General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I've just scraped through the MOT but I need new shockers fast. Anyone got any good ones (no racing specials please, I want to keep my teeth). Or, anyone know where I can get some good ones in the trade. Cheers, Steve.

after my blowout yesterday, the AA guy had to get rear wheel off. Its been lowered 40mm and has veilside skirts and a wide arch kit. He started jacking from the sill with a trolley jack - I told him no, and told him to do it from under the axle, where I thought would have been safer. anyway - long story short - he done it from the sill - is this recommended/right?? I know if you jack from the front sill you can pop the wing out slightly and damage it - but the rear looks like no damage has been done - luckily.

How do you change the back brakes? Is it as easy as taking the old ones off and putting the new ones on? a detailed description would be great thanx.

hi, does anyone know anywhere around london (harrow) that can underseal my car? darren

guys does anyone know whether a speed sensor from a j spec tt auto will be same as a j spec NA auto ?? also the bit in the pic is that a speed sensor

Am new to the site and am looking to buy a Z Turbo. I have noticed in the for sale section that a lot of the adverts mention PCV valves, PTU and hicas arms. Sorry to be really dumb :rolleyes: but what does PCV and PTU mean? And what are the HICAS arms? Thanks

bugger!... driving to work this morning the zeds stereo turned itself off and the aerial went down. the hicas and abs lights both came on accompanied by a faint battery light... the steering went very heavy... at which point i battled to turn it around and went back home, WOHOO, another day off! the speedo and the odometer were still working fine as was the tacho. im confused at the combination of problems here... any ideas?? Joel.

....but only for a week though, but I'm dreading it. Like to know it's close by and stuff. It's going into the bodyshop to have the rear bumper lower half of front bumper, tailgate and rear spoiler painted. So, taking off the rims tonight and putting on some JDM wheels... :wack: I'm going to prep the rear bumper and the lower half of the front bumper. Be interesting to see how quickly this rock guard effect comes off with a small rotary sander. I've hired one out for £10 for the weekend. Quite looking forward to getting the bumpers lovely and smooth. I've done a fair amount of bodywork over the time, and it's only light prep work, so confident it'll look good a…

My friend just bought an old Z (1800$) about nothing, less than 900 pounds, he's considering to put a ford 429 in it, is it possible to achieve this without major mods, like cutting the firewall and building a new drivetrain tunnel... I know mantav have done something like that your advice would be really appreciated here is the futur monster :D http://forums.montrealracing.com/showthread.php?t=380512

for some reason the zed is cutting out when changing gears (down the box that is) revs just drop right off then cuts out :confused: under 500rpm sometimes surges back up to 1500rpm :confused: then drops slow to 1000-800 anyhelp greatly appreciated ;)

Need 19" rims and need to know offsets and max tyre sizes for rear and fronts.

having hot running problems (water temperature >80C normal running, rising to 90C+ during idle). Checked my oil cooler afer a medium long journey with water temp reaching normal temperature and it was stone cold steve austin. I guess that would indicate no oil flow through the cooler i.e. a blockage somewhere. The actual cooler block looks in good nick, stainless steel possibly even a retrofit with nissan markings. How would i go about checking and clearing the possible blockage. Hopefully i have identified the oil cooler correctly. it sits infront of the a/c condensor which sits infront of the radiator looking from the engine. It is a about 6" high and about 2" t…

hi 1990 import zx32 not turbo .Manual noise from gearbox .noise present in all gears please help thanks :rofl:

Started the car today and had lots of smoke. :confused: Never had smoke before and the car has not used any oil. Also passed MOT on friday, the smoke smell's like a BBQ. Just drove car home 70miles and smoke was still there (not there on tick over). When i got to a friends last night no smoke and i was getting stuff out of the boot with it on. any idears???

Steve I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your hard work you have given to the South East members over the past 2 years, the meets i have attended were extremly well organised and a good laugh You were one of the very first people me and Tara met at your Boxhill to Brighton run last year, you made us both very welcome into the club and we both say thank you. I hope i can fill those big boots of yours :rofl: :rofl: Expect a few phone calls from me in the near future begging for help :rofl: :rant: Top work fella .. look forward to seeing you soon .. in the Zed!! Cheerz John

Would it be possible to retro-fit UK spec front seatbelts into my JSpec Zed? Would the mounting points be there already? (as in the pic) And would the buckle end fit into my seat mounted clip? Or would the UK clip bolt to my seat? TIA :bow: Dave

Just got one of these through and have to say that the quality is very good, much better than I thought it would... hopefully it sounds as good as it looks ;) So if any of you see it on ebay I wouldn't dismiss it because it is not as well known as the Mongoose or Blueflame one's...

my auto box fuse keeps blowing and it goes into limp mode ideas anyone :confused: :confused: :confused:

As some of may have read I have lent my car to loftygtr to take part in a new film! His end of the deal is that he will fix my tubs for me in the budget....the problem being I need to find some asap preferably 360 thrust bearing and please please in perfect order. I've had enough bad luck to last a lifetime!! I know Jaypsc had some and am waiting for him to contact me. Does anyone else either have some used or can get brand new quickly (very quickly!). Fitting is sorted so just the tubs please. Thanks as ever PS. sorry for posting in the wrong section but it gets more attention here and its urgent!! :eek:

had a blowout today on the m1, AA eventually came and 3 hours and 1 tyre later he didnt know the torque settings for putting the wheel on. I thought if theres one person who knew it would be JD, one quick phone call and I was right :) John, how the hell do you remember all torque settings etc :bow: I need to get down and see you bud, Im hoping you can change front to rose jointed? :) Just need to buy them first

Hi Everybody, I was looking for some advice. I'm looking to purchase a 300ZX TT, but have hit a road block. I have 2 prospectives in mind, a 93 TT Auto, and a 91 TT Manual. Which is going to be best?, both are pretty standard with very few mods, 60K miles, and look the biz. What things do I need to look out for with each of these bad boys? What is going to be the better drive? At what point should I walk away? How much should I be looking to pay? what are the hidden extra costs associated with a 300ZX? Is the squeaky whistle normal in auto? Thanks in advance Paul

Gonna have a bit of track time so i,ve done this ..................... If i spin out this time at least i,ll have it on film :tongue:

due to problems at z tech i will not be running my car on the track therefore i have track time ticket for sale offers will bring the tickets with me

Does anyone have his number they could PM to me need to speak to him urgently about some of the parts he has. He sent me a PM but the last digit of the number was missing. Rob Alternately call me on 07740 369661

before you say it i have searched the forum. i havent got a converter. speedo works fine. im having quite a strange prob with my steering and i dont think its the speed sensor. for over a year the steering has been intermittent. mainly worked on damp days. the speedo is fine but tonight the steering was all over the place. going from light to really bloody heavy!! i parked up and turned the steering lock to lock and the revs rised with the movement until the steering kicked out at one point causing the steering to go really heavy the car actually stalled!!! what the hell is up. also i can't find the connector to the speeed sensor to eliminate it from the equation. …