Chris C makes his SF Bay Area commute behind the wheel of this pretty FX35. He wanted to firm up the handling to make that commute more enjoyable so we installed a full set of BC coil-overs and a Stillen front strut tower brace:

 

Coil-over and top hat detail:

 

Suspension F/R stock vs BC:

 

The ride height looks great! Before/after below:

A few more before/after shots:

 

We also added a Stillen strut tower brace and performed full 90k maintenance services. We know your commute will be much livelier now Chris!

Tetsuya has been with ZCG for many years and came back again this time for some exhaust headers and ART test pipes. You can see the TEIN suspension, VOLK wheels and Bassani exhaust modifications from previous visits in the following posts:
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To complete the exhaust upgrades we installed DC headers and Motordyne ART pipes. Stock parts below, left:

 

Installed:

 

To maximize the gains from the new exhaust we UPREV tuned with nice results:

 

Starting with a baseline of 248hp/242tq, the headers, exhaust and tuning yielded 260hp/252tq to the wheels with strongs gains from 2000rpm to redline.  Enjoy The Ride, Tetsuya and thank you for your continued support!

 

Ron L came to Z Car Garage from a dealership referral and we installed a full Stillen supercharger kit on his 2013 Nismo 370z.

Stillen’s kit offers VQ37 owners 400whp and full CARB compliance—it’s extremely popular with ZCG customers and we have performed numerous installs over the years. Here is Ron’s polished setup:

 

The install went smoothly and we added a Stillen 25-row oil cooler and GT-R spark plugs:

 

Yes, we miss that OEM Nismo red intake cover but the Stillen intake is equally pretty and still fits under the NISMO strut tower brace!

 

On the dyno a CAN tune with ZCG touches nets a satisfying +132hp/70tq gain for a total of 436hp/323tq at the wheels:

 

Icing on the cake is that next time Ron pulls beside a police officer he will be cool as a cucumber knowing his 500hp Nismo Z is 50-state emissions legal 🙂 Enjoy The Boosted Ride, Ron!

 

 

James L is from San Francisco and visited ZCG to get Stillen intakes and an UPREV tune. This is one of the first Q60’s we had our hands on:

 

The Gen3 intake installation is straightforward:

 

Before/after

 

UPREV dyno tuning time! Baseline numbers for this 2013 Q60 were 295hp/253 to the wheels:

 

The intakes add +6hp peak hp:

 

UPREV tuning however optimizes both power/torque curves with gains throughout the rev range.Total power is now 308hp/256tq to the wheels:

 

 

Z Car Garage has been an authorized Panasport dealer for many years and we love the way they look and perform on our vintage cars. Back in February we posted an ad for a few remaining sets of 16″ Panasports and Eric T grabbed some for his Datsun 240z. Below: Our original Facebook post showing Ms. ButterZ running the new wheels, and Eric’s Z:

 

Panasport has changed its casting design over the years and this latest 16×7 “FZ” model replaces the popular/long-running “FS” model. Obvious changes are the “panasport Z” engraving on the inner barrel, rounder spokes and an extremely bright polished lip. Eric’s old wheels and the new FZ:

 

Wheels were shod with Bridgestone RE-11 tires, our favorite sticky street tire:

 

Here are some before/after shots to enjoy:

Looking classy!

 

 

We also freshened the hydraulics with new clutch master/slave cylinders and a brake bleed:

 

Enjoy The Ride, Eric!