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I'm selling my 2006 Nissan 350Z. Its a base model with some basic mods for autocross and track use. I used it for 4 years as a combination street, track, and autocross car and it was a good, reliable instructor car at Speedventures, NASA, and SCCA events. I'm just not driving it that much anymore and will probably buy or build something else. The basic info:

2006 Nissan 350Z base model (only option is floor mats).
16,500 miles (about 40% at an autocross or on the track).
No oil burning issue (about 1 quart every 3,500 miles).
3.5L 300 hp (252 whp the one time I ran it on a chassis dyno).
6 speed with the good Nissan 009 transmission revision.
Koni sport shocks.
Stock springs.
Nissan Motorsports adjustable ARBs.
Custom machined Hydlar front upper LCA bushings (no point mod with NASA TT).
OS Giken Super Lock LSD.
18 x 8.5" Enkei RPF1s with 245/45-18 Sumitomo HTRZ3 (street ires).
18 x 10" Enkei RPF1s with 265/40-18 BFG gForce R1s (track tires - 285/30-18s fit too).
1/2" front wheel spacers.
1/4" rear wheel spacers.
Long wheel studs.
Front brake cooling ducting.
Extra race pads for front and back.

The car can run in NASA's base class for the 350Z (TTC) and it ran right at the lap record (1:56.xxx) at the Cal Speedway Roval. For autocross it can run STR, BSP, CSM and its a lot of fun. The car is well balanced and puts power down well. It rolls a bit but sticks well. Its also a lot of fun to drive on the street and I've run it all over the west coast driving to tracks and then driving home.

Its got some nicks and cracks in front bumper cover (cone hit at 100 mph) and there's a couple dents on the rear hatch where engine parts from a Z06 Corvette rained down at Cal Speedway.

$17K for what's listed above. Located in La Habra, CA.

$15K and I keep the 18 x 10 Enkei RPF1s and BFG tires.

And now possibly ESP legal! Go kick some Mustang butt. Price drop:

$16K for what's listed above. Located in La Habra, CA.
$14.5K and I keep the 18 x 10 Enkei RPF1s and BFG tires.

Besides a vouch for John as a good guy and person you can trust, I'd like to point out that this car is a real lesson on how a real racer sets up his personal toy. There is no poser, no bling, no bolt-ons that mostly lighten your wallet. The car is lightweight for its model, where it has a big mod (like the OS Giken) its something of critical importance for that car. And keeps an eye on point values for the primary classing target. Its amazing how a simple, but properly set-up car like this will almost always outrun an over-modded, money-wasted "canyon racer". I have a good friend that is a retired pro racer with a 24hours of Daytona win and a couple of runnoffs victories. His personal SRT8 daily driver that he uses to instruct at track days has the same basic mods, custom bushings and a quality diff. Its amazing (and a little frightening) to watch a 4200lbs luxury sedan on all season tires run sub-1:40 times on Big Willow without any outward signs of modification other than having the chrome stock wheels painted flat black.

Buy John's car, you won't regret it! :gpower:

I might have run a Speedventures event at Cal Speedway with your Charger SRT8 buddy. Black with a few dents on the car? If so, he's drives the living crap out of that Charger. I could pull him a bit in the infield (not by much) and beat him onto the front straight, but he would blow past me by the start/finish. I could catch him in turns 1 and 2 and under braking at turn 3 and get past him in the infield (usually the 180 at turn 5), but the same thing would happen every lap. He would beat me across the start/finish line. After a few laps he built up enough of a lead that I couldn't catch him in the infield any more.

John Coffey wrote:I might have run a Speedventures event at Cal Speedway with your Charger SRT8 buddy. Black with a few dents on the car? If so, he's drives the living crap out of that Charger. I could pull him a bit in the infield (not by much) and beat him onto the front straight, but he would blow past me by the start/finish. I could catch him in turns 1 and 2 and under braking at turn 3 and get past him in the infield (usually the 180 at turn 5), but the same thing would happen every lap. He would beat me across the start/finish line. After a few laps he built up enough of a lead that I couldn't catch him in the infield any more.

Nope, its a black 300... And if he showed up at home with dents, his wife might cut them off.

John,

Good luck with the sale.
I am wondering if you will be willing to help a fellow nissan driver? Possibly this conversation would be better off-line, but I'd like some hints improving the set-up on my G35 coupe.
Much of my set-up is similar to yours but I am not familiar with Nissan Motorsports adjustable ARBs. or custom machined Hydlar front upper LCA bushings.
Can you clue me in?

Terry
tdw123456@yahoo.com

SOLD... funny how that happened right after the April Fastrack.

John Coffey wrote:SOLD... funny how that happened right after the April Fastrack.

Staying local?

John Coffey wrote:SOLD... funny how that happened right after the April Fastrack.

Any chance they want to run BSP?

Sold it to a Marine currently in Afghanistan. He has CSP plans for the car.

His first name wouldn't happen to be Jesse, would it?