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Z Car Blog owes a big thank you to this young man. During the last few years, ZCG has been lucky enough to have Forbes spreading the Z car passion (in person and through this blog). 2010 will be a big year in Forbes’s life as he continues his education. I will do my best to pick up where he left off. And believe me, Forbes will always be part of the ZCG crew. Happy Birthday buddy!!!!
One of ZCG’s oldest customers is back with a bang. This Nismo 370Z comes to us with 400 miles on the clock. During the next few days we will continue to finish the break-in miles. We are chomping at the bit to start modding this bad boy. The next few weeks will include installs of upgraded brake pads with fluid and version 2 of the ZCG oil cooler kit. We have a track day set up for February the 1st at Laguna Seca.We will see how the Nismo stacks up against the ZCG 370Z. Stay tuned…
The new year is 14 days old and ZCG is back from the holidays with a vengeance. We hope all you Z car fans had a great holiday. The first week of the year was spent prepping for the Silicon Valley International Auto Show. Each year, Z Car Garage has been lucky enough to have a spot in the Tuner tent. The display consisted of Z’s of all generations from early S30s to the new 370Z model.Thanks to all our customers for their support and allowing us to share their Zs with all the San Jose locals. Stay tuned… a great year lies ahead.
The problem with hanging around all of us at ZCG is that you get the urge to modify your car whenever you see something else cool in the shop. I’ve probably heard it a hundred times, “Yeah I think I’m just going to put a pop-charger on it for a few extra horsepower and then I’ll be happy.” This sentence is usually followed by a chuckle from everyone within an ear shot.
Inevitably it begins to snowball. “Hey Rob I bought some wheels (VOLK SF Challenge in gold), can you guys install them?” Followed by, “Wow the wheels look great but what can we do about the stance now?” (Tein FLEX coil-overs with Hotchkis swaybars) Everyone continues to chuckle because we know where this is heading… FORCED INDUCTION.
That is exactly how this build went, well in a little different order but you get the gist of it. This Rev-Up Equipped (2nd gen VQ35 engine with dual variable camshafts) G35 has come back to us one more time to receive the final phase of its build, maybe.
The owner of this beauty has chosen to do one HUGE final step, everyone gets a little impatient when they can see the end in sight. Here is the rundown on what we have just completed:
Jim Wolf Technologies Camshafts
Stillen Headers
Bassani cat-back exhaust system
ZCG Custom Oil Cooler
ZCG Custom Cold Air Intake
Defi Gauges and custom mounting for the controller
Tein EDFC (Electronic Damping Force Controller) with custom mounting, the car already has full Tein Flex coil-overs and Hotchkis sway bars
Sillen Series Two Front Bumper with splitter
Oh yeah…
and a Vortech Engineering Polished Supercharger kit
Even after all these years of installing Vortech supercharger kits we can still be caught off guard by the power they produce and the high quality of their product. The fit and finish of the product is top notch witch goes a long way in a highly involved build such as this one.
From the dyno graph here you can see the tremendous jump in both horsepower and torque thanks to the exhaust, camshafts, and supercharger upgrades. 417 horsepower at the wheels is nothing to joke about, in fact we ended up pulling a couple degrees of timing after the 417 run in the best interest of reliability. The car was delivered to the customer making just over 400 when all was said and done. High numbers are great, but making them last for years to come is better.
Oh one more thing, It made this power through the stock cats!!! So there is more power to be had if we switch to high-flow cats or test pipes, if he decides it is necessary.
You may have also noticed our new mounting locations for both the Tein EDFC controller and the DEFI gauge controller. This new install is super clean and has almost a factory feel to it. Pretty sweet. We also decided to change the mounting of our ZCG oil cooler on this build to maximize airflow from the new Stillen bumper and to improve the overall aesthetics of the front end, this too turned out really well.
Other than that there isn’t really much to report, that is if you think that tire shredding power isn’t news worthy. My prediction for this customer’s next upgrade is a new set of rear tires in a month. See you soon friend (chuckle).
ZCG
More photos after the ‘read more’.
Just to remind all of you about the event THIS WEEKEND!!!!
Update: There is a sign up sheet of sorts on MY350Z.com to get a semi-accurate headcount as to who is attending. Again the great folks at ZONC insist that you bring cash with you if you want to have lunch at Poppy Hill (restaurant) and for the gate entry fee for 17 Mile Drive!! See the updated flyer below for all of the info.
ZONC will be hosting the annual Monterey/Pebble Beach Meet and Ride this year on Saturday, September 19th. As usual we will be meeting at MY Nissan in Salinas, CA to gather most of the group before heading into 17 Mile Drive and then to lunch at Poppy Hill in Pebble Beach.
The event itself is free but there is a charge for the lunch if you wish to attend, there is also as $10 fee to drive on 17 Mile Drive itself but this is included if you decide to buy lunch. See the ZONC flyer below for further clarification. This is a really fun drive to make as you see tons of Zs and Gs make their way through some of the nicest beachfront neighborhoods on the west coast.
There will be more info to come in the next week or so as we set up a caravan from Z Car Garage to MY Nissan in Salinas so stay tuned for that.
Make sure you check out the post from last year to see all the photos we took.
Link: Pebble Beach Fun Run 2008
Link: ZONC.org (Z Owners of Northern California)
Link: MY350Z.com Info and Sign-up thread
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