General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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

Hi all i have just got a 300zx and dont know if its twin turbo or single its a 1992 2+2 the logbook just says 300zx turbo, ???

anyone know how to do this, i cant find my fob, but have a spare, got a new battery but its not working rang an alarm guy he said it needs to be re programmed but he doesnt do toads

Won it on ebay a couple of weeks ago for £140.00.

My Zed is having a full car blow over with the work being done, which includes correct bumper and bootlid. My question is, has anybody got any good ideas on what colour i should paint it? The car is mettalic black now, and i dont really want to have the door shuts etc done and would like to stick to black. So the question really is, does anybody have any sort of blacks they like on other cars, or should i do other things like flakes or and 2 tone ideas etc, anything really. So far its going to be the original colour or high gloss black. A friend of mine thinks gloss black with a red flake would be good, but for me it would have to be a very small flake, and spre…

Swapped the TT diff for an N/A, new one piece prop (£240). Find myself looking for another gear quite often, in gear acceleration seems better, it will light the tyres dry road second gear straight line without clutching it (275 x19") now. Top speed is less, but who needs that anyway? Cant say I notice the lack of Hicas. Uses fuel like there is a hole in the tank, lol. But it was never good at MPG. Running 555 injectors on standard tubs, decat, firdanza alloy flywheel etc. But 19 inch wheels which are poor for 1/4 mile times. Ran a 13.4 first ever run at Avonpark into a strong headwind. Worth while? Probably not. Would not do it again. Comments?

Does it really matter which way an oil cooler is orientated? Inlet/outlets at the bottom/top/sides? One is for the Auto Tansmission Oil - the other for Engine Oil I am thinking NOT! But just wanted to check with a GURO. ;)

Having replaced the radiator with a nice (shiney) fat after market unit I still have the forward placed aircon radiator blocking/sharing it's direct air path. Having put in a massive (shiney) intercooler and two seperate Autobox and engine oil (shiney) rads I am not happy with the crappy aircon rad (not shiney)!!:( I am a pussy and I don't want to lose the aircon (did I just say that :x:) - so the question is... Is there an alternative to the aircon rad - maybe from another car or is there something special about it? I am open to blue-sky thinking here chaps :D PS: Did I mention it has to be shiney :xxx: