General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Some guy at a cruise last night tried to tell me that there was a production 4 wheel drive Z!!!, I told him he was an idiot and that he was thinking of a GTO but he said there rare as Fook, No i said they DON'T exist. Just making sure i wasn't wrong

Hey mate could you let me know when you will be about, Been trying to phone you but no answer, just wanted to ask you somthing. Cheers Pete.

I've had a look through the how-tos on here and another Z site, but couldn't find anything suitable. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a how-to on changing the headlight bulbs? And also for changing the side repeaters (bulbs and covers) Finally, how many posts before you are allowed an avatar and sig? 50?

When i bought my Z it had a cheapo black tint on the rear windscreen. This was the type where it's like a film of plastic with some kind of tinting dye underneath. It had bubbled and it was impossible to see anyting out of that window. I've managed to remove the film without taking any of the heater elements with it, but the screen is still covered with this kind of powdery black residue that seems stuck fast. On someone's advice, i tried white spirit and a plastic kitchen scouring pad. This does work, but it takes forever, and as you can imagine it's an awkward angle to be scrubbing. In about half an hour i had only managed to clear about a 3 inch square off the …

ok how much do these go for with forged internals, gearbox etc? and how easy are tehy to get into a zed. :slap: A mate just bought a zed with no engine of gear box for £300, its in so so condition but he was pondering putting a skyline engine in there as they seem a lot less expencive to tune. He wants it for a track day car.

Further to my thread rE: bumper protection my first day back into my 'home' office after a while away sees the new mountain of a speed ramp rip the right side of my rear bumper away from the car! It's had a few bangs in the past, but this time I see two bolts and some sheared metal. I've tried to knock it back into place but to no avail! :cry: Can anyone refer me to a good place to get this sorted that won't rip me off..? I have no idea how much these things should cost to fix...fingers crossed!! Also, is it safe to still commute in this vehicle? The bumper isn't flailing but is clearly not aligned with the body of the car!! :shock: Lookin for a speedy …

where can i get 17" rims for the tyres i've already got. which are 235/45zr17 on the front and 255/40zr17 on the rear, please help thanks..

I was one of the thousands of people stuck on the M25 on Friday, but I was one of the lucky one's because I was in my zx, not sure what the out side temp was but it felt like 25 degrees but the car never missed a beat in the nine hours :shock: that I sat in the traffic, the engine temp needle never moved above it's normal possition and the engine started first time when ever I needed it too, I was well pleased with the way the car handled the heat. :dance:

A gold Zed on the hard shoulder M5 south just past the Gordano services, umfortunately with a recovery truck parked in front, obviously terminal. :mad:

ok so i have just finished my engine rebuild engine was fully stripped out including everything out of the engine bay and now its all back in it wont start it will turn over but it wont fire can as many people possible throw ideas my way what would stop it fireing thanks we all want another zed ti live again we dont want to see another gone off the road LONG LIVE THE ZED :bow: :bow: :bow:

Just caught a glimpse of a green one with 99 rear spec spoiler on M62 nr Birchwood this afternoon, was it out very own Grahams? Barry

Hi first post and already need help got a 300 with broken box slips in D+R but drives in and out of garage not tried it at any distance but when its hot slips more than a bloke with a slippy thing :( anyhoo where is the best place to get a recon or good second hand box from or what could be wrong with the one in there tried the search thingy could not find a fix for my problem

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=576730 shame about the crap photos. 13k eur0, guess around £8k would that sound right?

Hi. I have the R33 brembo upgrade and I think I have wharped a disk. The disks I have at the moment are EBC and seemed fine until a high speed slow down. So do I go for something like these. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-SKYLINE-PERFORMANCE-FRICTION-BRAKE-ROTORS-X-2_W0QQitemZ190138674687QQihZ009QQcategoryZ10402QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem A lot of money or do I get some more EBC ones? Or can someone recommend something else. Remmeber it is for the skyline set up though. Darrell

First of all what are causes of turbo lag ??? I have a slight exhaust leak and i believe that it could be coming from the manifold somewhere on the passenge side but its not particulaly bad . The boost dosnt relly come in till 4000rpm !! could this slight leak be causing this ??? even with this leak i had it dynoed last week at 385.8 bhp at 0.9 bar . On the graph you can see this but when the boost comes in the boost curve is very steep its not smooth . The technician thinks the car might have bigger turbos on, and thinks this might be causing the lag i bought the car blind and dont know its history what i know is that its got an evc 3 and an apexi afc and a hks fmic i m…

I would be looking at this myself if I was not planning on clearing off, I can't believe its still up for sale.

on my 300zx i've got 17 inch rims, with 235/45zr17 on front and 255/40zr17 on rear. what i would like to know is could i put 245/40zr17 alround please.

Guys we are driving around in 17 year old cars, doesnt that ever make you wonder whats going to go wrong next, this thread is in the name of preventative maintenance, today i decided to reunderseal the Z, glad i did, there were a few patches where the metal was starting to show through and a few scrapes from the speedbump grind dance, in my eyes for a few quid and a few hours it was worth it. Any other people want to add preventative goodies to the thread feel free, it may save us some money in the long run.

:( I need a garage in the Norfok/Suffolk area to take care of my Zed, any suggestions all. Fed up with cowboys and an ever decreasing wallet. Thanks. :headvswal

Been looking for a boost leak this morning, plugged the tool into the intake and pressurised the system. Couldn't hear anything anywhere. Have chopped the end of a couple of pipes and re-attached them but all seems fine. STILL IN SAFETY MODE THOUGH!!!!! Ran another Conzult check last week (thanks Mark) and again No Probs at all. Only thing left is to try someone elses ECU to rule out boost solenoids etc. I may be getting one but wont know until i get back from hols on the 21st. If anyone'd got an auto ECU for a loan i'd be very greatfull!!!

I don't think the car is performing as it should/used to so I went for a quick blast yesterday with datascan plugged in and set to logging mode. When on idle running rich lights up red, during driving lean lights up green. This can't be right can it. O2 sensons and everything else seems fine and I have code 55 no faults. Got cat back exhaust, air filter, greddy profec controller and mines ecu only showing 10/11psi on the boost gauge. Anyone any ideas/explinations??

trying to P.M. you but your inbox is full. Can you tell me where you got the 501 LED bulbs for my dash lights from please, and which type of LED they are. Thanks.

Just wondering if anyknow knows the weight of a std SWB tt. Im curious to how much extra weight has been added by filler from fitting wide rear arches. Gonna try and find me a weighbridge. Anyone out there fitted arches themselves and know how much they used? Cheers

I'm having some problems, which I think maybe ECU related: Car was running sweet as a nut on Friday night, used datascan (Blazt) to check for ECU errors (code 55: all ok!) Saturday morning however, I started up ready for the MOT and was running really rough from cold to running temp at all revs including idle - and it sounded like a lawn mower! I could smell it was running really rich too. (Still error code:55) (It's worth pointing out here that this is first time ever my engine has missed a beat!) Quickly fired up Blazt again and using the power balance test shows that no.1 wasn't firing. I got the car stethoscope out and all injectors are happily cl…

Has anybody tried one of these power chips on ebay? item number 280141868591, im tempted but unsure, what do you guys think?