General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi, Realistically I won't be getting my car back on the road this year. After the nightmare I've had getting my car painted I want to give the lovely paint some protection. My car is on my front drive so it gets various bits of crap off the roof of my house and the obvious bird crap. What should I be looking at, polishing or waxing and what should I use for some solid protection? Cheers Vijay

well checked and all my timing is correct so now i am about to start removing the plenum to look for busted valves!!!:(:(:( anybody know if this as daunting as it looks?? anybody who wants to help can come round and is very welcome lol;) i hate this bloody car its doing my head in!!!

Looking at rebuilding a shell, I wanna make it as good as possible. At the mo I'm looking at doing Full service Turbo rebuild Stripping the rear subrfame and using solid bushings and repainting stripping the front subframe, Are there better bushes for this?? http://www.z1motorsports.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_8&products_id=3115&osCsid=cd58591d2130efc8c0f4874b157c4122 Waxoiling the underneath while its stripped Either using a locked tt Subframe or an NA one, haven't decided yet What else would be a good idea?? I'm not bothered about brakes disks or other bits that can easily be done after these bits have been done

Mate has a prob with his Zed, looks like injector 4 has gone. when disconnect injector connector when running nothing changes to engine tune. tried swapping plug and coil pack to prove. Also tried cleaning the injector connectors. Does removal of the injector require plenum remove as the 2 screws seem to be under it. How long does this take? Just wondering how much a garage will charge for this work Also anyone selling an injector :) How much do they cost new? Cheers

OK, I wont go into why, but basically my car has been driven without my knowledge on various occasion and the brake pads are DEAD! Because it was driven, all of the metal shards and crap that has come off the brake disc from the "metal to metal" has now stuck all over the drivers side of the car. How can i get this off? It is very rough to the touch and no matter how much cleaning it has it wont come off. Is someone going to be a dead man for using my car and me needing a full respray???? :mad:

I ordered all my engine parts last night from Conceptzperformance. The only thing that is on back order is the RHD EFI Harness. What I was thinking is maybe ordering the LHD one instead. Could anyone tell me the difference between the two, apart from the obvious :rolleyes:. The engine is out and will be trying to relocate the harness to hide it, so the differences could help. Thanks, Ant

Does anyone know if the self diagnostic process/codes are the same on the series 2 aircon components as on the series 1? If not does anyone have a copy of the ones relevant to the series 2? :confused:

I need my air con regassing, brought the vehicle to work but our kit doesnt fit as its for the new style air con systems and the connectors fitted to the Z are almost like a tyre valve fitment. Spoken to Kwik Fit and they havent got the equipment either. Does anyone know someone in the west mids that can regas the system?? Regards Andy

Just found this,but looks like someone is trying to pull a fast one http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?p=864968#post864968 Cheerz Chris

Can these be bough without the holes below anywhere cos I can't find any:confused:

Friday 17th Morning around half 10 ish? I saw you just near the M62/M60 junction coming from leeds way. (to be honest you might have been on the M60 but there or there abouts :) Looked a fairly nice standard ( i think, looked like standard spoiler and standard alloys) LWB TT at a closing speed of 140+ its somtimes tough to notice other differences lol Was it you?

Anybody, know of a windows xp program that will allow me type in jobs needed, parts for job, who's doing it (me or a garage) What I need to do, and when. I'd also like to be able to use subcategory's section i.e. Interior, rear subframe etc. Finally It would be great if I could print out work cards.Just for me, not commercial :) I've got an old version of MS Project but it's far to complicated for me? Any help would be much appriciated, Cheers Dave

isa had me zed for 5 years , love me car to bits but i cannot get rid of smoking on tickover , now when ryan was down at swindon he checked it out he could not find a fault, , isa had new turbo`s ps valves , 3 years ago and i only use me z in the summer,probably only do 1500 miles a year it mainly smokes when cold but also when warm , i dread taken the car for mot any ideas isa stuck

Had a call from Jeff today to say my cars would be ready tomorrow,guess wot my bloody weekend to work try to swap sat out but got no interest from my colleagues but managed to get tuesday. Can't wait roll on 1st of May

any one know how much a new set of lifters are from nissan??

just carrying out the NA to TT conversion, ive got the water radiater off for the new one, just looking at the other rad, its larger than the turbo one. so went to remove it from the TT car, then realised it only looks like its going to the air con?? im binning the air con so is there any point of this? looks like the elecric fan cools this for some reason?

Just a quick one ! has anyone managed to get a front bumber in the back of there Z, with the seats down etc ? or is it a complete no go ? cheers chris:)

hey people, have re-trimmed my interior in white!!!... yes white!!! not leather, but the finest Italian vinyl, and yes.... i know its plastic..... but it is soft, has the leather look and is f**king cheap!!! anyway, what do u all think?? i love it, just need to keep it clean..... al.

g reg i think parked near bridge on goole docks

Hi What colour is your car? It looks very similar if not the same to mine. I dont have a clue what mine is although i know its not nissan midnight purple.

Well im glad to say shes back running sweeter than ever.:hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper: just replaced the part and now she sounds great, can you tell im happy lol:hyper::hyper::hyper: Once again a big thank you to all that gave me advice,got to say i would have been totaly clueless if it wasnt for this forum.:xxx:

Evening all, Does anyone have any information on camping at Oulton park for modified live next week ? Thanks Rob

Im getting more excited to fit these now... only a couple things left to arrive, hks actuators and z1 downpipes, Some bits and pieces here and there and should be good to go... All i need is for someone to fit them :o

First of all i would just like to thank every body for the help thay have given me for my wee problem with the car,the imformation i was given was great.Well ive found the trouble maker. This rubber hose is drawing in air from the unit on the right,when you clamp this hose or just pinch it with pliers the revs drop down to normal and when you let go thay shoot back up to 1500.:confused:

Just asked for an update from Thor. going to give me a call back with more details but.. they did say my new wheels are on and they stick out the rear arches allot. Ive not seen it so not sure how bad it is, changing the wheels isnt really a option as they were very expensive and took 6 months to arrive as it is. Sticking out the arches will look silly and possibly illegal. So what are my options? I know Do-Luck make stick on arch extensions but who else make them and different options availible. i cant spent too much money on this e.g. full wide arse kit at the mo as there are far more important things to spent it on. not sure i even lik…