General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi Guys I'm driving down the motorway in my automatic twin turbo and she is cruising at about 3,500, then all of a sudden without warning she will increase revs to 4,500 but she doesn't get any faster. After a few mins she returns to normal and the does it again. Oh and I have had a new/old engine put in recently, don;t know if that piece of info is a help or not. Any thoughts????? :headvswal Spencer

What could be the possible cause of ZX boosting to just 0.5 bar... Things I have checked / points of interest... 1) TPS voltage is fine and seems ok, idle is steady at 1K after the car has warmed up 2) Power to boost solenoids is 12V+ when the throttle is open 3) Can't seem to find any major boost leaks but engine does sounds a bit more hissy than other 300's I have had - difficult to see exactly where the hiss is coming from, it's roughly towards the top of the engine near balance bar area... 4) Have cleaned cleaned up some of the connectors such as water temp, TPS, AFM, but doesn't seem to make any difference 5) ECU check is all clear Code 55... …

Now I know this baby belongs to somebody on here because I've seen a sig pick of it, but for the life of me I can't remember who. I walked past the car just after 1.30 today.

Seen this car on Saturday night by the big lights not far from china88. had this clubs sticker in the window, very odd color

I have recently bought two sets of alloys first i purchased some 19 inch which are 8.5 J Front and 9.5J rear, when I went to had them fitted I was told the hub bolts are not long enough for the rear, So I purchased some 18 inch 9j Alloys and it seems its the same problem. I have had to other zeds and have never had this problem. I was told to go to nissan to get longer hub bolts , but dont want to pay nissan prices. Anyone else sell them or know where I can get these bolts from. Cheers

im going to be changing my clutch soon! while the gearbox is going to be out i want to install a short shifter. Has any got any recommendations on what one to get seen a few on ebay aswell are they any good? :rolleyes: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-NON-TURBO-SHORT-SHIFTER-QUICK-SHIFT_W0QQitemZ220150854394QQihZ012QQcategoryZ72205QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Do we have a stand? theres usually been a good turn out on the zed stand and its usually (weather depending) one of the best shows of the year? Machine and myself will be there and his pentroof zed is taking pride of place on the japanese performance magazine stand on the sunday. Be a shame if we dont even have a club stand there this year!! Mike

Well fook me, lost 1st gear & 3 rd as i was driving today, it feels like linkage, or something like that, but im getting tired of things going wrong. I love my Z but ive had a tit full of unrealibility & feel like burning the ***** at the mo....................she been the most unrealiable car ive ever had & ive had lots !! lol :( rant over :wack: shes in the garage again :mad:

i heard there was 2 z32s in a garage near me for sale, just for curiosity i went to have a look, i was driving a charade, i was looking around one of the cars when mr car salesman comes over, conversation as follows me: how much are looking for this car him for yourself me no, a friend, can you tell me about it him 1993, japspec, manual, tt me looking around car, which is locked, are you sure its a tt as there is no boost gauge in the clocks him we dont modify cars here, you can fit a boost gauge if you want one me but a psi gauge came as standard on the turbo car him listen dont tell me anything about these cars ive had 4…

As above Saturday night at the Panborough Inn, Panborough, on standard wheels K69...... Great food there toooooo.

MAJOR PROBLEM: HKS SQV2 BOV, Need advice from people running BOVs! Hi there, I installed 2x HKS SQV2 BOV today. I bought the universal kit so I had to buy 2 caps at the hardware store to plug both holes from the air inlet pipes where the stock recirculation valve were spitting back to the intake. I bought all brand new clamps for the installation. The universal kit also comes with the hose adaptor for the vacuum that goes on at the back of the bov. It The large side fit the OEM hose, then I added a vacum a bit smaller that connect to the BOV nipple. I made sure that everything was very tight and nothing was moving. I added zip tie and a clamp …

veilside side skirts regards, alex

Saw a couple of Zeds roll past at Lakeside last night on the roundabouts, anyone here? I was in an e30 beemer.

Is there anyone in Nottingham or nearby that can help me fit a cambelt in the near future? Cheers!

I have got the Z booked in on the rolling road at John Noble next week. The new engine seems to be running very well... But every single time I go full throttle the boost maxes out and hits the limiter on the pro spec 2, as soon as this happens the power drops off and clouds of fuel come out the back. I have tried turning the pro spec 2 right down but it still hits the limit (12 psi in low mode), just takes a little longer to get there. Its fine at 3/4 throttle just not full, every time. So... Its going on the rollers to be setup by the pros I'm just hoping its not a leak or rubbish actuator causing it

As above..... .......I took the ZX to the Lake District last week and yet again the car was faultless (passed 90k mile mark whilst away too) :bow: Over 1200 trouble free miles including a rather quick 300 mile trip there. It's what these cars were made for afterall - fast motorways and faster A-road travel. It made short work of the cross country trips too, having plenty of mid-range grunt to pass the crawling old folks on their hols at this time of year :cool: I even took it over the Wrynose and Hardknott Passes; the latter was a bit hairy in a wide, powerful car but it was no real problem. At one point a chap in a Zafira in front of me decided to film m…

where can i get the hawk or ferrodo pads from? need a full set front/back. how much? cheers george

Spotted a red Z at Ringwood Carnival, it was actually part of the procession! Anyone on here?

Have a Good Day Mate. :duffer:

Have a good one Bud.Hope yer got a new training bra :tongue: :)

OK, im thinking of purchasing a HID kit for my Z, ive installed them before and know how they work etc, but, ive heard that Z headlamp units are extremely difficult to work with, how true is this? Secondly, ive heard that an extra wiring kit may be need for the UK, spec as a pose to the Jap spec, also how true is this, and if you have any more more information it would be grately appreciated... cheers, guys Dan dannyjhunter@hotmail.com

my friends just bought this car lhd american import not one for yank cars but this is a laugh it just doesnt turn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a whole 5.7 litres of v8 think its good for 300 bhp sounds nice and its a hoot and we absolutey rinsed a modified skyline gts last nite on the m621!! any body had any experience with these yank tanks!! :dance:

Hey all My car has got some jap coilovers on it at the mo but the are rock hard and seriously low. Can anyone recommend a good set up for road and track? Id like to stick to coilovers as I havent got any of the original parts. Then I need to get some adjustable tension rods etc as its running on standard equipment. I replaced the engine loom and in so doing removed the interior and dash, repaired anything that needed it and put in some new "chunes" as well (thanks ebay!). Found a couple of loose hoses in the engine bay and having put it all back together with a new ptu and plugs and coils it runs like a dream. It was smoky but now seems to have cured it…

Only the 2nd one i've seen on the road and he put his foot down :dance: i'm running at 15psi in manual uk, and it left me on the A12. i got up behind it droped in to 3rd, revs went up to about 5k then went for it. and this thing just pulled away. well it has got 478bhp and is alot lighter. it was a G reg any one raced a more expensive car? i think that an F40 must be worth 300-400K