General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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

been trying 2 get hold of him with no luck :headvswal

Sorry - don't get on here much these days. Martyn did a good job on my car before - is he still doing the 300s?

higher profile tyre to fill up the bigger arches ?? (any pics please of 17's with 60mm spacers + wide arches) ??? Body shop is still only up to dry fit stage at the moment. I know i have to get the hub centric 60mm spacers and not sure whether to start L@@King for the 18's or 19's for the rear now ? [/img] photo taken off cell phone.sorry.

we came 45th. pretty good going dont you think?

I have been digging around and apparently these where produced for a short time, does anyone have any info about them and or does someone think they could make it up, would be a good mod imo. Thanks

Ok ive been looking into getting the updated late model 99spec upside window switches and i found a Japanese forums site with a tutorial on how to install them which gave me a list of part numbers. heres the listed numbers (English translated) Driver's seat switch 25401-4H110 Driver's seat Finisshar (Carbon) 25402-VP000 Driver's seat knob pad 80945-VP000 Passenger's seat switch 25411-0M010 Passenger's seat Finisshar(Carbon) 25412-VP100 Heres where i found the numbers; http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http://www.zcar-owners.net/club/&submit=?E?F?u?y?[?W?|?o&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2&wb_co=exci…

Hi Leigh.. I can't PM you, as you're not subscribed. Just wanted to let you know that I'm not going to fit the Veilside mirrors now (after all my hunting for them lol), so before I advertise them, I wanted to give you first dibs, incase you wanted them back? They are exactly as you sent them.. I have literally opened the box, checked them, and reboxed them. Let me know mate :)