General Discussions - 300ZX Related

. . . It's my big '40' on the 1st April(no kidding!) and i have at last taken the plunge and booked a track day at Oulton Park..... :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: ... So at last a chance to give it some serious right arm(hand controls that is!) Has any one done a track day in their motor and is it as much fun as i think it could be? We are going mob handed with about 14 people so we will get spme good pics i hope. :rofl: Wheel Man.

Whats the best speakers to go for? I am after some that will fit in place of the standard items both front and rear, budget upto £600. Current items are Clarion DXZ 858 Touch Panel Head Unit Focal PolyKevlar 165K Component front speakers Focal PolyGlass 100K Component rear speakers Entire car Dynamatted

Hey there..just had a stainless exhaust fitted by Longlife..did a nice job..will post some pics up later! yeah ,looks great ;straight through no cat(didnt have one before)nice sound,all good BUT...now the Z smokes..didn't before :is this ECU matter? (smoking on idle)

the revs on my n\a were all over the place on tic over so i changed the tbu for a re conditioned 1 .this hasnt solved the problem much. i did only change the half of the unit ............the non electrical side. could it b the other side thats giving me problems help please as every body thinks i'm reving the nuts out of my car while sat at lights :bow: :bow: and zebras :headvswal :headvswal :headvswal

hi all just wandering if anyone knows to a garage in th west midlands that could look at my car its gettin worse and worse, doing less to the tank and getting noisey, phoned zedworld they said its going to be next month till they can see my car, but use it ever day so need the motor, does anyone know to someone local to the midlands??? many regards andy

just got my ecu re-fitted last week after John Dixon 'chipped' it. at first it felt great but i'm not sure now if i've just got used to the power, or if the cars gone into safety boost. It has 1mm boost jets fitted but only seems to be boostin to 5-6bar? any thoughts?

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Was about 8am and you were going northbound in the single lane of the roadworks by junction 9-10. Pretty sure you had the 300zx.co.uk stickers but couldnt say for sure. You were with a bloke as far as i could see.

hi all you stereo people out there.. bear in mind all i know is how my system sounds not a techie at all. Well here goes I have a pioneer deh headunit with a 12 disc changer digi equaliser, 2 # 6.5" components with crossovers in the front , 2 # 6 x 4" jbl's in the rear and a 10" sub with 1000w amp in the boot. it sounds great however the jbl 6 x 4 in the rear are crappy..lol they seem to be trying to push more sound than they are able..and distort lots.. :mac1: the rest of the system sounds superb and am very happy with it, just need to sort this out.. any suggestions as to a different speaker and where i can get them from?? cheers people

i have just pulled back my door cards to look at the front speakers to see the condition and if they are std or have been upgraded at some point. I guess they have been as there are tweaters in the door cards and the speakers look like mids. They are installed on what looks like to be some ply that has been painted red to match the paintwork(!) Here is a pretty rubbish picture taken with my phone can anyone confirm for me if they are std or not? http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/tpv01/picture.jpg

they are 8.5 front and 9.5 rear. I want a tyre which looks mad thinking about Toyo R888 road slicks but..... The bloke recomend a 255 on the rear but i thought they were meant to be 265?? what would you fit to these size rims?

Ive owned my gorgeous Z for just 3 weeks and had been searching for a minter for 18 months but i started a new job in London and just can't afford to live in Sussex anymore. Its costing me £90 a week just in train fares!!! Im having to move to London very soon and can't afford/park a car. So looks as if the Z is going to have to go. Only just bought the extended warreny for £450 a few days ago. :headvswal Boo, This sucks

Hi Guys , as you know may know i am upgrading my zed to the next level , done the brakes , clutch , flywheel , pulleys , propshaft, suspension , interior leather retrim , now i want to take the engine to the next level , i am buying some GT600rs off smithy and 555 injectors , i have allready a FMI which will be fitted , i also bought an ECU upgrade chip from Andy P ( never used yet ) however after contacting him he has unfortunatley pointed out the upgrade chip is not mapped for 555 injectors so is of no further use to me , i also have a profec B boost controller , which chip would you guys recommend or which do you run ?? ,the ECU has been socketed already s…

Hi guys, just a quick hello from Australia..:) I lurk around here from time to time but my home forum is http://www.aus300zx.com... Anyway, I'm after some peoples views on a problem I am having, one that I think is linked to the EGR. Having read a few 300zx forums over the years, it seems quite common to remove the EGR when the engine is out. It cleans up the engine bay and avoids some nasty problems if its not working properley. However, this recommendation seems to always be for TT's, but being an NA owner myself I'm starting to believe that the EGR removal is not a wise move for the NA. I want some of you tech guys to tell me if i'm wrong or right. Now, my car…

Came back to mine after buying some grub for dinner to spot you parked opposite :) Gaz

Are these any use to you mate?-I know you probably got every book on em' LOL! ;)

HELP!!! i just want some subtle side skirts. The WW ones are ok but would be better without the vent in my opinion. Anyone know where I can get some Greddy type ones???

i was the guy in the black Z! i just caught a glipse of you out the corner of my eye at the junction.

It might have to go :cry: :cry: I think the cost of taking Audrey to Aus might be too much, and the hassle of paperwork you just don't want to know. How sad am I? Very :cry: :cry:

rear tyre blow out today :headvswal got the space saver on, managed about 500m and that went bang. came off the rim. looked perfect when it went on :confused: tyre fitter managed to get it back on rim, blew it up with air and sprayed water all around, loads of tiny bubbles appeared from everywhere. back it came off the rim, rim sanded around the edges and tyre edges smoothed. put it all back together and its held its air :bow: Managed to limp to parents and dumped her there. there was a fair few mm on each rear so now both will have to get replaced. :(

I'll be the first to admit that I have pinched this from another forum that I use, but in this thread I hope to explain some good practices for washing a car that help in the prevention of inflicting swirl marks to paint. Whats Wrong With A Sponge? Millions of people wash their car using a sponge. But hardly any detailing fanatics wash their cars using a traditional sponge... Why is that? It all comes down to the flat face of the sponge: Imagine automotive paintwork with your typical dirt and grit particles stuck on the top of the paint, that you want to wash off to reveal your car's shine. Some of these dirt particles are sharp: Now, if you p…

Today I had to strip my back wheel on my tt, replacing the wheel studs but one thing I noticed, I found it hard to turn the back wheel with the handbrake off and in neutral, when It comes to turning it I have to use alot of pressure, I did think it was my auto box playing up but now im wondering if its my diff playing up? should the rear wheel be easy to turn or am I worrying about nothing? If anyone can give me some tips that would be great!!! Cheers!

Does any1 else hate the fact that their car has a high mileage? i know its mostly psychological and mileage is relative to how well the car has been looked after but theres always sumthing in the back of my head saying 'STOP throwing money at this car and buy a lower mileage one'! just thought id see if any1 else shared my concerns :)

By the asylum seakers :D They work not far away from me at a shutdown petrol station washing,valleting and polishing cars.I thought I would take a look see this afternoon.I trusted them to clean my Zed and what a brilliant job they did of it as well.Hand washed it to a very high standed then leathered it off a treat.I could not fault either there work or there friendly service.They took loads of phone pics of my car for there web site.I will defo go to them again.Oh and they only charged me £5 instead of £5.60 :bow: :bow: :bow:

A Ferrari F40 flew past me on the A1 this afternoon at around 120mph, I know its mega old now, but, Thats still one hell of a Car IMO. :D