ZFilms AV-Archive



The Swap
(MWS-TV episode #6, in conjunction with Nissan Sport Magazine) 
Michael Smith and his team from MWS Motorsports take on a monumental challenge, converting my non-turbo Nissan 300ZX Z32 2+2 into a twin turbo Z in a single day.  This one continuous time-lapse shot documents the entire procedure, from pulling the car into the shop right through triumphantly starting the motor for the first time: [120MB]
  
MWS-TV episode #5:
The MWS Project Z32 SlickTopTurbo starts it's NA->TT conversion, July 2006 [130MB]
Expanded video chapter with detail on removal and installation of a TT fuel pump [58MB]
Expanded video chapter with detail on installing all the engine bay brackets required for a TT [50MB
 
To Thunderhill Again!
Back to Thunderhill hoping to finally run our first race...until the motor blew up, June 2006 [273MB]
  
To Thunderhill!
Hot lap from first runs in the TT'ed NA Z on Thunderhill during Open Testing prior to the first race, May 2006 [39MB]
 
AutoX'ing the Beast
An AutoX in Marina to shake down the TT'ed NA project before racing at Thunderhill, May 2006 [27MB]
  
MoFun
Amusing things one really shouldn't try with a Nissan Murano, April 2006 [3MB and 23MB]
  
RacerZX Chapter 8, SCCA Racing School
Renewing my racing license in preperation for the 2006 SFR SCCA Regional Road Racing season, March 3-5 2006 [89MB]
  
MWS-TV episode #4
Twin Turbo Swap #2, this time with a super clean 2 seat NA, January 2006 [85MB] 

MWS-TV episode #3
The new MWS 300ZX Z32 brake kit, Nov 2005 [102MB]
 
Junior Karting

My son Mischa turned 8 years old in August, and for his birthday we got him a class at the Jim Russel Cadet Karting School at Sears Point Raceway in northern California, October 2005, [22MB]


To Drift...
To wrap up my 8-page article on drifting in the Fall 2005 issue of SportZ,
  I collected Michael from MWS and Martyn and we took our Zs to a local drift practice event and lit our tires up.
April 2005, Berkeley CA [93MB]


Carl & Michael test out a prototype of the new MWS 300ZX Z32 brake kit at Thunderhill, June 2005, Willows CA [11.2MB]

Autocrossing with the SFR-SCCA at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, May 14th 2005 [11.3MB

MWS Motorsports documents swapping a Twin Turbo motor into a 300ZX 2+2 Z32, May 2005, Sunnyvale CA [134MB]


Michael Smith of MWS Motorsports receives his first ride in my Z at Thunderhill Raceway, 1-29-2005 [28.7MB]


Dyno Testing JWT CAI on my Murano, Nov 2004 [2.07MB]


SportZ Magazine's Supercharger Shootout, December 2003, San Diego CA

ATI-ProCharger on the AutoX course:  ATI-AutoX.wmv [4.8MB]

Sound clip of the Vortec on the Dyno [850KB]

Stillen SC on the Dyno [950KB]

ATI ProCharger on the Dyno [950KB]


Nissan NISMO 350Z test day at The Streets of Willows, Sept 2003 in Lancaster CA.

A bone stock Enthusiast model 350Z [5.4MB]

S-Tune equipped Touring model 350Z [5.3MB]
R-Tune equipped Track model 350Z [5.2MB]
The S-Tune car again after receiving instruction from Peter Cunningham of Real Time Racing [5.2MB]


350Z Exhaust Shootout!, Aug 2003 in San Jose CA.
The 350Z MP3s are of each exhaust system from inside the car on the dyno and then driving by the microphone at WOT.  The MPEGs show the exhaust tips and give some more feel of the exhaust note.  The G35 files have the sound from inside the car on the dyno, in front of the car on the dyno, and driving by the microphone at WOT.  Find all the files here:  http://www.zfilms.org/SportZMag/DynoDay2003


Test drive of the new 350Z Roadster and the supercharged Stillen SMZ, June 2003 in LA CA [71.8MB]


ClubZ Thunderhill Track Day Video from May 2003:
Short Teaser video with bits of all 3 of the below [15.6MB]
Chapter 1, the ClubZ track day experience [99.3MB]
Chapter 2, on track split screen, Bill Davis & Carl Merritt [41.8MB]
Chapter 3, sector timed single hot lap driving line & style comparison, Bill, Carl, and Lee Darzycki [23.7MB]


OMG, first video in eons, trip to Thunderhill on 3-8-2004  [15.6MB]


Another trip to the SCCA Racing School, this time in my buddy Steve's Porsche 914, Feb 2003  [54.1MB]


Hot lap from ClubZ's trip to Thunderhill, 1-19-2003  [10.5MB]

