{"id":896,"date":"2011-02-21T22:09:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T06:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/?p=896"},"modified":"2013-09-15T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:42:04","slug":"mikes-red-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/?p=896","title":{"rendered":"Mike&#8217;s Red Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-897\" title=\"Mike Robert's Red Dragon\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See the red dragon in the picture?<\/p>\n<p>You know when you get bit by an automotive bug you want more of it.\u00a0 For Mike it came in the form of this 1995 300ZX TT.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t long before he took it out to his local drag strip and craved more power.\u00a0 He brought us his Z with &#8220;stage 3&#8243; modifications.\u00a0 Roughly making around 315 whp.\u00a0 Over the course of a year we made improvements upon his platform.\u00a0 We began by adding our SZ 3&#8243; 4-Bolt Downpipes, and SZ 3&#8243; to 2.5&#8243; Test Pipes to mate up to his existing Stillen Catback.\u00a0 For his drag racing rituals we installed our lightweight flywheel and High 5 clutch.\u00a0 Moving on to the inlet tract we installed the Selin Dual POP kit, Ash Massives, 2.5&#8221; I\\C piping, Z1 throttle bodies, and at the same time the plenum was off we upgraded his injectors with Nismo 740s.\u00a0 A set of new old stock Leader Gears was also installed for added off the line giddy up.\u00a0 The only thing holding him back now are the restrictive stock exhaust manifolds.\u00a0 Upgrading his catback would also benefit him as well.\u00a0 Knowing Mike though, if we do manifolds it will be time for bigger badder turbos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-899\" title=\"The Red Dragon apart for larger I\\Cs\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/miker1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Ash Massives mounted and ready for boost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mikerobertsdyno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-901\" title=\"Mike's 100 Octane Dyno Graph\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mikerobertsdyno.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mikerobertsdyno.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mikerobertsdyno-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>100 Octane Tune for which he runs at the drag strip.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See the red dragon in the picture? 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