General Discussions - 300ZX Related

What aftermarket blow off valve would you guys recommend (if any) for use on a manual twin turbo jap spec?

Just got the rear subframe in today after weeks of getting it sorted out and waiting until I had the money for the bits, and then poor weather and haveing to work, you all know how it goes. Anyway here are a couple of pics

bout 1pm ish nice to see another Z around here. thanks for the wave nick

Someone buy me this car, please. http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-8412858714518334076&q=260z

Hi Royal or some who can pm this to him, Im interested in your wheels that you have advertised in the items for sale section. I still havent paid my fees (soon i promise.....) so cant reply on that thread or PM you. could you send me and email on tpv01@ic.ac.uk so we can discuss it. Thanks Tom

It was deattached when i bought it and i cant figure out how to refit it?? I can see where the two blank bolts (best way i can think of describing them?!?) fit into the holders in the rear of the boot but i cant figure out where the front part attaches to and how. The owners manual is no help.

my zed has been chipped by JD and have had boost jets put in 1.2mm but my boost has still been 9.5psi. today i went out and i got 12psi which is what i should with these jets then coming back home i could only get 9.5 again WTF? :headvswal any ideas

Hi all Just thought I'd post about how cool everyone thinks the 300zx is...... Driving to work in the week, I was just turning out of my road when a black 3000gto turned into my road from the main road. The driver slowed down, giving me the nod and thumbs up..... :cool: Just a little further as I turned the next corner, my window open to appreciate the V6 rumble, when a group of school girls began pointing and commenting on "what a cool car that is" Then today I decided to give the ZX a wash. 3 people walked past during the course of cleaning it, they all commented on it being a nice car. One middle aged chap stopped for a bit of a chat on how he had…

What oil would you guys recommend for my bro's r32 gts-t? iv'e been told to use silkolene proS 10-50. is this right.cheers guys. :cool:

Hello folks, :D Got a £1000 notes what would be the best u could get with this money for coilovers, seen those D2 ones and the tein any ideas?!?

Hi All :cool: I am relocating to Spain in three weeks and have stumbled upon a huge fooking problem. I started to take my Plenum apart to put a new one on and replace the hoses in the engine bay. The plenum is stripped down (but still not off as it has a few awkward bolts left) and all the hoses in the bay have been removed. Disaster has struck in the form of my other half who has now insisted that unless my Zed is a running car in the next few weeks, I will have to sell her on flea bay for peanuts. I do see her point as the storage costs are too much to warrant stroring a non running car :hurl: As time is a major issue, I have abandaned taking the …

Hi guys, Did a compression test last night. Here are the results in psi: Passenger side: Front 157 Middle 154 Back 154 Drivers side: Font 160 Middle 160 back 157 Are these any good? This was a dry test without oil and without the accelerator down. I thought that around 150 was ok. Cheers, Bart

Ive noticed recently that if i brake reasonably hard (but not full braking effort) sometimes the car stalls! Its almost as if the gearbox isnt giving up soon enough.... After closer inspection it seems to happen only when im braking quite hard and trying to turn the wheel, its bloody dangerous as if the car does stall the power steering stops and turning can be interesting! Anyone have any idea where i should start with this? I have checked P/s fluid, and brake fluid master cyc and brake bleed.... I have no hicas (after market wheel) smithys big brake kit, braided hoses and thats about it thats likely to effect.... Cheers all

hi recently it would seem i am getting a lot of noise from the rear of the car. Which i suspect is the wheel bearings. Before i go out and start anything. I would like to know if there are any tips advice or links avalibe for this problem? Also how easy are wheel bearings to change on a 300 and how exspensive? or is that a daft question. :smash: rich

:cry: :cry: Not looking forward to this. :cry: :cry: mot due at 10.30. thought i'd adjust the handbrake a little. made things worse!! got no adjustmant left, even after taking out console and slacking nut before adjusting at wheels. now not holding car very well. :cry: Also noticed a bit of play in rear offside wheel :cry: :cry: could be an expensive day :eek: :eek: nick

red k plate on the A48 heading towards lydney gloucester.any ideas kev (white zed)who it is?.

Hi Guys I Have A 1990 Twin Turbo Import Zed I See A Lot Of Fellow Zed Owners In This Club Have Varied Tuning Mods Can Anyone Tell Me Where To Start And Whats Safe To Do To My Zed But Not At Mega Expense And What Sort Of Power Gains Im Likely To See Thanx Dave

Hi all, just bought my first ever Zed, never looked at them before until I saw one in the local car auction the other week, a TT import manual which I was out bid on. It was really tatty, in need of a respray and the rear seats had been taken out, but sounded great! I bid £850 on it but it made £1100 in the end, sold to a local dealer who put it up for sale for £2k (no history on 'H' plate). Started looking for one just for fun and bought 'G' plate TT auto import. Had loads of Mercs v8's, Bmw V8's and 12's but this beast beats them all! GREAT FUN!

Seen some 5-stud alloys on fleabay that "fit Golf and Audi". Will they fit my Zed? Dave

Hi all, Iv'e got a problem with my 90 auto TT...When i accelerate wide open throttle the auto box doesn't attempt to change up until 7500 rpm and isn't able to complete the shift.It drops back to 7000 rpm then revs to 7500 rpm and tries to upshift again in a continuous cycle,sometimes it can manage to upshift sometimes not.This happens 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd but is ok 3rd to 4th..It shifts fine during normal driving..i did notice the previous owner has overfilled the gearbox oil..anyone got any ideas cheers....steve

Put my first one on a Z32 windscreen today :D (You know, the little credit card sized 300zx.co.uk advertising cards sent out to us) Well I was just walking across ASDAs car park here in Grantham, this afternoon, and what should I see, but a Black JSpec Z32 ;) (you wasn't expecting me to say that, was you? :rofl: ) So I continued to my Z, got a card out of the centre console, and then realised that I didn't have a pen, and hadn't already written my forum name on :headvswal So I placed it on his windscreen anyway. Lets hope he/she come on-line and takes a look :D

Having worked out that my heads are fooked, i have to take the engine out to get to them. Can this be done with the gearbox still attached, as i started by removing the intake plenium and it took ages. Twin turbo, auto. Any advice would be helpful as i plan to remove the engine this weekend, and am not looking forward too it, but it has to be done in order to get the zed back on the road. Stu

Spotted on my way home this evening about 6.25 at the Lion Pub junction. Mr Soup was that you ???? Gaz

It seems that many of you guys seem so keen on a slicktop Zed. Other than the fact they are quite rare is there any other reason? The fact you can take the roof off was one of the main deciding factors for me to have a Zed over an RX7, Supra or GTO. I also had a T-bar MR2 tubs before so felt I could not let the "roof off" thing go. So go on.....why??? :confused:

Are the swb doors still avalible new??