When we last reported on Jeff V’s Mustang GT, ZCG had installed coil-over suspension and a Vortech blower with great results. The ‘Stang turned the ZCG rollers to 535hp/461tq at the wheels:

Jeff came back to finish the suspension off with sway bars and get even more power with a cold-air intake, fuel pump upgrade and tuning.  Here are the new sways with endlinks:

Cold-air intake:

After fuel pump upgrades and tuning Jeff’s Mustang now makes just over 600rwhp!

David D came to ZCG for several upgrades on his Nismo 370z. The car already had a GTM Supercharger and VOLK CE28N wheels finished in Mag. Blue.

A full Berk cat-back exhaust was installed. Here are the mufflers, mid-pipes and crossover:

Installed:

The Z got a new clutch and Z Speed T/O bearing:

Finally, Hotchkis sway bars front and rear:

I love the CE28Ns on the Z34!

 

Here is Tom R’s report from his 24hrs of LeMons race experience last month, enjoy!

To do well at 24 Hours of Lemons racing you need a variety of things: Reliability, decent speed, decent drivers, no severe penalties, strategy, and some degree of luck. On September 15th and 16th, “The Tartan Brigade” took our 1980 280zx to Thunderhill Raceway for a third attempt at glory. To be clear, we recognize that we are all mid-level drivers, and a class win is likely not in the cards for us regardless of the car we are driving. However, our goals are always to finish in a respectable position, in one piece, and with a big smile on our faces. We achieved two of these goals, but failed pretty miserably in terms of position. The escapade went something like this.

The weather at Thunderhill in September is bound to be unforgiving, with daytime temperatures consistently in the mid 90’s, and the only flowing water visible being that leaking from some poor sap’s exploded radiator. So it was with no great surprise that from midday on Friday, during the practice session, we knew we were in for a battle as we had to be towed off the track for the first time (of four times throughout the weekend) as the car lost all power while driving down the back straight. Still plucky and filled with questionable optimism, we tentatively diagnosed the problem as being caused by a failing ignition module. We swapped it out for a spare we brought, but my confidence in it was immediately shaken by the unmistakable Sharpie lettering on it: “Good?” Low and behold, by the time Friday’s practice day was over, we had received our second tow of the weekend, and began to worry that we might be looking down the barrel of a black-flag solely for being on a first name basis with the tow truck driver. With the sobering thought that the race could be an abject failure for us soaking into our minds, I wandered through the pits, practically on my knees, begging any fellow racers to share with us any excess flexible ducting they may have such that we could get some more “cold” 97F air to the ignition module come race day. And, sure enough, the Lemons spirit of camaraderie prevailed as a team running a late 80s RX7 was kind enough to hand over 4’ feet of dryer ducting. As though it were as valuable as gold, we used all the key Lemons-specific tools to mount the ducting in place (tin snips, zip ties and duct tape, only JB Weld going un-used in this case.) Looking like we had somehow run over a silver elephant’s trunk, we now had what we hoped would prove to be our salvation…

At 9am on Saturday morning, the butterflies were working overtime in each of our stomachs, a mixture of boyish enthusiasm and utter dread that our “fixes” may not have done the trick to keep our baby cool and operational. We waited as long as possible to get our car on the starting grid to minimize the chance of overheating the ignition module before even seeing the green flag… …[read more]

Alex G owns this black M45 and came to ZCG for suspension upgrades. Even big, stylish luxury sedans can have firm rides without being too harsh thanks to Tein and their EDFC.

Here are the Tein Flex Coil-overs and EDFC module mounted in the armrest:

The suspension goes in with SPC Camber arms F/R:

A full alignment followed the installation, here are few before/after shots:

 This 3rd generation M-sedan is now ready to carve some corners or cruise comfortably all by push of a button!

Dana R owns this absolutely gorgeous Cherry Red Pearl Z32TT. He came to ZCG for a complete suspension upgrade, timing belt/60k services and a few bolt-ons. Before we get into the mods let’s see more of that pretty paint:

With only 80k miles on the clock this Z was going to be treated to full suspension using Stillen sway bars, Eibach springs on Tockico 5-way shocks, new tension rods and  adjustable camber kit:

Brake upgrades front and rear courtesy of Stoptech and their Sport Kit:

We also performed timing belt and 60k services on the mighty VG30DETT:

Every Z32TT can benefit from breathing mods so a JWT POP charger kit and Genie Turbo exhaust were installed:

With new suspension and a freshened drivetrain this pretty Z is ready to Enjoy the Ride!