We featured Ashley’s Z33 Roadster back in November ’10 when her Z-obssessed husband brought the car in for Tein springs and dual-JWT pop chargers. The car still sports the same tasteful drop but now sits on a mint set of 19″ Volk Progressive Spoke wheels(discontinued) in gloss black with polished lips.


ZCG also installed that neat “Z” emblem which doubles as a LED side marker, here is a short video of it in action:

Ashley’s husband is none other than Scott S, fearless driver of the GreenMachine. Scott also owns one of the baddest Twin-Turbo Z32s on the planet. I will do a feature on his car soon, but here is a teaser of his latest set of wheels on the 300:

Gary S. must have an affliction for Nissans that are fast, black, and modified. This 2006 G35 Coupe has just 13k miles on the clock and it has been tastefully modified to the tune of 500+rwhp. He is also the owner of the black BEHEMOTH RB28 240z, and brilliant S14 240sx (not black) that I will report on shortly. There has got to be another black, high hp Nissan somewhere in his garage 🙂 Besides owning fast Nissans Gary is quite resourceful and creative. Notice those ZCarGarage-themed barstools in the shop office? See a bunch of hard to find JDM pieces on wall? Thanks Gary!

When we last heard about Gary’s G35 it was making 470whp/470tq on 91 octane with the APS TT kit. The built engine comes from Rebello Racing and uses JWT S2 cams, 650cc RC injectors, 3.5″ downpipes and a JWT flywheel with HD clutch.
We were having trouble holding the boost level steady so upgraded Forged Actuators(13.5psi) and an HKS EV6 Boost Controller were installed to keep it in check. UPREV tuning with a PMAS MAF showed that stable boost = BIG HP and TQ: 513hp/509tq to the wheels!

Here is a short video clip(more to come) from one of the tuning sessions:

When Gary isn’t driving his amazing S14 he swaps out for this big, black machine with massive Stoptech brakes gleaming through gunmetal spokes of the Volk GT-7 wheels. Gorgeous .

This is the year that Gary will finally drive the long awaited BEHEMOTH so keep following the blog!

We finished the relatively easy task of putting a modified 350z back to stock for starters last week.  This car came to us from another shop with a massive oil burning and smoking issue.  The car was running a built engine, GReddy TT, full fuel system, and so on.  It turns out that the other place believed that the turbos were the issue so the original set was trashed and two new sets were installed before the owner decided to bring the car to Z Car Garage.

The engine was disassembled and the inspection discovered that it had been subjected to massive detonation and was no good.  It was torn down and all good parts were saved for later use.  A stock engine with low miles was sourced and was installed.  The car ran great when delivered and most importantly the owner was happy.  The car went from being on the lift with no engine, trans, etc. to being a runner in less than a day.  Nice job Fred.

As for the turbo kit, it will be going on a built 3.8L VQ in a customer’s car that is from Tennessee.  It formerly had a custom built supercharger but we knew from the beginning that it would be getting turbos.  The car now features a fully built automatic transmission, rear end, and axles to accompany the rest of the drive train.  It was meant to be a brutal daily driver that will stand up to the abuse of back to back runs down the drag strip and it already features a nice set of Volk Racing SF Challenges for street duty and a four-wheel Rotora big brake kit.

The first two pictures below are of the car with the old supercharger setup.  The last one is of the engine running normally aspirated this morning before it was taken apart for the GRreddy twin turbo system.

…and finally this “morning”….

We should also be receiving the carbon fiber hatch back from our paint shop back today for a really trick twin turbo 350Z that we work on.  This car, seen above, was featured in D Sport magazine last year and it is truly something special.  Look for a full rundown on this car once this stage is completed.

More updates to come today.  I have a lot more to write about.  ZCG

We had this beautiful twin-turbo 350z leaving today and the rain was nice enough to stop for a few minutes so that I could get a few pictures.  This car features an APS twin turbo kit with JWT cams and a custom 3″ down-pipes made by us.  It has full Tein coil-overs, Stop-Tech big brake kit up front, and beautiful Volk Racing TE37 wheels.  On street fuel (91 octane here in CA) this car makes over 450hp to the rear wheels.  Awesome.