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Old Jun 30, 2006 | 06:39 PM
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Hey guys, my name is Mike, I'm 20, and I live in Folsom, California. (Sacramento)
Finally, after a good long hard search of 6 months, looking at 4 different FD’s in the Sacramento area I finally found a FD worth buying. It is a 93 touring model vr. Excellent condition, the only things wrong are minor, shaky glove box and mirrors, all things I expected with the year of the car. The only mods that are done to the car as of now are: down pipe, midpipe, aftermarket air box, and boost gauge. I plan on doing a good bit of engine upgrades, but one at a time, since I'm not too familiar with rotary power. I already started talking to Karack, about getting up to his shop and making this thing more of a beast, so plan on seeing more mods.

I’d like to go cruise with other efini guys if there are any around town. I previously had a 350z, I still hang out with a lot of those guys, we usually cruise sunrise and go to Sac raceway, but I’ll keep checking the nor cal post ***** thread and checking to see where you guys meet up.








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Old Jun 30, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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whats up mike? im rob clean FD
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Old Jun 30, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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Nice find man that 350z looks great too. I wanted one originally, but payments aren't my thing =/
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Old Jun 30, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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nice and clean FD you have, congrats on the find.
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Old Jun 30, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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<------ Jealous.

Nice FD Mike.
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Old Jun 30, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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Clean FD how much was it? and miles?
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Old Jul 1, 2006 | 12:28 AM
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Very clean looking FD Mike. Where abouts in Sac did you find her?
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Old Jul 1, 2006 | 12:21 PM
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That is a nice looking FD Mike. Congrats on the new car and welcome to NorCal 7's.

Now if I read that right you have a dp and midpipe while still using a stock ECU? If that's the case then please be really careful as that will result in a blown motor due to boost creep. Other than that enjoy your FD and I'll be looking forward to meeting you at a future NorCal 7 meet.

Zach
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Old Jul 1, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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yea i kinda wondered about that but if it is a touring it still has an auto transmission?
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 03:14 AM
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yea i kinda wondered about that but if it is a touring it still has an auto transmission?
very nice, jealous you have an FD though. haha, but welcome to the club. enjoy that car, make sure you tune that thing up right away as well!
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 03:36 AM
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no i just meant if it has the auto still it should have less load and less likely to boost spike with free flowing exhaust.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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I was going to say Ben, the touring came in both auto and 5 speed. I had a '93 touring 5 speed.

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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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ahh ok, for some reason i thought all touring models were auto.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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Nice FD! Congrats...do you plan to put in a 'motec' exhaust?
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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hey congrats ... im 20 too and im moving to sac in a few weeks !! so we should definatly hang out and go to race track !!!.....
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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It's a manual

I found the car in Natomas area from an older gentlemen who was just trying to free up some garage space. I paid 15k for it, it has 110k on the chasis, and 2k on motor. He gave me 9k receipts from May of 2005 which is when he had the motor rebuit, and he put new tires and wheels, as well as a new clutch.

Hope to be seeing you all soon.
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Old Jul 4, 2006 | 12:41 AM
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I wish I could afford an FD. Beautiful find, man. The FD model is timeless. I don't think anything could equal it.
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Old Jul 4, 2006 | 04:39 AM
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hey man nice find, I live in Natomas so if you are ever around drop me a line. I got to UTI over there by I-5.
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Old Jul 4, 2006 | 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Karack
yea i kinda wondered about that but if it is a touring it still has an auto transmission?

WHAT A ***!

My touring is a five speed



Now....
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 12:35 PM
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Congrats and beautiful car. Hope to see you at the gatherings
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Old Jul 6, 2006 | 11:10 PM
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Hey I saw your FD this weekend, cool beans yo.
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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=D where at?
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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I'm also around Natomas area as well.
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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nice lookin car but like boosted rex said that i may not be such a good idea to have the mid pipe on w/ the stock ecu as it will cause ur boost to spike and can result in a blown motor...
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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btw: I saw a white FD with carbon fiber hood on my way back into sacramento from san fran...so around west sac. Any of you guys?

(this was saturday evening)

I was wrong about mid pipe =P
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