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Old May 8, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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^ yea I know, it was a big waste of money
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Old May 8, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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^ yea I know, it was a big waste of money
these cars are well tuned out of the box. I went down that road as well
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Old May 8, 2009 | 05:57 PM
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on the contrary, the HR responds very well to bolt ons. With just CAI's and HFC's or test pipes it can put down 290-295whp without a tune.
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Old May 8, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by NISMO_558
With just CAI's and HFC's or test pipes it can put down 290-295whp without a tune.
what do they put down stock?

still 390 or preferrably 490 would be more impressive
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Old May 8, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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^^ HR's have been putting down 255 rwhp stock IIRC... May change depending on the dyno.

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My buddy is looking at buying a Z and he saw a posting for a 2003 with around $13k for a Z with around 39K miles. I thought a Fairlady Z was a Japanese right hand driving car? Is this just a touring Z (although I thought they were auto's only?) with a body kit and spoiler on it?
Greddy sides, Greddy rear. Nismo V1 spoiler. Base/Enthusiast 17" wheels.

My Touring is 6mt.

I'm personally not a fan of "Fairlady Z" being on USDM Z's.
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Old May 8, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Spork
^^ HR's have been putting down 255 rwhp stock IIRC... May change depending on the dyno.
it's closer to the 260's on average, but like you said, all dynos are different. The point being with just those two mods the HR gains 20whp.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by sportbiketed
I've always wanted to...providing someone else pays for it.
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Got my car back from being painted and will be back in town tonight. Anyone want to get together for a cruise or head down to midway?
Enjoy the rain! lol
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Ill be down at midway tonight
How was the rain?
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Too bad our key fobs don't work if your farther than 50ft away, or I would have turned on the "alarm" or panic button just to scare him a little.
Place the fob under your chin. It works.
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I'm personally not a fan of "Fairlady Z" being on USDM Z's.
+1 I don't like it at all.
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Saw a silver GT-R downtown yesterday. The guys in the office couldn't believe how much people are paying for it.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 05:53 AM
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Saw a silver GT-R downtown yesterday. The guys in the office couldn't believe how much people are paying for it.
A friend of mine put a down payment for one about 6-9 months ago and decided to pull his name from the list and get his money back.

They recently called to see if he was still interested and he found out the MSRP was raised a second time...which now puts the car around $81k I believe. Not as attractive as it was before...I'm not sure that I've heard of MSRP's ever being raised.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Spork
^^ HR's have been putting down 255 rwhp stock IIRC... May change depending on the dyno.



Greddy sides, Greddy rear. Nismo V1 spoiler. Base/Enthusiast 17" wheels.

My Touring is 6mt.

I'm personally not a fan of "Fairlady Z" being on USDM Z's.
Do you think they added the leather seats or was the car a Touring car before all those mods were added? I am guessing a touring if they had 6MT available
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Originally Posted by SmoothZ
I've always wanted to...providing someone else pays for it.

Enjoy the rain! lol
No rain...didn't go. I was disapointed to see the rain when I got back from Chicago

Today looks nice...although a bit cool.
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Originally Posted by schm1147
A friend of mine put a down payment for one about 6-9 months ago and decided to pull his name from the list and get his money back.

They recently called to see if he was still interested and he found out the MSRP was raised a second time...which now puts the car around $81k I believe. Not as attractive as it was before...I'm not sure that I've heard of MSRP's ever being raised.
Dealer markups are crazy with this car, so I can understand why your friend didn't want to buy one after all.
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No rain...didn't go. I was disapointed to see the rain when I got back from Chicago

Today looks nice...although a bit cool.
It's supposed to rain again today. I'm going to Full Blown in Bloomington today. Need to see about a custom exhaust.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 06:29 AM
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does this picture look familiar at all?...http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/cto/1160152302.html
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Old May 9, 2009 | 08:43 AM
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Baaaah whose car is that again!? WHY????


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Do you think they added the leather seats or was the car a Touring car before all those mods were added? I am guessing a touring if they had 6MT available
If the traction control button has VDC on it instead of TCS, and the car has seat heater controls on the middle console with leather seats, it's a touring.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by SmoothZ
Place the fob under your chin. It works.
I was actually trying that, but it didn't work. My car was also behind some other cars so that might be why it didn't work
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Originally Posted by schm1147
does this picture look familiar at all?...http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/cto/1160152302.html
Yes it does...
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If the traction control button has VDC on it instead of TCS, and the car has seat heater controls on the middle console with leather seats, it's a touring.
Yeah, I have a Touring. It has heated leather seats and the VDC button.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 10:07 AM
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If I remember correctly, the owner of that car brought the blonde chick with him.

I just don't know his username.
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I'm now looking for a muffler for the custom exhaust. That and a flex joint. PM me if you have any ideas or links. Thanks!
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Old May 9, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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Wait what are you doing??
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Old May 10, 2009 | 06:24 AM
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Some of my stuff is for sale. Pass it along to anyone you can i need this stuff to sell

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/pts/1163567422.html

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/pts/1163555671.html
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