We had a great turnout of 20 cars for the Quaker Steak & Lube Mini Meet this afternoon (September, 27, 2008) in Clearwater, Florida. It was a beautiful day, as you can see, and members of the Florida G Club, 350Z Club of Florida, and several new members show up.

For some reason everyone ended up parking all over the lot, so there isn't one long picture that shows everyone.




Nic (Honkiemann) brought his sharp 350z straight from the Performance Factory and a new turbo installation. Hopefully Nic will come to another meet and we can see his Z up close.


Dave and Palmer drover over from Tampa. Two nice Z's. Unfortunately I missed getting a picture of Palmer's unique headlight covers. Have to do it next time...


Dave had a unique rear mounted turbo. I believe it was an STS turbo kit. I never realized one of the main reasons to get a rear mount turbo kit is because you don't have to take the engine out to install it. Pretty cool.


Dave also had one of the homemade catch cans on his Z. I've heard that they make a big difference on an FI car.


Bill's (Ferk) G35 Coupe was looking sharp as always. This time we stayed long enough that it got dark and he could show me his LED under-door lighting. Very nice. Infiniti should have thought of that.


We all jumped when Eric (HydroEric2003) locked his brakes and slid across the parking lot into the spot next to Bill.


Sometimes a car pulls up that really surprises you. This RX7 pulled up and had a really low unique idle... So, of course I had to walk over and see what it was.


As did a lot of other people...


Surprise! It had a small block Chevrolet stuffed inside! The owner, Michael, installed the V8 himself along with headers and several other goodies. Very nice!


Mark brought his super-clean G35 Coupe out.


Taylor showed up after working a full day on Saturday. Thanks, Taylor. Glad you could make it.






Doug (lexusk8) drove over from Orlando. Thanks for driving over... Nice Sedan...


Andre (Reddragon) drove over with Michael and represented the Laser Red G35 Coupes. First time I've seen a LR Coupe without a rear spoiler, with all the trunk badging removed. Looks very clean.




My G is over at the Performance Factory getting a "tune-up." I really missed driving it today, but my trusty Honda Fit took it's place. Temporarily I hope!


I hope everyone had fun today, I know I did. It's always a lot of fun when people come with new, hot cars that you haven't seen before.

Take care!

 

Looks great! awesome turnout as well. I wish i could make these meets, i'm also in orlando.. but theyre always on friday or saturday, both days in which i work 11 hour shifts. Maybe one day ill come out there also!