General Discussions - 300ZX Related

The zed import i'm buying has a Blitz ECU listed as one of the mods that was made by the previous owner. Is this an entirely new ecu? is it another name for a chip? If it's a chip then if I decided to purchase a boost controller and up the boost, would this be safe? The car already has filters & exhaust.

hi i have a set of autometer c2 gauges (universal kit) i imported from usa, does anyone know where i can obtain a new sender in this country!

thinking of painting my switch pods and dash - not sure if to colour code or jast re do them in matt black to get rid of scratches etc .. anyone have pics of there work also anyone know of a good matt black plastic paint thanks

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Know somebody who may be selling an N-reg 300zx(is this the s version?)80Kmiles not sure about service history yet, what sort of money should I be looking at paying? Bodywork and interior are in good condition. Looked in cars for sale but there are only older registrations on the site bar one.

Ok we all know that the zed is the most perfect car ever made :), but if you could perfect it even more what would you change? For me I have a twinplate OS Giken clutch that rattles when the clutch is pressed, as one of the two clutch plates is free to spin :rant:

what is max power you should get from an auto tt.

hi just wondering if any body has used there chip and what were the results ?

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Hoping to get some advice from some of the more knowledgeable on here.. I have a 1990 2+2 t-bar turbo in black, 110,000 km on the clock and my sound system is already sorted. Car has cat back nismo exhaust system and that about it. What i would like to know is what some on here would do with 5k to spend on the car. The following are my ideas. Have already booked the car in for a full leather retrim in silver and black including all door cards and panels. £800 all in Also getting some 18-19 wheels, any ideas? Then thinking of getting full kit and 4 pot lambo lights. Going to have a full respray as well just to get away from the aged look. …

OK First of all i know the three main things are piston rings PCV valves or turbo seals. So i dont need to know the possibillitys I want to know what its likely to be with my symptoms After driving and leaving my car turned off for a little while and then startin it up again to warm up after a few min im getting oil smoke coming out of the RIGHT exhaust. Its very heavy. but if i drive on full boost it clears instantly. Then at no other point will this happen again even if when i finish driving and let run for a min its still clear Come on any solutions

Now ive got my apexi intake I was thinking about a new nose panel with vents to get more direct air to it? Wheres the best place to buy these any idea? I was looking at the ones at Zcenter, But does anyone know if they are like a direct fit, is all that need doing is sprayed? Cheers Pete.

THIS IS ON MICHELLES HYUNDAI COUPE BY THE WAY ok when i put a full tank of fuel in the car kangaroo hopps and it sometimes cuts out when coming to halt. if i wait till i use some fuel its fine. Also if i leave fuel cap off it doesnt do it. when i take it off i get a masive hiss as if its releasing pressure. Also the fuel guage only works when the petrol cap is off shell

What documents should I get? I was told that the DVLA keep a lot of the documents and your more than likely only going to get the v5. I'm not even sure if there is a service manual with the car as this would all be in japanese?

Coming off Trafalger Sq. I was parked up on other side of road. Tried to sound my horn but forgot i have just relocated button so was pretty quiet :nelson: nick

hi has any one got smithy's :bow: carbon headlight inserts? just woundering if anyones got picture of them fitted? and how people think they will look on my black zed?? regards steven

Went along with South West Scoobies guys to Interpro in Bristol for a dyno run today, got 401fwhp & 400lbft at 5300rpm. The guy couldn't take it any higher as he said it was leaning out, he reckoned due to the stock fuel filter. I can't see this happening myself as I've never heard of this happening on a Z. Could it have been my MAF maxing out? Good news is that the it had linear power curve all the way to 400hp/5300rpm & was still pulling the same when he stopped. If I can sort this fuelling out I should be hitting more like 490 @ 6500. This was at 1.15 kgcm2 (about 16psi) using a self mapped chip just to get the car running. I'm getting tempted to get my AEM i…

Hi this is my first post just bought a 300 zx 1990 auto , yesterday the car made a dinging noise ? now the car won't change any higher than 2nd ? is it time for a new gearbox ?

hi guys im soon to be fitting eibach springs and kyb shocks! :D with regards to the bump stops do i shorten then 0.8 inch to match amount to be lowered by?? obviously you dont want to remove all together but also dont want to bottom out too early!!! regard steven

Ive got a jap TT amd im looking at installing a set of uk clocks. Q1. Will these automatically read true mph speed without any mods? BTW im going manwell so will this affect the reading? Q2. Will this lift the speed restriction of 112mph? Cheers peeps Marc

Just bought a bomex rear skirt apron so tried it on and shopped it up to how i think i'll be going with the car in the next few months before jae. 99 spec front end will be added soon and the bonnet and nose panel will stay purple, it's just the cockpit that's changing colour ***WAITS FOR FUNKYSI TO HAVE HIS SAY*** :rofl:

The manual box is now in, fitted, and seem to have all gears, though it's only been tested in the air!! Big thanks to Greg who came over and assisted, (drinking tea, smoking fags, and eating doughnuts!!) :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: There was a few times tempers were frayed, (Waiting for cups of tea to be brought out) Took the opportunity to fit the 'Megan Racing' tubular manifolds, and de-cat pipes, and the 'Powerflow' Cat-back pipes. Got there in the end, got a few more 'under bonnet' goodies to fit, but the car should be back on the ground, and on the road tomorrow.

Hi guys, Took the car to get MOT'd Yesturday and their was a few minor things that need to be delt with but what really worries me is my high CO Emmisions. The Max is 3.50% and I got a wopping 9.13% which is obviously a fail by far. The car passed the other 3 tests which were HC - Max is 1200ppm and I got 550ppm, Idle speed and Smoke level also passed. But what can be done about the CO emmisions? The car HAS been de-catted but is very good on petrol. The car had a major service and cambelt change at Zworld which covered the usual oil change, conzults, spark plugs etc on the 26th August 06 And since then all we have done is fitted blitz DV's. Any thoughts welco…

How do I remove it. I need to get at stuff beneath it and I've undone the nuts I can see but it appears to still be held fast and I cann't remover it. Please help

I fixed the car yesterday putting a new nissan alternator belt on. I went for a drive and it was fine, no squeaking at all, started it just now and its awful, the squeaking is really loud. Im gonna tighten the belt up now but how tight is tight? At the mo if you press on the belt it moves about 1/2". The other 2 belts are the same but they dont squeak.