General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Im getting a wings west fiberglass bumper. How easy are these to fit to the car? Is there any how to guides etc

Thanks to Boldy spending 6 hours of his weekend working on my car, the rear Wings West bumper now sits proudly!!! He did an ace job and I am very much appreciative! Here are a few problems we ran into! 1. Twin Oblong tail pipes touching bumper which would burn paint and reverberate! We fixed this by removing the back exhaust rubber that holds the tail pipe to the underside of the car. Need to get a custom one made allowing a greater distance. 2. As with fibre glass, loads of sanding and grinding! Apart from that, it now fits 100%! Well done boldy and Thank you! Next job, FRONT BUMPER! Jon

Bugger! Just got my ECU back from mr andy p with a nice new chip, installed it no probs and took her for a drive. All was fine about half hour into my drive i pulled up at a car wash and let the lads set about there work and whilst they were spraying her an engine check light appeared. I start to reverse out and my car stalls and will not turn back on, engines turning but would not fire, after a few minutes trying it started with the engine check light still on. I pull out of the wash bay and park up so they can do the inside. 10 - 15 mins later the car is dry and clean so i get back in and fire her up no problem, (engine check light still on) and start to…

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has any suggestion on where I can get this from? Halfords one is very flimsy and the black scrapes off way too easy judgjng by the ones on their shelves. B&Q doesn't do black. Wouldn't mind a plastic one if they did it as then it wouldn't have the problem if stones chips Cheers Vijay

Does anyone have the phone number for either Kim, Athene, AndyP etc? If so, could you e-mail or phone please? Cheers! Si.

265 35 18 rear / 245 40 18 front? Or is 265 35 18 rear / 245 35 18 front the better option?

Well after less that a month of my strosek front being on the car, it has come off and been replaced with a 99-spec front! Reason being i have a very steep drive and i could'nt get it on as the strosek is just too low :( But hey ho, i've got my 99-spec on there and i'm well happy :nana2: It ain't perfect, bit of a quick job to get me back on the road, when i get the money together i'll get it looking perfect. :D

probably been done before, but thought i would do a post! ill start. im 22, jspec auto twin tubby, £570 fully comp, 2 years ncb, 0 points :nana2:

hey, as some of you will have read i picked up my first zed on wednesday, havent really had all to much chance to drive the car since (or even see it in the light!) due to work commitments. however just went for a quick drive this morning and just a few things i was wondering if you guys could tell me to worry about or not (i owned a french car before and EVERYTHING french breaks!).. i noticed a very slight ticking .. only audible with windows down so not to loud. when engine is running.. there is a sort of groany/knocky.. almost slurping sound coming from the top corner of the engine bay .. drivers side. when i stepped out of my car i could feel some seri…

Give Us a call you got my number lol, i need that info soon cheers :)

I have a 1990 zed and it smokes in all conditions whetther it is idling, driven hard or pootling. I have taken it to garages that have suggested that it it may be the turbos and other that have told me I need a complete new engine! I live in Ilfracombe, North Devon and would appreciate some advice / the contact details of a local specialist that can provide better advice.

Hi. My ZX keeps stalling when Im slowing down from a fast speed (eg coming off a motorway down the slip road). Any ideas why this could be as its quite dangerous as I loose power steering and breaks.

I took the z to my local garage today, lots of tappet noise going on, looks like i need to replace some lifters, just looking to see were the best place and the cheapest place to get a set. Would it be better just to replace the ones that have gone or just do them all. And last of all, what sort of labour time can be expected for this job is it a big job??. Any coments most welcome.

Mike Feeney posted the following on the Z Clubs site yesterday

Anyone heard from Paul lately?

can anyone tell me where i can get 2 new hybrid turbos for my z as offside one is smoking its arse off ...searched the net n can only find one on the turbo technics site ... i want the biggest one i can go for n get the bhp right up ...plz help :headvswal chris

The original thread is here. http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=109659&highlight=single+turbo+conversion But just to update you all, it's still going on. I had the car on the road with a tempoary (but dodgy) ngine which I blew up last month! In the background Jimmer has been building me a new engine with Wiseco pistons, eagle rods, cometic head gasket and 800cc injectors which is almost done. So with the engine dead it was time to get started on the next stage so the old engine is out and today the autobox is out,all the piping for the TT system is out, hicas is out and lastly air con is out :smash: I'm sure the car will be 100kg lighter by…

Just spotted a red zed going out of Hartlepool on the A689. Aftermarket bumper and side skirts, had a bit of a chrome thing going on too. Never seen this before anyone else seen it or know who it is?

Black one with nice wheels today on Laylands Road, Drove past in a 106 went to turn round but you'd gone

Hi Guys, Just wanted to know peoples opinions on resprays. What sort of quality do you expect from a bodyshop. I realise it's never going to be as good as factory but what would you be happy with? Mines in pearl white and I know imperfections show through more in a pearl and obviously can only be flattened so much but I found quite a few marks still on the car but it's still got to be polished so I didn't say anything............ Cheers Vijay

Hi, Can anyone tell me if there is a difference between an NA and TT gearbox and if so what - does it have an adapter plate etc? Cheers,

Does anyone know where I can get hold of a stainless steel exhaust system for a 1989 short wheel base 300? cheers

I have just dropped out my auto box and I am now looking at the wiring. There are three plugs by the hicas which the wires went to the auto box. Do I need these now or are they redundant?

First time ever - the Zed started to let me know it wasn't happy. Local trip - engine coughs and misfires like it's gasping for breath. Changes gear a bit erratic due to engine revs see-sawing. Had a brainwave. Stopped. Opened the filler cap and a huge rush of air into the tank. Started up no problems. Now the tank was just under half full - and I always get a small suction on fill up days. Here's the question - is there si=upposed to be a vacuum in the tank at all? Is my filler cap supposed to breath? thanks ps guess is the tank was at such a vacuum inside the pump wasn't able to pull fuel through - an offers?

Does anyone have measurements of whereabouts on the boot the mounting points for a 99 spec spoiler should be? Or any close up pictures that i can take to bodyshop to help?