Leo P came to Z Car Garage to have AAM (R-line) intakes installed on his 2013 370z.  The Z made good power with intakes and tuning but Leo reported the Z was running roughly a few days later. Here are the baseline+initial tune dyno runs:

 

Rob suggested running Stillen Gen3 intakes and predicted greater power gains with a tune over the AAM setup. Leo’s 370z now makes 318hp/260tq to the wheels, a significant improvement over the AAM setup indeed!

 

 

Kevin C wanted to spice up his daily driver Z33 so we added a Motordyne  5/16″ plenum spacer to complement his JWT Pop Charger:

UPREV tuning followed with peak gains of 13hp/10tq for a total of 256hp/245tq to the wheels:

At Z Car Garage we specialize in performance modifications for your Nissan/Infiniti. We also perform full maintenance services to keep your car running in optimal condition. Reuben M visited ZCG in 2008 to have the 30k-mile services completed on his stock LeMans Sunset 350z. Keep in mind that it is hard to avoid the temptation of forced-induction when one catches a glance of the many boosted-builds in our facility. Fast forward to 2013 and 13k-miles later…guess who has the craving for more power?

 

Reuben chose the Vortech V3-polished supercharger kit for its CARB-friendliness and daily driver operation. The dual-personality nature of the Vortech provides the potential for big power yet smooth, linear delivery.

 

A GTM 25-row oil cooler keeps oil temperature in check while the JWT HD clutch/flywheel help put the power to the wheels:

 

With the Vortech supercharger installed Reuben’s Z made 375hp/327tq to the wheels. This was a +123hp/86tq improvement over stock:

We love how sleeper this Z is! Our ZCG bypass-valve silencer keeps things quiet and the FMIC barely peeks from behind the OEM grille:

Enjoy The Boost, Reuben!

 

 

Robert C purchased a Vortech supercharger kit and started looking for a shop to install it for him. When we got the call from Robert we happily obliged to take his G35 Coupe to the next level!  Here is the V3 kit awaiting installation:

Some in-progress pictures:

 

FMIC and GTM 25-row oil cooler:

 

We also installed a Motordyne plenum spacer, Whiteline lower control arm bushings, changed tranny/diff fluids, and did some general clean-up…

 With Rob’s tuning the Vortech kit make excellent power: 413hp/341tq to the wheels!

We love how the Vortech boosts power while being CARB legal and docile for daily driving…Robert sent us an e-mail confirming this:

“Rob just wanted to reiterate how incredible the car is. You guys do a great job. I had no idea the car would be that strong yet tame as it was before the install.

I have been nothing but a grin from ear to ear for hours now.”

Enjoy The Ride, Robert!

There was a great Nissan and Datsun presence at the autox held at DeAnza College last weekend. Here is Scott S, driver of the GreenMachine with a quick report from the event:

227 drivers showed up for the 42nd Annual DeAnza Autox held in Cupertino, CA, and hosted by DeAnza Auto Tech and NorCal UFO. The weather was spotty for most of the day, with dry runs in the morning for those that showed up really early, and scattered storms throughout most of the rest of the day. Participation was down slightly from last year’s 243 driver’s, likely because of threat of rain all day.

Representing Z Car Garage were Josh C in the ZCG 370Z, Scott S in the GoGreen ZCG 350Z, Allen B in his Vortech supercharged 350Z, and Tom D in his TT G35. Everyone except for Tom had relatively dry weather, but poor Tom fought his power, street tires, and the wetness to manage an impressive 59.5s time given the standing water.

Josh and Scott competed in the OSP class, with Scott taking first place with a 50.2s run and 18th overall. Josh took 3rd in the class with a 55.5s run, and 82nd overall. Allen was incorrectly placed into the huge Evo-filled SM class, and Evos on race tires are hard to trump. Allen piloted the supercharger to a fantastic 52.6s run, earning him a trophy for 4th in class and 43rd overall. If he was properly placed in the SM2 class, he would have taken first handily.

Spectators were treated to witness a blazingly fast, 2002 Porsche GT2, which was co-driven by local SCCA champions Rob B, who owns the beautiful Porsche, and Scott F. Scott nipped Rob in his own car, as they ran 46.1 and 46.3, respectively, for the top two times of the day. Although the course is about the same from year-to-year, overall times were down by 1.5-2s from last year (dry-to-dry comparison).

Hope to Z ya out there next year!
Scott
Here are 2 videos of Scott’s run in the Green Machine. The exhaust note at full throttle is amazing…way to go Scott and congratulations to all that participated and placed high!
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From Outside:

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