General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi 300zx 92 tt is still smokin out of one exhaust on tick over when warm and it getting worse i have changed the oil and pcv valves done 200 miles and its seems to be worse The smoke is a light grey colour and stinks of oil i have de catted the car a few months ago I know it sounds like turbo seals but is there anything else i can check before i rip the turbo out Also are the turbos easy to strip down and wheres the best place to get the turbo seal from Cheers for any advice Chris :nelson:

Okayyyyyyyyyy..... under the centre light panel on the left hand side theres a thingy that looks a bit like an ignition coil but is plumbed with pipes as well as electricals, what is it? also theres a thin tube coming off it with a little black box (only about 10cmx15cm) whats that for? fast replies would be appreciated coz im knackered and want to go to bed but I wont sleep till I know what they both are :confused:

A stone hit me windscreen today - and cracked it. It's a star shaped crack about the size of a 2p in the wipers 'swept area'. Any idea where to get it repaired? And idea what a repair like that costs? Cheers folks. :duffer:

so i might be coming into some cash ( cheers halifax lol ) and was wondering about getting a bodykit for my zed and it got me thinking ,,,we all know we drive one of the best looking cars ever made but what are peoples views on kitted up zeds obviousley those of you with kitted zeds will say one thing and those without will say another

Hi everyone i'm Rob and I've just got myself a 300zx at last! I'm in the Bath /Bristol area, any other Zeds around theezee earr paaarts!!! :D :D

becomming a regular on here miethering you guys arnt i??? there is a car on ebay with a misfire that im interested in. just wondering between you guys what do you think the most regular cause for a missfire is on the 300zx. cant see the guy selling it being daft! and letting it go if its something minor. so i would like an idea of what it could be and cost of parts cheers lads ps o and the odd girl thats on here lol

Hi Your inbox is full so could not pm you! Any chance you can dig out the switch bit on the back of the ignition as our new set up is playing up sometimes. And send the secondhand offside front shock please Let me know how much you want and send paypal details cheers bud P.s will get round to copy dvd's to send to you soon

gettin a bit smoke while i,m drivin the car, eveytime i accelerate and on over run. i,m wondering if my pcv valves could be choked, where are they and how do i clean/replace em also its consuming petrol quicker than the space shuttle :hurl: shes always been a bit smoky but now seems a tad worse since knockin the boost up, also heard detonation a few times now so gonna knock the boost down till i get a decent chip...still runnin the suerchip :nelson:

Been following this on the various US forums, and have sumarised below. This is the SPL 300zx owned and driven by Mike Kojima and Ryan Schimsk competing in the Redline time attack event at California speedway. It got 2nd at the Modified Class, losing only by 0.2 seconds to a NSX Twin Turbo(!) with 650RWHP driven my Pro race driver. It beat plenty of highly modified Impreza's, Evo's, 350z's, S2000's and porches. Neither Mike or Ryan are pro drivers, and neither had been on the Califonia speedway track before. :bow: In Car footage 1 - http://www.splparts.com/events/redline0207/Redline2.mpg In Car footage 2 - Against Modified 600hp Porsche…

One hour,I thank you! :D (And Smithy,your the best! cheers!)

I need 4 people for a small group buy on Silkolene pro s 10w / 50w who live near me in SW London (one delivery address) for 20ltrs its £143 delivered BARGAIN ! Anyone interested ?

has anyone got a ticket they don't want i could buy off them

Im about to change my jap oil cooler for a uk one, anything I should be aware of? The car hasnt been run for about 3 weeks will I loose loads of oil??

Costs of synthetics vary considerably. The most expensive are the “Ester” types originally only used in jet engines. These cost 6 to 10 times more than high quality mineral oils. The cheapest synthetics are not really synthetic at all, they are dug out of the ground and not manmade. These are in fact specially refined light viscosity mineral oils known as “hydrocracked” oils. “Hydrocracked” oils have some advantages over their equivalent mineral oils, particularly in lower viscosity motor oils such as 5w-30 and 5w-40 and they cost about 1.5 times more than good quality mineral fractions. This is the “synthetic” which is always used in cheap oils that are label…

Does anyone know the measurements for the stereo dins please? Im putting a screen in for the carputer and wanted to know what the width at the lowest point on the single din is so from bottom left to bottom right and the same for the top din. The bottom one narrows so i have less to play with down there :( Also what depth from the front of the fascia untill you hit the cage? From the surface to the first bit it would hit. Its so i can see what the largest screen i can get will fit with the least hacking needed. Any pics of inside with the fascia off would be great too please :D Thanks!

My missus passed this on to me and I thought it may be useful for those of your inclinded to put your foot down :D Very interesting - Speeding Fines info, I cant vouch for it personally but this is what i got sent.... In case you know anyone who is ever caught for speeding: Just thought I would share this with you, as you know I work in the speeding fine department in Swindon's Magistrate's Court. In the course of my investigation into "fines, their payment methods, and how points are automatically added against drivers licences" we discovered something very interesting "If You Get a Speeding Fine." This has been tried and it works so if you ev…

Anyone ever thought of making these, it may make wiring in a boost controller or other elec gizmos a little easier, and it would be useable across a lot of nissans?

Hi all Trying to sort out boost issues, not long had my car back its been off the rd some time...... 1st ecu test got code 13 cleaned the terminals & then got code 55 But the boost is still 7psi ( have aftermarket gauge ) checked for leaks & noticed a couple of the pipes had splits in them, Znut is sorting me out with a good set until i upgrade. But i tried to temp repair them with gaffer tape, but still 7psi So my question is is the gaffer tape ok for a very temp repair, or should i wait until i put on the new pipes to get a satisfactory test. Or can i still be in safety boost even though code 55 :cry:

my steering lock on he z'd is pants to put it blunt! can any1 tell me why it locks more one way than the other? currrently in process of modding a transit van rack to put in place

Hi folks, been looking at getting a 300 for a while and have been offered one in a swap for my own car. Just wondering what you'd value this car at and is there anything I should be looking for when I go to view it? (common faults etc) The car in question... Clicky Thanks in advance ;)

wonderin if it was anyone here? i was in the Ka, :o that you followed out the car park !

Has anyone got an exploded diagram with part numbers of the outside door handles? can't find one anywhere. Need to know how many pieces it comes in and if you can buy the plastic seal around the outside of it.

still searching for an ignition barrel does anyone know whether you can use one from another nissan like the qx automatic?

when the car starts and ticks over the needle on the standard turbo gauge is just below the first line does this show that the engine isnt in good condition as my last z was bearly above the -7??

Does anyone else have the problem that the fuel pump on the forecourt keeps tripping out no matter what angle it's at or how gently you squeeze the trigger. It's just taken me about twenty minutes to fill it up and my last Z was the same. Is this normal??.