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Handsome G: Jaques’ G37 Coupe

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Maintenance,Performance
by Alvin G @ 11:09 am on February 13, 2014

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Jaques G was referred to Z Car Garage his co-workers at Apple. Last month he visited us for suspension/wheels and came back for Stillen intakes and an UPREV tune. Handling was improved with a few common upgrades like stiffer Eibach springs, Hotchkis sway bars and SPC control arms to keep alignment in check:

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A nice braking upgrade is the OEM G37 S caliper setup. We installed these Akebono units on Stoptech rotors all around:

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Front OEM vs big calipers:

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Absolutely beautiful 19″  WedsSport SA55M wheels encase the calipers well.

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These wheels are finished in matte grey have a more concave face for the rear…very handsome additions to the G.

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Jacques wanted a little more power so we installed Stillen intakes followed by UPREV tuning.

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The intake alone was good for +10hp but no significant gain in peak tq. Note, however nice gains in low and high rev ranges. UPREV tuning yielded an additional 4hp/6tq for total of 298hp/240tq to the wheels. Shown below are the gains from baseline to intake to UPREV:

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Finally, the G was up for smog and it passed with flying colors. Jaques’ G37 is now a sharp looking corner-carver!