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I’ve put two new cars up on the ‘For Sale’ page to help any of you in-need of a Z. Now is a great time to look into a new (to you anyway) Z or G car because driving season, and summer, are just around the corner. Give them a look!
I have posted the ZCG G35 twin turbo in the For Sale section of the blog. We are sad to see it go, but it is time to share the ZCG wealth with all of you. We hope it goes to a great home.
I should also have a super clean 350z convertible up in the for sale section sometime tomorrow (Thurs.) so check back near the end of the day.
Fresh in from Japan are the five sets of Panasport 3 piece lightweight wheels that were ordered for the on-going RB project cars. We are now one step closer to making all the cars rollers. As you can see from the photos there are three black sets and two silver. The craftsmanship and appearance are going to suit these highly modified 240Zs perfectly.
These wheels are ordered in a custom offset just for Z Car Garage and will allow us to fit as much as a 255/40/R17 tire without flaring the fenders. With the large diameter of these wheels the cars will need to receive coilovers because the stock spring and strut combo intrude fairly deep into the wheel well, of course this will be getting done anyways to allow us to change the spring rate to best suit the new drive train and the owners requirements.
As soon as a tire choice is made and we get them mounted on a car you should expect to see some more pictures of these works of art. There are some more pictures after the “read more.” Enjoy
Happy Monday to everyone!
Today we are putting the finishing touches on the 3.8L 350z with the GReddy twin turbo kit and I am getting very anxious to take that beast out on the road. All that is really left is some fine tuning on the Haltech EMS. On the initial rundown and test drive the fuel map turned out to be quite rich and needed a touch up in the mid-range. Even with the rich condition, the car is very powerful and has immense amounts of low-end torque. I don’t have any dyno figures yet because we are updating our Dynojet hardware to make sure that everything is as new as it can be to give our customers the best and most reliable results. We’ll have to settle for street tuning until the new dyno tower arrives.
Also on the war path for today is the red 280ZX restoration car. I’ll be picking up the newly dyed interior pieces a little later today and the car should really start flying together. This project has been with us for a very long time and it’s going to be a little strange once it all comes together. I washed it this morning and ended up standing there admiring all the work and time that we’ve put into it. It’s really a special car and we can’t wait to deliver it to the owners.
I have a few more things to fill you in on so check back a bit later in the day!
So since this morning the formerly supercharged 3.8L 350z has had it’s heart completely removed. It is currently being prepped for the GReddy TT kit. The engine should be back in the car tomorrow if we don’t hit any snags and the car should be running and on the dyno in the next couple of days. This car has been through so many stages to get this far and we are excited to have it up and running to it’s full potential soon.
The next update concerns the APS TT 350z that has more goodies than I can list here. Like I said earlier, I’ll have a full write up on this car when this stage is finished, but for now the carbon hatch is back from paint and will have the new lexan rear window installed in a short while.
