Z-Car Blog

Jerry’s Supercharged 350z

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by Alvin G @ 10:45 am on March 28, 2013

Jerry owns this sweet Daytona Blue Z33. He did his own Vortech supercharger install and came to Z Car Garage for some final sorting/tuning. We cleaned up some wiring, changed the spark plugs and got the Z running well so Jerry could start Enjoying the Ride with 388hp/353tq to the wheels!

Tags: Nissan 350Z, Vortech, ZCar, ZcarGarage

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Dailey Driver 240sx

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by Alvin G @ 11:13 am on March 26, 2013

Dailey A is an auto-tech school student and came to Z Car Garage because he wanted his SR20 powered (S13)240sx to be a reliable daily driver. The car needed sorting and had its share of issues. We took care of intercooler leaks and sloppy work performed by the PO like a damaged gas tank. Upgrades included a Z32 MAF, JWT ECU, GReddy FMIC, and an Aeromotive 340 fuel pump:

Dailey’s 240sx now makes a dependable 222hp/218tq to the wheels:

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Socal GT-R meet 3/30/13

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by Alvin G @ 7:16 pm on March 25, 2013

This Saturday there will be a huge GT-R gathering in SoCal. For more information please visit GTRLife.com and to view pics from the last year’s GT-R invasion HERE.

Long Live Godzilla!

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Datsuns Vintage Racing Report!

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by Alvin G @ 10:35 am on March 24, 2013

On Saturday 3/23 we drove our Datsun 510s (and an R32 Skyline) to Laguna Seca to catch the B-sedan vintage races. It was a beautiful sunny day filled with sights, sounds and smells of motorsport. Our caravan included Kurt in the Strutless Wonder, Tom in the Datsun 510 wagon, Matt in his
Turbo 510, I drove the Turbo Box Flare 510, and Rob in the Skyline:

When we arrived we were pleasantly surprised at the number of Datsuns in the paddock. I took shots of engine bays, suspension, and interiors to get your juices flowing(see gallery):

Wayne McAtee and Troy Ermish

Mark Bowen, Dave Stone and multiple cars from socal

Adam Carolla drove the Datsun 510 guest driver(Bobby Allison) car:

Les Cannaday of CDM debuted their latest restoration: a Datsun 610 race car!

Les’ Datsun 1200 and the Frisselle 240z IMSA car:

This Bluebird coupe was also a treat to watch on the track:

We anxiously awaited the B-sedan qualifying laps and race at 10am and 2pm. It was amazing to see all of the Datsuns out there:

Thanks to Tom Dockery for these pictures below:

Here is a short video clip of the B-sedan race starting with Datsuns, Alfas, and BMWs:

One of the most exciting battles was between Troy Ermish (#38 510) and Jon Norman (#58 Alfa). These two mixed it up for the first handful of laps until Troy’s 510 had a suspension failure. Watch this short video clip from Turn 4…both cars foot to the floor and within inches of each other!

Of course the paddock is like a candy store for any gearhead with plenty of high dollar, rare and eclectic automobiles… like the track-prepped 300SL and ’59 Porsche 356A with a very trick 911 4-cylinder(yup, not a typo!)…check the gallery for plenty of pictures:

We commend all of the drivers and crew members for keeping the Datsun racing spirit alive!

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Francisco’s G35 Coupe

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,g35,Performance
by Alvin G @ 6:27 pm on March 22, 2013

Francisco M met Rob at the Contra Costa Cruise last month where they discussed adding some bolt-on performance parts to his G35 coupe. The following day Francisco made an appointment and soon his G was treated to a host of go-fast goodies. From left to right: Motordyne plenum spacer, CF intake manifold, Motordyne XYZ pipe, Motordyne straight pipe, Amuse R1-T 3″ Titanium exhaust system and ART test pipes…