Z-Car Blog http://www.zcarblog.com Shop talk for Z-car enthusiasts Mon, 20 May 2013 06:29:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 SOCAL GT-R Cruise 5/25/13! http://www.zcarblog.com/2013/05/20/events/socal-gt-r-cruise-52513.html http://www.zcarblog.com/2013/05/20/events/socal-gt-r-cruise-52513.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 06:04:16 +0000 Alvin G http://www.zcarblog.com/?p=23503

SoCal GT-R is kicking off a second series of events starting with the inaugural cruise 5/25/13!
For more information please visit GTRLife.com and to view pics from the past GT-R invasion go HERE.

Long Live Godzilla!

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Tony N came to ZCG to discuss tuning for his Z33.  After a bad MAF and plenum leak were discovered and sorted, Rob UPREV’d the Z with great results. Peak gains of 16hp/23tq for a total of 267hp/257tq to the wheels is a significant improvement in power. More impressive is the area under the curve after UPREV tuning:  From just under 4000rpm to redline Tony’s Z is now making a solid +25hp/34tq to the wheels!


Tony would like to give a shout out to his crew, High Octane Tuners. We like the 19″ Z34 wheels filling the fenders especially in the pictures below. Enjoy the Ride!

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City Tech is hosting another great track day event at Thunderhill 6/28. We love running with this group and they are offering two different Time Attack series for the day. To register and find more details please visit:citytechautobody.com/track_days

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Dan F is a hardcore autocross and road course guy. His weapon of choice: Nissan’s 350 Zed. Last year Dan made the jump to forced induction and we did a full Vortech supercharger install, check it out HERE. Dan came back to ZCG for several performance mods including a Bassani exhaust system, switch to waterless coolant and A/C removal.

Stock vs Bassani exhaust:

Weight reduction: Check. Efficient cooling: Check. Free-flowing exhaust: check. Go get’em Dan!

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Today is 5/10 or to owners and fans of Datsun’s greatest little economy car, it’s 510 Day! Here are a few updates on several 510s at ZCG. All three will be driven to the ALMS race tomorrow at Laguna Seca!

Rob drove his Go Green 510 to the shop in honor of 510 day. The SR20DET is currently being tuned with a NISTune ecu:

The Yellow 510 4-door  had an intrusive roll cage and this was removed. She is now sporting 14 x 6 Panasports (+15mm) from the ZCG Datsun 2000, we like the look compared to the 15s:


The head was sent to Rebello and made fantastic L-series NA power. Stay tuned for full report with dyno. For now here is short clip of her in action:

The Turbo Box Flare 510 has been driven hard and the downpipe separated from the turbo, no doubt due to its weight.


The exhaust was welded back and reinforced. I enjoyed driving it to ZCG with no downpipe aside from the fumes :) The semi-truck hiss from the turbo was music to my ears:

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