General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Winston Churchill Ave, lunch-time today being driven on a trade plate :confused:

Was it your parked up around 12pm ?

im literally under the car, Im about to pull the prop shaft out. will oil come out of the gearbox when pull it out? do i need to drain it? and the centre section doesnt seem to wanna separate?????????

Has anyone used them recently ?? I've phoned over the past few weeks & the phone just rings. They always seemed full with GTi-R's & GTR's, sprinkled with the odd ZX here & there. Any info from anybody much appreciated

Think one of my catts has got a large hole in it, can anyone tell me prices of a set of De catts and where to get them. Also what the price of catts would set me back Just too double check, the catts are the ones connected to the turbos?

does anybody know if uk road tax for my 1991 300zx is going to shoot up with this new budget??

Hi all, Right where to start well i have recently done an auto to manual gearbox conversion on my new Z, everything is great! exept for the fact the damn clutch just will not bleed and it's doing my bloody nut in :headvswal im really at the point where im gonna put a sledge to it :rant:. Iv'e done the search bit and came up with nothing that can help really so here we go. It's a TT and i used my old manual breaker as the doner car, i fitted the TT clutch system with the booster and all the original clutch pipework including the bleeder valve behind the driver headlight. When i first finished the conversion we tried to bleed the clutch but could get bar…

You were in front of my bike, sounded good when you went by the car in front. i was on my 4th test ride mile, on the ancient red/black gsxr + was in megawuss mode. :smw:

having owned a fast road auto and now a manual 300zx i find the manual box rubbish, its notchy not very precise and now the dump valves going off every 2 seconds pisses me off. my FR auto would kill my manual every day of the week. 2 different clutches in mine and its still shite.

Hi all. As most know i have just got my zed back. Started the big clean today as it has stood out in all weather for a year. I have noticed alot of my black trims have started to split and show the chrome underneath. Also it happening on the front windows lower seal(along the bottom of the window). Are these an easy replacment or a nightmare. Also are they costly?? Cheers

Since im off work till monday i thought id get the wet and dry paper and metal polish out and repolish the lips on my wheels. Ive done it once before on my last zed whilst i was off with a dislocated knee. Done 2 wheels in two days and my fingers are absolutally killing me!!!! im one finger typing as we speak, and im even strugglin to hold my glass of southern comfort for any more than a few seconds before joint lock sets in. why is it that i feel i must do these things myself instead of paying someone else to do it for me :confused: :mac1: :headvswal Ill post some photos (ouch) tomorrow to show (eek) my very painfull (ooh) work

has this ever been done here???

Looked nice. Was Eastbound near the M32 junction. For sale signs up.

Hi First of all question for Smithy is this tension rod ok im sure i installed it correctly with the bottom towards engine while off the ground? From this: Thanks to Dan at DTA for parts: To this: woo hoo While installing this found these rear speakers. Take it these are not standard. The ride height is not much different from before. The old shocks and springs must have been totally shot. In fact i think it maybe a little higher :confused: Now just need MOT and i can put her on the road see what she feels like. After 4 wheel laser alignment of course. :hyper: Cheers

as above i need a bit of help with th conzult as is keep saying to conect the cable....i got a blatz usb cable. is there different conzult for usb and com?

hey people, got a question about octane booster...... i have been looking on "robo's" website and read the article on octane booster titled "toluene" and found, on the website, after testing 13 octane boosters, which range in price from $5 to $70, that toluene came 2nd out of 13. it explains all the mixing ratios to get over 100 octane. i have tried toluene mixed with my fuel and can say i did notice some difference in power. has anyone tried toluene in their fuel? if so, what do you think? cheers people, alan.

a big shout out to chris and the boys and girls at z autos. :bow: a big thankyou for fitting my new heater matrix, now have heat at last. no more numb nuts. thanks again. next job is to change from an auto to a manual. :nana2:

any ideas as where to buy them from here as i have found the in america but dont really want to pay the import charges if i can help it

As above, i have 9.5" rims and was wondering if 285/40/18 tyres will be ok???

I have recently bought a vehicle dynamics processor for the zed and it says in the installation manual that 1 of the wires has to be connected to the vehicles speed detection circuit. :confused: can one of you gurus please tell me where i would find this circuit as I am totally lost! Cheers chaps (and chapesses) Scotty

Hi All, Ive been told to fit a trigger wheel to my crank of 36-1 for a omex system. But when ive looked at these trigger wheels i dnt see how i can fit 1 as theres no room is it ment to go by the crank pulley? Any ideas Cheers

just past Great Cambridge road/ white hart lane traffic light around 3:50am this morning (12th) spotted the lights and was like woohoo 1st one in a while.

As title says! Need 2 Z's moved. Does anyone know of a transportation company that could do this at a reasonable price? Cant use green flag as they may be suspicious how i drove the car with no engine!!!

To kick off Opie Oils new 12 part series of interesting oil facts we thought that we would address the statement “My oil has turned to water!” Let’s be objective and look at the actual figures involved here, emotional expressions such as ‘turned to water’ just will not do. Engineering is supposed to be a science afterall! So! Almost all modern jet engines run on 5cst at 100degC synthetic ester oil. Needless to say, some bearings will actually be running at a temperature of perhaps 200degC; so the true oil viscosity in these situations is in fact 1.5cst. This is really thin, much thinner than any car or bike engine oil even in a race engine. But is it …

I dont know if anybody has seen this months copy of New Scientist, but they had a 3 page spread on making petrol from emissions gasses :eek: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19726451.600-turning-cosub2sub-back-into-hydrocarbons.html http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/sunshine.html http://smarteconomy.typepad.com/smart_economy/2007/12/fuel-from-thin.html