General Discussions - 300ZX Related

recently i came back to my car after excessive rain (the rain may be coinsidental but i originally thought this to be the course). when i first fired the car up it appeared to be misfiring, was impossible to get above 2000-3000 rpm or keep the revs even, after hopping round the block a few times, the problem cleared. now if i start my car from cold it runs like crap until it is warm, but then it stammers and misses bellow 2500rpm, the idle is also flutulating from 500rpm to 1000rpm and also sometimes stalls. if i park up after a run and restart the car whilst still warm i sometimes gt a bit of missfiring and also runs poor as above. I have carried out the …

i want to paint my calipers, but i dont know if i have to primer them or just paint it staraight on? i take it people have done it, can anyone help? and does it look any good?

:wave: Hi guys, I'll be honest I own a 200sx and id like to give you guys some on my cash for your far supirior parts if thats ok :D

Is it me or are there more and more accidents lately!!! Just that everytime i come on here somone, somwhere is saying about 'write offs'. Usually this only happens coming into the winter months. Is uk getting that bad!!??

Going to change oil and filter shortly so while i'm under the car i thought i will do the fan belt, power steering belt, etc while i'm there.. Phones Nissan (now evans halshaw) to check availability and order belts.. No problem sir... what model z32 blah blah..Oh its an import, he says ! i will need the chassis No and paying up front before i order ( even though i work for Nissan) So i say i will get chassis No and come down and pay.. Gets there and the fookin idiot goes away and comes back Oh i need the model number as well ( which i didn't have ) Anyway come home and ring in Model number to him, 5 mins later he comes back and says power steering belt is on bac…

Just had my mot done today and got me wondering what emissions readings other people got as mine seem quite low, hopefully indicating a healthy engine. CO : 0.40% Vol HC : 214 ppm Vol its says the limits are 3.5% and 1200 ppm Seems mine are pretty low?

i had my tracking done a while ago. It was one of the fancy ones with the cameras. They said they can only return it to stock alignment which i said was fine. Anyway i have noticed the inner most part of my front tyres has become very worn. I have lowered suspension and have seen threads were this has caused similar problems but it doesnt go into the cures. I guess the solution would be to adjust the alignment away from stock to take into account the lower suspension. I dont know much about camber, toe and caster but i remember the guy i bought it off (who put in the new suspension) saying he was running 2° negative camber (i think). was that to stop the inner tread …

http://www.300zx.cl/ga/300zx/images/default2.html Found this whilst looking for 90s test drive reports, some quite good reads that might be of interest to some people.

Not sure if this should go in this section... :confused: ...but...... ...I'm looking into getting an ICE setup in my Zed as I only have the factory fitted speakers in there at the mo (and the back ones don't even work!). I do however have a Panasonic face-off cd player :hyper: Anywho, I was wondering if any of you had recently had a good setup fitted including speakers/subs and the headunit itself and where/how much/etc...? There are a list of things I was looking for as below (quite extensive!): CD HDD (to store the music rather than caryr it around) Ipod interface USB interface Rearpark cam Satnav Motorised Touch screen (6-7") D…

£180, just like that, and for what??? My roads are RUBBISH :rant:

hi i went to Padworth vehicle recyclers and theres 4 zeds in there i have pics of 3 of them and theres also a supra ill upload the pics later on but just thought id let ya know 1 black one , 2 red , one darker shade of red - burgandy nearly

All the best bud! Have a good day :duffer: :duffer: :duffer:

The Zed I recently purchased only came with a 'valet' key which as normal for these only opens and locks the drivers door, and not the glove box or boot lit. Being an import does anyone know how to get a proper key cut / supplied that will do all the locks.

About 2 this morning 1/8/7. HID lights was about all I saw but I think I got a glimpse of a 300zx.co.uk sticker on the back quarter light. I was the guy flashing me lights in the transit connect waitng to turn right at the lights. Darrell

I know it is a long shot but saw a lovely 92 silver zed today.....6 pot rear lights! Was a beauty in the passenger seat and the car wasnt half bad aswell. Came from the airport direction and turned into airside retail park so my guess is was on its way to the windsor garage in there!

Parked outside DooDahhs burger bar and the arcades.

i have just put on my new dump valves , had a job removing the recirc valves but got them off. just give it a run seems ok .. but....... i was under the impression that every time i took my foot off the throttle even under normal driving it should hissss. i have to cane it to get them to hisssss. i think i may have to adjust them to hold the boost longer or have i done all that work for nothing apparently they have trumpets on the dump valves so there noisy ...but not yet any advice on how mush i need to adjust them thanks

Dark marroony brown convertable going down the quarter mile.

Pulled into work yesterday and spotted one black convertable 300ZX!

I've just removed my front wings and bumper to replace with viper wings and a strosek front bumper. Just about every bolt sheared or rounded due to rust so i had to cut them of with an angle grinder (very messy) what i want to know is what do i need to salvage from the old bumper (if anything) to use when fitting the new Strosek bumper. Please remember that a lot of bits were so badly rotted they are unrecognisable so any new bits that you think i might need let me know.

Was out in my car the other night and i launched from a standstill in first up to the red, into second and straight up to the red again, then i braked, as the car was slowed to about 20mph the revs dropped until it almost stalled and i lost my powersteering for several seconds... Does anyone know what this could be? The engine was not cold, i had been running it that night for maybe 4 hours previous...

Advice please. Is it advisable to use an engine flush or not prior to oil/filter change? I have TT Auto,

red zed in maidstone this afternoon about 3.30 on ashford road by the haynes garage had a blue FTO very close behind was it you JB? if so hope you showed that FTO where the widow maker got her name must admit it give me the bug to get the old girl back on the road. Karen. :hyper:

when i first put car back together it went like a rocket, boosting nicely, then my lad had PCV valves of to clean em as she was still smokey, he said the pipes were crappy so i have got some more on order, could a leaking pcv pipe cause no boost, or has he put something back wrong, when driving if you put your boot down the boost gauge just goes to the middle!! Thanks for any help

Has anyone got any pics of the cam pully drives? and any other pics of around the cam belt area? thanks.