General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I've got, 'fingers crossed'. a LHD series 1 subframe coming my way which I am using on my passenger side to retro-fit electric pax seat. Is there power in that footwell like there is on the drivers' side or will I have to run some power to it? cheers

Just started today......groans a bit on initial start up when cold.....goes away once warm. Fluid or on its way out....will check fluid when light

Hi guys,ive seen a nice zed for sale,its a uk car with service history,but its got the dreaded knock sensor fault,so its down on power. Ive looked through the archives but cannot find a definate answer to the bypass that can be done with a resistor,does it actually work,or is it a temporary fix,or should it be done properly,as am i right in thinking its an expensive job to correct? The rest of the car is fine,but cant really tell if alls well when theres no power!!

Going down the A33 towards the M4 roundabout around 5pm tonight! Was it you!?

Heavy rain and Hicas warning light came on on long drive .Steering was heavy.Checked P/S fluid and all ok.After standing for over an hour ;resumed trip and all fine ..didn't come back ..Question :could rain be responsible?Anyone else had this happen?Anything I should check from here? Cheers Rich

Hi guy's and girls. Did anyone get round to sorting the original (or 99 spec) style rear light to work in full LED bars like the horrifically expensive ones from the US? Ivan

With regards the manual conversion, is it possible to use the auto box loom as to my knowledge its gonna be the speed sensor wiring, the start inhibit circuit and rev lights. Rev lights I was gonna wire up through a switch (plus I have other lights to fit to the car). The guys that are (hopefully) gonna carry out the conversion are only gonna do the bare bones of the job, I was gonna finish it off and was hoping the start circuit can be by-passed, speed sensor can be joined to the auto loom, and leave the reverse lights. Cheers John

I am getting a "wasted" spark set-up made for the 300ZX as sold by Driftworks... Ben from Driftworks wants to know the ignition firing order on a ZX so he can make up a set for the ZX. Can anyone shed some light:) Thx Lee

does anyone know of a good wheel refurb comp thanks

Here are some pics of the donor car i'm breaking. Kinda sad to see the car in this state but I want the manual box from it for my Auto TT thats got next to no 3rd gear. Its at the final stages of being stripped but thats 3 months of up early in a sunday morning to strip her but we are close to the shell going to the car park in the sky. Just a few pics of whats left. Cheers John

Anyone ever installed a ARC induction kit, it looks bit like this but a twin box to fit the crevis where the induction box normall goes...I cant get it to sit in properly, is there something im missing? http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nengun.com/image/catalogue/original/nengun-0658-00-arc-induction_box.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nengun.com/arc/super-induction-box&h=259&w=300&sz=18&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=byfizLSaBfU9hM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Darc%2Bsuper%2Binduction%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DG Or does anyone know where…

latley ive been hearing a noise from front of car. jacked it up and discovered play on the front wheel. so ordered a bearing managed to strip everything off so i'm left with steering knuckle and hub attached to each other, try to knock out hub from steering knuckle and nothing it wont pop out and this is with alot of force. what do i do. i think i may need a new hub. have i forgotten to do something? i have given up my plans of pressing the bearing in i just want it done now. can anyone help

Hi guys. Im having a bit of a zed nightmare at the moment, i have a corroded power steering pipe behind the front bumper, i can physically see where the fluid is spraying/leaking from the pipe. I removed the front bumper to get a closer look at the pipe, and its the pipe that runs from the power steering reservoir vertically down the car to the bottom of the bumper, along the bottom of the air con rad and the rest of the rads, then pops up through the other side of the car into the bottom of the engine. I got mike feeney to fax over the layout of the pipe on the car and in order to replace it i need to remove what seems like an additional 2/3rds of the car…

While im tinkering around with my car (getting it ready for respray) i wanted to try something different with the exhaust, I think the exhaust is standard on the car at the moment but not sure, its straight pipe (approx 75mm) from turbos to back box, no mid pipes cats etc, I need to know if it is possible to cut the tail pipes off the back box and weld up the holes, then drill/cut into the side of the backbox and weld new pipes on the side? im asking this because i want side exit exausts to come out half way up the bumper each side, im a welder by trade so can do all the fabracating etc no problem but will it cause many problems with back pressure etc? anybody …

Finally got the car through the mot (cheers andy duff for advising on turning the afc down to get through spot on it worked!!! cheers) took it to the rollers to to get remaped after playing with the afc. This is where the problem started 1. When we tried to boost up the car over 12 psi the car wouldnt hold boost and was jumping up and down 1 psi but was fine up to 9-10 psi so i got the guy set it at stock boost which i believe is 7 psi it made 324 fwbhp at this settingi dont quite no how ??? and made 377 @ 12.7 psi 5500 rpm where the guy lifted off because of this psi jump . It has bigger turbos and possibly injectors (because at 12 psi the afc had loads more to go …

anybody know where i can get one from?

How much would a set of standard wheels be worth roughly a) with 4 good tyres b) with 2 good 2 bad c) with 4 bad tyres (by bad I mean tread not quality) I am after some and have been offered a set

Hi, My Zed is in the for sale section - Not sure why i'm only having a couple of people looking at it? Is £5000 too much for a 1996 tt manual lwb? Your thoughts would be appreciated! Cheers, Ste

never done this before, I think I understand it all. Seriously considering getting an irish plate I found Not giving it away just yet :) Any pointers tho?

what shoul the gap be on the plugs, i know andy told me today but i fogot,

re they illegal? What are the penalties? Thanks

hi can some one do me this car in the dark grey 300zx colour please and if posible please can you do one grey car and change the wheels to gold so i can compare :cool: thanks

Just wondering roughly what psi boost can be raised to with regards to 555 injectors? I realise its a completely different question as regards supporting mods etc

Hi, I'm getting totally fed up with the place who has my car trying to find someone to spray it. It's currently sitting with no paint at all on it and I'm not waiting for them any longer. I've got one place to call on Monday (thanks Darren) but does any know of any good bodyshops who can spray a pearl colour and can finish off some filler/fibreglass work? The only problem is my car is not exactly drivable so can't be too far from Watford/NW London. Thanks Vijay

has anyone out there raised or repositioned the rack at all? or anyone got ideas on how to? any usful help would be gladly met :duffer: (hinting towards Andy D's general direction ;) ) cheers Mark