Mike V. came to ZCG to add a little more pep to his Juke. It’s no secret that turbocharged cars can benefit from  simple bolt-ons, especially in the breathing department. We stated with a new Injen intake:

With the intake alone we saw a gain of +3hp/3tq at the wheels on an awd dyno:

A Stillen cat-back exhaust replaced the heavy, restrictive OEM system:

 The exhaust produced even more hp/tq for a final output of 128hp/117tq at the wheels: modest gains but power that can be noticeably felt above 3000rpm to redline:

 

The Annual Brisbane Car Show will be held on July 28 and the last day to pre-register is July 7, 2012!
Friday is the last day for the pre-registration of the ZONC Annual Car Show at the Brisbane Marina.

Attached is a pdf of the Registration Form.
2012Registration
Mailed entries must be postmarked by July 7th.

After July 7th the cost is $30.00 for everyone.

You may also register at the ZONC website http://www.zonc.org

Pictures from last year’s show are HERE

 

 

Dan F. comes from a car-crazy family mostly obsessed with vehicles of the German persuasion. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, especially when his weapon of choice for speed is his NISSAN 350z!
Dan is a hardcore track junkie with many road courses under his belt. He is also an avid autocrosser running with the Lockheed Sports Car Club which you may remember our very own Scott Smith winning in 2010.

 

Dan came to ZCG for you guessed it: More Power. Forced induction in the form of a Vortech supercharger fit the bill and a host of supporting mods with tuning completed the package for this track-happy car and owner. Below are the V-3 std  trim blower, GTM oil cooler and Deatschwerks injectors:

 

FMIC, oil cooler mounted , intake plumbing and ART pipes with the finished install:

 

An Aeromotive 340 fuel pump provided sufficient go juice and there was an immediate increase  in power with boost, +121hp and +83tq at the wheels:

Rob UPREV tuned for more power with 91 and 95 octane maps, (368hp/333tq and 388hp/337tq, respectively).

 

To cope with the noticeable increase in power the rear diff got an upgraded LSD and DEFI gauges help monitor engine vitals:

 

A hardcore-enthusiast just got a substantial boost in the power department…lookout for Dan at a track or autox near you…I’ve already spotted him tearing the backroads up Skyline Blvd 🙂

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What an incredible gathering of old school imports! Today’s Bayline meet was a hit with well over 125 cars attending in the beautiful San Leandro Marina.
We had an impressive caravan of Datsuns and Mazdas(and a Colt) this morning at ZCarGarage. An NSX and Porsche GT3 even joined us…15 cars on the freeway was fun!

 

Look out 880N, JDM rides coming through!

 

 

When we arrived at the Marina there were already a few Skylines parked. The organizers rounded up 14 Skylines from all-over the country! I have never seen so many in one place. From  early, GC10 “Hakosukas”, Ken and Mary  cars, and even a few 80’s DR30 Skylines were present. Which one do you like?

I got to meet Mary from the Nissan commercials!

Cars kept pouring through the gates with Datsun being most represented followed by Toyota and Mazda. It truly was an impressive turnout, for a meet or even a registered car show!

There were so many cool cars to list so don’t miss the photo gallery below!
Some highlights…MORE 510s than any JCCS show I have been too! Wagons, sedans, coupes and even…wait for it…a true, Mexican solid-axle 510!

This Datsun pickup was given the full SR20DET treatment, disc brakes, and a host of custom fabrication work:

Gorgeous Z-cars from all years:

Rows of Toyota Corollas and early Celicas with mild to wild mods. I counted three S2000-powered cars! Nice Cressidas and some burly  7MGTE Celicas too…

Killer Mazdas like this clean REPU, first gen RX-7 and RX sedan:

Thanks to HJCG for organizing a memorable event!

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This Sunday’s Bayline Japanese Vintage Car gathering will be an epic meet of Skylines and cool J-tin. To make it even sweeter a celebrity guest will be visiting the show…none other than “Skyline Mary” from Nissan’s television ads in the early 70’s!

For a little history on Ken and Mary check out Jeff Koch’s story over at Hemmings.

Don’t forget to join our South Bay caravan to the show by meeting us at ZCarGarage at 8am on Sunday!