Recap for Zdayz 2010!
Another Zdayz has passed and schedules have resumed back to normal at Injected Performance. After an ambitious showing last year, our goal for this year was to interact with as much of the community as possible, with informal events and a humble presence. It would not have been complete without a ridiculous display of raw horsepower, and Hal successfully fulfilled that requirement by winning this year’s “Top Dawg” award for the fastest forced induction car on the rented airstrip nearby.
Much of the weekend was spent around our cornhole game setup and showing off some products under our sales tents. Complimenting the hospitality was a grill, some free food and drinks, and much needed shade and shelter for the warm and rainy conditions. We decided to post up bright and early where the car show was setting up, which placed us at the center of attention for much of Saturday’s activity.
Although cornhole is not as popular across the east coast as we had originally anticipated, enough skilled players showed up for us to award some board sets to a few talented teams. These boards have now made their way back to Z-enthusiasts from North Carolina and Alabama, where we hope they provide much backyard enjoyment this summer.
All in all, Zdayz is a great weekend to relax, enjoy some of the best roads in the country, and meet all of the fellow enthusiasts that you often post on forums with on a daily basis. We are always proud to be a partner sponsor of the Zdayz event, and are already looking forward to Zdayz 2011! Be sure to check out our good friend Patrick’s official coverage at his Smugmug site!
Zdayz 2010 Cornhole Tournament!
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the first Zdayz Cornhole Tournament! This lawn game is a popular staple of tailgating, cookouts, and general relaxation on a beautiful spring afternoon. Equipped with eight Zdayz-themed cornhole boards, some food, drinks, and good spirits, we promise an enjoyable time to be had by all.
On Friday, May 21st, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on the baseball field of Fontana Village (weather permitting), you will be able to kick back with the staff of Injected Performance, enjoy a beverage or few (BYOB - soft drinks will be provided), and unleash your inner competitive spirit. Sign-ups will be available throughout the afternoon for a tournament to determine the Zdayz champions.
The official tournament will begin at 4:00pm and will follow a bracket or round-robin style, depending on turnout. The winning team will be able to take home their choice of board sets, which are hand-crafted and meet all regulation sizing. There is no entry fee for this tournament, and you may have all of the practice you can handle in the afternoon leading up to the tournament. Just bring yourself, a partner, and your best beanbag tossing skills!
A Quick Tour of the New Shop
Did you know that we’ve recently expanded? Over the winter, significant time and effort was invested in order to grow our shop facility. This additional work area can accommodate for up to five cars being worked on at a time, as well as safe, secure overnight storage for seven cars each night.
Paired with a staggering array of tools, this additional work space provides the well-lit and spacious atmosphere to make sure that every job is handled appropriately. Two additional new lifts complement the existing two lifts in the original warehouse, which also houses our Dyno Dynamics dyno. A clean engine room serves as the environment for assembling the highest horsepower VQ engines in the world, as well as any other specialty projects involving exact measurement. Finally, a sealed fabrication room is available for those unique jobs and to ensure that byproducts of welding and cutting do not find their way into the work area.
With that said, our entire facility consists of:
- Over 10,000 square feet of office space, inventory warehousing, and shop working space
- Four hydraulic lifts to accommodate for the lowest of vehicles
- Dyno Dynamics two wheel drive dyno and engine tuning
- Welding and fabrication tools and abilities
- Precision engine assembly tools and abilities
- Hunter mounting and balancing equipment
- Almost any other tool you can possibly imagine
- Racing fuel inventory and nitrous re-filling
- Convenient location in downtown Lexington, KY
Current labor rates for 2010 are as follows:
- Standard labor rate: $90 per hour
- Dyno tuning rate: $170 per hour
With this additional facility, we welcome jobs both large and small! Please contact us via email for a thorough price quote and schedule request. As a reminder, we still pride ourselves in low prices and quick turnaround time for parts sales, so give us a try for your one-stop source.
Pictured below is a brief tour of the new shop area and our dyno in the original warehouse, located adjacent to the new building.
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Injected Performance Holiday Hours
Injected Performance will operate with the following schedule this Holiday season. Although our staff will be monitoring emails and voice mails, please note that email and phone response times may be slightly delayed. We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thursday, December 24th, 2009:
Closed. UPS and Fedex offering normal delivery service.
Friday, December 25th through Sunday, December 27th, 2009:
Closed. No shipments will be delivered.
