Name: Nick (formerly nofuel, redline280zx)
Daily Grind: Instructional Designer for CraneMorley (a firm that designs e-learning excercises for Nissan, Toyota, Honda, MBZ, Chrysler, Acura, Infiniti, Mazda, Isuzu and many other major auto manufacturers)
Age: 23
Spouse: Girlfriend of 5 years, Kristie
Kids: Hell no!
Locale: Southern California near Long Beach, at the 605/405/22 Interchange
Daily Driver: 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX (bastardized SVT/Sport package) Sport Springs, PBR brake calipers, K&N conical filter direct mounted to MAF inside lucite headshield, HID headlights, 16" SC wheels. 4.6L SOHC NPI


Former cars: 1995 Ford Thunderbird LX 4.6L AT, 1990 Ford Thunderbird Supercoupe S/C 3.8L 5-spd, 1986.5 Pontiac Fiero GT 5-spd GETRAG, 1987 Toyota Corolla SR5 Notch 5-spd, 1979 Datsun 280ZX DX 5-spd
My Thunderbird SC 3.8L SUPERCHARGED 5-SPD (the super white one) RIP


1986.5 FIERO GT 5-Speed



My Fiero at an AutoX in Waterloo, IA with the GF's 'Stang
GF's stang by itself:

Some details about the old Z. When I sold it, it had:
NEW MOTOR.
1979 Datsun 280ZX 5spd DX model.
nicknamed "Akai".
Possessed female demon Z-car.
HS130100908
L28E
N47 Head, N47 non-egr manifold (ported) 240SX 60mm throttle body, new hi-output alternator, L24 connecting rods, 10:1 compression (from 8:1), Schneider 10-2002 Mild Camshaft, MSA high-flow roundport header, 2.5" exhaust, no cat, no smog controls, billet lightweight waterpump pulley, custom ram-air conical intake, no power steering, A/C removed. Estimated power: 180HP (stock 130hp)
KYB Shocks, 15" ZX turbo wheels, MSA Z-shift knob, Naugahyde Faux Leather seating, MSA dash cover, black leather racing seat for the driver.
Upgraded sound system.
Sylvania Coolblue headlights
MSA front airdam
Quadrouple rally driving lights, to supplement headlights to improve nighttime visibility at speed
Former member of: zcar.com, socalz.org, gotz.com, absoluteZ.org
Car was last seen: at Cal Poly Pomona in a parking lot there, April 2007.



Videos of old cars:
SoCalZ.org meets

280ZX Tribute video (very cheesy but well done)

Thunderbird Tribute Video (not cheesy but quality lacking, sound compression sucks)
http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w91/bla...ERBIRDMOVIE.flv-Retired Wangan Racer