Test drive of a pre-release Nissan 350Z, August 2002 in Detroit MI [50MB]


The Open Track Challenge 2002 Videos, 5-10-2002:
Pahrump/Bragg-Smith [8.34MB]
Willow Springs [8.20MB]
Near Spin on turn 5 at Willow Springs[1.88MB]
Near Spin on turn 8 at Willow Springs[2.28MB]
Streets of Willows [7.77MB]
Buttonwillow #1 CW [16.9MB]
ThunderHill [10.2MB]
Buttonwillow #14 CCW (sorry, no footage for this track)
Las Vegas Motor Speedway [5.31MB]
Joe spinning at LVMS [1.74MB]
Joe and I getting our trophy for 3rdplace in Touring 3 [1.85MB]


Just days before the OTC, custom full-length headers made by MWS, 5-1-2002 [3.13MB]

Final Pre-OTC track test at Laguna Seca, and new brake rotors fail spectacularly, 4-14-2002 [14.5MB]

Stalking the wild Skyline GTR in it's native habitat...[39.1MB]
(Streets of Willows with SoCal SERCA, 2-8-2002)


Why Race?  [39.7MB]

(Footage from 2001 SCCA Driver™s School)

(What?  You don™t want the foofy music and poetry and just want to see the RACE? Well okay: [75MB]


The video/slideshow I rolled together for the SFR-SCCA Solo2 Awards Banquet in January 2001 [94MB]

 

Concept Z & the LA Auto Show [49.5MB]

The full version of "The Joy of ZX, 2000", a compilation of various Z videos from 2000 [236MB]

TLH vs. Team Sloth
Some footage from a NASA event in fall 2000 where many of us SCCA people set our selves up into teams.

Also, I was fooling around with a new camera angle, showing the driver more than the course [23.3MB]

The AutoX 2000 video as shown at the SCCA Nationals Talent Show, and took 5th place [27.3MB]

Various other cars Autocrossing at GGF
Catherine in her MR2Spyder [5.2MB]
Soslan in his brother's black TT [5MB]
Tom in his yellow Stg5+ TT [5.3MB]
A TZero, ELECTRIC race car [5MB]

ClubZ successfully re-invades Thunderhill, April 30th 2000 [18MB]
WAV file of my flying by the hot pits at Thunderhill [903K]
Big picture of the group on Turn 5 at Thunderhill [209K]

Kazuhiro driving the Fuji International Speedway in Japan in his Twin Turbo 300ZX 2+2 [17.6MB]

Bill Davis takes a hot lap around the full 3 mile course at Thunderhill [11.6MB]

The 2000 SFR-SCCA Autocross Season.
All videos between 5 and 9MB:
[Round1]  [Round2]  [Round3]  [Round4]  [Round5]
[Round6]  [Round7]  [Round8]  [Round9]  [Round10]
[Round11]  [Round12]  [Round13]  [Round14]

ClubZ goes to the Thunderhill Advanced Driving School.
We got rained out, but still finagled a few parade laps [29MB]

Intro to The Joy of ZX 1999 [17.3MB]
Intro to the ThunderHill segment of The Joy of ZX 1999 [19.2MB]
The full version of "The Joy of ZX, 1999", a compilation of various Z videos from 1999 [221MB]

Some clips of Green Flag Racing at Laguna Seca on November 14th [15.4MB]

Dyno testing my Z at Frey Racing [13.3MB]
One 1000RPM-7200RPM test [2.8MB WAV] (Makes a GREAT startup sound!)

Wednesday Night Drag Races at Sears Point [8.4MB]

Top Gun meets Autocross!  Footage is from the August 1st Autocross school at Candlestick Park [55.4MB]

ClubZ visits the Virginia City Hill Climb 1999 [58.9MB]

A total non-Z related video, a Pontiac Sunfire RENTAL going around a AutoX in Oakland [4.8MB]

Autocross footage from the Oakland June 26th & 27th event, put together into a music video:  The Battle of Oakland [16.8MB]

Autocross footage from the 1999 SFR Divisional [7.3MB]

Intro to The Joy of ZX 1998 [19.5MB]
The full version of "The Joy of ZX, 1998", a compilation of various Z videos from 1998 [238MB]

Spinning Z from the inside at an Autocross (My driving, and that's Lee D. laughing in the background).  [1.2MB]

Two full laps of an Autocross, showing the driving style differences between Lee D. and I, both in my car.  [16.8MB]

ClubZ at Treasure Island, doing high speed passes by the camera to highlight the differing exhaust notes of all our various systems.  [7.0MB]

Long long ago (like November 1997), in a galaxy far far away (Willows CA), A fellow named Lee in a stock red 300ZX TT chased
a fellow named Carl in a stock midnight blue 2+2 down the main straight at Thunderhill[2.9MB]