Monday, December 28th through Wednesday, December 30th, 2009:
Open with normal business hours.
Thursday, December 31st, 2009:
Closed. UPS and Fedex offering air delivery service only.
Friday, January 1st through Sunday, January 3rd, 2010:
Closed. No shipments will be delivered.
Monday, January 4th, 2010:
Open with normal business hours.
We wish the best for you and your friends and family in this holiday season. We look forward to continuing to serve you in the new year!
Injected Powered 4.2L 350Z Blasts Off
This customer’s car has been years in the making, but all of the time invested is beginning to pay off! Over a year ago, we began working with this customer after another shop was unsuccessful in “trying new things” in a stroked VQ35 package that had been sold to him. After visiting our facility, seeing how we operate, and taking a look at our success in drag racing, he decided to go with one of our stroker VQ35 motors. This was just the beginning of his journey, as he decided to bypass his current Greddy turbo kit and go with a custom setup of twin 62mm turbos, fabricated by a local shop.
After a Haltech was installed and tuned by his local tuner, In Tune Motor Sports, clutch issues were found on the first trip to the drag strip. After our recommendation for a Tilton triple cerametallic clutch, widely used in the fastest Supras and growing popular in the VQ world, we promptly shipped out a kit for him to install. At the very next trip to the drag strip, he accomplished a 6.3 second pass in the 1/8th mile, which is good enough for a 9 second pass down the quarter mile.
Now that some setup bugs have been resolved, we look forward to turning this engine up on a high boost tune and a trip to the quarter mile drag strip! We would also like to wish a congratulations for sticking with the project and seeing your hard work pay off. Featured below is one of the low 6-second runs towards the end of the day. Although a time slip was not readily available at the time of this post, 60′ times reached as low as 1.38.
Fun at Import Face Off Ohio 2009
After an unsuccessful trip to last year’s Import Face Off in Columbus, OH with our drag car (canceled due to rain), Hal decided to take his freshly tuned 350Z up for the race. Having only changed wheels and added race gas, Hal unloaded his daily driver 350Z for a beautiful day of racing, watching, and having fun. Despite bringing the motor home and stacker trailer, Hal maintained a low-key effort, focusing on enjoying the races with friends. This was his first full event for testing the car on the drag strip, so there was much to be learned in testing the car.
The first pass resulted in a respectable 10.8 at 145 mph quarter mile. After qualifying for first in his current class of about 30 competitors, Hal bumped up to the Forced Induction Pro class, where he would eventually also qualify first. His second pass overall showed a noticeable improvement at 10.1 with a similar trap speed. In between passes, the guys had a chance to get up on top of the motor home for a few pictures of the turnout on a cool and comfortable afternoon.
On just the third pass, showing how experience behind the wheel of a relatively new setup can drastically help, Hal fired off a 9.891 at just about 149 mph. This is almost exactly one second off the time from our own drag car at the same event last year. Needless to say, Hal is extremely happy with the results of his Injected Performance Stage 1+ short block and mildly modified head. The properly sized single turbo and piping setup makes for an amazing powerband that can still put the power down through the stock six-speed. As mentioned before, we like pushing the limits on our cars so that your builds don’t have to!
Sadly, in Hal’s first competition run, he got a bit “drift-happy” and let out after nearly reaching a 45 degree angle with his car at two separate points down the track. It wasn’t until the slowest qualifier, his competition for the first round, passed him until he remembered he was in an elimination round. We can forgive him though; I think we’d all be a little overwhelmed if we just found out our daily driver was capable of running 9 second times! Despite losing in the first round of the competition itself, it was a fun day for Injected Performance, and Hal joined the ranks of the fastest 350Z’s in the country. Although he has no plans to convert his car into a full drag build, we are still proud for him and his new best time.
Hal’s Personal 350Z Testing
Our in house tuner, Hal, has a 350Z of his own that he enjoys playing with after hours. Much of what we sell is tested on our own cars first, so we’re sure that it works for our customers. Our drag car has always been one of the “test mules,” but Hal’s car receives credit as well for pushing the limits of his VQ35 so you don’t have to. This particular 350Z is a daily driver for the most part, capable of making big power while reliably running on regular pump gas.
Hal’s 350Z features an Injected Performance Stage 1 shortblock, our most popular 3.5L build, with Eagle rods and CP pistons. No head work has been done except for Brian Crower Stage 3 cams, matching springs and retainers, and the Cosworth intake manifold. This dyno run of 613 whp shows the typical power it makes on 93 octane pump gas and no type of meth injection or similar.
