Sport Z Issue #20
Features
24 Drift Mania, An 8-Page Guide
SZM sent writer Carl Merritt on a year-long assignment into the cultish underworld of drifting. In the process, this lifelong 300ZX racer begrudgingly discovered there might be something to this drift phenomenon after all.
38 Messing With Perfection
Acclaimed author and Z historian Ben Millspaugh takes SZM readers into the world of customizing the Z car. How did the craze begin? And why it will never end. Part I.
42 Just Sick
She needs a paint job like Mary-Kate Olsen needs a few extra calories. But look under the hood and you’ll see that Mike DeBusk has done some major doctoring to his 1986 300ZX to produce 1 Sick Z.
Tech & Racing
46 A Braking Revolution? The FSBC Invention
SZM’s Joseph R. Demers, PhD, presents—for the first time ever and to a worldwide audience—his potentially groundbreaking automotive invention: the Fade Stop Brake Cooler.
56 Plenum Spacers Explained
G35 Editor Dave Ochenreider installs the Motordyne Engineering plenum spacer and explains how it works and why it’s effective in the G35 and 350Z.
58 From Junkyard to Front Yard: SZM’s Project 240Z
SZM’s associate publisher Art Singer has taken on the task of restoring a borderline junkyard/parts car into a dependable daily driver. And he plans to stay within a budget that would make a tightwad crack a smile.
62 Motorsports: The Inside Line
The Formula 1 tire debacle could affect racing, at least in the US, for years. Motorsport Editor Dave Muramoto reports.
Departments
6 From the Pub
Celebrating 35 years of Z
8 Ped Crossings
Turbo shootout kudos, grouses
14 Shifting Gears
350Z video game car comes to life, ZDayZ recap, blistering 280ZX, Got-Z car
meet, G35 Sedan ski rack, Stillen Day coverage, Nissan buzz, G3 Motorsports-
sponsored G35, official SZM partner websites
36 Z Car Centerfold
2006 350Z and G35 changes
64 Club Zone
Capital Z of Texas spotlighted
68 Ed’s Garage
Best 280ZX mods, 350Z tranny woes, reader tech tip
70 Last Writes
A rusted-out 240Z, may it rust in piece
