***HAPPY HOLIDAYS From Z Car Garage***
One of the real joys this holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you and wish you the very best for the new year. From all of us at Z Car Garage we thank our friends, family and customers again for another exciting and productive year! Enjoy our 2021 recap and upcoming projects. Please note our holiday closure below:
ZCG will be closed from 12/24/21 and we will re-open for business on 1/3/22.
We had a busy year and though the shop will be closed, we won’t leave you hanging for the holidays. Many zcarblog features have yet to be published like our belated race report from the 2021 Velocity Invitational in addition to client stories.
Before we take a look back at highlights from 2021, here are several exciting projects coming along at the shop:
Jeff and Ryan B’s LS3-powered Z came to us for mechanical sorting. It’s now sporting our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes (for small wheels) and Z Car Garage CV Axles. Ryan successfully ran the Targa California Rallye in blistering summer heat. He recently got a new set of VOLK TE37V wheels full report soon!
The OMS Pace Car
This is a 1972 Official OMS Pace Car Duplicate. It is at present one of only two known survivors . Fifty were originally produced by Nissan Motors to commemorate the DATSUN 240Z being selected by the Ontario Motor Speedway to Pace the 1972 “U.S.A.C. California 500 Championship”. It really is a small Datsun world, as the official OMS pace car is none other than our very own Joel Anderson #49 IMSA GTU 240Z .
This OMS duplicate belongs to our long time customer and friend Linda. She acquired it from a family in SoCal and tasked ZCG with making it a nice driver. Full report soon but it got loaded up today for its journey to Colorado!
Jim’s 1971 Datsun 240z returned for a Rebello 3.2L with triple-Mikuni carbs on a Harada intake and CD009a 6-speed transmission:
David’s 240Z
Long-time friend and client David attended a track day at Laguna Seca. This Z was built over 15 years ago and sill running strong. We prepped his Z for the track, full report soon!
Dyno Tuning your 350z/370z/Q/G
We have been dyno tuning your late model Nissan/Infiniti sports car daily. Bolt-ons, UPREV tuning. Our customers leave happy with more performance. Call us to schedule an appointment! Here are just a few cars:
Aaron’s Q50:
Randy’s 1970 Safari Tribute Z lived an eventful life this year. It was in Los Angeles to be filmed for Nissan’s commercials and also served as Randy’s ride for cruising around Monterey Car Week. We installed a new engine and made some suspension changes. Though it’s back at home in Georgia it will get a full ZCG-style feature.
One of many Z32s we are working on, Steve’s will get a full report soon:
Highlights from 2021
Even though 2021 was crazy year for all of us we still managed to have fun on and off the track. The shop made some really great progress as well.
Enjoy these highlights from the year and Z you in 2022!
Datsunworks
Z Car Garage is excited to collaborate with Datsunworks and develop their brilliant KN20 dual-overhead cam (DOHC) cylinder head designed for the Nissan inline-6 L-Series engine. You can read all about it HERE
2021 was a development year for this drivetrain setup. We continue to extract more power and run longevity testing with owner Gary who has the pleasure of living daily with this beast. More updates to come, but for now enjoy the music this KN20 head provides in the video below!
240Z
Click on each link to see the full features!
ZCG PARTS: Z Car Garage CV Axles on Brad’s IMSA 240Z race car!
ZCG Big-Brakes, ZCG CV Axles and Panasports for Greg’s 1970 Datsun 240Z
ZCG Big-Brakes, 6-Speed and EFI for Khang’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
PARTS: Z Car Garage Big-Brakes for Jeremy’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
PARTS: ZCG Big-Brakes and CV Axles for Hazel’s 1970 Datsun 240Z
260Z
ZCG PARTS: Z Car Garage CV Axles on Glenn’s IMSA 260Z race car!
280Z
ZCG Parts: ZCG CV axles-For Peters 1977 Datsu 280Z
Z Car For Generations: Gilberts 1978 Datsun 280Z 2+2
280ZX
300zx
510 and Fairlady Roadster
350Z
370z
R32
Racing
EVENTS: IMSA Datsuns Racing at the Velocity Invitational November 11-14
RACE REPORT: B-Sedan Datsun Racing at Laguna Seca With SVRA 5/21
Rallyes/Events
EVENTS: The 2023 Nissan Z Viewing at Z Car Garage Was A Success!
Z Car Garage visits Nissan Headquarters to spend time with the Z Proto
Media
MEDIA: 1970 Datsun 240Z Salt Flat Racer Featured on Hoonigan Autofocus!
MEDIA: Rob Fuller’s Datsun 510 Featured on Hoonigan Autofocus!
MEDIA: 1970 Datsun 240Z Safari Tribute on Hoonigan Autofocus!
MEDIA: Trevor’s 1978 Datsun 280Z Featured on Hoonigan Autofocus!
LONG LIVE THE Z! Check out our Instagram story for more updates!
