General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Ok, Phil has looked at the car and found that the oil leak is actually coming from the oil return from oil of the turbos. There was no oil in the clutch at all and has just burnt away because it is crap, gone all the way to the rivets too which means it has also damaged the flywheel so looks like a faults part or whatever. This is the clutch I have got, http://www.z1motorsports.com/product_info.php?products_id=1837 Says it is good for 550 ft lbs of torque!!!! What do you all think of this??? Bare in mind its only been in the car for around 2 months or less?

May seem like a stupid question, but I want to be sure and understand fully. I have the engine fully striped ready to go off and have the work done by a engineering company. Just want to know if some of the things listed is a must to be done. I apologise if they seem like stupid questions, but I'm trying to learn as much as possible and to do most of the work myself. Skimmed block? Clear castings flasings from block (that's a must) Block bored/ honed (that's a must) Crank balanced? Knife edged crank? Skim heads (guess that's a must) Anything I've missed for the engine shop to do? Does anyone know of any decent engineers near to me in the…

black one again, :slap: anyways its a jap man tt swb :nana2:.....goes like nothing i've ever driven...cant stop grinning, leather interior, bit tatty, needs alloys, clear spec lights and some trim fixes here and there but very nice even in its dog rough state...single exit kakimoto loud and burbling its gonna be very interesting come the surrey rolling road day :D http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=752

Anyone know what colour this could be? Really like to have this colour for my car

baught a car, will be swapping the TT engine from my car into it. its a working engine, but doesn look asif they are very saught after? its a big lump, what would a scrappy give me for it? seems easier than delivering it to a potential buyer, along with a auto gearbox

YAY! Only just though, realized last night I had been driving the car about since the 4th April with no mot :O I read it wrong and thought it was the 14th lol. Pass apart from a large imbalance in the brakes which is only just within limit. Good job i've got all the bits ordered for the brake upgrade.

picking a Z up tomorrow, traveling 100 miles, got a transit pickup, and a car trailer (big 14fooot proper car trailer) the car has a handbrake, and i can put it in gear, will i be fine without the strap things? or should i use some tow rope as a prevaution.

Well as I few of u may have seen my clutch has gone. Once we have been under the car it appears it has a nasty oil leak. By the looks and sounds of things the oil has ran in to the clutch causing it to slip and burn out. I can't believe it. Still haven't ran the engine in fully yet and iv been taking it easy. I'm gutted. Going to call phil in the morning to see if he will fix it. Only had it back 2 months :(

i got one brandnew today of some guy for free are they anygood ??

Nice looking black heading up Castlebar Hill at 735pm tonight-I was on foot and a distance away but it looked ACE

Was in taxi headin to my hotel tonight for going offshore tomorrow and drove past a red 300zx looked like a SWB, black alloys pritty standard, looked nice. think that is the regi plate that was on it. Anyone on here?

Coming home tonight and I over took someone and as I went to change gear I heard a crunching noise and found it difficult to engage a gear. Finally got it in gear but everytime the gear engaged it made a funny noice and seemed to jurk a bit. It still went though. Just gone out to see if it was OK. Put it in 1st and pulled away but when I engaged 2nd gear and released the clutch, nothing :rant: I had to coast down the road to park up. Now it will go into gear OK but when I release the clutch it won't go anywhere. :rant: Any ideas ?

Just bought a set of alloys off the bay of e, but they dont come with tryes the wheel sizes are 18"x8.5 fronts and 18"x9.5 rears. What size tyres will i need to keep the rolling radius the same as standard (or close as poss)?

my car has just had new HUGE discs fitted and when i went to fit my new wheels WITH 6MM spacers they would not fit so i now need to get some 8mm spacers and extra long wheel studs:cry:

Hi, As the title says i've been trying to find my perfect alloys for my Z for what seems like an eternity. All i want is some plain 18" 5 spoke wheels without any of the flares or twiddely bits or fake allen bolts that seem to be on every other wheel out there. Going on an earlier thread by FunkySi i was thinking of getting a slight stagger with the fronts being 8.5" wide and the rears being 9.5" wide. I assumed that as 5 spoke's seem to be the most common alloy's about i'd have no problems finding some, but almost all the wheels on the many, many websites i've looked at are way too over designed with all the plain 5 spokes being too small or too narrow. I'…

Couple of gearbox related questions for you. I have a manual NA. If i fit a TT engine i will need to buy a TT clutch and flywheel. Are there any other changes needed or will this all go together no probs? Also, i have a one piece Z1 propshaft. If i change to a TT gearbox, will the propshaft still fit? Cheers

The Truck Racing Team I work for is being co-sponsored by Autoglym this season, so being sat in Oldbury and away from home and nothing better to do I thought I would try some of the various sprays and polish on my car which I just happen to drive up in this week, well I wish I had a camera because she's polished up a treat, well pleased with my evenings work, time for a couple of :duffer::duffer: OK one more:duffer:. Paul

Where should the pipe under the plenum attach to? noticed it wasn't plumbed into anything. And where should the pipe with the white dot go to? mine has a screw in the hose.

my data scan log to for analysis. today the z seemed really sluggish, some days its pulls like a train other days its sluggish. dont know what is the standard figures/values for most of the components so anybody wanna look at what i recorded if so i can hopefully send it out via email. its only stationary @ idle 2k rpm 3k rpm one test was with the aux fan connector disconnected then connected cheers gaz

parked at the kebab van nxt to b+q on cranes farm. white with a smooth tailgate and a bodykit of some sort and gleaming......about 12am tuesday night...not seen this one in bas vegas before.......

ok here goes i am trying to get a grasp of what is going on. i have a TT SWb Auto and the needle never moves anywhere from 0. doesnt go - or +. had turbo's checked and they are not blown and i also done the idle test and never got any smoke from the exhausts. Having had the engine checked i have been told that two wires/cables that run either side of my engine (apparently connect to turbo's) are not connected properly and so the ECU has no control over the boost :eek: apparently they were not plugged in properly and exposed to the air and have broken. been told can plug back into ecu control or get boost controller (if i can find one cheapish) started worr…

Hi, Been trying to email John Dixon on his hotmail address but it's getting bounced - anyone have an alternative means of contact? Any help appreciated. Best regards. AndyGP

... How many litres per minute it pumps? Cheers! AndyGP :confused:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300-ZX-REAR-SPOILER_W0QQitemZ300306477216QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item300306477216&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Anybody know what make this spoiler is and would the standered brake lights from series 1 spoiler fit

hey , ive got a water leak in my radiatior but the garage told me the radiator is modified so they cant fix it, can anyone help me cuz i dont see how the radiator can be modified