General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Looks quite interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Shift-At-Will-Paddle-Shift-System-for-Nissan-300ZX_W0QQitemZ160234278273QQcmdZViewItem

omg My car's been in safety mode since i bought it (un-known to me at the time) and i just spent the day fitting a blitz sbc-i colour boost controller. Took it for a very carefull test drive and :bow: :bow: ITS ****ING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had the nose panel off and the targas off. Its a boost monster !!! the BOV's are bloody loud!! Its like having a new car, you actually have a rush of acceleration on boost. Never had it at 7 psi and im only pushing it to 11 psi now! All the money spent, repairs that have been done hours spent working on problems with it don't mean shit now!, i couldn't care less that its still high i…

hi people i have an a/m oil temp gauge, and need to plum it in somewhere? i have been told that i can drill and tap the sump!!!????! (no!) or, after removing the oil filter you can screw in a housing or "something", then the oil filter can screw into that and the housing or "something" has connections for the oil temp gauge to plum into?!?!? i know its a bit vague, but i am sure someone here knows what i am on about........ i think? cheers alan

Too many high kurbs, too low the front end. I have just hit and smashed to pieces my fibreglass SE MONZA nose cone. Anyone know where I can get a replacement. I've checked out Z-centre but was thinkng someone might know where elese to look. Many thanks

i saw this in bristol parked up on the downs and it looked evil , was all black with black lights and tinted windows looked the nutz ;)

I heard there might be a fuel shortage this week thought it might of been all the zed filling up ready for the billing weekend but i took mine out for a drive saturday done over 150 miles past several petrol station and not 1 zed............................where are you all???????????????????????????

Workede most of the night for a show and car looks superb with new trims, polisah and 99 spec lights! Got my 89 indicator bulb holders to fit at last and put in chrome bulbs of same spec as my old clears........trouble is in daylight you can hardly see them flash...whiuch is not good!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry: Can anyone with 99 spec lights tell me if they use amber lights instead of chrome without fried egg and better results, and if I need to use higher rated bulbs? :bow: Many Thanks Dave

Went to gunwharf quay, portsmouth, today, parked in carpark, after shopping parked right next to ticket machines on level U5, very clean grey one, my black UK was parked just 3 rows away. Has 300zx.co.uk stickers on, Waited around but had to pay the ticket as it was upto £6. I recognise the car from here, who are you.

:cry: engine has been eratic for 2 weeks now, had a cough and a splutter then died, wouldn't restart for 20 mins, sounded like fuel starvation, started up, got me home but won't start up again. diagnostic check recently has shown a tps fault, would this cause these issues???? how much will it cost for a new tps to be fitted and set up and any recommendations as to where i should get it done(will nissan rip me off) thanks in advance murf

Hi guys. Finally got around to refitting my gearbox, never done this before and could do with a little advice...apologies in advance if this sounds a bit dense. At what point is the box considered to be correctly aligned/fitted to the engine? I get a sort of clunk sound when I push the box against the engine but there's still a gap of a around 1cm all the way around (between bellhousing and engine) - surely things can't still be misaligned with such a small gap?? Do I just start adding bolts now or is a little more finesse required first? Any advice appreciated - this is starting to drive me nuts and beginning to hurt! Cheers H!

My Zed that is:dance: it was in the car park at work:D Looks like I'll be still be hanging around here then:duffer::cool:

Is it possible to get longer wheels studs for wheels needing spacers?

Guys, as you may know if you met me i'm not exactly the smallest person in the world (6'5") and i was wondering if anyone had found somewhere to get seriously low profile seat runners that would fit a zed? If i could get the seat down to almost floor level it's be great so maybe an inch/1.5 inches heigh, the lighter the weight the better Any ideas? Additionally i found these: https://www.europaspares.com/SEATS/SEAT_MOUNTS/UNIVERSAL_SEAT_RUNNERS___RICH_SSR__2276.html https://www.europaspares.com/SEATS/SEAT_MOUNTS/UNIVERSAL_SEAT_RUNNERS___WITH_LINK_BAR___COB_SSR__2274.html but obviously with that chassis bar running along the front of the seat nei…

What is the best system for performance? dual rear boxes or a single? Escorty racing are now making a titanium system which is a dual exit. I'm assuming being a dual it will sound totally different, flame and pop more. lighter epsecially being titanium. Can it handle as much power? what would be best for performance? it has a 3" pipe from where it joins the two pipes into to the rear box. Will this be suitable for modded big hp 300's?? I'm after that something different which this could be.

All credit for this goes to Gazza on Aus300ZX.com/ I tried the fix and can vouch for the diffrence it makes. The full post can be found here. As a lot of us know, the seatbelts in the zed can stop retracting properly with the result of the latch plate getting caught in the door and causing damage. Ive found that this is not just a problem with the 300ZX but most Nissan cars and there is a repair kit available from Nissan. The problem is with the D ring (the top seatbelt guide) providing too much friction, either from dirt accumulation or the material itself so Nissan in their wisdom have produced a kit with fluorine tape stickers that reduce the fricti…

Lots of nice Z pics on the site. How about a ' looks like shit,does lots of odd things, makes some weird noises, handles a bit odd but gets me from A-Z o.k.' thread. Cars must be MOT,d and used on a regular basis. I'll start,pics tomorrow if anyones interested, dented front wings rusty rear arches paintwork crap filthy engine bay interior bits missing brake dust ingrained wheels no heater iffy handbrake cable big clunks as gears are engaged autobox with a mind of it's own not been washed far less polished for last umpteen years. still goes great, used daily Well anyone else?

saw this cream coloured zed in marina carpark on billing aquadrome this evening was a n plate :bow:

anyone no how easy it is to take zed steering wheel off?

my wiper and air con pod has decided to stop working:cry:it had been playing up for about a month only working every now and again.now its packed in all together.i bought a second hand pod but its still not working.any help would be great.:bow:

Just saying a BIG THANKS to madmarco for organising the arch rolling day today, and for his kind hospitality. Much appreciated mate!! :bow: Also, good to meet you moby!!

I had a rear puncture a few weeks ago, before the tan hill meet, and now the car has started to sort of wander across the road as if being blown around. I did have to drive a fair way on the flat before I could find a safe place to stop. Any ideas what this is likely to be? Could be a bush or is it more likely to be a rod end. HICAS still opererating so is it likely to be one of those. Darrell

hi ive just joined today ive got my new toy the over day 300zx tt manual were is the fuse to the central locking i cannot find it help please hopefully someone will advice me thanks paul

got it on full power now i think no codes up on ecu but now its smoking its nuts off anyone can have a look at it for me and see what you think:bow::bow:

my car just dripped about a cup and a half of water out from the engine, im hoping it werent from the pump, worse case scenerio can the pump be changed without removing the cambelt, it done this before and never did it again, i had ust been giving it a thrashing to have a look at my smoke carry on hoping its just a one off

when i accelerate hard in my car, i get a big plume of black smoke, it only does it if i have been driving round the town then give it some on an open road, also getting a lot of black soot on the rear of my car doesnt seem to be any opil in the soot, its just black also getting a strong sooty smell in my car, cant have windows down otherwise i fell like im choking lol any ideas, gonna be plugging a consult in this week to see if it shows anything up