General Discussions - 300ZX Related

when i rev the car it sounds like the exhaust is blowing down near the pasenger side turbo had the Nissan up on a ramp today.... it sounds like its coming from the back of the turbo? is there a gasket that joins that bit to the exhaust? i know its not the lower part where its held on with three bolts, the bit i mean is the part directly bolted onto the turbo? its sounds like the noisiest tappets ever but its 100% not the tappets? any ideas I'm worried?

ok just took delivery of a new engine from Nipponspares, one guy tells me its a 99 spec engine the other guy tells me its a late model 95-96.. are there any differences noticeable from the outside ? cant post a pic until i register soon !

will the numbers tell me on the tubs what they are if at all standerd or not or dosnt make a difference because of internals.

who on here rebuilds tubs ,i forgot since taken to long to get engine out

Im after some De-cats for my 1990 NA... has anyone tried these? Are they the right ones for the car? As im yet to look underneath my Z to check :D http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/90-96-NISSAN-300ZX-Z32-DE-CAT-DECAT-DOWNPIPE-EXHAUST_W0QQitemZ350176886896QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item350176886896&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Thanks Rich

It seems i have wasted my money buying a 300zx TT a young lad told me..... Yesterday i was sat on my drive, showing a few of my mates my new pride and joy, when i seen 2 greasy skinned, acne riddled youths walking towards me. One of them politely asked me, 'what did you buy that piece of shit for?' I replied, 'like to see what you got' He then answered, ' i got a golf GT TDI, its got 3 chips in it, 190 bhp, it will piss all over that' I said, ' i have a bag of McCains oven chips in the boot' - he looks blankly Then the other says, ' my 309 is better than that' I said, go and get them then and ill meet you somewhere, they then go on to …

doing NA to TT conversion, garage have foned me, the front half of TT prop is not mating with the rear half of the NA prop! the rear half is automatic, the front hald is manual if that makes any difference? the garage said the flanges are not meeting up? the car has the NA subframe & NA diff on, ive scrapped the TT diff now as was told it doesnt fitt the NA subframe??? please help im stuck!! :confused:

Have been thinking about an Interior and came across this on Ebay and thought i would see what you guys thought of it :) Ebay link Clicky Munny P.s :hurl::hurl::hurl::hurl::hurl::hurl::hurl::hurl:

hi guys, im savin up to replace the head gasket on my n/a zed, im thinking of buying the gasket kit from conceptzperformance along with their n/a oil cooler and while the engines out removing the air con system, water channels that run under the plenum and the clutch bleed nipple, replacing the water hoses at the frount and back of the engine and changing the headers and frount pipes. then i came across the throttle body kit from z1 would it be worth geting this as well just to add a little power? has anyone used them and found them to be a good/bad mod? i dont know a great deal about tuning the zed so any other info or sugestions about this would be great thanks guys!

I want to put the FAIRLADY Z decal on the perspex strip on my UK zed. I know my car is called a 300ZX in the UK but it is a Fairlady at hart :) and they were going on my old zed before I crashed it! Do you consider this ok, or am I being a chav? YES I know I cocked up the spelling on fairlady! lol

The jdm targa is slight different to the uk one as a lot of you know, but why? Surely, it would have saved nissan a lot of money at the time, if they'd made them all the same. It must have cost a fortune to retool the production lines, and I cant see the reasons why they did! rant over. lol

..then it doesn't have an AIV? Was thinking about removing it, but read that they were only on zeds up to 1992. Save me a job if I don't :D

I want to mount 5 gauges in my zed, volt and air/fuel mix will be mounted in a twin pod A pillar and I want to put the other 3 (oil press,water temp and boost) in or on top of the audio console. I can't DIN mount them as both slots are filled with stereo and hd mp3. I've looked at z1 and zcentre and the options seem quite limited :( Does anybody have an idea of other mounting pods etc? Cheers Dave

isnt it wonderfull what a wash can do ( well , wash , rewash , shammy , resin polish , buff etc etc ) check her out : 50 more high def pics here : http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/myonlinestorage/300ZX/

cheers for wasting my time

Watch those speed humps, taken at speed thay can damage more than just bumpers and exhausts, the sump on this autobox had taken a fair wack and as a result the box was misbehaving, the strainer damage was causing line pressure problems, a new strainer the sump dent knocked out and all was ok. Jeff TT

As my engine undertray is FUBAR'd I was wondering if it needs to be replaced or can I just do with out? My jdm didn't have but my uk does :confused: What are the pro's and con's of the tray?

The issue of fractured lower arms was raised by Mac 1 some years ago and was as a direct result of fitting single piece rod bushes with too little compliance, a problem that was dealt with by redesigning the bushes. Check out the photos below, the tension rod arm fixings have become detached completely taken a section of the lower arm with it. The arm was discovered by an RAC recovery when called to the car on the motorway with a puncture on the n/s front, the owner not really understanding the full implication continued to drive the car for a few days until the steering feeling eventually got so bad it was uncomfortable With the wheel removal all was reve…

want to order the polishing clay but noticed they do two sorts soft or medium any thoughts? paint fairly smooth on my car

basically i have £1k burning a hole in my pocket ready to be spent on the zed but i do not know how i can spread it around the car best as i would like new suspension all round but have been tempted by many other things as well so i want to satisfy myself as best as possible. any reccomendations of what parts to get and where from. deffinately dont mind good second hand parts. budget includes getting parts fitted as i cannot do work myself

Hi, just bought my first Zed, it came with a profec b spec 2 boost controller, and was just wondering what all the settings should be on for standard boost?

It's that time of year where I have to replace the ALT and PAS Belts cause there making a ticking slip noise again! Really annoys me as I know other Zed's not running the engine under tray and they don't seem to have this problem... Would I be better of getting a geniune Nissan belts this time or just stick to the Gates ones the usual motor factors normally supply me? :confused: Also does it make a huge difference if the belt is not quiet exactly 39" / 990mm? Slightly to short or long, could that cause the problem in wet weather???

whats the colour code for the nissan straight black please lads ???;)

ive been to his house a couple of times now but havent been able to get hold of him and his unit is now long gone does anyone have his number they could pm me with

Good old Halfords paint mixing skills :rolleyes: