General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi all as in my other posts, my z32 tt smokes when coming to a stop/ de accelerating, might be turbo seal, pcv valve's and more, but while i'am saving to get them done is there anything i can do or put in her to reduce the smoke as its going to end up with me getting pulled, many thanks Dom. Still the best car i've ever owned, going to start a project log soon.

hi people, does anyone know what the ol' 300 holds in engine oil quantity? am looking to change my oil and filter 2moz in the essex/suffolk area.... anyone local or know a good garage that can do this for me, i know its not rocket science, but want a garage to trust or someone with lifters or a good set of jacks. got the oil and filter. cheers, al.

Just bought this from a guy down the road. I did not know it existed as I have never seen it around. Its an import with a shed load of bills with it including almost £2K some three years ago being spent re-conditiong the auto box. It has a quite good leather interior with only a small bit of wear on the drivers squab, a cracking stainless steel exhaust and the original owners handbook and service book. The chassis is spotless and all the trim inside is clean and very good. The engine is really sound and pulls well but is losing water which I think is 'HEAD GASKET'. Its been standing since December 2008 when the MoT expire, but starts on the button. It formerly belonged to…

i have a spare engine, i was thinking of rebuilding it i have stripped it down and is not that worn, was going to put it back together with new rings bearings and seals water and oil pump and gaskets was going to re use pistons and rods would yous advise me not too and do the lot, only want standard boost and does anyone know where the cheapest place for parts would be thank you

Brake caliper bracket bolts what torque setting. Thanks

Hi - I am being poncy and having my Crank Sprockets chromed like Luke's - I am quite scared about removing them though - should I be? :D I have a sprocket puller so... put down some timing marks, loosen the belt and remove the sprocket - it's that simple right? Have a good weekend guys n gals Andy

but people are willing to spend a grand on a 300zx that is dropping to bits then spend another few grand repairing (may cost even more), but people aint willing to spend over 4k for a nice already sorted zed i know my car aint everyones cuppa, but there are still some nice examples out there, crotchrockets car was a lovely motor and it took ages to sell, but people were posting left right and centre how they have just bought a car from ebay for a grand with smoke bellowing out from under the bay and the rust is everywhere then go about spending a fortune on it to try and get it road worthy never mind lookin nice just strikes me as odd is all????

leaking, where can i get one? plus the flexi pipe (appart from nissan) ebay don't show any, and zworld aren't answering today ** also are there differences between na and tt clutch slave cylinders? or 2+2/swb?** thx alex

Thought some of you might be interested in these. Chromed plastic throttle cover. Currently going for around £60 http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b93366157 What appear to be OEM 99-spec headlight inserts. These are around £300. http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e87062140 Stunning set of Work VSX-X alloys with Z32 fitment. Decent price @ £500, some of the best quality wheels and a great design....Ubber rare too! http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e91230481 Illuminated kick plates. Again, a rare option. These are about £150 http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction…

How do I remove my rear plate? It's the square variety as seen in my ride photos Cheers!

hey, had new engine put it today but the 3rd cylinder isnt fireing at all and when i start the car it stalls, mechanic rekons it cud be the crank angle sensor ? any idears?? its not fireing at all in the 3rd cylinder and when i start the car it cuts out straight away unless i keep the revs up and on the right side of the plenum theres a 14 ml bolt with a tiny pipe attached to it that snapped off and just changed that with another one and attached the hose and the bolt a little further prob 17ml with a small pipe hes been replaced with a normal bolt and blocking it. so nothing comes out. but will change that over with a original of a mates plenum

Hello all been a while. Having just returned to the uk, i thought id dust of the old zed and get it out the garage, Here is whats happening. The forward gears seem ok but i havent really taken it anywhere for fear of it going. When i select park it doesnt want to go in and the selector stick kind of clicks when it goes in, also reverse is not selecting properly it goes in but it is juddering backwards its not particularly smooth at all, like i say forward gears seem to go ok but ive only been round the block and havent been over 30mph, there is though some wining sounds when you first select drive??? any thoughts please, or is it manual conv time as if it f**cked i r…

I ask a stuuupid question nd never reply too it Wot do u fink to using a tin foil apple pie dish as flywheel? Wud go faster or wot! Spin Doctor.

I'm fitting some new rear R33/34 calipers today (already had the front ones on) and want to know the best way to drain the old fluid and refill with Castrol SRF. I've only got a litre of SRF so what's the best way to get the old fluid out? If I drain the front calipers somehow can I just blow the system through with air to get most of the old fluid out? I've got a pressurised EasyBleed type system I was thinking I could use to do this as it connects to a spare tyre? I'd normally just keep bleeding the system until the existing fluid is all flushed out but this stuff is expensive and I don't want to waste loads of it. Any better ideas?

my sills went out aliittle while ago now but dta motorsport uk where kind enough to send me invertor connectors which apparently cause them to go out(water) i was wondering if anyones fitted them as when i had a look the wires go up into the roof,i was thinking interior light?

95 TT jspec auto. Only seems to happen once in a blue moon, notably when it is a colder wetter day. Noticed lately sometimes that my idle will decide to be about 1200rpm. I could use the car later in the same day and it will be normal at 800rpm. Something is obviously amiss though but where should I start to look? I'm thinking so far; check for vac/boost leaks. TPS voltage. the idle control valve? Ok so yesterday I started off by doing a boost leak test. Had to bung the oil dipstick tube as the air came outta there. Anyway I found a big leak on the hose that clamps onto the hardpipe behind the drivers headlight - sorted that ou…

http://www.japspeed.co.uk/search.asp?numSearchStartRecord=11 janspeed do this fmic and all in all a good price i think but its the only one on there that looks like someones welded there two side intercoolers together,anyone know of anymore

I'm going to fit 5 new gauges to my zed :smash:; Boost,oil pressure,water temp, air/fuel ratio and volts. However I have a few questions. 1. Can I just connect the water temp sensor wire from the gauge to the left hand temp sensor at the front of the engine? 2. The oil pressure gauge came with a sender, according to the instructions I need to get a sandwich plate thing that goes between the engine and oil filter. The sender then screws into that. Is there somewhere else I can fit the sender (thread size is 1/8" NPT)? Apart from up me arse! If not, can any one recommend a place to get one (ebay link, etc.) 3. The AFR gauge sensor wire goes to the ECU o2 con…

Many thanks to Darren at D2 in Strood for sorting all the problems on my Zed. It now runs really well and I am looking forward to seeing how it performs on the Surrey RR day. :hyper: I would certainly recommend D2 to anyone in the South East wanting any work done on their Zed.

Unbelievable what you find when changing an auto box today, given a previous thread about dangerous cable instillation was just a week ago to come across and almost identical case is bizarre. The second picture shows the cable wrapped in grey duct tape, when this tape was removed the cable was broken and just twisted together! The cable ran up alongside the passenger turbo, and the cable insulation was blistered along its length past the turbo.

i have a noise comeing from the top right hand side of the enigine around where the cams are and the idler pully it sounds like a sort of grinding noise car drove fine and could not notice any loss have since took the time covers off and coulde not see anything obvious am now looking at doing a cambellt and idler pully change just to elimanate and best to be safe than sorry was wondering if any body had also had a similar noise next part is i hace seen this a NISSAN 300ZX Z32 TURBO & N/A Lightweight Crank Pulley and was wondering it is worth me changing to this whille i will have mine off also are they any good or is it going to be more trouble than its worth it …

Well what can i say. I took my car to get road tested today and it failed on emissions. Fookin fumin!!! I can't understand it as it has never failed before. It only got tested on the 18th March in UK when the MOT was done. I think the bloke that did it hasn't a clue:xxx: It passed everything else, just failed this. I noticed i had left the Boost controller on. Would this have mad a difference?? Does anyone have the readings that the zed are tested by. Im sure this bloke has fooked up:rant: I'm off to a German test center Saturday to prove him wrong!!!:rant:

Hi, after recently buying a zed i was after some advice. i want to increase the boost on the engine so i get a bit more power. can i safely do that wihtout the need for a engine upgrade/chip etc. and where can i take it to do it thanks

last night went to a local meet and a guy took a couple of pics and sent them to me wyt

is there a diagram or thread on how to put in new but standard fuel pump, did a search but couldnt find any, thanks guys, having a stressful day, get 1 thing sorted abd something else goes:headvswal