These results show the benefits of a properly sized turbo and piping setup. In this case, it is a GT4202R. Power is made even at the 8,000rpm mark, well above a stock VQ35.
After adding a bit of Q16 and turning the boost up to 28psi, Hal continued to tune with the Haltech to reach a final level of 772 whp. Stay tuned as Hal prepares to get ready for the track to make a few shakedown passes.
Injected Performance 350Z Wins BOTI Texas
On a scorching summer day in Ennis, TX, our own Hal took the win for the Street Tuner class at Round 3 of the 2009 Battle of the Imports series in Ennis, TX. Air temperatures climbed to over 100 while track temperatures were measured to reach nearly 150 degrees.
Traction became an issue, as Hal managed a modest 9.559 at 156mph to quality for second in the Street Tuner class. Ross Baird, the number one qualifier, ran 9.320 in his 1994 Supra, but broke shortly afterward in the first round. Although capable of high 8-second passes, Hal piloted the reliable as ever Injected Performance 350Z to the finale with solid, clean passes.
Nearly matching his qualifying time, Hal crossed the finish line unopposed at the end of the day with a 9.558 at 152mph to take the Street Tuner win over Tony Ramadan’s RX7, who also broke. Despite a long winter and spring break for our drag racing efforts, we hope to continue to push the limits of our drag 350Z through 2009.
(Photos courtesy of Urban Racer)
Injected Performance Wins Street RWD at Autobahn
Aaron Leichty and Injected Performance were proud to win the Redline Time Attack Street RWD class at this past weekend’s event at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL. Although it is Round 3 of the 2009 season, Autobahn is the first venue for the east coast segment of the series tour. We decided to team up with Aaron, a local customer, and his NASA TTC-prepared Honda S2000 to take a shot at victory in the Street RWD class - popular for Honda S2000s and Nissan 350Zs.
After setting up for the weekend, Aaron began his Saturday practice sessions testing out his new 275/40-17 Nitto NT-05s and giving rides to some of the employees and friends of Injected who traveled in support of the weekend. Even from the first run groups, Aaron’s times were in the low 1:42’s and 1:41’s, a promising start for Sunday’s Time Attack sessions.
As the day went on, times dropped across the board. Rides were exchanged, videos were watched, and plenty of water was drank in order to fight the severe heat and humidity of the afternoon. The day ended with optimistic hope for even lower times for Sunday’s main event.
Overnight, even more cars showed up in attendance. Hundreds, if not thousands, of spectators were on hand to represent the Chicagoland area and its enthusiasm for motorsports (and local powerhouse AMS). Two additional practice sessions in the morning were to determine the grid order for the first of two Time Attack sessions on Sunday afternoon. After both sessions had completed, Aaron qualified for third overall in the entire Stock/Street category, which had 28 participants.
Aaron’s times spoke for themselves, as he established a significant lead among his Street RWD competitors that would not be overtaken. His first session brought in a low 1:40, good enough to maintain his third place overall standing in the Stock/Street category, and first place in the Street RWD class. Immediately following the first Time Attack sessions, it became very clear that rain showers were imminent. Organizers decided to cancel the practice session in between Time Attack sessions to run both timed sessions back to back. In retrospect, this was a crucial decision, as rain arrived soon after the very last timed laps of the second session.
The second session was even more generous to Aaron than the first. After two back to back high 1:39 laps, Aaron pulled in for the event to take home first place in Street RWD and third overall in the Stock/Street category. His closest competitor in Street RWD would end up almost 2.5 seconds behind. After a persistent rain shower, a quick trophy presentation, and efficient packing job for the six hour trip home, Injected Performance headed home for the night.
Stay tuned for announcements of the next event we will be attending!
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Injected Performance Now a Work Wheels Dealer
Injected Performance is proud to announce our latest product line to be carried - Work Wheels. We have chosen to add Work to our wheel lineup for many reasons, such as their visually appealing looks, wide range of styles, aggressive fitments for the 350Z and other cars, and their attractive price point. Work Wheels have been around for many years with their reputable quality and helpful US division. We have decided to concentrate on their Emotion and Meister lineup of wheels for the Nissan 350Z. Here’s a quick look at some of our favorite Work wheels (CR KAI and XD9, respectively) we’ve received so far:
Please don’t hesitate to shoot us an email for pricing and availability!