General Discussions - 300ZX Related

What have people done for sump upgrades to avoid the dreaded oil starvation issues with the vg30dett around corners? Baffles? lower pickups? trap doors? dry sump? Whats the easiest option? What can i buy? who will do it? can i just drop the subframe or does engine need to come out? Cheers

Wondered what this pulley is for everything eles is going round and car seems to be fine. As much as i could see in the dark it dont look like it is turning will check again in the morning. See attached photo with part highlighted in white. Best photo i could get.

^^^^^^^^ as above has just stopped working. Is there a common fault/diy repair or is it just buy a new one. Cheers:confused:

Hi all, before i describe the problem, I'll tell you that I have an intermittent fault with the dett. sensor which I have re-located to ther upper plenum in the usual place, which sometimes doing a diagnostic reads 55, sometimes 34, i don't know if this could be a factor.... The car idles perfectly until warmed up fully, then starts to drop to about 600 rpm for 1 sec ish, then up to 1100 for a sec ish, and keeps doing that for about 30 secs, seems to sort itself out, then does the same again about 10 secs later, but revs and drives fine, until i stop and set off again, then hesitates before going, then fine (it's an auto)... Perhaps a vacuum leak somewhere? I wo…

It seems to be almost mission impossible these days to sell a modified Z for anywhere near what it's worth (and by that I don't mean how much you spent on it). I'm not just reffering to mine here I've had a look through the for sale sectionand any decent Z with a sensible price is just not selling. Seems like people are only buying cheaper stock ones or sheds. I'm wondering if when I do actually have to sell for real rather than putting it up for sale and not bothering if I get a buyer just yet. Would I get more money breaking it ?. The shell is rust free, it's got so many goodies on it which I'm sure would sell. I'm just thinking that it may be the easier opt…

After a turbo timer, i have a blitz harness so i take it i need a blitz timer? and where's the best place to get hold of one?

Can anyone send me links to how to fit an oil pressure, oil temp and water temp gauge please, a link to fit a air/fuel gauge would also be wonderful? Thanks guys Ps, want everything done before it goes up to JD to be mapped.:o

Anybody fitted a Viper V2 front bumper to their car and if you have, have you any images of how it looks (full frontal, front side etc)? Is it suitable for a side mounted intercooler upgrade? I can see its shape on the Z-centre website, but doesn;t show it fitted. I am debating to add either it or the 99 spec front bumper to the wish list :) Thanks

A message from Diane/Emero: "Thank you for all your kind gifts, I've been working flat out and don't have internet access at home yet" Di needs a little bit of help with her car. She's asked me to post because of lack of time and internet access. Is there anyone local to Warwickshire who can help her fix her clutch? The pedal is going to the floor, chances are the master cylinder seals are gone. She will order a new seal kit tomorrow from MJP ready to fit. Now the catch, can anyone do this before December 26th? She has to go to Gatwick to pick up her daughter who flies in from India. Any suggesgions? Regards, Rob.

someone cut me up tonight, i swervd to avoid him, then swerved to hit someone else, then hit a parkt car :cry: il get pics up tomo, dont know if its a write off? or no? front pasanger side. there was oil over the road from me tho. whats that? bad? gutted, the engine is all fine, just the front passanger by the light is bad :cry: and wheel is pushed back. what you reacon? write off?? il get pics in the morn...

Well I have stripped off all the parts I wanted from my zed and this afternoon it was lifted onto the back of a truck and went to the scrap yard. Thought I would post some pics of the quality bodywork it had. Rear light, this had started to bubble through the paint work below the light, it is much worse inside. Rear arch Rust in the roof Even a hole in the front A pillar Loads more holes underneath in the sills, boot etc..

Im crap with computers, how do i put a picture from my computer on to a thread, i want to put a couple of pics of my zed up. cheers:confused::confused::confused::confused:

Looking for some spacers to go on the Front wheels! can anyone recommend a make?? Looking for 9mm Spacers i think! Not to sure!!! What do you guys think??? Think they would look best right on the edge of the arch!Think 9mm should cut it! Many thanks Munny Or check out my RIDES

Where on the wheel does it state the size tyre it should take, like 8J or 8.5J or whatever Does it say it on the wheel or the tyre? because my tyres do look stretched but i dont know how big to go

Last week whilst in sub zero temp, I decided to wax the old girl and plonk her in the gararge, however as it was reasonably dry I decided to go for a drive this weekend, well I have an oil leak it is coming from the passenger front wheel arch and oil is dripping down the cables behind the inner wheelarch plastic panel. After a drive it looked like I had been rally driving as oil had sprayed up the side of the passenger side, where the heck is it coming from, the only thing I can think of is that it is coming from the oil pressure or temp aftermarket pipes? Any ideas?

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You have PM Dude.

Just dropped the car off at walked back home from the bodyshop there. Thats it now in to get a new front bumper put in place along with removing the rear spoiler to go for a smooth look. Also getting the passenger wing touched up abit. Hope all goes well:D!

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Hey all Have thanks to slickpete acquired some S2 leather seats. My Zed is a Jap S1 so no harness for heated seats. Looking at them they need a switched live and earth. Happy to run some cables but can anyone give me an idea of what fuse size to put on the live? Cheers Ron

The previous owner colour coded the plastic strip on the rear tailgate above my lights and i want to return it back to stock Short of replacing it any ideas how to get the paint off cheers Jim

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Hi. When going over some bumps my exhaust has now started to knock, was just wondering if anyone knows how many clips is there underneath holding the exhasut in place and do these come off easily or that to have casued this? I can only think on missing or lose supporting bracket on the exhaust casuing this and would just like to now how many there and where they are located. Cheers

I read a lot of of threads on the site that suggest the Zed is a pretty unreliable car, but I have found this to be the case with most car Forums as people don't start threads like 'my car has no faults today'. Obviously they post threads to get help or give help. I have had my Zed for over 18 months now and it came with 2 faults which were fixed nice and easy. It had a major service just after I bought it, had it chipped & 1mm boost jets fitted. I would just like to say that it has been completely fault free since. Not a single issue (other than self induced problems caused by my tinkering). I know this might seem a silly thread starter, but I just thought…