This beautiful ’06 350z belongs to a good friend of the shop and he has been taking it to the track for a couple years now.  The time finally came last week to make the brake upgrade that it desperately needed as this car had the base brakes and not even the optional Brembos.

Fred has installed about a hundred-thousand of these (rough estimate, ha) and it flew right on the car with no hassles.   I have included a few of the before photos to see how the kit compares to stock.   We stuck with one of their new street pads for now because of the expected rain on the track day and the Volk CE28s are still shod with street tires.

Besides the newly added StopTechs, this car sports a Jim Wolf POP charger on the intake side and a NISMO system on the exhaust side.  The Volk CE28s have also been color matched to the car for the perfect look.  Now all we need to do is get Alvin to put some slicks on this mother and give some of our other friends the beat down at the track!!

I’ll have some more info on this car when we get to the actual track day post at the end of the week!  View all of the photos from the install after the read more.

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I have a ton of things to post this week!  I know you are all anxious to see the great photos from the Norcal UFO track day last Sunday but before I put those up I’m going to make a few posts on a few of the cars that we took.  The first is going to be up in a little bit.  Hang tight.

Forbes

Once again I’m here to proclaim how a few small changes will increase your affection for your Z ten-fold.  This formula of parts has been proven time and time again on the Zs that we have worked on.  Here’s the rundown:

• Bassani true dual cat-back exhaust with X-pipe
• Jim Wolf Technology (JWT) POP charger
• Eibach Pro Kit springs
• Hotchkis adjustable swaybars front and rear (4-way adj. in the front, 3 in the rear!)
• VOLK Racing GTS wheels
• Toyo Proxes tires
• LED tailight swap
• SPC adjustable front upper control arms
• SPC adjustable rear lower control arms

Having done all of these changes in a short time frame this car has transformed drastically from it’s former stock self.  It now has the looks, performance, and handling that the Z deserves from the start.  This car is ready to be the partner in crime the owner has always wanted, until he catches the “boost” bug…

See more photos after the jump

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Head over to the FOR SALE section to check out this super clean 350z.  I have driven this car many times and it is by far one the cleanest and one of my favorite 350Zs that has made it’s way through Z Car Garage.  If you are looking for an amazing 350z, you have found it!!

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Sadly the man who went behind Nissan’s back and began importing Datsuns to the USA passed away last month on November 13th.  Nobushige Wakatsuki initially saw Nissan/Datsun as a company that could export well to the US market but was shot down for some time by the head execs until he took the job into his own hands.

He started importing the cars in 1960, three years after Toyota, and it took another full year to convince Nissan Corporate to take over the small dealer network.  Thankfully for all of us the plan worked and Nissan began importing cars like crazy over the following years.  Now almost 50 years later Nissan is a household name on these shores and we owe it all to him.  Maybe I will name my ’71 510 “Waka” as a thank you.

Source:  Autoblog via Automotive News

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Below is Rob and Meg’s early Datsun Bluebird sedan