General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hope someone may have had experience with my little problem. I noticed yesterday that there was an rattling noise coming from what seemed to be the engine! Popped the bonnet and all sounded sweet - revved whilst m8 listened and sounded sweet - no rattling heard from under under bonnet? When inside the car the noise can be heard to be coming from under the dash area so to speak? I have done nothing to the car appart from a new power steering pump belt last week? belt is ok and not overtight? The ticking noise seems to come and go at differnt rpm's? Please help.................................

Seen this on Ebay, any info on the garage thats selling it, or even the car itself !! Impact Cars, (great name) and going by the area code, around Wakefield maybe ?? Cheers for any info, Alan.......... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120071707644&rd=1&rd=1

Well after a year of trying to do a bit here and there on the rims and 8 grueling hours to take all 100 seized bolts out the wheels i decided to have the rims polished professionally. The guy who did them is called Paul Sankey and works in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire. Top top guy, really friendly and very cheap, £20 a rim To remove all the pitting, scuff marks and my shit attempts at getting rid of the pitting took him an hour and a half to get this finish when i was working on them for HOURS and HOURS!!!! :D They're awesome! The centres are going in for polishing in 4 weeks time when he has them booked in around his contracting work for £4…

Engine all assembled other than pump mounts and covers :dance:

and not a single zed spotted :smash: :smash: But lots of men in skirts :shock: :shock: :shock: :x:

As above really, only had mine a week and has had an uprate wheel fitted and now there is now cruise control buttons if it is even fitted.

Hi Guys Quick question, How many valves does the 300zx engine have? Cheerz Chris.

Watched my Zed being driven away from me this morning :cry: Sat in it one last time last night with the usual pangs of regret, remembering all the good times etc LOL. Didn't quite lower myself to chasing it down the road screaming "I've changed my mind, I want to keep it!" Ah well, time to move on and all that. I'll still come on here, and I'll still get to the odd meet (haven't forgotten yours Eileen!) Rob/merlin2002 will be subscribing shortly as the new owner. All the best Rob! I'll be looking for updates on the changes you have planned! :) Party on dudes, Mark W signing off... (kind of)

Can anyone recomend a decent battery that can be recharged please? Will be running an alarm and audio set-up and as its a weekend/summer car it sits for a while before being driven about so might aswell get a decent one :)

I have a spare plenum which I would like to give a mirrored look like attached pic. Can anyone tell me what tools are needed and how to do it?

was it you at 22:00?

Standard looking Z parked up outside the Vue cinema on the Ocean Plaza wed night. Anyone on here?

just been to Glouster and back on a full tank. Mate had to refil in his scooby. That and i got out the car with a massive grin. Zeds 2 Scooby 0

they are a total waste of proverbial space. i would love to personally shove the tyres i ordered before Christmas right up the stupid ignorant useless fooking :xxx: arse! i ordered two tyres before xmas with a guarantee that they WILL arrive before christmas. they still haven't despite numerous phone calls and email the stupid "customer services" WHO can hardly speak a word of English tells me they don't have and information on the computer at this moment and i will have to wait till Monday!!!! WTF i went fookin mad!!! they have my money and i have no tyres!!!! AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!

Which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't my only one. :rofl: :rofl: Yes, it is only my fault but I only got the car a few weeks ago and I just ordered a 300zx key which I was gonna use as the main and relegate the crappy one I have now to the spare. It seems a clean break so I should be able to get one cut from it....I hope, otherwise its gonna be an issue! So irritated as I wanted to remove the rubbish stereos tonight, see what connectors I needed, buy them tomorrow morning and then fit the new stereo. Now gonna have to waste time getting a key cut...or 10! Lesson learnt :headvswal

:) Its back on the road....well for now. After fittin the shells today and a bit of work she lives again. oil pressure seems good(for the standard gauge). and shes runnin like a sowin machine. nice an smooth with no rattles at al. thanks to all who give any advice on my previous threads. i will be posting a step by step guide as to how i did the job for anyone wishin to have a go themselves. i reckon its quite an easy job for anyone handy, as long as you have a good selection of tools and you havnt driven the car while the bottom end has been rattling. i was lucky as i switched the car straight of wen i heard the knock. i started the next day and the knock …

gray z brinsworth shops rotherham k plate looks well :)

Hi All, I'm off down to Sonehenge (no druid jokes ta!) on Fri 19th Jan setting off from Grimsby at 1.00PM. If anyone fancies a rolling meet along the way here is the plan. 1.00 leave Grimsby on the M180 1.40 Join M18 south 2.00 Join M1 South 2.50 Leave M1 for A43 (Silverstone) 3.20 Join M40 3.30 Join A34 4.30 Join A303 5.00 Arrive Shrewton (near Stonehenge). Like I say, anyone interested I'll be more than happy to see you. HARTY. :dance:

J*** CPU, very dirty jap import, probably met. grey.

hiya all ive just got back from a great holiday in oz and to find my car is dead, my dad thought it was a flat battery so with great intensions he tried to charge it for me, he connected the battery charger straight to the car with the + and - still connected :s, now im back ive taken it off the car and charged it correctly and still no joy, i think he might have spiked the car, is there any fuses or control units that usually go any help is great thanks again guys p.s. sorry its crap english im a little jet laged lol and mildly pissed lol

Hi there , coming to you from the Caribbean Trinidad to be exact Got me a Jap 2+2 TT Owned the car for a lil over 10 years was my dads at 1st ... So far i fitted her with t28 BB turbos , JE forged pistons , the stock tommy kaira intercoolers . for engine management i have a couple JDM tuned ecus the tommy kaira, Impul, SPL and a kakimoto also got a JWT ecu as well also dual 3in exaust with no cats , ACT street clutch and Heavy duty PP and a fidanza flywheel... running 12psi she produces approx 290WHP and 278ft/lbs torque (dynoed with impul brain) ...everything else is stock.... do these numbers sound healthy and what mods should i do to maximize the mo…

:cry: As above! Little bit about what has happened, over heated, did a water by pass, dry compression test are as follows, top figure being back of engine closest to the cabinet. Forgot the full throttle bit though! :wack: Driver side 130psi 155psi 170psi Passenger side 155psi 155psi 135psi Opinion please! Take it that it isnt too bad but isnt that great either. The car does still feel a bit slower then before, so I guess the next thing to test for would be a vac leak?

what is the biggest power outputs can u get from our engines without doing the internals such as pistons etc and how do I get there?? Also what power could I expect from a normal engine with the following mods? zaust with de-cat filter 555's big side mount ic's greddy 16g turbos thank lee

Hi, both my headlights went on the way home (as if it makes any difference !) and i ws hoping that it is just a fuse, can anyone tell me where the fuse is ??? please

Seen it losing it's back end down Long Bank as I was going up. Must have kept it as I turned around and you must have already joined A1