General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi all , new to here as ive just gone and treated myself to a 300zx (jap import) after moving up in the world from my old beloved 200sx (s13) after it finally blew up :(. When i bought it i found that the front brakes were really making a high pitch noise when braking normally to stop around town which was turning peoples heads for the wrong reason :(. I was told it had hardened pads on it by the bloke i bought it from, so a friend of mine advised me to go back to standard pads cos they are softer and will stop noise. I had the softer pads put on last monday and at first they were fine- no more squealing, but since then they have got progessively worse and are back t…

Hi All, I'm new to this site,but hope to be a full member very soon. I'm going to look at a 300zx this afternoon and was wondering if there is anything i should look/listen out for ? The car is an automatic pretty standard mech wise, is the gearbox reliable ? Cheers T.

fitted mine a month ago, but the seem a little slack, what i mean is the more you wind the out you get play around the thread and the shaft, that doesnt seem right to me??? the only way to stop it was for me to have the locking collars bar bloody tight, still not convinced

This might sound like a really daft question, but since im new to this, you'll need to excuse me! I started up the zed this morning and as i was driving to work, the HICAS alert appeared. Can anyone let me into what it is? I get a bit worried about alerts that appear and i dinnae ken what they are!

as above i fitted my rear kybs yesterday, i thought it was a right dog of a job, having to take out almost all the boot trim just to get to two little nuts what a joke, then trying to get them back in, because of the spring compressors it was like the bloody kripton factor to manoever them about to refit them, why oh why isnt there a door in the trim to get at the top nuts??? needless to say there is on mine now the old jigsaw and abit of steel mesh, bloody japanese.

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/CARS_popup.jsp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&photo=1&state=none&sort=3&hassearched=Y&make=NISSAN&min_pr=4000&source=0&model=300+ZX&max_pr=10000&miles=1500&agerange=&mileage=&postcode=g44+4nf&bodyid=0&fuelid=0&colour=&transmissionid=0&ukcarsearch_full.x=56&ukcarsearch_full.y=8&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH&start=4&distance=331&adcategory=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200717282067579 seems good value too

been trying to sell my car for a good month now with little interest, do u think im asking for too much http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220115407454&rd=1&rd=1 to me its about worth that or near it? shame no1 comes to see it as its really nice in person what price u think its worth, mabye im blind to the facts :(

As the thread states last seen 23.00 saturday nite coming off the M1 juntion 26 and heading towards bulwell / hucknall Silver with black roof reg B19 XTT I think with gold blitz split rims

you guys who was on this last year will probally remember that copper who nicked every one for small number plates,,well i had to go to court on thursday about it and guess what happened ???

Long story..... ;) I was driving home along the High Street here in town this evening, and I saw a cop car across the entrance to a one way road. Now he was pointing out of this one way road, in the wrong direction, which was a bit naughty to start with, and I'm sure he would of booked anyone else doing it ;) Anyway, I thought I'd do the polite thing and let him out, so i flashed to him, but instead of pulling out, he motioned, with his hand, for me to continue past him anyway (ungrateful git!!) so I did, and as soon as i passed him he pulled out behind me, followed me past a car parked on the path ( a Ferrari 360) and then put his blue lights on!! He wanted me to pu…

Ok i sent a couple of pm's out earlier with the possibility of postponing because of the weather, but i guess most people are out on Saturday night and won't recieve them.So we''ll steam ahead and meet up tomorrow at 1 o'clock at the beehive as planned. Let's just hope the rain eases if even for 30 minutes or so.....

Can anybody shed any light where this pipe goes to, or comes from ?? 89, T/T, Pipe comes from a small actuator type thingy up in the drivers side, rear of the engine bay, near the bulklhead. When engine is switched off it hisses for a good 5 secs and then dies. Engine appears to be a little uneven as well, connected ?? Gave the engine bay a wee clean up, so would assume I knocked it off perhaps. Alan...............

today about 4:30pm i think heard you before i saw it :cool: - nice clean spoilerless Zed along the carlisle parade. J

Think it might have been dgsignmaker I was parked on my brothers drive, just past the Burn Hotel, on the way to Hetton, when you drove by with a car full.

I am looking at the Demon Tweeks Anti-Roll Bars and they only come in a 27mm front adjustable not 32mm which I was looking for would there be much of a difference between the two sizes as far as road holding?? Or would the 27mm be fine? Cheers http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=WHIBDF1

My Z will not go into extended boost 9.5psi It stay it standard boost 7psi Temp plug replaced , ecu code 55 cant find any obvious leaks.. My viscous fan is always on, i believe this to be normal But it idles at 900/1000rpm which seems high to me? :confused: what should it idle at ? Has anyone got a pic of the BSCV connections, i believe mine 2b connected, will be nice 2c im looking in the right place ..... ;) Im stuck guys any advice welcome

Just found this and thought some of you might be interested

At about 11 this morning on the A10 near Ely.

Only had a zed now for about 3 months and its my first, needless to say the car has me hooked, anyways i really want to start chasing big horsepower, so ive been puting the building blocks in place ie.. just making sure the car runs perfect as it should, right so i think forging the engine would be a good move yes, so what size piston do i need to get??? will it be relative to any liner wear i have??? or will 87.5 be the one to go for??? Cheers guys

Have a good day bud. ;) :duffer: :duffer:

Been trying to contact this guy for the last couple of days but hes not answering, He txt me yesterday saying he couldnt speak asked what I wanted then said he would contact me later. as of yet he hasnt, is there another number for him other than his mobile? Thanx in advance

just been watching best of top gear on UKTV G2 and it was sowing the one where hamser and may were rider mopeds then taxi-ing people home in their own cars and i nticed that hamster tried to race a zed away the some trafic lights ha ha ha :hyper: :slap:

Wow I can think of a million different things i can do with a slim line tv like that. SONY OLED

I've got one of SE's HICAS eliminators to fit but there's a nut missing and after lots of searching I've worked out it's an M12 x1mm thread but I can't find one anywhere :confused: Found a few with a larger/coarser thread but not 1mm. Anyone got one knocking about?

Can anyone tell me what the scoop is with 265mm tyres on the rear of the 300zx? My one has ( i think) standard UK spec 16" alloys that are onlt 245mm wide, can i fit 265mm wheels straight on and is any modifiction required? Andy