This Nissan 370Z is one of the latest creations from a customer of ours with a big collection of toys.  Recently, he picked up this 370Z to have as a daily driver to race around town and at the track.  To make sure this 370Z was the best possible, he insisted on the best in handling, braking, and rollers.  First thing first was to add power performance by Stillen.  The customer picked up the Stillen Generation 2 Long Tube Cold Air Intake Kit.  To provide a better sound and help the exhaust flow, we then added Stillen’s dual exhaust system and matched them with Stillen’s high flow cat system and performance headers for a COMPLETE exhaust.  To keep oil temperatures down, we geared him up with the new Agency Power oil cooler kit.  This oil cooler comes with complete steel braided lines, AN fittings, cooler, and a sandwhich block adapter for easy installation.

Now when it comes to handling, Vivid Racing recommends only JIC Coilovers.  We hooked up this car with the first set of JIC FL-TAR coilovers.  The 16 way adjustable coilovers feature monotube shock absorbers and adjustable ride height.  To keep a balanced vehicle, the car was equipped with the Hotchkis front and rear sway bar set.  With great power and handling, braking is an important factory that must be upgraded.   Vivid Racing only recommends Brembo brake systems for those serious about stopping.  With more cars running Brembo in professional motorsports then any other company, there is a reason they choose Brembo.  The 6piston monoblock caliper is extremely rigid for a stiff and precise pedal feel and modularity.  The 2 piece floating rotors are 380mm (15inch) and are drilled with red calipers.  Combined with steel braided brake lines and Brembo’s aggressive street brake pads, this 370Z now stops on a dime.

Finally we got this car the best in performance wheels.  HRE Wheels makes the monoblock wheel for many different vehicles such as BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and more.  More recently they have become popular with the Nissan GT-R crowd.  As a 1piece forged wheel, the front weighs only 21lbs where the rear is 23.5lbs.  We wrapped these flat black babies in some Yokohama Advan sport tires featuring a 255 in the front and 285 in the rear. 

This car is far from completed with more craziness on the horizon.  So stay tuned to the Vivid Racing Blog for more details.  View all the pictures here – http://www.vividracing.com/forums/gallery/browseimages.php?c=431

Go READ This!  Patrick Ernzen is a very talented photographer and automotive enthusiast.  He has just put together his first all automotive magazine featuring a variety of different cars including our Nissan GT-R.  This magazine is FREE to download and read so please GO SUPPORT it and check out the feature and his other work.  You will not be dissapointed. 

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ARC of Japan is the sickest JDM craze to hit the US shores.  Having dealt with ARC since way back in our EVO days of 2003, ARC will blow your mind.  Now imported by Mackin Industries, Vivid Racing is one of the largest dealers of Mackin related products including:  Volk, Advan, Project Mu, and ARC.  Their new axle back exhaust system is shown here in this YouTube.com video with the stock Ypipe still in tack.  The exhaust sounds really awesome like most GT-Rs should!

Check out all our ARC Parts Here and view our entire Nissan GT-R Performance Parts store here.

Vorsteiner’s Japanese line up called Ventross, has just released teaser images of their new aero kit coming out for the Nissan GT-R.  As one of their preferred retailers and stocking distributors, Vivid Racing will have these aero kits to offer customers before the competition.  Vivid Racing has worked with Vorsteiner on previous projects including our Project BMW M3 and our Project Porsche 997 Turbo.  You can view all our Vorsteiner and Ventross products including kits for the Lexus ISF, BMW M Cars, Porsche, and more here – http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/vorsteiner-m-201.html

Vivid Racing has taken our experience from our Project GT-R to create our performance package kit, the VR700.  The Nissan GT-R, nicknamed Godzilla, has an incredible platform to not only gain horsepower, but improve driveability and functionality.  Our goal was to utilize safe and reliable products to assemble a kit that would not stress the factory motor, turbos, or void your warranty (check with your local dealer first) with these basic bolt on products.  As tested on our Mustang AWD dyno here in Arizona, our VR700 GT-R made incredible power to the wheels on 100 octane race gas.  Below we outline the modifications used to obtain this performance.

Improving exhaust flow on any turbo charged car is extremely important.  Vivid Racing uses the Meisterschaft exhaust system with midpipe to accomplish this.  The all stainless steel exhaust features 3 inch tubing with a resonator on the midpipe to give you that exotic GT-R sound.  The rear muffler section has quad tips that are more stout then the OEM pieces.  The exhaust fits with all factory hangers and is a bolt on unit.  To complete the exhaust system and help those turbos stay spooled up without any restriction, we add the 5Zigen catless downpipes.  These downpipes remove the factory catalytic converters which are one of the biggest restriction on the exhaust system.  The reduction of back pressure helps boost come on much more earlier and you will notice the throttle response.

Next we will improve the intake system.  Just like the exhaust getting air out, the intakes on a turbo charged vehicle need to get alot of air in.  Agency Power designed and tested these cold air intakes on our GT-R to assure the performance was there.  The GT-R front bumper has great air ducting to the stock box.  What Agency Power does is utilize a K&N cone filter with top inlet to gain more air flow into the system.  The Intakes feature an aluminum intake pipe with a CNC machined MAF sensor mount.  Both intakes fit in replace of the stock unit to give you better air flow then the stock box could handle.  Our next upgrade is to add larger intercooler piping.  At this horsepower rating, reducing the restriction of the stock intercooler pipes can greatly improve performance.  Agency Power created both the top and bottom intercooler pipes in 3 inch aluminum to achieve this.  Each top intercooler pipe features a CNC machined aluminum flange to install the factory recirculation valves or our Agency Power valves included in the kit.  The Agency Power valves are designed to be set up 50/50.  This allows air to recirculate like the stock ones, but also vent out some air to help keep the turbos spooled between shifts.  This also gives that strong whoooosh sound turbo owners have come to love.  The Agency Power blow off valves feature an adjustment knob on the top to loosen or stiffen the spring depending on the boost or driving conditions you are doing.  These 3 parts alone were tested on our Mustang dyno and achieved over 30 wheel horsepower.

The final modification that ties all these parts together is the Cobb AccessPort.  Cobb Tuning imported a GT-R from Japan months before the release of the vehicle into the USA.  This allowed them to get a head start on the tuning needed for this vehicle.  The Cobb AccessPort alters the boost, fuel, and timing in different stage maps through the OBDII port.  You can easily change the map depending on the octane you are running as well.  Each AccessPort includes a pump gas and race gas map.  Our final number was achieved using 100 octane which put almost 560 horsepower to the wheels.  The Mustang dyno is known as one of the lower reading dynamometers out there.  To figure out the crank horsepower, we multiply our wheel horsepower number by 1.25 to get 700.

Vivid Racing’s 700HP Performance Kit is available to be sold worldwide.  We do offer installation services here in Arizona and recommend you check out our Service Department here for a quote.  We also offer vehicle transportation to and from for those that wish to have Vivid Racing install this performance kit.

View Product Online Here – http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/vivid-racing-700hp-performance-package-nissan-gtr-09-p-63145.html

VR700 Performance Kit for Nissan GT-R Includes:

• Meisterschaft Stainless Steel Exhaust
• Meisterschaft Stainless Steel Mid Pipe
• Agency Power Air Intake Kit
• Agency Power Complete Intercooler Pipe Kit
• Agency Power Upgraded Blow Off Valves
• Cobb Tuning AccessPort ECU Flash