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Pretty in Blue: Fong’s Z32TT

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 12:43 am on December 11, 2012

 

Fong hails from Stockton and tried a few shops in the Bay Area before finally coming to ZCG. His 1993 300zx Twin Turbo is the one of prettiest Sapphire Blue Z32s I’ve seen with a great stance, J-Spec front/rear and sharp Enkei RPF-1s.

 

Fong came to us for some general maintenance including:

-Suspension bushings and Powertrix control arms
-Fixing the HICAS
-new oil lines, PCV system
-alignment


With a relatively short list of items needing attention we freshened this Z so
Fong can continue Enjoying the Ride! What can ZCG do for your Z?





Happy Holidays From Z Car Garage!

Filed under: Events
by Alvin G @ 7:15 pm on December 10, 2012

***Dear Customers and Friends we want to remind you that Z Car Garage will be closed from 12/22/12 through 1/1/13 and open for business on 1/2/13***

We want to say thanks to our customers, friends and the crew at ZCG for making 2012 a wonderful and productive year! ZCG is excited for 2013 and you can count on some spectacular builds and Nissan/Datsun event coverage.





Still Addicted to Boost: Steve’s 600hp G35

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 10:20 pm on December 8, 2012


Steve S. has a serious addiction: he can never have enough horsepower! He came back to ZCG with his gorgeous Vortech supercharged G35 to push the envelope and make even more power. Rob tuned the ivory G on 100 octane and produced some impressive results: 548hp/431tq to the wheels! This is on the stock block and we don’t recommend doing this but Steve’s appetite for power is insatiable…





Nissan Family Power Continues: Linda’s Armada

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 1:57 am on December 6, 2012

When Linda N. saw the power gains and heard the sweet exhaust note on her son Anthony’s Altima SE-R…she had to have an exhaust system on her own ride! Linda’s Armada has 185k miles and she drives it hard. To help her enjoy the ride we installed a Magnaflow exhaust followed by Rob’s UPREV tuning.

With the exhaust in place we put the stately SUV on the ZCG dyno. With the exhaust and tuning this Armada now makes +15hp and +18tq at the wheels. Power delivery is increased throughout the entire rev range:


This is one driven Nissan family and we love sharing the gift of more power with them.





Birthday Exhaust for Anthony’s SE-R

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 11:30 pm on December 4, 2012

Anthony’s parents Mark and Linda N are both serious Nissan/Datsun enthusiasts and what better present to give their son than a new exhaust system! Anthony’s daily driver is an Altima SE-R, here is the Magnaflow exhaust vs the stock system:

We put the mighty VQ-powered FWD sedan on the dyno and saw some nice gains. Keep in mind this is a CVT-equipped car:

The dyno revealed peak hp gain from 205 to 222rwhp while peak tq stayed relatively the same. Take a closer look though you will notice that more torque is available at both low and high rpm ranges:

A birthday present that gives more power and a throatier exhaust note…we know Anthony will enjoy the ride! Stay tuned as we have more to come from this Nissan-crazy family 🙂





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