We were able to do a small amount of testing with the new Cosworth plenum at the end of the day on friday and we were showing some nice gains.  Now we are back on the dyno and will be swapping the plenum around to a few cars to see how it performs with different modifications.

Cars to be tested today:

2003 350z: Stock engine, aftermarket cams,  APS Twin Turbo

2005 G35:  Built Engine and APS Twin Turbo

2003 G35:  Stock engine, JWT cams, APS Twin Turbo (ZCG G35)

2005 350z: Stock engine, Vortech supercharger

Testing later this week:

2005 G35: Stock engine, JWT Twin Turbo

All of these cars have other modifications (exhaust, cams, etc.) that will be gone over when I post the full Cosworth report here on ZCarBlog.com.  More good things are coming friends…. Happy Monday

I was given a disc with some unknown ZCG pictures over the weekend so I figured I would give them a look today.  Lo and behold (yes that is the correct spelling of ‘Lo’) there were never before seen Follow the 370z Tour photos that were taken here at Z Car Garage on the CD.  Below are a few photos that I have chosen to share with the masses.  I hope you enjoy them.

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The 350z with the built 3.8L VQ, Cosworth cylinder heads, and GReddy twin turbos fired up on the very first try today.  This combination has a super meaty exhaust note that leads me to believe that it will make killer power once we get in on the dyno.  Next are going to modify the exhaust system before we do anything else to take full advantage of the quick spooling GReddy kit.  Currently the car is only running a custom set of 3″ down pipes and 3″ catalytic converters out of a Dodge Viper.  I should have more information on the exhaust sometime tomorrow.

The rest of the car was finished some time ago, so it is really nice for the power-plant portion to come to a close as well.  As far as the interior, the car already boasts the latest in audio technology with an awesome double-din head unit form Alpine with a removable hand held GPS unit that is self contained in the head unit when not on foot.  This 350Z also boasts a host of Defi gauges to keep tabs on the vital engine stats as well as a Tein EDFC unit to control the shock valving in the Type Flex coil-overs.

I will have more pictures and some dyno info in the next few days.  I will also have my first drive in the car with the new twin setup in the next day or two so I will report back with my impressions then.  Good talk.

It’s only of January yet and the car clubs are already going full force to set up meets and drives, not that I’m complaining!  This one comes to us through our friends at the Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC.)  For this event they have teamed up with the Bay Area and Sacramento NSXCA chapters which will make for an awesome car gathering headed to one of the most beautiful parts of California.

All of the information is available on the ZONC website but I’ll lay out the main points here:

Dates:  Februray 14th – 16th (Sat, Sun, Mon)

Package for 2 includes:

Hotel occupancy of 2 per room
2 tickets for Hearst Castle (Tour 1, 2, or 3)
2 dinner coupons ($20ea) at one of two choice restaurants

Price for package:  $284.50 (includes tax)

THE HOTEL MUST BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY AND YOU MUST MENTION THAT YOU WANT TO RESERVE A ROOM HELD BY ZONC/ATKINSON FOR THIS PACKAGE.  Call (805) 927-3998.

We will be meeting at Z Car Garage and be leaving at 10:30AM sharp.

The full event information can be found at the top of the ZONC website.  Check it out and I hope to see you there.

Link: ZONC website

I know that we have been putting up a ton of GT-R related posts lately so here is one for the 350z owners.

Now… Back to your regularly scheduled Z programming.  The 3.8L GReddy TT engine is back in the chassis and all mechanical connections have been made.  Next on the the agenda is to re-install the inter cooler and all the the intake piping that goes with it.  At the same time the all electrical connections will be made and then gone over again to make sure that we don’t have to go back into the engine bay after we are done.  This car also runs a Haltech engine management system that uses a MAP (Manifold Absolute Pressure) sensor instead of the factory MAF (Mass Air Flow) equipment so the final tune should be fairly straight forward.

Wikipedia will do a better job at explaining the differences:  CLICK HERE FOR MAP vs. MAF Wiki

This car should be close to being buttoned up near the end of the day and running on the dyno early next week.  This car will be tested extensively by us to make sure that the customer is entire satisfied with the end result.  We may even make a trip to Infineon Raceway for their infamous Wednesday Night drag race series.  With drag slicks or wrinkle wall tires the quarter mile time should be able to meet or best our GT-R.  Seriously.  Z Car out!