***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.

 

 

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 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.

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”

Here is Corey Smith of BAYZA with a report from last weekend’s meet:

This year, BayZa’s In N’ Out burger meet was a success! Although many of our group had the last minute “Z Flu”, we still managed to pull well over 40 Z Cars during the meet, including 4 Z32’s who had driven up from Southern California to attend the meet!
Everyone definitely came prepared this year, clean and ready to go. We had a hard time giving away the “Dirtiest Z” prize away, which consisted of a washing bucket and several car care products. The atmosphere was very positive, and it was easy to tell that we all cared for our Z cars.

After the meet, 31 Z’s joined us on a quick drive through the hills towards Uvas Reservoir, where we stopped and held a friendly exhaust sound-off competition.

Taylor Smith in his dual straight-piped 2008 HR 350Z ended up taking the grand prize of the day, $100 gift card at Z Car Garage and 3 pulls on the Dyno! Congratulations Taylor Smith!

Winner of the “Favorite Z” prize went to Dominic Sacco with his beautiful red Z32 Slicktop.

Dominic has had his Z for 11 months now, and We’ve been lucky enough to watch him clean up his Z32 with great care. His Z is now sporting a new 1 piece aluminum driveshaft, Fresh red paint for the fascia, Energy suspension bushings, repaired and powdercoated 18″ Cr-Kai wheels and the full 120k maintenance performed by Z Car Garage.

Bay Area Z Association would like to thank Z Car Garage for supporting our group with prizes this year. Keep working your magic, Rob!
See you all next year 🙂