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 🙂
More pictures in the gallery below: …[read more]
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Last year we helped Randy M finish restoring his ultra nice 240z and we are pleased to report that the Z was featured in the July 2012 issue of Classic Motorsports Magazine.
That’s Randy in the driver’s seat. Congratulations!
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Lora and her husband Chris are motorsports fans. Chris has a dedicated rock/crawler and Lora loves her Z33. Since she enjoys trackdays and twisty roads her husband gave her the gift of boost: a Turbonetics single turbo kit! ZCG installed the kit and added a GTM oil cooler plus a few other goodies.
Before boost and after boost!
JWT clutch/flywheel, old exhaust system, and modified exhaust with new NISMO muffler.
Below you can see more details of the kit including turbo placement, exhaust crossover pipe, FMIC, and intake routing:
At just over 7lbs boost Lora’s Z made 376hp/390tq to the wheels!
We can’t think of a better gift to give your loved one, especially if they are like Lora and love to Enjoy to the Ride!
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Nick K is a really enthusiastic guy and had no problem with driving all the way from Sacramento to have is G35 tuned at ZCG. He installed almost every bolt-on you can throw at a G all by himself, but he felt that it still needed more power. The high-mileage car produced 245hp/220tq at the wheels with all of the mods Nick installed:
With Rob’s UPREV tuning the G picked up 17hp/20tq with much smoother power delivery!
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Since its introduction we have been impressed with how well the 370z’s VQ37 responds to simple bolt-on modifications. Steven L’s Solid Red Z34 made some great power gains with intakes, exhaust, pulleys and an UPREV tune from Rob.
Shown above are the Stillen Gen 3 dual intakes, Stillen exhaust system and pulleys.
Before/after with the Stillen exhaust system.
Stillen intakes before/after. We dyno’d the car before the mods, after and also with the tuning…
With just the bolt-ons Steven’s Z picked up 23hp/9tq to the wheels with gains throughout the entire rev range. Icing on the cake: Rob’s UPREV tuning squeezed even more hp/tq for a grand total of 315hp/251tq!
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