General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I first noticed this pulling away from a petrol station the other day. When I turned the ignition the car was sqealing at me. It had a certain rythm to it so I'd guess it was some sort of belt or basically something that goes round and round. Anyway it went away after about 20 seconds. Any ideas? Im not sure if it will do it again because It was the last time I drove it before I went on holiday and I can't drivwe it yet since I gave my sister the keys to look after. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Al

Hellow folks, i just bought a zx 300 had the believe that its not as powerful as i expected it to be, so i took it for someone to have alook at it for me.He ran a diagnostic test for me and said that it is not pushing the right amount of bhp, its doing about 190bhp at the moment and it should do about 220bhp,he also said that might be due to beceuse of a knock sensor so it thats the case how much will it cost to change the sensor ? and what else might it to lost soo much power? :headvswal

Hi all, Am thinking of sellign my zed, but not sure how much it's worth as it's quite a rare spec/age. I spent nearly 7k importing it in late 2004 / early 2005, and I'm the only UK owner. I would like to think that it's worth around 6k, but not sure if that's realistic, as it's a NA auto. Anyway here are the details, comments welcome. ------------------------------------ September 1996 300ZX NA (Series4) Automatic Imported (by me via an agent) in February 2005 Medusa (?) 18” chrome alloys – Very eye-catching, but tasteful, I get a lot of compliments on these. Has got some minor curb-damage on the edges, though i think easily repairable. …

GREY ZED TRAVELLING FROM WEYMOUTH TO DORCHESTER ABOUT 1.20 THIS AFTERNOON :dance:

hi all my clutch bite seems a wee bit lower than usual its about 1" - 1 1/2" from floor is this normalll?

Having had mine for 10 months now and its still not roadworthy I'm in the market for a clean zed spent untold amounts on my one. Could an honest member offer me a sound engine or a decent car. Money waiting. Pissed and pissed off... but genuine... Rob :mad: :rant: :o

I have decided to take Thursday off of work and try to travel around looking at a few Z's with a view to buying one. I have up to £4k to spend and would like to get a good one. Does anybody have one for sale at the moment N/A or TT that fits the bill? I am based in the South East but will aim to cover a lot of miles on Thursday! Let me know

As I had mine off, gave them to the maties in the polishing bay at work and they said it was sh1te material and wont polish very good. But you lot have done it, so what have you done?

Reg was full of 7's around 730pm

Team, Just got racelogic traction control :bow: and the the new blitz boost controller thing fitted and really really pleased with them both :bow: The SBCi is cool the way it consolidates all the info into one small unit avoidin the "i'm flying a tornado dial-fest look at the number of dials i got!" so peeps............. On the SBCi box it lists many monitoring functions beyond the basic boost, revs etc. It lists an optional cable for further sensors etc. So my question a) Anyone Else got one fitted? and b) Have you got your additional sensors connected? and c) Anyone sell the additional harness I need? Chris

just noticed my car doesnt have anything that will suport the cd player. What are you guys useing as mines a tad loose

hi all just done the ecu check and am getting code 34. has anynoe done the det sensor bypass and if so were did you get yor resistor,tryed maplins but thay only do a 1k not 1000k which i need.

Does the engine have to come out for the turbos to be removed

To change the autobox oil and clean filter id like to do it myself :eek: ive done little things on the z but this ill call my biggest :) .

On my way to USC this weekend (brilliant time btw) pulled in to a layby, and when i pulled out hard i lost 3rd and 4th gear!! car would not change into 3rd at all. took it very easy got to the pod, left it parked up till sunday. Left the pod and gingerly put my foot down and lo and behold everythng is fine!!???!?!?!?!?! any ideas.. was thinking about maybe draining the trans oil from the sump under the gearbox and refreshing it do you think this would help?? thanks in anticipation...

Sorry about the pun :rolleyes: I was jetwashing the zed earlier and was blasting the brake dust from my rims - not for the first time. Unfortunately, with the pressure of the water, a load of the silver paint on the spokes of my wheels has come off :cry: I don't want to have to fork out for a re-furb, plus I know some companies are reluctant to touch split-rims. Are there any paints on the market which could be used to touch them up? Cheers, Dave

OK I would like to know what its going to cost me to finish this car in 1 final swoop. Fit 16G's & pentroof manifolds & transplant JD-Z's Engine Get shot of Hicas pipes (have limiter fitted) and anything else in that engine bay that I dont need. Fit manual boz with all the gubbins. Need clutch, obviously not a standard one. Tart up interior with leather etc. possible fit AEM engine mannagement, not sure if I have the cash as yet for it. Get shot of rust in corner of engine bay.

i have done on on my camera it is a .mov file any help on a convert link so i can put it on here for people to listen to...thanks

No PTU yet mate? :(

Hi guys, I have a 300zx H reg twin turbo. ad my mate do some work on it and he left the bunch of 6 earths (ithink 6 anyway) off the engine, then tried to start it, this caused the ignition amp to get red hot and fry itself as earth was tried to be foun,d so ive fit a new amp, and found that i have no trigers to them, or the ignition relay. I now suspect a blown ecu aswell. So where is tere ecu located? (people keep sayin different places). Please help, or if there are any more ideas of faults. It was a perfect runner till he did this. Richard

I'm gonna be doing a boost leak test sometime this week when the PO finally deliver the tester to me :xxx: Will doing this also show any leaks in vacuum lines and other pipes etc. Also, is there anywhere on the net or the forum that will give me a picture of likley pipes that may be leaking if I do find a leak ? CheerZ Paul

hey boyz.....just bought a fly twin turbo zx and lovin it apart from the fact that i think its restricted to 200kmh at 4.5 thousand revs in 5th. Where can i get it derestricted???????

got new exhaust fitted woo hoo

Ok, after changing the spark plugs the cars still missfiring. How do I check and mend the coil packs?

Hi, I "may" soon be putting on some nice 19" wheels on my car and am looking to buy lowering springs from Mike at MJP. On his website he states you can specify the drop, spring rate, etc and as I'm looking to keep the ride height as close to stock as possible (whilst reducing the arch gaps) I thought these would be the right choice. For the time being they'll go over stock JDM struts (relatively new). Questions: (1) Has anyone else bought these springs from MJP? And if so how do you rate them? (2) I'm looking to install these myself - what specialist tools are recommended? Many thanks! Dan