General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Came across it today while tidying. I actually have 2 although I dont know where I put the other one. Just thought I'd share

Evening everyone, so after a great year with the Zed, it’s decided to develop some faults just as I’m about to put it away for winter. The Hicas bushes are worn, causing the rear near side wheel to wobble, the alternator now only works when driving and stops at traffic lights but the main concern is that cylinder 5 isn’t firing. Its 1993 twin turbo, I’m not the most technically minded but would like to do some investigation in to the fault before I give in and take it to a garage. Any pointers or advice?

My cars been off the road for 14 years and now it's nearly ready. It's been in storage and i have moved several times.I have the origional log book but a few years ago i tried to sorn it and it wouldn't let me. I think i must of been sent a new log book to my old address. How do i re register it to get it back on the road? Has anybody else had this same problem?

I need to replace my windscreen and targa trims as after my recent respray they now look tatty. I was going to get them from Z centre but they are shut until march next year.I know Z1 and concept Z do them, but is there anyone in the uk that sell them?

Hi, Folks , I am about to fix a Perspex strip on rear hatch, does anyone know whether I should use mastic all around edge and some in middle ! Or is this not needed just bolts and clips !

Can't seem to find what colour the calipers were originally and can't remember as far back as my first one, I'm guessing aluminium colour, so silver? Its a 1990 UK Cheers Peter

After another successful display at the NEC Classic Motor Show, I would like to thank Mike (aka mike tromans) and Rob (aka Howl) for stepping up with their fine Zeds (white and black, respectively), and for their time and commitment in manning our club stand over the weekend. I would also like to thank our club chairman, El Presidente, Craig, for giving up his day off work to man the stand on Friday... Thank you so much guys, you did yourselves and the club proud - and your cars looked great on our display. It was also great to meet Mike and Rob for the first time; and for me personally, to make two new friends who share the same enthusiasm for these cars.…

I recently purchased some brand-new J-spec fog lights from Luke, as I've never been 100% happy with the UK-spec side light/indicator split. And yesterday I fitted them.... Although not for use as fog lights! I installed some H3 LED bulbs and rewired them for use as daytime running lights. I also replaced the side light bulbs with some bright-ish LEDs. I then rewired my corner lights (which were the DRLs) to become the indicators. I think they make the front end look much nicer - a real improvement over the original look. Especially now that the whole lenses light up in either DRL or side-light mode.

Fantastic... The third of November and already there's a layer of salt on the road. I was hoping to avoid that until December, rain in a day or so, the Zed's staying in the driveway until then - at least. It's only showing as 2 degrees tonight, hope that changes for the better.

Hi guys, picked ups '94 manual non turbo the other week. Took it to work on Monday, car worked fine. Went out to the shop on my lunch break, 2-3mins drive. Went back to work, parked up and the car stalled and wouldn't start again. Tried starting it a few times. Car flooded. Took 2 spark plugs out just to have a look, soaked in fuel. Anyway, had to get it recovered home as it wouldn't start. It was dropped off home yesterday as I couldn't sort a recovery truck on monday evening. However, I have noticed that when it was unloaded at home, there was a puddle of fuel on the trucks's bed and then on the floor. I was wondering if you guys have any ideas? I haven't tried to…

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Hi guys having issue with inlet cam gears leaking, new seals and s/h gears fitted, anyone came on this issue, I’ve tried 2 types of seals, can’t get leak stopped, it’s running fairly heavy on top of alternator. TIA

Does anyone have / use an outdoor car cover that they'd recommend? I have a Carcoon on order but it keeps getting delayed. Supposedly due to difficulties in sourcing materials. Meanwhile the weather is getting worse outside so thinking to get a cover in the interim. Thanks!

Hi, I'm having problems with the fuel pump ecu. Firstly I'm not great with electronics so sorry if something I say doesn't make sense :). The car was having trouble starting, wouldn't kick in until the throttle was pressed down and then it would catch. Plus some time back there had been a smell of hot wiring which went away. I decided to have a look at the ecu and found it running hot. Long story short there was a diode, d5 on the pcb running at 130C. Plus some of the mosfets looked a bit scorched. I took them out and tested them as best I could using youtube and found 1 okay, 1 seemed off all the time and 2 on all the time. I have bought a second hand ecu and I'm wa…

I’ve had to take the Cat section off the car to drill out some boned bolts. To do so I had to take it off the down pipes from the turbo and the bolts were very loose. Does anyone know the torque settings for these?

Hi all, Just refitted my gearbox after changing the clutch but im not sure its working correctly. SHould the drive shaft (seen form the back of the gearbox where the propshaft connects) always be spinning? It seems to stop when i put the clutch down which i assume is correct just need a little help on this as i'm physically and mentally broken after getting the gearbox back on Cheers

Headlamp washers - Keep or Delete?

We have had some nice sunny autumn days this past couple of weeks - giving us the perfect excuse to get out in our Zeds for a nice drive..... ....So let's share our pictures in this thread. Hell, we could make it into a competition, although not for gain, just for a fun. Or maybe a bag of sweets for the winner LOL! Recent pictures only though, no digging out old ones ? I'll kick off with these, from last weekend.

And the next issue is as per post title.... I've just had the ECU back from having had a Nistune board supplied and installed, great, the car runs fine with one exception. The OEM boost gauge shows no activity at all, the vacuum hose is connected and unbroken, it looks like an electrical problem to me. Any ideas? Thanks - Andy

After timing belt and head gasket done the car will not run, starts easy but fades out over about a minute, very little throttle response. There is a timing issue, on full cas adjustment can only get 30'btdc. Fuel pressure good, tps set ok, spark ok on all, compression is ok but not great, hopefully improve once run in. Injectors seem to be firing ok. Conzult suggests it's rich and shows the timing out but no other faults. Im confident the timing belt is installed correctly. Not sure where to look next so any ideas would be appreciated.

Last Friday evening I drove to Hertfordshire from Folkestone. The last 30/40 minutes drive was not pleasant! The reason for this? I had to change my HIDs back to the original bulbs for MOT some time ago & did not get round to putting my HIDs back! It just made me realise how poor the original lights are. Going to pop my HIDs back in this weekend (not that I drive the Z in the dark very often)

Now the weather is turning the cars getting bedded down for the winter (until the sun comes out on a dry day and I can’t resist taking it for a spin!) What advice do people have for this? Im going to buy a trickle charger and plan on starting it up every few weeks. Will probably drive it out on the drive and then back in just to keep the tyres turning.

In case any of you have an older auto box and fancied refreshing, my autobox taken from my genuine 99spec is now available and listed for sale. PowerZed has confirmed the condition as being very good - clean externally and oil was a good colour. It shifts perfectly and has covered approx 155k km (approx 96k miles). I've listed it in the classified section here as well as on FB and ebay. Open to offers but would be collection only due to the weight. Thought I'd post up to highlight to anyone interested!

Hi all, My car is (hopefully) being converted to a manual this winter, along with a few extra bits. However Im really struggling to find all the bits I need. A couple of ebay sellers I have been in contact with are selling conversion kits for £2500. I messaged them to see what they would sell the kits to me minus the gearbox and propshaft (I have sourced these already) and one refused and the other said £1500. £1500 is a lot of money for a bunch of old rusted parts, so I went on Z1 to look at their conversion deal. Without the gearbox and what-not, theirs comes to $1400, already cheaper than the greedy ebay sellers over here as thats $1400 for brand new clean p…