General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi guys,i have been looking for a 300zx convertible 94 onwards for some time now and found a nice M reg for sale but when i contacted the seller to ask the condition of the car in particular the roof,before viewing,he said there was a small crack in one of the plastic quarter windows and was wondering if any vert owners here have had that problem and if the can be replaced? Cheers Ron

Was just looking on carzone over here and came across a familiar car, dunno if anybody remembers the grey zed that ricey racer was selling a little while back? Well that zed belonged to my cousin Petey before hand, and here i have just found it being sold in Ireland. Spotted the plate and knew i recognised it, here when i checked it is! Dont know the final price ricey racer sold it for but last price it was up for on here was £2600......it is for sale over here for €7950!! Cant believe the difference in the price even taking VRT into account it is still around a €2000 profit for the chap if he sells it for asking price http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Nissan/30…

I have been investigating a new crankcase breathing set up that removes the PCV valves and creates vacuum in the crankcase for better performance, this is what I have found out through experimentation and investigation. The Z has a fresh air purge for the crankcase via the front breather pipes, this will only happen when the PCV valves are open and creating enough vacuum in the crankcase to clear it through, when there isnt vacuum and the PCV valves are closed these front pipes re-route a small amount of blowby into the intake as the crankcase pressure has nowhere else to go.The front breather pipes can safely be connected to a breather filter and the connections on …

Well, we have had such good weather in sunny Nottingham today I thought I would wash and wax the zed! Took a few snaps too, let me know what you think of my motor!

Hi guys, I have a very worrying issue with my oil pressure guage and im hoping someone may be able to put my mind at rest.:) My N/A 300 usually runs around the 4 mark but recently its been between the 2 and 0 especially on tick over and rarely makes 4 or close to it even when moving. I changed the oil and filter 6 weeks ago for Mobil S semi synth and no signs of rattles or oil starvation but now ive started looking at the gauge its hard not too all the time. Please tell me its not terminal and that is a sender or guage fault coz I cant do with pulling the motor out of a 300zx again....... I really cant:cry: Jase:confused:

Guys, had the car now for 4yrs and to be honest spent a fair amount on her so looking to keep long term. Only thing is shes now done 133K and im wondering how long that engine will keep going for (turbs already change about 5k ago tho). Also the cambelt has only done about 11k, but is now about 4yrs old. 1) Does anyone know roughly how much it costs to replace and how often this should be done? 2) Ive got simple mods really, zorst, air intake, rps flywheel, new stock turbs, rps street clutch. I was toying with the idea of having her boosted slightly and the engine rebuilt...anyone got a rough idea of how much that would cost. i wasnt going for hug…

I have a heater switch for leather seats that i got a few years back. My car is a jap import and had the normal tweed seats in and the electric mirror switch in the center console. Ive looked at the two switches and was wondering if anyone had adapted or could give me some advise on what plug and wiring etc i need to play with. Before i get the magical electrical experiance that you get when you start cutting wires on these zeds LOL:headvswal

I posted this problem up a few weeks ago. Story so far. Car had been sitting for along time due to engine problems. I got car back and brakes started to squeal etc. So i changed pads, renewed fluid and exercised all pistons to make sure none were siezed. All was ok then this last week started again. So once again i copper greased everything!! Pistons exercised again and even grease them but the problem is still there. It doesn't happen on initial drive only after a few miles. If i press the brake pedal slightly it stops, indicating that the pistons are not returning. Just asking before i rebuild the calipers, does the master cylinder play up on these cars. Its onl…

Hi, bit of a funny question this, but how do I find out (without a dyno or go to Santa Pod) if my car is performing as it should? It has no flat spots etc, pulls well, no missfiring etc. Compression is good, burns no oil, uses no water etc etc etc. But, I find myself wondering just how fast it is. Running just over 1 bar of boost, on new NIssmo 555's, JD chip, APexi, single exit pipe with cats. SWB TT manual. Running 19' with 265 on the rear it will spin its wheels, straight line, dry road just by giving it a load of throttle at say from 10-15mph (ie no clutch dumping) Any thoughts from those with a similar setup to give me an idea? Please …

Ive had a few problems with my auto box being stuck in hold mode and cant find the problem. Ive just done the ecu diagnostic test and the knock sensor code is coming up, (detonation sensor circuit) would this keep the car in hold mode it wont go into a/t or power mode could this be the problem ?????

A guy on 3zc has created a lip for the 99spec front bumper Really liking it :bow: Details : http://www.300zxclub.com/showthread.php?t=134012 With a bit of luck it'll go to market, or an existing manufacturer will pick up on it go to market with it.

