General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Whats the best way to test your clutch for slipping? I put my handbrake on and then in 1st gear tried to pull away. The car pull away fine with no unusal revs to indicate any slip. However, I could smell my clutch afterwards. Is this normal?

Finnaly Charging Battery Up After A Long Time ,my Car Has Not Being Started For About 6 Mounths Due To The Fact I Have Been Working On Her, She Was Running Fine Before I Started Work ,rear Mods Bodywork Ect Tank Of, Any How Is There A Routine Thing I Should Do Or Shall I Just Fire Her Up And Let Her Get To Working Temp On Tick Over? Any Comments Cheers?

Hi all, Has anyone used t-cut over the whole car? I was under the impression that it was just for swirl marks or light scratchs, but im told it can be used all over like a polish to bring it back to shine? Has anyone done this? Thanks

the wonders of buying a new car eh, something else that is driving me nuts. there is a slight electrical fault with it. Problem #1 the clock on the dash, most of the time it works, some times its really dim, and some times it does not work at all.I have checked the wires on the clock, and all seem ok, so im guessing it is a problem with the earth? - see question 2, as they may well be linked. Problem #2 The warning light for the open doors appears to be dodgy, when a door is open, it lights up fine, no problems. when the doors are closed theres a mild red glow coming from the dash, which, I assume is a bad earth (perhaps related to issue 1?) problem is, due…

1990 300zx Auto (import) guys, was driving into work today, and after going over 30mph the back starts to squeal, 1st from one side, and then the other. its sounds very likely like work braks rubbing when the brakes arent in use, but if i brake sudenly, the noise doesnt change, so I am fairly unsure that it is that, my next guess was the steering, again no change in noise and pitch. will put her up on the ramps tonight to try and find the problem, but does anyone have any ideas of what it could be before i jump under the car?

Hi - sorry lads Im having a right ballache here After fitting an unorthodox pulley I fitted some belts which are now squeaking. Decided to replace them both with GATES Belts (1 is a gates but gonna replace it to be sure). Power Steering : Nissan PN# '90-'93 TT: A172M-59SSAVW, Gates PN# '90-'93 TT: 040350 4 rib 35" =890mm Alternator : Nissan PN# A195M-97E0MVW Gates PN# 040390 Alternator 4 rib 39" = 990mm Thats what Ive been quoted (by Smithy) I think :bow: However My local motorfactors say the 040350 is an alternator belt thats 1037mm long. and the 040390 is a power steering belt thats 925mm long? What gives - have I …

Saw a red one today about 8:10am, on the A26 heading to Twells. J

...but still on standard injectors? I know there won't be many - but if there is someone can you post your Profec settings as every time I get mine spot on, the next time I drive the car it keeps hitting the warning limit I have set at 13 psi. Have put it down to cooler air / under bonnet temps but in theory I though a boost controller should be unaffected by temperature?

Your car was parked up by the Newmarket Road/Elizabeth Way roundabout when I cycled past earlier this evening. In front of what (I think) might be student accomodation of some sort.

Shiney red standard looking Z with targas off on the A59 at Green Hammerton driving towards the A1 away from York. I was passing the other way and didn't get time to flash :o

just had a data scan done one o2 sensor reads 25 the other about 30 they dont go up an down on the data scan surely cant have two duff ones anyone with an idea whats up :bow: :bow:

Nice shiny red with lots of vents in the front, a high level rear spolier and 6 pot rear lights heading southbound at about 14:00 on sunday... im sure i recognise the car from a pic on here sumwhere... any takers?

Spotted a pearl white z burbling through weston on saturday, was it you funky si? Sounded & looked real nice. :)

has anyone got the blitz bovs and know how to set them up for 1bar as after fitting mine i can only get about 9pst what length does the screw need to be etc thanks

After searching the dip/dim issue im not sure how my zed is working at all ? I have a uk spec zed from 1990, but witha 99spec front bumper/spoiler. THe sidelights are contained within the "fog" lights in this bumper. Does this mean dipdim shouldnt be an issue for me>? Is there an easy way i can check? ? Also what sort of temperature have guys been "cooking" the headlights on and for how long? Whats the best thing to use to re-seal the headlight unit after cleaning? Cheers all, sorry to ask stuipid questions but i need to get my headlights sorted to pass the mot!

