General Discussions - 300ZX Related

at what stage when driving does this valve recirculate exhaust gases back to ? Imm getting a guite loud tinny sucking noise ay low speeds between say 20_40 m p h normal road driving , in second or third gear , when i give it a bit of throttle.. could a faulty e r g cause this? and is it possible to replace this unit without plenum removal?, hope one of you guys can help a old boy, must sort this out .

Hi guys, I need help, im really quote upset with this!!! Car has been off the road for quite a while as it needed a couple of parts. The parts changed were both turbos oil return pipes and the drivers side oil feed pipe. Also a new O2 sensor on the passenger side. Went to get the car today and all seemed fine, car driving okay etc. On the way home I spent about 2 hours stuck in stop start traffic. The car then started to seem like it was struggling... revs going up and down around200 - 300 revs and running like a pile of crap, had to keep a bit of gas on so it didn't cut out in the traffic jam. When accelarating or even being in neutral and reving up it strug…

...I do hope this doesn't belong to anyone on here! Spotted this on the Isle of Dogs yesterday...

Driving in the rain, turned a corner in second, put my foot down and whoosh! The car slid 90 degrees before I had to wrench it straight again! Scary to say the least and I think the car behind me was absolutely terrified. The car's a NA, I've been moaning about lack of power and the tyres have lots of tread. Is this normal? Does the car have any form of anti-skid/spin? My rear shocks are due to be changed shortly as they are finished; would they 'help' the car to spin/slide? The only reason I ask is that I have driven more powerful cars in the past of a similar configuration (RWD, Manual, over 230bhp) and never had it slide so easily, even in the rain. …

Hi Guys, Below is a picture of my key Fob. This for a 300ZX NA. So far, I know the following: A - Locks car. B - Unlocks car. Does anyone know what C & D do? Thanks.

gearbox removal, going to take mine out sat .because prob easier putting engine back as one.

Spotted a blue zed today at about 12.30 on Roe Lane. Private reg so i know your name is RON ;) I think i may of spotted you in the past, so own up :D Isaac :cool:

Well I've been searching around for a little bit now but I've not really found a great deal of difinitive information on upgrading of injectors. It would appear that 500-555cc injectors are perfectly adequete for most applications upto around the 500hp area so I guess this covers most of us! There are two types of injectors, the 'phase 1' which covers 90-94's and the 'phase 2' which covers 95-96's. I believe the phase 2s are of the style that most aftermarket ones are? Does this also cover the design used in skylines/supras etc.? Thankfully DeatschWerks does an adapter kit to use phase 2's. What have people done to upgrade their injectors? Any suggesti…

Ok this may have been asked before , apart from the flywheel is it ok to replace a manual engine using old gearbox with an automatic engine ? is there anything that needs to be checked or changed? and does the automatic engine have any performance differences ? Thanks in advance for any help !

Hi Looking at fitting some different alloys, i know the PCD is 114 and there are 5 studs, but i cant seem to find the Bore Dia and the offset range Can anyone help. Ric

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Went to switch the car on and take it for a quick spin, went to put the windscreen demisters on and nothing...... You could hear the clicking of the motors from behind the dash as you normally would do and the engine revs move up a bit like they normally do but the blowers wernt switching on......the lights on the dash do come on to say they are on but nothing.....NO BLOWERS Any ideas? p.s. theres a naked picture of a hottie if your able to diagnose it lol

Does anyone stock these in the uk or would I have to get them from JWT themselves? Does the downpipe fit straight to the turbo? I need to get all the niggles sorted before it goes on the RR.

got my new brakes today and all i can say is :shock: they are huuuuuuuuuge

I was getting a horrible vibration from the engine plus lots of blue/black oil smelling smoke from the o/s exhaust. I relocated and changed the PTU and replaced the original exhaust with a mongoose catback. I also replaced the throttle, IC and rad hoses for silicon ones and finally, flushed the coolant,changed oil and filter. The engine now no longer vibrates like it did (result!) however, I'm still getting smoke from the exhaust. Thing is, it's now coming out of the n/s and the o/s is clean :confused: All the guages are reading correctly and as expected, however my AFR gauge says that both banks are running lean. I was thinking that a turbo seal was packing up, but n…

ANYONE on here know were to get such and pics showing what and where.because id like to replace all oil lines ect and looking at my oil lines when i removed my tubs there different.thanks.

gonna start clearing the garage this weekend followed by cleaning the car and waxing it then storing it. I will then start following the engine removal guide on this site. my only gripe is the lack of space i have. i was thinking of reversing the car in the garage (single) so it is a bit tight but i have access to the front of the car. When it comes to removing the engine do i need to have the car raised? i was thinking of disconnecting everything then rolling car forward when it comes to removing the engine. my only problem is i will be declaring it SORN until it goes back on the road. do you think i will get away with pulling it out of the gara…

Whats the difference between a T25 and T3 fitting? Im looking at some hybrid turbos of various guises but in all honesty I don't know what will bolt straight in/need mods to fit. I guess the T3 is a 5 bolt downpipe fitting but will the manifold flange fit? i.e. ebay item 160336287746 Anyone know any good suppliers of T25/T28 hybrids as to my understanding these bolt straight in... Any advice much appreciated :bow:

Spotted this on e bay looks good xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have found that after driving through a heavy rain storm, the car gets a really bad vibration / jolt through the steering wheel (and can be felt through the seat), as though I am driving over cats eyes. This happens at about 60mph and gets progressively worse to the point it is hard to steer. If I stop and leave the car for a minute or so it goes away! The only thing I can put it down to is water getting into something and draining away when I stop but as the ground is usually wet I cannot spot it. Anyone had this or have any ideas where to look ?

Having had a NA for the last 6 years i'm a little clueless when it comes to turbos. The TT engine i have is from an auto which i believe come with T24 turbos. Looking for upgrades, but nothing mad for now. I can get hold of a couple of Garrett T28s from an Escort Cossie small turbo model. Will this work? Thank you please

I've been a busy boy recently - hence the lack of post on here! About 3 months ago idecided to get my plenum off and and replace it with a half finished one I bought from Bantambunny. The idea being to accentuate the curves in the middle of the plenum and have them exposed by removing the throttle cable cover, re-routing the Coil pack wires under the plenum and re-routing the injector wires under the plenum. However it didn't end there!! I then decided to remove the castings that accomodate the bolts for the throttle cable covers!! After putting it on the block to see how it looked I then decided that it needed more polishing as the lack of wires expos…

Will the cruise control linkage (see pic) from an '89 jdm TT work ok in a '93 uk? They look identical but the jdm has 9YG on it and the UK has 36T, apart from that the part numbers are the same. I was wondering if it would cause any issues with the ecu etc.. Both are fully working but the uk one is pretty tatty, hence the reason for the swap. Cheers Dave

Hi just fitted my stillen side mount coolers today no problems expept the indicators dont go back into the bumper.They foul on the bulb holder on the front of the cooler any body know how to modify the lamp cant find anything on the web thanks dave.:cool:

Well folks........... Just this minute watched my bmw drive away from me.......worse thing was it looked so nice as i had buffed the wheels up to impress the new owner. Well got the cash for that and every single penny of it is going into getting the zeds engine sorted then tackle some other things ive got in my mind. But anyways.......thats me down to only one car and its the zed..love it!!