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Coming this Friday: a sneak peak on [ www.sportzmagazine.com ] of Sport Z Magazine's Fall 2003 cover, which features Wagz's 300ZX with some scary-high horsepower numbers. The article in the magazine will include full dyno results, lots of photos, and juicy tech details. I know our Z32 subscribers can't wait to find the magazine in their mailboxes, so I’ve decided to release the intro to give twinturbo.net users a taste of what is to come. Stay tuned! (Uh, and sorry, no HP numbers and photos until Friday.) -Dave (editor) *From Wagz to Riches*
Sean Wagner’s XXX RWHP AshSPEC/Z1-Tuned Widebody Z32
By Miles Hall, Photos by Ryan Burnett Get into a discussion on twinturbo.net about the baddest Z32 around, and one name keeps popping up. Wagz. What kind of name is Wagz? Certainly not one that makes knees knock with fear. But one look at his car and his list of mods--it’s longer than a grocery list for a family of 14--and you start to see why Sean Wagner (WagZ, get it) is approaching the pinnacle of modified 300ZXs. Sport Z’s Miles Hall details this wild XXX RWHP car, from its bevy of polished parts to its big spooling turbos eager to crank boost and terrorize quiet Virginia city streets.
--------------- Rarely is totaling your car a positive experience. But in Sean Wagner’s case, things all worked out when he had to put his 240SX out to pasture in the summer of 1997. That’s when he replaced one Nissan with another: a black 1990 300ZX twin-turbo with t-tops and 72K for only $12,500. He would quickly discover the dreamy world of forced induction. “It was like my first date, or my first kiss--I was nervous and shaking slightly, excited and my heart pounding,” says Sean about his initial test drive in the Z. “Damn! I found the exact Z I wanted.” Initially he was content with his daily driver. His car already had a few modifications including a K&N filter and (gulp) a Flowmaster exhaust--both would later be ditched. His entire package put his Z in the Stage II range and Sean was able to gradually get a feel for the 300ZX’s performance limits. Occasionally that meant doing things with his brain apparently still parked in the garage.
“One of my earliest and most memorable moments was racing a ’96 NSX going 150 mph for over 10 miles,” says Sean, now a more mature 28. “I was at Stage III, which is good for about 400 HP, but I had no problem being right there with him.
“In and out of traffic, we would play give and take, but the Z never backed down. After the race, both of us pulled over on the median to chitchat about the cars. An off-duty police officer flew up to us and wrote us tickets for reckless driving. It was worth the fun since the tickets got thrown out.”
Sean learned the hard way that with higher performance comes more responsibility, both in the wallet and in the driver’s seat; blown turbos, near misses, spinouts. All carried with them lessons that he would not like to repeat any time soon. Eventually, Sean did what any practical Z enthusiast in his situation would do. Go to a driving school? Nah. He decided to add more horsies. Lots more… -----------
The full article will appear in the Fall 2003 issue of Sport Z Magazine. Order subscriptions at [ www.sportzmagazine.com ] or 505-771-2374.
Dave Bexfield
editor@sportzmagazine.com
www.sportzmagazine.com
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