Rubinel Rivera

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Owner: Rubinel Rivera
Location: Silver Spring, MD. USA
Vehicle: 2005 Nissan 350Z
Car Club: Meciless Racing
Horsepower: 357
Website: Personal

Rubinel Rivera is 33 years old and enlisted in the US Army. He has a passion for fast cars and bikes. His 2005 Nissan 350Z build took 2 years. Most of the work was done by Rubinel with the help of a few friends. Building something different and unique was his goal with this Z.

Currently, Rubinel is in the process of trying to get the car sponsored by some major brand companies.

Photos By: Rubinel Rivera

ENGINE & PERFORMANCETurbonetics single turbo kit
HKS super sequential BOV
Sparco intercooler
NOS sprayer kit (50 shot)
Kinetix intake manifold
Walbro 255 lph fuel pump
U-TEC piggy back computer
Autotecknic (radiator cooling panel, carbon fiber radiator panel)
Koyo (36 mm radiator, high-pressure radiator cap)
Samco blue radiator hoses
Nismo low-temp thermostat
Goodridge SS clutch line
AAM oil pan spacer
Custom grounding wires
Oil catch can
Denso 650 cc injectors
Tecknica short shifter
ACT (Streetlight flywheel, race clutch)
A'PEXi N1 mufflers with 3-in. custom piping, no cats (2)
Custom 3-in. down pipe

WHEELS, TIRES & BRAKES

R1 Racing Drift black gloss wheels w/ chrome lips – 20x8.5 with 2.75-in. lip (f), 20x10 with 5-in. lip (r)
Nankang NS II tires - 245/35 R20 (f), 285/30 R20 (r)
Brembo OEM brakes
Goodridge SS Brake Lines

SUSPENSION
Tein S. Springs
Cusco Strut Bar
GT Spec (rear lower tie bar, rear lower lateral brace)
SPC front/ rear camber kit

EXTERIOR
R35 frear bumper
V-Speed side skirts
Zen front bumper
JP VIZAGE Type A spoiler
VIS Racing hood w/ vents
Aerocatch Plus Flush locking hood latches
Headlight eyelids
Black headlights
Blacked-out taillights and turn signals
S2000 short antenna
Fairlady Z emblem
Chrome/ black stickers

INTERIOR
Cobra black/ microsuede seats
4-point Racing seat belts
GReddy Thrust shift knob
HKS Type 1 turbo timer
Autometer 3-gauge pod
Defi Blue Racer gauges (boost, egt, volt, oil pressure, oil temperature,
AEM EUGO white face wideband air/ fuel gauge
A'PEXi (odometer, tachometer, SAFC II air flow controller, AVC-R boost controller)
Momo (silver e-brake handle with leather boot, Trek steering wheel)
Custom (blue dash light cluster, white face 3-gauge pod cluster)
Fairlady Z33 glowing brakelight overlay
NRG harness bar

AUDIO & MULTIMEDIA
Kenwood DNX-8120 double-din head unit
MATTS (four-channel 400 W RMS amplifier, two-channel 750 W RMS amplifier, 10-in. 800 W RMS subwoofer)
Kicker S609 6.5-in. component speakers
Stinger (1-Farad capacitor, RCA wires)
Voodoo distribution block
Custom 10-in. subwoofer enclosure with amp rack
Monster power wire

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