General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Spotted 2 z's in a driveway in wantage, silver & black. Anyone here own 2 z's? :eek:

Has any one heard of runway tyre's they have come with my car and are fairly new (front) and turnado's back, If I had the money I would obviously go for pilot sports but I dont so instead of me going out for the first time tomorrow in my car and ending up in a lamp post could anyone tell me how they handle? dry and wet??

With all the rain we been having lately Ive noticed the zx is a bit of a handfull, now I expected 300 bhp to the rear wheels to raise the pulse when pressing the loud pedal :xxx: , but I find the rear breaks away when not accelerating just cornering. The rear tends to drift when the fronts planted and no acceleration, is this the norm? Not sure if the HICAS is working properly although no warning lights, dare say rear tyres although very new are a very cheap make. Is there anything else I should be checking out?

hi all, i have a problem with my clutch. after sitting in traffic and pressing up and down on the pedal alot the biting point got higher and higher. and it also went rock hard :D any help would be gratefully appreciated.

To Colchester and back, I will keep my eyes peeled for any Zed sitings. if you see a Big Bald bloke, flashing the headlights of an 07 plate dark blue Laguna, then its me. :D :D

Ok I've tried searching for any threads on how to replace the passanger door window and cant find a thing... Has anyone had to replace their window? Is it pretty simple? :confused: Any tips?

Hello, Just got my lovely Z, spent lots of time/money tidying it up a bit, and then this... Couple days ago in the sodding rain it wasn't firing on all cylinders but then sorted itself. CAT overheat light came on briefly. Then yesterday going up hill it wouldn't rev cleanly. Didn't sound particularly bad but might have only been dropping one cylinder. So I thought (seeing as it's reading 1/4 tank) dodgy fuel. This morning on the way to work, similar not revving happily. On way home from work it died. Towed home :( Now it'll turn over fine, just won't start. It nearly does (on about 2 cylinders) but second you start turning it over nothing. ECU diagnostic gi…

Just been down to cornwall in the Z. Had a slight problem that after a high speed run and a sit in the traffic it started to not fire properly. Would then clear and turbos would kick in and all would be fine. After stopping for a while and starting off again all seemed fine. Ths happened a couple of times over the weekend and colminated in the car park at stonehenge. The car dumped some radiator fluid. It turned out to be the cap was loose by a 1/4 turn and one of the brakets had bent making the radiator loose. Put more fluid in, pushed the braket back down and tightened cap correctly and the Z has done the 100 mile or so run home, all be it at a sensible speed,…

im gonna have a go at setting my base isle tomorrow, what are the symptoms of a low or incorrect base idle, i know its low because when i dissconect the tps itnearly stall's (twice)

hi just wondering how low you can go safely on 18" wheels as i'm scared of heights :D cheers jay

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whoo hoo !! open the door this morning and my parcel arrived all the way from usa.... full AEM engine management including dual wideband and AIT and MAP and knock sensor gonna be busy the next few days in garage lol missus won't be seeing me for a while lmfao :D

had my car on idle for 30 mins last night while i messed about and when i lifted the bonnet :shock: the hard pipes going to the plenum were untouchable hot,now this just cant be good so ime binning the bling factor and ime going to wrap them with that special heat blanket stuff to try and isolate them from under-bonnet heat, so the purpose of this thread is does anyone know where i can obtain this from???

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/190557.htm Just saw this on Pistonheads, is it off of here?

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m4b0s0p0 if you look in the site properly you will find track day tyres too.

How much does it cost (roughly) to have a boost controller supplied+installed and then set up into an economy setting and a sportier setting?

ok i know i've asked about wheels a few times but these ones are special order and allot of dosh. I'm ordering 10's for the rear. but the front i have the choice of either 9's or 8's i've been advised both sizes so confused. The guy is calling me back shortly to confirm order. i'm going for 295/35/18 on the rear and 235/40/18 on the front, hope that's correct also. just to clarify they are wider rear arches. Thanks, thakns, thanks.

Is it getting certain parts coated in a heat resistant metral e.g. ceramic coated etc. It was suggested to do this but is it really worth it and make difference? Sounds pricey to me.

Does anyone know what the length and thread type is on the plenum cover bolts. Im getting stainless ones from work but forgot to check them before i left home. Cheers Eddie

it was a G-reg one it was about 9 or 10pm mabey had a pram handle on the back was it dannyzx by any chance???

hi all, i was looking at all the boost controllers on ebay and the turbo timers / boost guage, does the 300zx tt require special ones of these as there are 2 turbos to control?? not sure if there worth gettin or not, opinions would be welcomed. Thanks

Well finally got them fitted, but i've come to the conclusion the garage may need to take them off and refit them because..... the bottom twists which alters the height, this isn't where you are meant to alter the height but on the spring adjustment. So how do you know what height the bottom twisty bit is meant to be? And how are you meant to get them all the shocks exactly the same height? Oh and the stiffness on the rears this is adjustable by the top of the shock so am i correct in saying if i want to alter this all the boot interior has to come out to get access to the top of the shock?

WWwwwwoooooo HHHHooooooo!! Finally I can add pics of my car!! I dont remember reading any threads on this one being fixed....but I assume I just missed it.

As title. Driving along the industrial estate this morning just before ten. Ade.

Hi guys, looks like the time may have finaly come for me to sell my zed, ive toyed with the idea a few times in the past but couldnt bare to get rid, i love it to bits. But with a divorce looming and having to find a decent place to live on my own, running the zed is becoming a big strain on my wallet. Not sure what price to put it on the market for, i know you dont get the money back what you put into modding your motor but i have spent £6k on it(not much compared to some i know). spent it mainly on the looks. Its a '90 j-spec twin turbo manual. 85,000miles, and 11months mot. just had sensible engine mods such as chip, boost jets, apexi air filter, Ziggen d…