General Discussions - 300ZX Related

hi everyone, i finally have my car back on the road! wooohoooo :dance: i recently had to replace the passenger side drive shaft and now i get a light 'shudder' when setting off... vibration kinda feeling.... i am not sure what it can be? but it never used to be like that and i guess its not good? wondered if any1 has experienced this and can recommend anything to make it disappear? thanks in advance.

found my old 300zxtt at last thanks to derek. who lives in mansfield so have bought it back, collecting on wensday, cant wait. needs a bit of work on it but nothing to bad. be good to get back into the 300 scene again. hope to see some of you at a meet in the near future. hope to get some pics up soon.

Took the Z out for the night as i rarely get to these days due to bad weather and a busy work load and what happens even before iv got to my destination.... Tyre bloody blows out and shreds to bits :headvswal :mad: Has ripped right off my rim and im pretty sure its gonna need replacing Things were going well and then all of a sudden this, cant seem to understand how this happened, i was'int going at any speed and was pretty much driving around central london Dont know what to do, sometimes i just wanna pack it in and just buy a standard new car Rant over p.s. anybody got a spare Kahn rsc 2pc rim lying around? :rolleyes:

Ok at the end of last year (2007) i had my auto replaced by a second hand box due to my torque converter breaking off and destroying my box while doing 100 kmph:(. Anyways i had my the box serived and fitted by my zed mechanic and i trust the work he did was dont correctly and i know second hand boxes arent like brand new auto boxes when it comes to having problems and such. Ok so atm ive had the new box for about 2 months and ive been having a problem while driving at low speeds in first gear where my car would sometimes not want to change up 2 second gear. basically the car will rev but not accelerat at all. Now ive tried to manually shift the auto into 2nd and 1st…

After fitting the refurbished wheels im not sure if the car is sitting too high :eek: i would like to get the stance right and would like your opinion guys if you think the zed needs to go a little lower .......... :bow: :bow:

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Who was parked at the Sunseeker factory today. Spoke to the site manager who I had a meeting and he said it was one of his guys who worked on the shop floor.

No not the lung kind ;) Basically i jut wanna have a chat with someone very experienced, i have several issues with my car after spending 12k on an engine rebuild with a 'performance' company. It burns a lot of oil (smokes like a fooker) and leaks oil on the driveway, i have the speed sensor issue too that i cannot trace. Anyway ive since figured out that my pipe round the back of the engine (the oil breather PCV) is a long straight pipe, looks like an overide. Can someone text me and i'll phone em back to discuss. 07772 690 620 (i will call you back if needed) Many thanks guys. John

:eek: The tension bushes were sqeaking last month, so i got them on a ramp, an mot tester looked at them + squirted them with lubricant, then my tension rods start knocking intermittantly, back on the ramps- no cracks or anything visible.Sod it, i'm working 6 days a week at mo. so i will leave it. Three hundred miles later.......... :xxx:

Hi everyone, Im getting really wound up know. I have owned my z for about 6 months and it is stunning par the drivers seat. So i brought one of ebay from Paul @ SWZ_Performance via ebay and sent the £80.00 inc postage as he requested around the 18th December 2007!!! He sent me a mail saying thanks for the cheque and stated once it cleared he would send my seat on January 3rd. Then time past and with every 3 messages i send he responds once with exscuses. The last being a man came to collect but the seat was to heavy??? So after about 30 messages and almost 2 months passing still nothing !!! I sent the last message 10 days ago saying to just sen…

Has any body refubered there brakes and how much is the kit? can they be done off the car. ie how hard is it to get the pistons out if siezed. any help would be gratfull as i need to sort the brakes out for mot and hoping to save on garage labour charges thanks graeme

Just after the reading junction thingymabob - you were heading south at about 5pm this evening...... :)

if you are thinking of upgrading your front lower arms DO NOT BUY THESE. i brought these and had to modify them just to get them to fit correctly. the shortest setting is longer than the OEM arms, and to cap it off THE DRIVERS SIDE ARM SNAPPED!! luckly i was not traveling at high speed so no other damage occured. PLEASE THINK TWICE BEFORE BUYING THEM! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=130197387503&Category=40192&_trksid=p3907.m29

does anybody know the correct bore clearance for the coated forged wiseco pistons, as i read a while back on tt net there was issues with piston rattle/slap and i mailed wiseco with no reply???? at the moment alll i can find is 0.003" clearance(total)even though they say coated piston need extra clearance (0.001"}but then the noise appears???? but that was back in 2003 so it could a faulty batch/? __________________

Subtle tapping noise, gets faster with revs. No clunking, drives great and not loud? Any thoughts?

As above on stairfoot roundabout about 3.0pm,anyone?

Has any one brought silkolene pro s from a a shop/motorfactors cant seem to find it anywhere is only avalible through opie oils on the web.

Mmmmm, gorgeous! :bow: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1973-DATSUN-240Z_W0QQitemZ300188003462QQihZ020QQcategoryZ18308QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Took my z for MOT on 4th Feb, due to run out on 13th, so thought plenty of time to get it sorted IF anything needed to be sorted. Well it turned out needed nearside rear ball joint and front offside track rod. So off to Nissan who wanted close to £400 for both parts :eek: as cant just buy the bush need whole arm. So decided to try Japtech, who gave me a good price, £140 cheaper so they said they can get it within the week. So thought, cool be just back b4 MOT runs out and ready for re-test :) Rang on monday 11th to hear order in we just need to check it you can come tmw by 12pm to collect. Thought pushing it a bit by my mechanic fitted me in for wed morn ready for re…

Need a second opinion on this please. I have been having a problem with the battery on the Zed going flat quite quickly (car isn't in regular use, but is kept garaged). So I recharged & left the battery with the negative terminal disconnected for a couple of nights to tell if the battery was the problem. Checked it last night and the voltage had dropped to 10volts which wasn't enough to even turn the engine over. So does this sound like a duff battery then? There isn't any way that a parasitic power drain can cause the voltage drop if the circuit is left open (as far as I am aware!), is there?. I have tested for a power drain to the best of my ability us…

Was stood outside work having a crafty ciggy and my colleage was chatting the a guy in the yard next door who has a large unit with vehicales in that they are auctioning. My colleague turns around and said to me they have a skyline for £800, so obvioulsy I join in the converation to get some more info. I asked if it was a GTS25T and got a blank look from the bloke. So i simplifies and asked if it was a turbo one, he said he thinks it is. Asked him what year it was and he said on a M-Plate. I was thinking thats a good price for a R33. Guy said i could pop round and have a look at the car. Turns out its a M Plate j-Spec N/A Manual 300zx in Dark Blue. Looked very …

around 5:45 on Finborough road headed towards earls court...i spotted ya!!

Green L reg Zed on A40 last night between Greenford roundabout and Target roundabout around 18:30 last night. Went past you and gave you a toot, was in a Black one. Was wondering if it was anyone on here.

I need to get some cash together to either get my bottom end rebuilt or source a good second hand lump and I've been offered £400 plus some chromed j-spec wheels in unmarked condition, its very tempting but it depends how much I can get for them, I also have a set of uk-spec wheels with almost new eagle f1's one the fronts the rears have loads of tread but only budget tyres, would these be worth more with them having the wider rears? they arent buckled but arent in the best condition, I was planning on keeping the uk-spec rims just for the wider rears as I was going to get sum proxes r888's to use on the strip but if they're worth more than the chromed j-spec wheels then …

Hi Guys Does Anyone Have A Definitive Source For Where I Can Get A Steering Wheel Hub Or Boss Kit From For A Hicas Car? Many Thanks Shrew