z

Filed under: 370z,Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 1:32 am on July 25, 2014

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Mike U visted Z Car Garage back in May for Stillen intakes on his Nismo 370z. The Z was a gift to himself and with just 2800 miles on the odometer he got the modification bug. In addition to the intakes we installed a Fast Intentions exhaust system and Eibach springs:

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Exhaust before/after:

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A few more shots of the system:

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The Fast Intentions system looks great and also frees up some power!

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We saw a 7hp peak gain at the wheels over baseline:

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With Rob’s UPREV tuning Mike’s Z34 now makes 315hp/256tq:

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Eibach springs improve the stance and SPC camber arms keeping the alignment in check:

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We dig the slight ride height reduction:

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Enjoy The Ride, Mike!




Thomas’ G37 Sedan

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Maintenance,Performance
by Alvin G @ 12:24 am on May 15, 2014

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Thomas C came in for full 60k mile services and a new exhaust system on his G37 S sedan.

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The old exhaust system had an aftermarket y-pipe that didn’t significantly increase power. We installed a full cat-back system from Fast Intentions followed by an UPREV tune. Old vs new:

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The new exhaust looks and sounds great:

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On the dyno we were impressed with gains from the FI exhaust combined with UPREV tuning. Peak numbers were 302hp/249tq to the wheels, an increase of +15hp/10tq. Check out the mid-range tp redline gains in both hp and tq from 3500rpm:

 

Thomas Chu G37S Sedan Uprev




Dannie’s Infiniti FX35

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 10:16 pm on March 12, 2014

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We worked on Dannie P’s Infiniti FX35 last year adding GTSpec bracing and a custom Bassani exhaust system. Dannie came back to ZCG recently for more mods. We installed additional bracing from Summit/GTspec and Fast Intentions resonated high-flow cats (HFCs) followed by on-road tuning.

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Here is the front crossmember brace:

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HFCs, in place of stock cats (L):

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We did on-road tuning to make sure the A/F and timing were safe. Enjoy The Ride Dannie!




Joe’s 370z

Filed under: 370z,Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 10:01 pm on November 4, 2013

 

Joe R was referred to Z Car Garage by long-time customer and Z33 owner “T.C”. Joe’s 2013 370z came to us with just 1900 miles on the odometer ready for some bolt-ons!  We installed Fast Intentions Hi-Flow cats, their TDX exhaust system and Stillen intakes:

 

Stillen Gen3 intakes:

 

Hi-flow cats from Fast Intentions:

 

The TDX cat-back exhaust compared to stock:

 

UPREV tuning yields 311hp/250tq to the wheels:

 

We think making the rear diffuser black is a must have for any 370z and William’s has been doing this mod for the front (pre-2013) and rear since the Z34 was released:




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