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Happy 5/10 Day!

Filed under: Events
by Alvin G @ 10:35 am on May 10, 2012


Happy 510 Day to all Datsun owners! Have you driven your dime today?





ZCG Closed Wed to Fri. Next Week

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by Alvin G @ 11:53 pm on May 6, 2012

***ZCG will be closed  for three days next week,  Wednesday 6/13  through Friday 6/15***

Rob is getting married!

We will be open for business again on the following Monday, 6/18.

 

 





Mark’s Widebody G35

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 12:18 pm on

Before the 350z and G35 became incredibly popular import hot rods Rob built a very special sportscar with owner John N. back in 2005. They Vortech supercharged a G35 coupe to the tune of 500whp with nitrous intercooler-spray along with plenty of bolt-ons. The car was even featured in SportCompactCar magazine, here is what it looked like then:

From 2006-2007 John wanted to go all out in terms of performance and looks so ZCG proceeded to transform the G starting with a APS Extreme Twin-Turbo kit on a fully-built 4.1L stroker motor:


The interior got an extensive roll-cage that was both safe and allowed back seat access. Bride seats and a custom gauge pod stand out in otherwise factory-luxurious interior:

Footwork was immense, consisting of Stoptech 14″ brakes both front and rear(355mm), Tein-Flex coil-overs, and ludicrously wide custom HRE wheels with 345-width tires in back.


Although the tuning scene was very differnt 6 years ago, practically every aftermaket part available at the time was included in the build. The engine wasn’t fully tuned to experience all of its glory but the G was thoroughly enjoyed after it left the shop.
Fast forward to 2012 when current owner Mark L. called ZCG and described a certain widebody G35 for sale! Rob immediately knew the car, an appointment was made and work began where they left off to
complete that last 10% to make this widebody a street sweeper. Rob UPREV tuned with the factory ECU instead of Hydranemesis standalone originally on the car and made some incredible gains:

Before:   481hp/482tq

After:     556hp/566tq

Thanks for letting us finish an awesome car Mark, enjoy the ride!





ZCG Closed 6/13 to 6/15

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by Alvin G @ 12:03 am on May 5, 2012

***ZCG will be closed Wed through Friday next week: 6/13 to 6/15***

Rob is getting married!

ZCG will be open for business again on the following Monday, 6/18.





Stronger Than Ever: Kevin’s 240Z

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 9:31 pm on May 3, 2012

It’s about  time we shared with you how our customers feel after coming to  ZCG for some performance upgrades. Here is owner Kevin R. with his experience:

“I bought my 73 240 in 1977 from the original owner with 42k miles when I was 18… drove it 2 weeks, decided to rebuild the motor for fun and added triple Webers and a DeLong cam. Four years ago, with 340k miles, Rob put in a high performance motor: 2.8 bottom end, E-30 ported head, and still the triple Webers and cam. Performance is incredible.. just added Rob’s custom exhaust system and hp at the rear end went from 162 to 182 and the power and torque is fantastic!  I am now at 386k miles and it runs stronger than ever…Thanks Rob”





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