General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Is it possible to carry out a test to establish if a coils pack is fooked?:bow:

Will these brake calipers fit straight on a z32 i know subaru take the same pad as 300zx .I know its only for one caliper http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BREMBO-4-POT-BRAKE-CALIPER-FROM-A-SUBARU-STI-USED_W0QQitemZ310043259209QQihZ021QQcategoryZ23013QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

two zed's in one day! Wow. Just seen as titled above, parked near a train station by a jap car sales. Looking very slick!

I have heard they don't have the wire brush inside on the us one but are there any other differences?

Can anyone advise where to get some paint from? i have a friend who has all the gear and told me just to get the paint and we can respray my headlight panel and bumper and skirts. Car colour is Nissan B17 Any ideas?

The time had to come I suppose, so on my driveway now is this As has been pointed out to me at least it's the fastest colour;)

Just heard my lady went straight through (had to replace both rear tyres before putting her through though) the MOT second year in a row :bow::hyper::D Can't believe it i'm so excited i can't wait to pick her up just in time for Z008 :dance: Bring on the summer and lots of driving with a face like this :D

Hi guys As i dont know the situation with Martyn at the Zen garage and that the fact my car is coming back from the Bodyshop on thursday i need to have quite a bit of work done to the car, i would prefer someone in and around the london area maybe around 50 mile radius but someone who is well known and used by the members on here Most of the Zed mechanics on here seem way far off and i just dont have the time to travel to them which is why im asking Any recommendations? Work needed to be done is new Radiator and pipes, throttle bodies, oil change, boost leak check and general top up and clean and other smaller bits Someone who is gonna look after …

Browned off nicely :dance: What I miss?

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=25 It's for sale, and the owner says it's a well known car in the 300zx club...? I'm only asking because I want to buy it! So any answers/recommendations are truly appreciated. Thanks. Claus

My Power Steering keeps going heavy? I have checked the fluid and its good. Any ideas why this would happen please?

I have a nice big can of silicone and gonna lube a few bits on the car. Its ok for all the bushes etc isn't it? Also gonna go round all the cockpit / roof rubbers too!

:slap: Poss gonna get shot down in flames but i am seriously considering a R33 GTR, the reason being is in my household we have got 3 cars my SWB, Smart car (everyday) and my fiancee's mx5 all with 2 seats. Whenever i want to do something i.e go to the tip e.t.c i have to borrow my mum and dads car !!!! I have always had a soft spot for the gtr and wondered if anyone has owned one before and could comment. Thanks guys:nelson:

hello mate did you still go for the EVO calipers and 350z set if so do you still have the measurement / pics of the brackets you got made up

This morning at 8 o'clock. Heading towards Earith. Zairs?

I was getting a high idle of 1500rpm here and there when the car was warm. I cleaned out the idle control valve with some carb cleaner and the idle had stopped going high but the car did stall a couple of times. Now the car has gone back to idleing high again :cry: I think the base idle is fine, when it's not high it sits at 750 rpm. Should i take the valve off and give it a really good clean? Would cleaning the intake / butterfly's help ??

My car is going in for a full respray, but the garage has suggested all new exterior trim. Does anyone know where I can get it? what the full list is? and how much it is likely to add to the total cost of the respray? eg: scuttle panel = £x.xx trim above doors = £x.xx trim below doors = £x.xx trim at the edges of the windscreen = £x.xx has anyone actually replaced it all?

I'm about to send off an intake plenum to Z1 as a swap for a chrome one. Just wondering how whats involved in changing it? What gaskets are required? Is it just a case of disconnecting all the pipes, unbolting the coilpack brackets, unbolting the bolts that hold the plenum on and removing it?

Hello all, Just recently I have noticed that my Z has got an oil leak, when I leave in the morning for work there is a small patch of oil about centre of engine. I had a look underneath the car and found that the sump has oil on it from about half way back and thus the clutch housing and g/box and d/shaft have oil down them. It appears that may be coming from up the side of the sump and running down it and therefor causing oil on everything over it. Could the sump seal be gone?? Any ideas would be most appreciated Cheers ZX_Steve PS will get piccies up as soon as I have got camera attached.

just on the train going past fareham train station and what do i see in the car park a very nice looking z plate was something like CCZ.

Having had problems with the zed blowing PTUs I've come to the conclusion that a bodged wiring loom is at fault (taped wires everywhere) and I inteded to bypass the loom between the PTU output connector and the coilpacks to avoid the 4 volt backfeed I've been getting blowing my latest PTU. After studying the wiring diagram I saw that the PTU output connector wires, according to the diagram, go straight to the coilpacks but I have found this not to be the case on my car. The output connector wires infact go back into the ECU. Does anyone on here know why they go back to the ECU? What happens to the PTU output signal inside the ECU? I've realised that it could mean that not…

ive just sorted out my boost leak as the car was only running 0.3bar the person who mhad done then rebuild before me had replaced one of the lower inlet gaskets with the wrong one so ive sorted and put it all back and now there is a miss i scaned it a l o2 sensor was reading 0.04 and the r one was reading 0.00 so not working will?can the be doing the miss

To all the others that has replaced the front bumber. Did you use the front bumber suppot bracket: http://www.conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=2044&Car_Type=NIS300&UID=2008042412561684.49.160.241 Did you reuse this also: http://www.conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=2044&Car_Type=NIS300&UID=2008042412561684.49.160.241 I've replaced the front fenders and a new front bumber and would just like to know if anyone else used those parts again when the front was replaced?

At which temperature does an oil flow better? There is no temperature where oil suddenly starts to flow better. A 10W/40 for example will flow between -25C and 100C or more, but there is some difference in the rate of flow! (True viscosity at -25C is about 7000 Centistoke(cSt) units, dropping to 14 at 100C. ‘Viscosity’ is really just another name for ‘rate of flow’.) The correct question is at what (sump) temperature is an oil at a viscosity that suits a modern high-RPM engine? Present day designs are happy on an oil viscosity of 10 to 15 cSt. (But many are OK on less than 10.) 30cSt is too high at high RPM. It can lead to foaming, air entrainment and cavit…