We sourced some Panasport C8 centers and began a custom build with MemoryFab who was instrumental in helping us with fitment/barrel sizing. There was no way we would have a car with massive flares and not use every single square inch of real estate available to fill with wheel and tire. Wheels can make or break the car and they had to befit the “KAMIKAZ” nickname. The biggest hurdle on this car was wheel choice. Helping put the power down effectively is an OS Giken limited-slip R180 diff properly set up in-house by Joshua Corwin. We run these on our race cars and the Rocketbunny Z also got a set. Z Car Garage is proud to offer a CV axle conversion kit for Datsun S30 and 510 cars. Stay tuned for our latest big-brake upgrade from the minds of ZCG and Stoptech!īack to the chassis, the entire hydraulic system was installed starting with freshly plated lines.ĭP remote reservoir and plated pedal box: There are two versions of our ZCG Big Brakes and the only three “racing” setups on are on the BRE car, Alex’s Hako and the Rocketbunny Z: Everything that the #46 race car has is on this street car from DP racing front/rear struts, koni shocks, identical spring rates, sway bar, adjustable end links, plated finish…all of it. Following the “race-car for the street” theme, we re-created the entire front and rear BRE 240z suspension setup. The chassis was temporarily mounted on rollers while we prepped suspension pieces. Randy’s transporter trekked from Atlanta to drop off this gorgeous chassis at ZCG and our work began. They are known for many high-end commissions including several RWB Porsche’s for Akira Nakai. The body was amazingly painted and caged by Bryson of Classic Livery of Atlanta. Bryson welded an amazing full roll cage as I decided to create the car as a street and track beast.” Tangerine painted with a white sub-coat pops where Helen Keller could see the color! Since I am color blind, the brighter the color the better I can see it. “The paint color which originally was going to be Porsche’s lava orange evolved because of Michael Eberhardt to Porsche‘s late 60s color called Tangerine. I knew of the first one completed by Sung Kang and I think it was the second or third kit to come to the country when we ordered it from Japan directly.” Then my painter Bryson was doing the bodywork and had just installed a Rocketbunny kit on a 350Z and asked me to take a look at that particular body kit. We started off thinking we would do conventional flares and conventional displacement for a 240 Z. “I wanted to build a series 1 Radical fun Street car with a completely different look. The creation of the Rocketbunny Z changed courses many times as the build evolved, as Randy recalls: The highlight of this Series 1 240z is a full Rocketbunny body kit with plenty of Z Car Garage touches. We decided it was time to finish this ultimate track/street car with a healthy dose of his personality. ![]() ![]() He was impressed with our work on the BRE Z and told us about another Z project that he was working on but stalled out in Atlanta. ![]() ![]() Several years ago we teamed up with Randy to turn his BRE Datsun 240z show car into a competitive vintage road-race car. Beyond his fanatic attention to detail and love for Nissan racing he’s excessive–in the best way possible and we love him for it. Randy Jaffe is an avid car guy and Datsun enthusiast.
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