General Discussions - 300ZX Related

got my 300tt MOTed today.on the way home i spotted my short shift was a bit worm. i had a new clutch and flywheel fitted two weeks ago but have only just picked up on this. is it due to the clutch bedding in or do i have a problem.it is a compition clutch and a supper light flywheel.

Hiya bud , just wanted to pick ya brains about an autobox problem , i replaced my last autobox about a year ago , it had a slipping 2nd gear clutch pack but it als had a strange quirk of when starting the car up , usually after being stood overnight or all day , i would put it in drive , try to pull off but it would be in third gear ???? switch off and re-start , it would flash the power light but not a definate fault code , in drive again and it would be perfect apart from the slipping clutch pack . Now after replacing the box with a low mileage and really smooth box , it,s started doing the third gear thing again , switch off and re-start sometimes a few times before …

A BIG congratulations to FunkySi & yewcheck for winning this months Car Of The Month Competition - Click For COTM Poll Thread :D Both stunning zeds and very worthy winners indeed! :bow: :bow: Also a big congrats to dannzx & EvoluZion3 for giving them a run for their money and coming in joint second. And also to JASON FARROW & Sussex stu for coming in joint 3rd. Unbelievable!!! Joint 1st, 2nd AND 3rd places :eek: :rofl: Congratulations to ALL who entered and made it possible - its a hard competition and every zed entered is stunning! Thanks also to everyone who nominated people and voted - this comp would not be possible without you. :)

Spotted you on what i think is the A749, or A725 Near Nerston i cant remember whats what round there! On Thursday Evening around 4:45 ish. Sounded good if smelt a little rich ;) I was in the silver kangoo van going the same way towards EKB :)

have just had my bumper repaired and resprayed and as a result the sticky number plate has been removed and i need to put a new number plate on. where should i mount a normal plate?

car is all back together and running now :D however havent got clutch, garage were struggling to do it after the gearbox/engine swap. ive seen this video on you tube which sounds easy, just wana make sure if this diagram applies to the Z aslo? on the Z i know there is another bleed valve, by the HICAS thing by the drivers headlight. can someone tell me which bit i need to do 1st? ive searched and read loads of pages but still confused, can sum1 do a very quick step by step what to do? i still have the standard setup and dont really wana potch fitting braided lines, :cry:

Anyone know the correct running water temperature for TT, the oe gauge is about half but the aftermarket gauge is around 85-90 degrees. I'm trying to work out if the rads I have are big enough or I need to rig up one of the fans to run off an ignition fed live so it runs as soon as the engine is started.

Orderd all new drive belts ,not cam,3in total asked for a fitted price ?£86.per hour, no wonder garages are strugling he wouldnt entertain a drink ,ie £50 , seemed most of his regulars are retired folk , by the way this is a local main dealer,

1st one early in the morning in the High Street black 2nd one about 4pm parked up in Green Lane Northgate again black 3rd one about 5pm driving past the White Knight in Poundhill again in black

Hi all, Am currently looking for a TT and have found one at a nice price however seller says the Turbos are 'smoking' two questions really; 1. Is it a big job to replace a pair of turbos? 2.(More importanlty) Does this mean the car has been thrashed ? Thanks in advance! Jake

I am debatting whether to drop my 300 1" to get the rims up to the arch. What do you all think? Should I do it, or stay as is? Al.

losing a little water from somewhere under driver's side engine bay, boost has recently dropped by 3psi under the same settings that were giving me 15psi before and although ive not put stupid settings in, ive not been able to get higher than 13.5psi, and im getting some whitish smoke reportedly from only one zorst does this mean that one of my turbos (baring in mind that they were rebuilt less than 2 years ago) is fooked? also, an idiot's maths lesson: ive read that a koyo rad takes about 7 litres of coolant - i just put 700ml in to fill it to the brim, does this mean that i was ok for fluid before and that the level had just sank down out of sight naturally?…

Red LWB with vented nose panel flying past me towards harwell green bank (The 20mp steep road with loads of speed bumps lol) This seems to be the place to be for Z's lately, 2 on the trot! :-/ Anyways, who was it!! lol

there is a silver zed in the video with the same wheels as 300_zedx and funkysi's car is in the vid

To wide arch or not to wide arch?? This is the question :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-TWIN-TURBO-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-65000K_W0QQitemZ120453979151QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item1c0b9ddc0f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 this car is horrible and is an ebay special with 450 bhp :rofl:

Anyone used this stuff? I have and think its spot on. From cleanyourcar.co.uk and other sites - youtube up snow foam. Paid £45 for a bottle that fits on the end of the karcher and £14 for some snow foam (5 litres) - foam the car, leave for 5 mins then hose off! All the detailers are doing it as if you stay on top you dont actually need to rub your car with cloth/sponge thus avoiding cleaning marks/scratches.

sliver z j reg on the bury road thetford today i was in yellow van :nono::)

Hey folks i need a few ideas as i fitted a blitz DSBC last weekend and was testing it out and slowly bringing the setting up and ended up with 14psi but then as i went to accelerate again i have lost all boost and can hardly get over 0. I have checked all the hoses for leaks and have found none and im not sure if the ECU will put it into some safety mde which is preventing me from getting any boost pressure. Marty

I've got an 89 z31 2+2 NA (UKK spec) and I've got a puddle developing on the road, had a look underneath and I can see 2 thin pipes running from what looks like some sort of small radiator under the rear bumper (not sure what this is and dont see it in the haynes manual), these 2 pipes run round the side of the fuel tank (passing above the filler neck) and as the start to curl round to the front end of the tank, one of the pipes just ends and this is where the fluid is leaking from, the other pipe continues down the car...to somehere and seems fine. Anybody know where this broken pipe should be going? Or what this radiator like thing is under the rear bumper? Car is run…

Thanks for the advice on my gearbox thread the other day! Although nobody answered:$ i must smell

How u all doin? i hope all well, & all your Z's are running super smooth. It's heading towards the end of summer real quick & my battery is getting lazy, what power bat should i fit? will your standard 420amp heavy duty be up to the task? Cheers

Where is the best place to source the parts required to effect the fix posted by 'Groover' in the 'Body' section- is it worth changing any other potentially worn parts at the same time to save having to strip the door a second time later?

Went out to fit the lights thismorning, was told simple plug and play which it does seem, i just need to put bullet crimps on my black (negative) wire. But when i connect them all up, there is one wire left? Its the black wire from where i took the original light out, that was connected to the orginal negative. This has kind of thrown me abit as i think it should all work when i change the crimps over to the correct ones. So can anyone inlighten me to what this is or what i should do with the wire? cheers

Hi people, i done a search trying to find out what are the specs for uk wheels. i thought the fronts are 7.5" wide and the rears 8.5" not sure the standard offsets. Any help appreciated. Regards Kev