Hi chaps, Hope your all well. I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on some wide alloys that i am about to purchase. The spec are as follows - 5stud 18-inch 114.3 fitment x2 Front width 10.5J/ offset F+12. x2 Rear width 13 J/ offset R-10. My concern is whether or not the offset will fit on my wide arch conversion. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks G.

just fitted my blitz bovs which are on hard pipes and tested it and i was running 1bar now its only got about 9psi the boost gauge reads nearly 10 but slowly goes down. and it seems to have a pop from the exhausts when changing gear . does this sound like i got a vac leak,i cut off the vac lines to the re-circs and bung them up and put the other end on the bovs.

Hi all, Well - i drove straight though a rock fight between two little bl**dy idiot , braindead kids either side of the road today (can you still call them kids at 16?), stopped, got out, but they ran off..anyway cut a long story short ive got 3 deep cuts straight to the metal on the passenger side back wing and a little ding mark too - spose ill have to live with the ding mark, but went to halfords to get a touch up pen, and they didnt have the 300zx listed..now my car is black and there were two blacks listed under nissan..i chose Kuro(?) black because my car is a '90 and kuro black was listed for nissans '89 on and the other black was listed for nissans '92 on.. …

Just wondering if anybody,s had any of these, if so are they any good and do they fit an auto or fit at all :confused: :confused: Thanks http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/90-96-NISSAN-300ZX-TURBO-DECAT-DE-CAT-DOWNPIPE-EXHAUST_W0QQitemZ220004864338QQihZ012QQcategoryZ38786QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hi Just cruising ebay and came across this CLICK HERE has anyone ever tried a set of these? How do they comare to bailey or hks dump valves, any opinions would be great because i think i might buy a set I like the look of them, they're going to be fitted just before the throttle bodies and gonna look cool. Because im fitting them at the throttle bodies on the inlet pipes what will i need to completely remove the old re`circs and blank off if necessary? Cheers Jay

Well, its that time of year again and the Zed starts playing up LOL. The problem of a small miss fire has started and now im getting black smoke on tick over. Its defo a fuel prob. I have changed the spark plugs a few months back but put standard ones in. Im running a boost controller and the car is chipped. Just miled tuning. Could i have burnt a spark plugs out. Ive been doing alot of fast runs on the autobarn lately. Is there anything else to look for before i start ripping stuff out lol :headvswal

A little help please, does anyone know of a plinth/panel available to fit to the back of the z tailgate when the '93 spec spoiler is removed? It is needed to match in with the rear light units which fit below it. I am changing to a '99 spec spoiler which sits up off the tailgate. OR do I have to weld a plate in and paint that?

I'm a bit miffed at the moment as I not sure what my oil temp should be at. It seems to sit at around 85'C but if I give her some serious boot will climb to about 110'c unless I back off. The result is that water Temp will go into high 90's. The car is running a little rich at the moment, but JD said he'd map her properly on the rolling road soon, but I want the temp thing right before I sit her on a rolling road reving her tits off. Help??

Ok trust me to be different. Started to fit my whiteline lowering springs onto my nismo S tune dampers :bow: last week and noticed all was not well. :mad: Simply put the whiteline springs are the wrong diameter to fit the 300zx dampers. :mad: :mad: :mad: They are too big. A hurried call to demon tweeks and check of the on-line fitment catalogue confirmed that indeed the whiteline part numbers were correct but judge for yourself from the pics. would you have put these on your car? The guy said we have had hundreds of these fitted to loads of cars :shock: Compare the first pic of the whiteline spring and how it sits on the damper with clear day light …

What size are the pipes for the engine oil cooler and ATF cooler on an import? Looks like 1/4" ID to me? Thanks