General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi there, Spotted a nice looking red g-plate (I think with a mongoose) tonight in Spot Lane, Bearsted - was a bit dark. Gave you the thumbs-up, but since I was in my old faithful 525 you may have thought me peculiar. That's a whole load of zeds in my area all of a sudden. Nice. :dance: CheerZ, JB.

I would like to firstly appologise on behalf of Z Tech for any inconvenience caused due to the change of ownership!! I have only just, in the last 6 days bought the company and we been working till 2/3 every morning to get cars finished. WE now have the company telephone from Ryan and its on!!! (07766996946) Craig and myself(Chris) are here to answer any questions up to 10 o-clock at night and all warranty work will be honoured. I have been using Z Tech for the past 5 years for parts and advice and i have recently built a 8oo bhp beast with thanks to Z Tech and to all that are worried about whats going on please give us a call for further infomation. There wil…

OK so i've put in Redline MT90 (about x3 litres) and also some Molyslip. Driven about 300 miles to Cornwall and still the gears whine in 1-3. Soon as i dip the clutch when idling the noise dissapears completely or if i'm in 4th or 5th again no noise whatsoever! :headvswal Does this mean i need to pull the gearbox apart and fix it or can i just run it with the noise until it goes bang!!!!!! Any ideas as i can really afford a new gearbox just yet! Cheers Alex

Now this is probably because yesterday I was talking about selling her as I need somthing more practicle. On the way to work, Fine, excellent as normal Way back, Slight "Judder" pulling away in second ? Also when accelerating hard get to about 5/6 PSI and it judders again, you can feel it through the whole car? But if you keep your foot in it goes ? Now im a complete newbie could be missfiring for all I know

ive got a lend of a consult, but it has an old screw in connection that sually screws into the back of PC, my laptop has no connection available for this only a usb port, ive got a usb cable adaptor but not got the software to use it, could i download the software from anywhere or do i need the disc that was provided with the cable dying to have a play with the consult also do i leave the disc in when using the consult, or can i remove once installed???? or better still anyone near me know how to use one (and laptops lol)

spotted tonight at about 7 flashed me :cool:

Silver zed in the fast lane of the north bound M3 near Lightwater at about 2:45 3:00 ish. anyone on here?

Can someone tell me, on cold start, does the ECU run on CTS values only and ignores 02 sensor values completely?

Lol, this is the third sighting of a gunmetal grey TT in the same area in two weeks - all driven by different people :confused: not sure if its the same Z or not although im pretty sure they're all G-plates. unfortunately im in my dad's 214 at the moment so you wont have seen me :p dark-skinned driver near Countesthorpe couple of weeks ago, bald white guy with goatee on Monday near Narborough, now white girl near Cosby. stop messing with me, who are you? are you the same person? :rofl:

Hiya people, ive just signed up to the forum, I currently have an NA supra, have ownly owned it about 3 months but am already getting itchy feet and want more power. However TT manual supras are waayyy too expensive for me, and I rather like the look of 300zx's which is handy as they seem a lot cheaper in my requirements!! Anyway I guess I thought id post up my situation and see what response I get. Ideally id love to do a swap or px with my supra, but I cant see why a TT owner would want to swap to a lower powered car?! Hit me back with suggestions :)

I need a new starter for a z32 TT manual. are the auto starter motors the same? I know the flywheels must be different but Just thought the ring gear on the flywheel might be the same and remove the need to manufacture two types of starter. thanks Paul

Can anyone recommend a good garage in North London? Thanks.

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read this on a aussie site on overheating Connect your auxilary sub fan to engage whenever the AC is on (TwinTurbo only) See this tech unfortunately the link doesnt work. has anyone does this? I have noticed with the AC on the radiator water temp does go up 10°C.

if i bought THIS kit would i need any thing else to fit it, As it says:: Does not include fittings, hoses, or plumbing to deliver fuel to and from the fuel rails. We do have plumbing kits available depending on your application. what else do i need or can this be fit by just taking out the old rail and putting this in it's place??? thanks graeme

i stuck some tin foil on the inside of my headlights when i was pulling them apart to clean and fix the adjusters because i thought it would increase the brightness of the lights. It didnt and it looks garbage, but i do look like the look the lights in crome with the contrast of the red colour of the car (from afar when you cant see it is tin foil) I am getting some HIDs soon and might pull out the foil and the same time. Is it possible to spray the inside of the lights with crome paint? would any spray paint do or will it need to be specialised to deal with the heat from the HIDs and stick to the plastic if it is special heat resitant stuff? seen a coupl…

I want to convert my speedo to mph on my forthcoming (tomotrrow-yeehaa) manual tt zx, is there a simple way to do it? anyone know of a plug/solder in type device, that wont affect other sytems? Cheers.simon.

All the best Ryan!! (if you ever get back online) :duffer: :duffer:

Right just done a compression test because I was loosing water. ! litre per 1-2 miles. In total put in more than 10 litres, which is enough to fill coolant system. No mayo in oil. No signs of oil in water. No water leaks at all. The other day though on tick over a lot of steam was coming from exhaust. Headgasket must have gone I thought. Problem is the results from compression test, which are as follows: Cylinder 1: 150 Cylinder 2: 140 Cylinder 3: 144 Cylinder 4: 145 Cylinder 5: 146 Cylinder 6: 147 After taking the compression tester out of cylinder 6 there was a bit of oil around the thread, but all sparks plugs where fine when removed. Any suggestions…

help, i need the torque settings for the big ends in the zed, twin turbo, manual uk cheers george

Can you drop me a PM or reply to this post If you have your car with Martyn in linconshire or you know the address. Many Thanks

Took the old girl out for a good skoot yesterday, first proper chance i've had really since getting it as it's been having various mods and audio stuff fitted. On the way back home to Leeds from way up north i started to get a blowing noise, right from the engine bay underneath the nearside bank, no real noticable loss of power and no smoke so i'm hopeing it's not turbo or head gasket related although the tone of the pphhhuuuttt noise did at first make me think it was just blowing from one cylinder and could therefore be head gasket but either way i don't know the first thing about getting at it, as i'm sure i need a four post lift just to get under and find where it's co…

Anyone know where i can get some in London today???? Cheers Alex

Drifting! Just popped engine, just getting the hang of it too... was just kicking clutch to put into the slide and something went bang, dumped engine oil, smoked and knocking, clutch and gear box still works engine runs but knocking/tapping. drove over something from engine! got car to safe place about 3 miles away, didnt seize either..lol good job its a project car drifting not good thing really... lol. Will get it on a ramp and have a closer look !

Ok i was drivin home from work and decided to have a little rally down the bypass road by me so booted down it and all was fun and i then pulled off n just cruised back home and the Engine Temp just shot up and i was like just under the top line!So i gently got home and put HKS timer on 2mins (Neighbours woke up :)) After she turned off there was a weird souind from under the bonnet by the passenger tyre area! so that bottom right corner of the engine bay!Sounded almost like there was a stone rolling around on a Marble table or something!not like a gurgling sound but like a stone on marble! Does this sound familiar to anybody?Not booted it asmuch as this before…