GT SPORT: Sung Kang's Fugu Z

Did you know that when Fast and Furious alum Sung Kang had nothing to do in his spare time, he enlisted help from GReddy, one of the aftermarket brands known to speedo boys many, to make an S30Z that became the winner of the Gran Turismo Award at the SEMA Show a few years ago? So what is it then this Fugu Z?





That question can only be answered by the man behind the Fugu Z build but for starters, the Fast and Furious alum wanted to make an S30Z that woos not just the SEMA crowd but also on social media. Sung Kang enlisted his friends from Rocket Bunny and GReddy USA for this operation.

Miura-san provided the body kit for the S30Z, which is somewhat rather unique because the Rocket Bunny kit for the S30Z can bear resemblance to the Wangan Midnight hero car, the Devil Z, but this is no devil here. After all, onto the engine part, the Fugu Z's 2.6L RB six-cylinder engine had its turbochargers stripped out, which is a bit of a challenge because naturally aspirated cams don't exist on an engine like this.

After their challenging engine build, the Rocket Bunny-kitted S30Z was painted in Kilimanjaro White, then the interior was revised with new parts, and the suspension's optimized to make sure it wouldn't damage the Rocket Bunny kit because of the fat Nitto tires.

The main result is a 290hp JDM wonder that became the talk of the town among speedo boys everywhere while the Fast and Furious alum deserves all the credit behind the Fugu Z and while this is basically a work in progress, it's time for me to find out how the Fugu Z was made for and with that, I went to Willow Springs.







A car that produces less than three hundred horses through the rear wheels, made by Han from the Fast and Furious films and friends, getting behind the wheel of the Fugu Z really puts between the scale of standard and challenging and if I have to describe the experience with it, I bet that it's in the boundary between sweet and spicy. At first, it feels so normal to drive but when the corners kick in, that's where the challenging part shifts it takes a lot of skill to get back on track but because it produces a modest amount of power, there are no problems with it. It's just you, the driver, and the car getting to know each other.

Speaking of which, care to guess what I did with it? If so, let's roll the tape.





The Fugu Z is the dream car Sung Kang envisioned to deliver his Fast and Furious antics to the motoring world and such a creation really appeals to speedo boys everywhere. Although it is near perfection, the Fugu Z is a worthy driver's car that charms through various roads and tracks like an ideal JDM masterpiece. It's no wonder why it won the GT Award at the SEMA Show and got landed in GT SPORT but anyway, let's leave it here because words aren't enough to express the Fugu Z's uniqueness and driving is the only way to get to know this car more. That is the bottom line.