The results in the following post are unbelievable and truly shows the potential of the Z32-TT with stock turbos.  This also goes to show that factory intercooler piping is restrictive at the stock turbo level and that high quality MS Manifolds help them push harder.  There hasn’t been anyone to date to do this on stock MT turbos so here goes!

Adam did not skimp out on anything when it came to building this Z.  You buy high quality parts you get high quality results.

The following is the list of mods done to this wonder:

*Completely stock/un-modified Bottom End
*Completely stock/un-modified 40P Heads
*Completely stock/un-modified 5 speed cams
*Completely stock/un-modified 5 speed turbos
*Specialty Z Custom Dyno Tune 91, 100 & 116
*Specialty-Z SS 4-Bolt 3″ Expansion Down Pipes w/ wastegate Separators
*Specialty-Z SS 3″ Test Pipes
*Specialty-Z: SS 3″ Single Oval Cat-Back Exhaust
*Specialty-Z 6QT Oil Pan
*Specialty-Z Multi Map 16 Program Switcher
*Specialty-Z 1 Piece Clutch Line w/ New Slave Cylinder
*MSP Manifolds
*Selin Translator
*Custom “Intercooler” Piping 2.5″
*Custom “Suction Pipes” w/ Jim Wolf Dual 350Z Filters 2.5″
*Custom “Accordion” Pipes 2.5″
*Stock “Turbo Inlet” Pipes
*AshSpec Massive SMIC
*Z1 58mm Throttle Bodies
*Mild Port & Polish Upper Intake Plenum
*Specialty-Z “High Five” Puck Clutch (The lightest clutch made for the Z32)
*RPS Segmented Flywheel
*Z1 Platinum Aluminum 1 piece drive shaft (Might get replaced with a CF DS in the future)
*Blitz SBC ID Boost Controller
*300 Degree Fuel Rails w/Nismo 740cc Injectors
*CZP Fuel Rail Lines (OEM route)
*BDE Engine Mounts
*BDE Intake Cam Gears (un-adjusted)
*Tomei Exhaust Cam Gears (adjusted)
*Unorthodox Racing Crank Pulley
*YB HI Over Drive Water Pump Pulley
*Nissan R34 Skyline Wheels, 18″x9″ +30 Offset (19#ea)
*265/35/18 Falken Azenis RT-615 Tires

91 octane, 14 psi for 419 whp!

100 octane, 20 psi for 463 whp.

Q16, 21 psi peak for 499 whp!!!!!!!!  For those of you with larger turbos using stock I\C piping, manifolds, small exhaust, etc.. your choking your VG30!

This is the comparison to the previous record.  What a difference!!  Smooth power throughout the powerband.

Congratulations to Adam!  Remember to keep your turbos boosted people!

We took this daily driven Z32 owned by Jason & Nikki and injected it with some good ole fashioned mods.  Believe it or not this car started out life as a 5-speed and was converted to accept an SZ Stage 1 Automagic Trans.  This Z32 posses’ a “fresh” JDM engine with the auto A\R turbos (smaller than 5-speed turbos).  When the engine was dropped in we dynoed the car to see how it performed with factory boost levels, full SZ 2.5″ exhaust, and single POP.  We then added our SZ 3″ Downpipes, SZ 3″ to 2.5″ Test Pipes, JWT Dual Pop w\ Selin Translator, Blitz SBC iD-Spec-R Boost Controller, and SZ custom tune.  It still has factory intercoolers too.

Turbos are truly an amazing thing.  Boost and Zs rule!  Like my bud Rob Fuller would say.  You can see the “before” and “after” results below.

Say “ahhhhhh” (At the doctor’s office)

That’s right folks, almost 100 RWTQ gained by 4000 RPM.  Time to shred some tires and laugh at Prius owners!  For those who have trouble reading a dyno graph, the red lines are the “before” runs and the blue lines are the “after” runs.  The fainter of the lines are Torque and the darker are HP.

Dean finally got his Z tuned this week.  We’ve been so busy over here at SZ that we didn’t have a chance the last several months to get his monster the proper attention required.    His mod list can be seen here:  Dean’s Mod List

He plans to make the upcoming June 12th IDRC event, competing in the True Street Class.  The dyno graph below shows his race fuel tune on boost and also on nitrous.  One can see how well the nitrous works, it is only used to get out of the gate and shuts off at 5500 RPMs.  This should be enough to get him into the 9s.  Now go kick some ass!