T28 OR 525 :confused:

Was just on ouTube and saw this Sorry they are in XL but I have to say the forum is crap for attachments

I went to visit a friend last night and was handed a belated birthday present. A framed version of this: I nearly started crying! All i could think of was, THATS MY CAR........then i remembered that i took that foto!!!!!! lol Well, here's a few more from that night:

"pearl" (off white or poss' silver - sorry couldn't make my mind up) smooth-tail, parked up on pavement on main drag into town, nice looker, being 'hoovered' out:bow:

hi, guys, can anyone out there tell me in which order the three wires go that connect straight onto the front of the TPS. the three colours are light green/red, light green/black and dark green/red. cheers Mark

:hyper::hyper::hyper: Little vid on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQwXHp9r8Rs Unfortunately my phone is even worse at recording sound quality than it is at video picture quality...but you get the idea :D

Dont post on here much, although i do read alot of the topics, anyway, had a little experience on way home today, was quite pleased, so im going to share :D Me and the father where out for a drive today, on our way home we were overtaken by a rather rude BMW M5 driver, who proceeded to cut infront of us.. Rather pissed off, my old man sat on the M5's ass for about 5 minutes up the road, where we got stuck behind a row of cars, the M5 decided to take off, shooting past the 4 cars on a two lane road, so we followed suit, putting down full power (Of course not exceeding the 50mph road limit :rolleyes:) after over-taking the four cars, we sat neck on neck with th…

Nearly got killed by the Zed today by the zed. Dropped of a lad at home, just pulling away and about 100 meters down teh road there is a slight bend. Only going about 30mph and engine lags. Just as I hit teh apex the bitch kicks her turbos in, the rear wheel light up and im facing the opposite side ditch with a land rover comming strait for me, mannaged to get it back over my side of teh road up the kurb onto teh pavement without dammaging anyone or teh car. Get out teh car, engines still going nuts, yep the breatehr has stuck under the throttle. 12 months, $1000's wasted and it repays me be trying to kill me. I have my zed back :nana2:

Hi im hoping someone can help me? I have a Ab-flug front bumper that had a few stress marks in. So the guy repairing the body work on my car said he would repair it by sanding the bumper back down to bare fibre glass and repair it. Well after he finished i couldnt believe my eyes he had attacked it with a D.A sander:rant: Now the bumper has lost its curves and in some places flattened parts off where lines and details where. And in places the fibre glass is so thin its impossible to try and re-shape. The guy is now trying to avoid me and im really getting pi$$ed off! Is there anywhere or anyone who maybe be able to save it?? Cheers Dan

Can anyone help with this problem? Car is NA, manual with Blitz cans. Just been in France for past week, car was running fine until late Monday night. Just paid at toll and accelerated away through 1,2 & 3 to avoid other cars, then got up to cruising speed, about 90 mph, not long after problems started. When I release throttle just a fraction, the noise from exhausts was very loud and bad vibration, release throttle totally noise stopped, accelerate and hold at cruising speed ok - just when I released a fraction. Then problem cured itself a flittle while down road. Next few days and coming back to UK struggling when accelerating in wrong gear (…

Brought myself a really nice Kenwood last week, but having some trouble. Its keeps going into protection mode everytime i use a button or switch in the car eg windows. Took the head unit out to see if any crossed wires but there wasnt any. put it all back together now ive lost my ignition feed to the unit and the rear amp? is there a fuse for these? Many Regards Andy

been looking to change my standard fit jap radio cassette for a nice shiney double din head unit spoke to the guy in the shop an he wasn't sure if it was possible, has anyone done this to there's and if so where can i get the parts cos I'm getting tired of yokahama fm an u cant buy new cassettes nowadays lol.

Finally got the car out of the garage today for a trip out for the annual health check. Passed with flying colours :hyper::hyper::hyper: Couldn't believe that I've only done 620 miles since last August :shock::shock: That makes the cost per mile for the past year unthinkable.

Hiyu guys and gals! Does anyone know if the moblie number ending in 95032 is still Martin from Zen' current number? I left a message with him on Monday (went straight through to answer machine) and have not heard back yet. I wouldn't normally be too concerned, but I sent him a text about a month ago and he hasn't got back to me on that either. It's possible he may be on holiday, too busy or having more trouble with his dad's health (I've not spoken to him for over a year, so don't know how things are with his dad), but he's got most of the bodykit for my zed at his workshop and I'd like to arrange getting it sent down. Is anyone going to be speaking to him or se…