General Discussions - 300ZX Related

evening all. ive got a 91 UK TT Manual, and im getting some grinding, almost gurgling noise in 2nd and 4th. im only getting it from about 1500 - 2200 rpm, and then it goes away. it is fine at idle - no noise at all. i have checked the VTC by disconnecting the soleniods, but that seems to make no difference. if i have the car at about 1500rpm in 4th and put my foot to the floor the noise is quite loud, then stops at just over 2000rpm. also, it is comming from the passenger side. anything anyone can suggest? Thanks Dave

I was driving home Saturday night, Terrible weather , There was a flood in the road ,I can kick myself now but I drove through it (I KNOW LIKE A DICK ) , Car Stopped Just stalled and died, Jumped out of the car to realise it was about a ft deep !. Got the AA towed me home about half a mile . Left it till Sunday afternoon to dry out thinking it would start to find out its not even turning over , Its locking , Got the AA out again He took out the spark plugs thinking to find some water but they were dry ? . He said probably knackerd Con rods ? (Sorry guy i know nothing about engines) So all in all i need a new engine RIGHT ? , ANY HELP OR ADVICE !!! Second hand engines o…

Just a big up for smithy really, got one of the first S/S throttle covers and got round to fitting it the other day, looks the nuts, but i was missing 1 of the extenders and 1 screw, now i couldn't put my hand on my heart and say i didnt loose it or if it was missing when i got it, because it's been about 3 months, however i sent a pm to smithy and 3 days later on my door mat fell not 1 but 2 new extenders and 2 new screws. top bloke :bow: :bow: so all fitted and looking as bling as it could.

Silverbullit and I are planning to meet up in Windlesham on the 19th for a meal and would love for some of you guys to come join us. For more details pm, or msn eileen.j.critchley@ntlworld.com or text me 07812 995426 Eileen

I've just read that when fitting Skyline brakes, it can cause wheel shaking if the ball joints are bad, but not shake on normal brakes. Is this true, cause my tension rod bushes ar fine but my wheel shakes!!!

Hi guys. Ive brought a 300zx 1989 with blown turbo with the intension of doing it as a project car. I dont know alot about these so if I described the symptons can anyone help. I picked the car up on sunday bloke came out with battery pack, car started first turn of key, ran smothly but blue smoke coming out of the right exhaust (looking from rear). drove it down the road and had a red warning light on looks like exhaust with heat lines? car heavily smoked from the right side but seemed smouth although there was a strange gratting noise coming from that side. any idea whats at fault im hoping it is the turbo but whats the warning light on for regards Jared

3rd Dec (sunday) 6:10pm A black zed about 18/19" chrome alloys (all i could notice lol) Vauxhall parked on the pavement just passted tesco local infront of the new apartments opposite bus station. N300TT

Has anyone got a link to a online manual on how to put the new dials in with diagrams lol. Cheers Ali

For the guys who have done it... Did you start with an NA or TT? If so, did you make the right choice? or would you have used the other one? A guy at work has a 400bhp chevy LS1 engine and 6spd gearbox for sale. he was going to put it in a morris minor of all things, but has run out of money. I might start to look into this as a zed project.

SORRY if this has been done before (did a search didnt find it) Who has the highest mileage, I have 120,000 But will start doing 400 a week in the new year.

:cry: :hurl: well it happened. the big ends have gone.....shit well at least its when i was taking her off the road for the winter. just phoned cleasbys up to price the new shells and he reckons he can get them for around 35ish. i am gonna have a go at putting a set in while engine is still in.anybody done this??? if so what should i do and not do. any info would be cool. i know that some of you will recommend that i take the engine out and spend a zillion pound reconditioning it, but as xmas is looming ever so close, and the lack of large amounts of cash, this is not a valid option. my other option of putting a low milage replacement in is probs the best alt…

Hi All Tried to access my old copy from years ago (many thanks Syko! :duffer: ) but XP refuses to open it :headvswal - anyone have a copy they could email me that works on XP perhaps? Would be exceeding grateful! :bow: Regards Dave

At the back of my aircon switch pod are two block connectors, now there is only one place to fit a connector. Have I got the wrong switch fitted or is the second smaller grey block redundent. I only ask because my blowers only blow through the centre vents and not on my feet or window screen. Cheers, Scrawni.

Greetings Pop-pickers, I know this isn't a recent sighting but I am interested in the history of a UK Blue Auto TT with this reg. I know where it's been recently and I even know where it is right now! But if anyone knows history of it before this year, I'd be quite interested. Not 'arf. :D

...but is it even possible to remove the centre panel from the rear lights without removing the side panels containing the indicators and brakelights? I've had a good look through the fog light and '99 spec replacement FAQs and haven't managed to find a definitive answer to this. Thanks, Bart

Can anyone reccomend a full system for a SWB car. I want it pretty quiet to be honest. The current zorst is a straight through system with no boxes and it's doing my freekin head in. There seems to be no choice when it comes to SWB exhausts, ZCentre have one, but does anyone know of any other suppliers of different systems.

I was in the silver supra "accidently" drifting out of a tight side road desperately trying to find some traction in the wet and saw you grinning coming the other way.

Hi Guys; Help needed. Anybody in the Northants Area can fit my new chromed balance bar? Just name your price. Cheers. Chris.

Any Ideas chaps? Andy GP ;)

Anyone near the Northampton area got a welder and any good with it? Bought some new sports front seats and the universal (my arse!) sub frames are s**t :rolleyes: and i need a couple of bars welding to the bottom of the seats so i can then bolt the original subframes and rails onto them. Friend of mine offered to do it for me but i'm still waiting 3 months later :rolleyes: :slap: Any help or advice on where to go greatly received

It was a real battle to get them and it cost me an absolute fortune.... but after many months of fighting they are finally here.....! :nana2: Sorry for the low quality, the pics are all 2mb each so to get a summary of them all they had to be chopped up quite a bit!

On my way to work this morning i noticed an orange warning light (with a picture of an engine on it) intermitantly flickering at me :confused: Any ideas on what it could be trying to warn me about guys? (Other than the obvious, here comes another problem get your wallet out :rofl: )

can any body give me the part number for my air flow meter ...its a uk 1990 tt manual sorry but i am not mechanically minded and dont want to start taking things off if i dont have to thanks in advance simon (or if someone has a spare one for sale that will be even better)

I've only had my lovely zed a couple of weeks, and already my g/f hates it! She cites six reasons why my '94 uk-spec TT, low mileage, FSH purchase is a complete waste of money: 1. "Totally impractical for taking my mum (aged 83!) and kids (18/15/12) out at the weekend." I disagree - mum and kids love it! (except mum is too deaf to hear the turbos spool up...). 2. "Ridiculously expensive to maintain." (Fair cop) 3. "Won't fit in the garage, coz it's too wide and the door won't open." Disagree - I could climb in and out thru the targa .... 4. "You wash it more often than you wash yourself." (Fair cop again). 5. "You drive like a granny o…

just had my insurance renewal through from carole nash, they were insuring me with chaucer classic insurance which was £245 per year, just had my renewal the z is no longer covered by chaucer classic and they have just hit me with a quote for £495 heard of inflation but that ridiculous looks like the z and the merc on a multi car policy now