No, that’s not Dean with the pot belly.

Where do we begin this story?  Well its a long one and there’s no need for specifics.  We can say it has a happy ending.  I hope that didn’t spoil it for ya ;).  Dave brought us his red gem child from the big state of Texas for some fixin’ after the wrench hit the spokes in his prior builds.  Along the way to Z nirvana, this Z received some funky fresh mods.  It arrived at our door with a freshly built engine, larger CZP 2560R turbos aka “GT28Rs”, MSP Manifolds, SZ 3″ Down Pipes, Nismo “old skool” 555cc Injectors, JWT 400 cams, JWT Dual POP, etc… (the important mods).  We performed various seances to rid the evil spirits and added SZ 3″ to 2.5″ test pipes and SZ 2.5″ dual tip catback.  It had that nasty ole’ Borla catback and 2.5″ test pipes (good riddance).  Added some CZP silver I\C piping, Ash Massives, and Z1 T.B.s to round out the “charge” side.

The Z was dynoed back in Texas before we got our hands on it shortly after its latest build.  Depressed with the paltry results of 365 whp, its owner decided for drastic measures.

Loaded with some Texas 93 octane we kicked off the dyno tuning fun.  I forgot what “real” fuel smelled like from other non-smog Nazi states.  Hell would freeze over if California got 93 octane one day.  Its amazing how 2 octane points help.  Luckily we have quite a few local gas stations that offer 100 octane at the pump.

A little cleaner.

Just another day at the spa.

Here’s how the Z performed on 93 octane & Q16:

510 whp & 465 torque on Texan 93 octane and 587 whp & 545 torque on Q16.

In a week or two this Z will be on a trailer to go back to her owner.  Enjoy the ride!

The last 6+ months have been hectic for me to say the least.  Health issues, work, and personal matters take priority when it comes to the Z.  My Z32 was down for over a year (Oct 08) and I was anxious to get it back on the road before my surgery.  I was worried that if I didn’t get to it before then (Dec 09) I may never have a chance to work on it again if something happened in surgery.  I was told I could have been paralyzed and\or worse.   My current Z32 didn’t and doesn’t have anything wild as some may think.  I wanted something tame on the street but with enough gitty up and go to get the job done.  In a time and financial crunch I got it back together with the help of some friends and my fiancee.  Knowing it was running before I went in for surgery was a big load off my back.  I could peacefully rest knowing it was running and safe in my own garage at home.  This past weekend I did some data-logging for a prototype part and since it was strapped down decided to tune it for 91 octane.  This was also a good baseline for when I upgrade to larger intercoolers & piping.

I didn’t upgrade much this last time the VG30DETT was out, but just enough for some small power upgrades and great reliability.  It currently has:

• Stock Block\Ported Heads
• Custom regrind camshafts
• JWT Sport 500s
• MS Manifolds
• SZ Turbo Inlet Piping (replaces accordion hose)
• Old School Nismo 555cc Injectors
• SZ Built Automagic Stage Race w\ triple plate converter & SZ Flex Plate (I like the auto)
• BDE Engine Mounts (In case the bigger turbo bug gets me)
• Full SZ 3″ SS Exhaust (Turbos-all the way back)
• Z1 Larger TBs (For when the time came for larger piping & I\Cs)
• Stock Stillen Intercoolers\ Stock Piping
• Electric Fans
• UD Pulley & HI OD Pulley
• SZ Oil Pan

Pretty basic nothing crazy.  I was curious to see how much power it would make with the auto since it robs a little more power especially when turning up the pump pressure.  This car, when it was first put together in 2002 with the same turbos made an impressive 487 whp on race fuel back then.  When I bought it from my customer a few years ago it was “well abused”  and worn.  I dynoed it when I bought it shortly thereafter with race fuel and it only made 430 whp.  I beat on it while road racing and that was the end of it temporarily (stock oiling system sucks).  Fast forward to today and we have a happier Z back on the road.  Road racing is designated to another vehicle in the fleet.  This baby will live its life as a weekend cruiser and occasional drag strip runner.  Hoping to beat my best 11.3 ET (done on lower power) now with funky fresh powerful mods.

and the results were…………

414 whp and 411 torque.  I was certainly happy with the results having only run it on 91 octane.  The first run was before and the last run 7 was its final tune.  This will give me\us good info when only adding larger I\C piping and intercoolers.  Stay tuned for more on my project Z32.