General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Saw you driving through Temple Bar mid afternoon yesterday. Had Skyline GTS wheels on it.

mines fooked, are they garunteed? my o/s looks like this when you look down it any clues? failing that where do i get a new'un from?

Bought my car :cry: it goes tonight once they give me the cash..... Onwards and upwards i suppose, got the VX for the mud and will look at another bike / trike(disabled!) for the summer

Hi all, Im looking at getting some new wheels for my Zed to go with the new paint Job but havent got much idea about fittings etc... So my questions are: 1. If i put 18' wheels on will i have to lower the car? 2. What's the max width i can go? 3. Are there any recommended wheel sites to give me some idea of prices. Cheers all;)

As above- can't see the problem though- rad isn't hot- if it's blocked would I still lose coolant? Any suggestions welcome.

Long story short, my Z has a oil leak at the front of the engine. I pulled the front off, and the leak was coming from the behind the right hand intake (VTC) cam sprocket. I automatically assumed it was the cam seal, so I removed all the cam sprockets, and replaced the seals (I also replaced a lot of other things while I had access). Since then, I have re-installed everything, only to discover it is still leaking! I've ruled out the cam cover, as it was clean around that area. The sprockets haven't been off in the 6 years I've owned the Z, so it won't be cam shaft damage. Sorry, this isn't really that short a story! Question is, how common is it for the sproc…

I have a couple of issues. In attempting to resolve prop vibration I have encountered rusty bolts probably fitted in japan to replace original studs on the back of the catalitic converter flanges, which couple to the after market stainless exhausts. I have managed to remove two of the original nuts from the studs, but the other two have been replaced with these bolts which have now sheared. What is the best way to remove these? One has sheared flush with the CAT flange, the other about 1/4" above. Do I grind flush and try to drill them out? There is not much room behind the flange to grip the end of the thread?? Also I intend to replace the centre bearing. I have an app…

hi does anybody have an idea on how much a new cluth for a 1990 N/A auto would cost? think mine may be dying thanx mark:confused::confused::confused:

.. with low light levels or you think its a custom colour? my zed doesnt look this nice at night :tongue: and it looks too reddy red redness to be the cherry red? either way.. even for a non red fan, it floats my boat!

I was woken at 2:00am this morning by the sound of someone beeping a car horn on and off non stop. Look out my bedroom window and its coming from my Z:mac1:took me 10 mins to disconnect the battery and woke the whole street up :slap:. It wasn't a continuous BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP it was more like beeep beeeeeep beep beeeeeeeeep beeep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep on and off like someone was sitting in it!!!! The car is either haunted or there's something else wrong with it!! Could it be the horn relay???( I disconnected the centre steering wheel cover so I know its nothing to do with that) Any advice please...... or do I call "Ghostbusters":duffer:

Some pics of todays meet: Some of the pic's of the 2 Zeds there

Hello all Just bought my first zed and love it!!! its a uk model 1994 twin turbo automatic i absolutely love the car but i used to own a 200sx which had 260bhp and to be honest that felt alot faster i was wandering if that would seem normal my old car being faster, i dont believe the car has been serviced in a while would this help that much??

Been having a think about turbo access recently, and has anyone considered installing access panels in the inner arches, so if you need access to that area, the engine doesn need dropped out :smash: If i had a decent enough space to work in, i would give this a go. Just curious if anyone has thought about/ tried this before ?

saw a silver zed going south on the M40 30 miles from the M25 just before oxford services. i was in the inside lane in a blue c5 towing a silver zed on a trailer. (you were in the outside lane)

im sure most of you already know this car as petes21st and UNO and john-e-retro have all owned it. my son was looking for a project zed so he bought this zed today with his own money. (he is only 14). he is very interested in zeds and knows much more about them than me. (most of the mechanical advice on the forums from me is actually my son:rofl:)

had a lucky call today drove to yorkshire to deliver my other halfs valentine card as was in hospital after 5 on friday which is about 250 miles from my home drove back this morning as i was about 5mins from my house i decieded to check oil leval as just had to new turbos and think i have a piston ring faulty ,i pulled into the pullin on a449 at newport opened the bonnet and there was flames at the back of the engine ,there was a woman selling burgers if she hadn`t got an extinguster my car would have gone up in flames ,all i could think of was the amount of money i spend and what i would get from insurance ,so had a look and it was wires to the auto box had come free and…

Hi there can anyone help? im new to the zx world having just bought my first one last month. its a 94 TT uk model. it has just started playing up in the last 2 days but its only a tempremental problem for now! basicly its not shifting up properly through all the gears unless ur carrying speed and basicly take ur foot off the throtle completly. the gear changes are also quite jerky. i also notice that only when cold reverse gear will wrk for a couple of seconds the seem to lose drive, not completly but u have to pick the revs right up to get it to move. the box has been reconditiond but this was a couple of yrs bk but i have recept for £1200 for this. just before the probl…

hi has any one out there Refurbished there seats. as mine have lots of scratches and wear on them was told you can buy a type of paint that sprayes on and they come up looking like new thanks

I've been thinking about getting a larger radiator with a lower operating nismo thermostat for a while.. any of you guys done this and is there any problems in doing this?? Also I have a Import Auto, so I have heard I will need to get an auto oil cooler if i change my rad.. why is this?.. how does the normal radiator affect the auto oil cooler?.. and I have also heard that the jap import has a smaller oil cooler than the english one? why is this? finally, is the fan on the ZX a Viscous which works constantly on the radiator, because if I was to get a newer radiator, i.e. a Koyo.. I am not sure if I would be able to keep the stock front fan in place, and might have …

My Z is an Auto and when I pull away in drive for a split second it makes a noise like a similar noise to what a binding brake disc would make.. like a scraping grinding, it isn't a bad noise but annoying all the same, it isn't affecting the car.. yet.. but when it goes into 2nd the noise goes. I put it into 1st gear to find out for sure it was the 1st gear on the auto box which is making the noise and it deffinately is.. Could someone please give me some advise as to what this noise could be, many thanks!

was recently on youtube watching some videos of the 300zx, as you do. Came across quite a few that had funny noises from the engine, seemed like engine knocking. Was just wondering what is the consiquences of this? cheers

Got my Z back from Darren at D2 yesterday after having an engine swap (due to valve damage) and a manual conversion. And what a fantastic job he's done... must say any doubts i had about ditching the autobox were soon lost during the drive home :nana2: Such a massive difference... im very chuffed with the Z now... and to show my appreciation iv started making her a treat: 50sq foot of leather off ebay for 80 quid and a 3 pack of high temp leather upholstery spray glue for 15... :cool: Naturally il be getting the seats done professionally Rich

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Looking into brake options right now. Does anyone have the wilwood brake kits (calipers) fitted and what are they like? cheers

Hi folks ive just run a test on my ECU and its come up with code 21 fault which is ignition signal fault. Has anyone had this before and where do i go next to start finding the fault. Its on a Z32 TT. Thanks in advance Marty