Leuris C. came to ZCG for some cooling upgrades and tuning on his G35 coupe. I love the stance on this G! It is a 5AT model so the transmission was treated with a Transgo shift kit:
Cooling upgrades included a transmission cooler and engine water cooling modification from a Nissan Pathfinder:

Icing on the cake was a UPREV tune from Rob with gains of 13hp/12tq at the wheels:

I love seeing OEM wheel/tire packages on different cars and here is an example of one that really works. Jaime is the owner of this clean white ’95 and ZCG has taken care of it for a long time. The Z has
740cc injectors, JWT upgrades and now sports some 19″Nismo 370Z (LMZ5) wheels. I always thought 19s were too large for the Z32 body but Jaime’s car has got me hooked. The rear lip is perfect:

The only problem now is that the new wheels dwarf the stock brakes…we think it is time for a BBK 🙂

Craig P has been a ZCG customer since the beginning with his pretty ’95 300zx Twin Turbo. Craig is an Apple employee, and he even devised an ipod connection that works with the factory Z32 stereo. The Z has a stock engine with bolt-ons including Stillen intercoolers, dual BB 530 turbos, and a full 3″ exhaust. This 300 never had problems going fast…it puts out just over 400hp/400tq at the wheels:

Like most Z32 owners eventually footwork and braking need to be addressed with increased power. At the end of winter Craig found himself with bald tires in need of replacement…what better time to upgrade!
Red Stoptech 332mmm brakes were installed up front:

The stock rear calipers were color matched ZCG-style to the Stoptechs. Slotted rear rotors, 309 pads, and stainless braided lines throughout:

Beautiful 18″ SSR SP1 wheels frame the Stoptech’s nicely! These are black spoke/polished lips with 245/40 front and 265/35 rear Pole-Position S-04 tires.

Wheels/tires are always a great upgrade:

Chris H. was a Zcar owner until he made the switch to a big, fast American muscle sedan: Cadillac’s CTS-V. ZCarGarage just installed a new exhaust system and dyno’d the supercharged beast.

The  power gains just from the exhaust alone were impressive with 18hp/26tq more at the wheels for a total of 472hp/478tq! It sounds amazing too as I spotted Chris in his CTS-V motoring though traffic on the freeway earlier this week.  With over 550hp on tap it must be an easy decision to trade that distinctive Zcar burble for some V8 thunder!

Jeff V. is a bit different from your average Mustang owner…he wanted his car to be the total package with handling to match power and the ability to do more than just go fast in a straight line. He also does not mind being surrounded by a bunch of Z cars 🙂 Our last update on his 2012 Mustang GT included a few upgrades like a Torsen LSD, gears and short shifter. Jeff wanted to sort out the suspension before doing any serious power adders so a full coil-over kit from Stranoparts was installed f/r:

Eibach’s Multi-Pro-R2 kit has double adjustable coil-overs with remote reservoirs. These coil-overs allow for easy ride height adjustability of up to 2.7 inches and they can be tuned using a wide variety of Eibach springs, from comfort to curve-shredding tight turning. With between 7 and 10 rebound and compression adjustments, there are plenty of options to choose from.
The kit called for mounting the front remote reservoirs to the strut tower brace. Josh C. being the amazing technician that he is found a better place to mount them out of sight yet still accessible for adjustment:

The coil-overs naturally allow ride height tuning and if there was ever a car that needed a stance adjustment it’s the new 5.0. From 4×4 altitude(left) to hunkered down(right) for track duty: Look for Jeff and his trick pony at road courses throughout California!

 

 

With the suspension in Jeff wanted to try some basic power improvements. We started with Kooks long-tube headers and high flow cats but the sound was unbearable and header fitment was not the greatest:

We settled on the factory exhaust headers and cats with a Borla cat-back exhaust system. Jeff was now ready for a serious power adder so a call to Vortech was placed. Vortech has proven supercharger kits that provide factory-like installation/appearance and big time hp/tq gains! This is the black satin finish Si trim kit:

The Vortech delivers significant power gains and with only the Borla cat-back and basic tuning the ‘Stang turned the ZCG rollers to 535hp/461tq at the wheels.  That’s +151hp  and 81tq more than stock!

Next week we will finish the stiff-stuff with new sway bars and get even more power with a coid-air intake, fuel pump upgrade and tune from Brenspeed. The car will be tuned using an SCT tool and iPad via Bluetooth! Stay tuned for more updates!