General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Just fitted a new steering wheel and its difficult to see the speed now without having to move my head to get it in view. I have a Greddy E-01 and would like to put the speed reading on screen. Anyone done this or know if its even possible? Cheers Pete

Hi Guys, Im New :p Finally got a couple of years no claims and a good job, so i am saving up to buy myself a 300zx :hyper: am i being optimistic by wanting a Black Twin Turbo Manual? what i really want to know is.....what are they like to drive Thanks ;)

Have I got a cat in hells chance?............. got a laptop from PC World on Sunday with Vista Home Premium installed, I have managed to get a driver but when I select the correct port number the datascan software wont load and says error 8020. Anyone have it running in Vista? Cheers I have read some threads about it not working in XP but my bro had it running on his xp dell laptop straight away last year, he no longer has that laptop though.

Instead of fitting dump valves to get the usual whoosh sound, can another device be fitted to enable a wastegate chatter noise instead??? My mate has a 200sx, he put an air filter on and that made his car sound as though it had a wastegate on as it chattered when he changed gear, but it was quiet. How can i achieve this noise on a Z (but louder)...??? Cheers Guys

hi bought a zed last year, it never had cruise control. i one day had to upgrade my pod on right hand side which now has the button for it. If i press i can hear a clicking over near the ecu. I dont have the actual cruise control module in the engine bay. BUT.... would this be all i need? This is the basic question below........ How do you use it? Do you need to control it from steering wheel or is there a stalk you need or do you need the standard steering wheel. (cant believe i'm asking this but i need to know)

Spotted Silver TT while heading south out of Basingstoke. Nice body kit and lowered. Gave you a wave from my Black slicktop.

hey mate i am intersted in all hard pipes and bov you have for sale give me total price with postage to south ireland cheers

I had a slight vibration at above speeds, took heat sheild off to take a look at propshaft & noticed the rubber in the shaft is worn away !! & theres lots of play, its near the mount please see pic. How do i repair please ?

are they the same front & back?

Anyone heard about these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-200SX-300ZX-GROOVED-BRAKE-DISCS-MINTEX-XTREME_W0QQitemZ200128526779QQihZ010QQcategoryZ23013QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

yep that would be me. Not good looking in a reflection and noticing tmoke comming from under the car.

I am about to change my N/A Jap 180 kph clock cluster for a TT UK 160mph clock cluster. I have a couple of questions:- 1) I don't mind the turbo psi dial being there below the speedo, I just wont be using it (obviously), but are there any other problems with exchanging N/A Jap clocks for TT UK clocks? 2) I am expecting the speedo to work to 180mph although the actual dial is only 160mph. Should I be able to correct this by means of the pot? Cheers - Dave

Heya need somebody who can fit my new Headunit!Has to have some experience as although seems simple with as has the correct cables it has a TV aerial too which needs to be put somewhere and sub needs to be hooked up to it! Will pay decent cash on the Spot!Need done asap as im fed up with no music in the car! In EA in Bedford! Any takers?? Thanks Munny

Just been having a look on autotrader and found 2 twin turbos that seem to be missing something. Probably a perfectly good explanation but can anybody else spot it. It's the last 2 zeds on this page,go through the pics of each. http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_search.jsp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&photo=1&state=none&sort=3&hassearched=Y&make=NISSAN&min_pr=75&source=0&model=300+ZX&max_pr=&miles=40&agerange=&mileage=&postcode=ls9+6ew&bodyid=0&fuelid=0&colour=&transmissionid=0&ukcarsearch_full.x=60&ukcarsearch_full.y=17

:confused: Does anyone know of any?

My odometer and tripmeter have suddenly decided to stop working! :confused: I've had a quick look but can't see anything obvious (in fact I can't see anything at all 'cos it's all out of sight lol) Has anyone any idea what might be causing this? BTW my fuel gauge has never worked since I bought the Zed.....could the two problems be connected? Cheers - Dave

should be a relatively easy mod. I want to disable the dimmer of the dash digital clock so it stays on the top brightness when the lights are turned on. I am guessing it is just a single wire that needs to be chopped but anyone any idea which one and if it is simple as that?

You were parked in the car park and my son was taking pictures of it when you came up and started talking to him (he works in Allied). He said that I was on here and told me so I thought I would give you a mention. Cheers.

Just thought I would let everyone know :)

anyone got a wind screen for sale for a lwb jap and a tel no for a company who can fit it?i'll have to go abroad on tuesday and the wind screen is cracked

seen a car for sale in a garage no price decided to ring, conversation as follows, me "how much is X car that you have for sale?" him "is it for yourself?" me "if the price is right it would be" him "mmm i have lots of other nice cars, because this is a very fast high performance jap car" me "oh i see" him " dont think its what your looking for really its very very fast almost 200bhp you probably dont understand that but thats nearly double most cars me " thank you dont think im really interested now as the z32 im driving at the moment is almost 300bhp and the car your selling is actually a z31 not a 200sx as you have advertise…

I really want to fit these monster brakes to my zed. I know they will not just bolt on. But does anyone know what would be required to make them fit? Has anyone done anything quite like this before?

I used this thread to adjust my TPS last night as a recent conzult showed it was slightly out of the ideal range. http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=83683&highlight=TPS I do not have a conzult so tried to make the adjustment using a voltmeter also described in the thread. When I connected the voltmeter to the neg battery terminal and the middle pin of the connector I got a 12+V signal. I could not find a voltage that showed anything similar to the 0.45 – 0.5 V range using all the settings on the volt meter and all the combination of pins in the connector and neg terminal. I tried a bit of guess work to adjust it by trying to get it in the middle.…

OK it popping and stuttering like a bugger if i put my foot down more than half way and it getting worse. Smell of petrol occasionaly. on idle it decides to increase and decrease its revs after a minute or 2. checked connectors and they are all fine, and brand new. any ideas.

Jus thought I d share this as my old zed had very noisey wipers , thought it was the wiper blades on the screen , but when I lifted them up the noise was there from the n/side pivot, which was groaning like hell. i removed the long scuttle panel after removing the wiper arms, then popped the linkage off from the motor to the centre pivot then undid the six retaining screws holding both the left and right pivots in place - then with the link rod between the two pivots still attached , slid /wiggled the whole assy out via the gap below where the drivers side pivot sits. Having inspected the left hand pivot I found it was rusted and siezed , so sprayed loads of wd40 over it …