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Old 09-11-2014, 12:16 PM   #1491
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Let's see...where should I start?

Power was a big issue for me. I had quite a few mods done to the car; supercharged, full exhaust, tuned, etc. It didn't really do that much to help it. I mean, I could tell that it improved, but still, not the big boost I was hoping for. I don't even want to get into what happened with the first tuner. Long story short; had to replace the short block! The guys that got it next just couldn't figure out what they called "missing HP" at high RPMs. They had narrowed it down to the automatic transmission. Cars with the same setup but with a manual transmission didn't seem to have that problem.

The car just seemed like an albatross. There was something always happening to me with that car. Got hailed on on my birthday. Hit a pipe that the car in front of me didn't even TRY to avoid that knocked out the rear mud guard. Windshield busted by a rock. front nose piece was got cracked by the place installing the intake and had to be repaired and repainted. Chirp never went away. Etc, etc... And this wasn't even my daily driver. I don't know. Just seemed like I had some bad luck with the car from the very beginning. SO, I just took a big hit and traded it in. The 370Z is much more refined, and at my age, it seemed a better fit.

With all that said, I have all the "First 86" paraphernalia we were given if anyone might be interested. I had the signed print that we got professionally framed and it looks awesome. I honestly hat to part with that because it looks so nice! If you have an Asphalt FR-S, it might be something you'd be interested in. I also have a bunch of professionally taken photos of the car on huge canvas sized prints, if anyone might be interested.

Check out the stuff here: http://michaelmarek.net/frs.htm
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