General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi all, I have a pair of new GT2560R turbo’s to install into my Zed this coming week. They have the 5 bolt exhaust housing, but I have reused the compressor housing. The actuators have been upgrade (larger) to cope with the higher boost. Because I have the standard compressor housing, do you think I will have enough room for mounting? Or do you think I will need to get smaller actuators such as the HKS items? I’m hoping maybe someone has done this upgrade and can tell me for sure before I pull the engine next week. Left is the same as the actuators I have, right is the smaller HKS actuator.

Right, the nuts for the bolts which hold the bracing for the gearbox mount to the floor are found inside the car. I am assuming they are captive or welded, well now one isnt... (The bracing is held on by 3 bolts either side, then 2 into the mount. One of the passenger side 3 is broken.) One of them gave way inside the car so now the bolt is still on the nut and is loose and no way of getting it undone. Before i go ripping the interior apart (again) can i actually get to the captive nut or not? Its not quite loose enough to hacksaw it off, but anyway id still have the problem of fitting another nut.

What material is the grey/plasticky bit on some front bumpers? I mean the strip that goes inbetween the fogs. Just wondering how you would pep that part up if it had become a bit tatty. here's an example of a front bumper with the bit I'm on about. http://gerasimos.microware.net/mycar/300zx%20054.jpg

Hi, i'm fitting rear calipers and discs to my 200sx and i'm missing a few bits. One of the rear calipers is basically without all the parts. Where is the best place to buy these parts? HERE

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5368537976025620906&hl=en-GB I added your laptimes on there after each lap by the way, keep watching the bottom left :D Sorry its taken so long bud, i've been working 8am till 11pm monday to sunday the past 4 weeks. Just cleared my backlog of work on friday :dance:

Just Joined forum guys gonna have a look round see what i can find out about the 300zx before i get one, after i get rid of the supra that is.

Engine,s coming out soon to replace ; Tubs Rocker cover gaskets Rear crank seal Core plugs VVT springs Fuel lines Vac lines Fit painted timing covers and throttle cover and sort anything else we spot , it,s all getting a damn good clean so i thought it,s an ideal time to do a bit of extra blinging . Throttle bodies need a bit more work but it,s getting there :dance:

Major pain must have put the door cards on and taken them off again about 4 times for the first speaker. Only got one done on sat due to failing light but the new 6.5 components sound so much better compared to the old coaxials. Only problem is though that each speaker is only held in by one screw at the moment as I had a severe time limit. Will they shake themselves off any time soon?

alright mate have you still got that prop shaft bearing for sale if so i will buy it off you can you email me at ianchieboy@hotmail.com cheers ianchy

Evening all My rad doesnt seem to be drawing coolant back when it cools. The expansion tank often overflows slightly after driving and when it is cold, the level in the rad is rather low. I top it up before every drive and the level in the rad is always the same, be it a 10 min trip to the shops or 150miles to the girlfriends. I think my HD is on its way out as I have combustion gasses in the coolant, but no water in the oil or oil in the water. :rolleyes: Could it be something as simple as the rad cap or is it more expensive?! :wack: Thanks! Andrew

Well the saga continues...got the car back yesterday and low and behold as ever there are problems....to me the car is only performing half as well as it should. Now in fairness to the guy who used it for filming he has put all his trust in a local specialist and they have let him down by doing half a job. He did offer to take it back having dropped it off last night and come back today to have a look at it but I said I'd rather get someone from here to take a look this time. The car is about half as quick as it was with the knackered tubs and I think the best thing would be a conzult to suss things out. It does smell quite badly of petrol and the after market b…

we really good day , the zed's got put on last, so many hours of standing around. nice to show the skyline boys whats it all about. some good results. nice to meet Wozzor,Mike, Andy.

Saw a Silver Z 2day on the M180 at 11:40 Roaring up the inside split lane....lol, I was talking to me dad at the time and he even heard it....NICE...Was It You? :cool:

Hi there I have reset my idle as it was too low. In drive its sits correct but when I am in park, it shoots up to 1500rpms? How can i get it that in Drive it sits okay but does not jump up when in park?? Thanks

Spotted! :dance: Nice silver TT with 99 front end (I think). Only saw you from the front as I turned off the Sainsburys roundabout. Gave you a wave from my Black 1990 SWB N/A.

I would like to get rid of the arial on Audrey and still want to recieve radio, so I need to know how to make use of the arial in the rear screen. Please enlighten me. Scrawn.

Can someone tell me what this is please, it's out of the o/s rear inner wing just in front of the arial. Cheers Scrawni.

Hi all, New to this forum but am a previous owner of a 300. I am buying a 300zx tt, import l plate, also have a company car so maileage would be 2k a year. I am trying to find a cheap insurance company and wondered if anyone could guide me? thanks in advance mat

it was a few miles before the black one, had a shark front bumper, with blue lights on it, big spoiler on the back

saw one today, dont know the area, i think it was on mansfield road

well after selling my Z and trying lots of different cars! (cerbera 4.5 was 2 expensive to run and inevitably fix! jag xkr was auto and not as much fun as my z and AC Cobra was gorgeous but about as much use as a motorbike in terms of being even slightly practicle!) so iv gone full 360 and want another Z as i find the supra and gto ugly imo, after being on the Z centre web site i have fallen

hi guys why cant i find anything on KSP dump valves?? any help gratefully recieved!!

Any have a good source for Z32 Crhome Plenums? Looking to do a little engine dress-up work over the winter months. Thx...

As above Firstly fdo you need a vacuum gauge if you have a boost gauge??? if so what's the benifits? would you be able to see straight away if you had a boost/vacuum leak?? into what pipe work would you install the vacuum gauge Also what size are the oil pipe that you would fit the pressure gauge into,(for the fitting kits) and where are they located? would this also be the location for the oil temp if i were to fit one As above for water temp gauge Cheers Neil

Right, finally got the zed back today but nothing is ever perfect in my little 300 world so I'm looking for some re-assurance here. The car is significantly down on power and the exhaust note is different...hard to describe why but it is. The guy who has had the car for the filming and got the tubs sorted reckons that its just a misfire so we bought some spark plugs today and he'll fit them tomorrow which apparently will solve the problem. Apparently all the coil packs were checked and the engine itself was running fine before the turbo change. Can someone re-assure me that there is a good chance that this is the problem or do I need him to look deeper into…