General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Anyone got any idea where i can get the chrome dial surrounds for the dash clocks from? Rich

Hi peeps, I have defi gauages so I can monitor my boost safely as it records my peak etc. I have noticed that if the engine is cool, it is a cool day or the car hasnt been used for a couple of hours I get 0.7 bar boost. If I have used the car for a few miles, turn the engine off for a bit and then turn it on again, I now get 0.5 bar boost. Also, If it is a warm day or the engine is hot I get 0.5 bar boost. It will stay at 0.5 boost until Ive turned the engine off and let it cool down for a couple of hours! All temperature readings seem normal. The car is pretty much standard. It has stock air filters. Could this be the problem? Is there a problem …

Hi, anyone know how to do this or seen a how-to guide?

cheched all the levels and its from the radiator. 20 mins outside and there is 3 or four drips on the floor. when i put water in the filler, it pours streight out onto the floor is abnormal or is it an overfill safety feature. any ideas? cant get under the car as i dont have any axle stands, the rad is full of water and the stick shows a touch just above the low mark. what all that about?? :cry:

Does anyone have a copy of the EPC they can send me? Would really help me out ATM J

can anyone explain why i have this annoying tapping noise coming from behind the dash? it's only started since i installed my turbo timer!

Anyone in the Southampton area, can you suggest a good garage to use? Car is running rather lumpy, like its on 5 and I need to know whats wrong with it. Sounds like a Scooby!

Does anyone Know where I can locate a reasonnable priced rear windscreen :( :( :( :( :(

hi does anyone know who makes my front bumper carnt seem to find it anywhere.........http://www.zclub.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4098&cat=504

I've spent all bloody day looking for a T-pipe....the ones that connect the three bits of hosing pipes from the front intercooler to whereever! I've just started replacing the old hose with smithys ones and when trying to pull the T-pipe out, one of the bits snapped off so it now looks like an L pipe! anyone know where the hell i can find these? I went to halfords and they pointed me in the direction of the windscreen wipers section but had such small T pipes, they would just fall out of the hosing. will i have to go to a nissan dealer to get a replacement?

As it says really! Where is the plug/ bung etc to drain an autobox? Please!

On average what MPG are you getting. I have searched the forum and found interesting info, but want to confirm. I am interested in the economy of the Twin Turbo.... How far will £20 get you? How much is a full tank? How many miles do you get from a full tank? Thanks

Anyone got any ideas on how to get the nightmare looking panels from the back out? Managed to suss everything else out, these have got me stumped though :mad:

HI all, my mrs owns an mx5 that recently went into a garage due to overheating problems. They diagnosed it as a head gasket problem and swapped it under warranty. Since then the car has started smoking heavily when started and is using a fair amount of oil. Its been back to the guys and they have said the following: Sell it (not very helpful!) as their is pressure building in the engine? (nice and vague!) It has a rumbly bottom end? Maybe Distorted piston rings? Am i right in saying they should have noticed the piston rings while the head was off? Im guessing mx5 1.6 blocks arnt hugely expensive but its been a nice car until recently. …

car (NA) has been suffering from hesitation lately so have been going through the big z checklist but one thing im wondering about and wanted to see if it makes sense before spending out occasionally when i turn the key the car would light up as normal and then die before starting, kinda like if the battery was flat but moving the cables on the battery would kick it into life again, and it would start fine, my old battery was pretty old and the connectors didnt fit brilliantly and had a fair bit of play in them, i thought this was causing the miss-starts i replaced the battery for a new better fitting one and cleaned the connectors a few weeks ago and the hesita…

Team, Had my aircon re-gassed at Ztech when they did my tubs and gearbox....... Anyway........ Was working perfectly before and after but has since developed a leak and lost all the refrigerant. My ass is roasting in the car now :mad: My 1995 workshop manual says it is R134a refrigerant but my car is a 1992 JDM Twin turbo with a little sticker near the VIN plate that says R12. So.......... As usual the local guys have no experience of a Z and when I took the car for one to see the guy said he needed to know what was in it and whether the system had fittings for R12 or R134a then it all went a bit blah blah blah to my ears as he said how difficu…

Hello People! Some may remember that I had a large amount of trouble with my new zed from the moment I bought it in October! Guess what it still doesn't go properly :cry: I have had the engine gearbox and turbos from a different car put in and hundreds of pounds worth of other work done but it still aint right damn it! The work was carried out by a reputable firm but it never comes home with me totally driveable. :mad: Anyway I just wondered if any kind sole could help my mechanic friend.....who has never worked on a zed.... to try and get it fixed for me it smokes badly when even mildly thrashed and then constantly afterwards. Breather pipes were mention…

Hi Peeps im still in Canada and ive been thinking while ive been here about sorting out my heads. Does anybody know of a good company who could port and polish and multi lap my valves? Im doing a rebuild when i get back so im just gauging the total cost. So if any one could give me some idea of cost and a reputable company preferbly oop north it would be appreciated. Thanks Steve. OR IF ANYONE HAS SOME READY DONE DROP US A LINE.

Have had the air con regassed recently. When I use the aircon on the windscreen it is nice and cold, however when i press auto it just belts out hot air through the vents. Any ideas, sensor problem perhaps?

did this http://zhome.com/ZCMnL/PICS/detonat...tionSensor.html and still code 34 det sensor so wot next :smash:

My front discs are a little warped and need new ones, so I'm looking at getting a set of drilled and grooved jobbies, its a 93 swb tt, now I'm lead to believe they're 280mm but need someone to confirm this before I go get new ones, I tried on some spare discs I have lying around that were from my Skyline R33 GTS-t, I thought they were the same size but the Skyline discs are slightly smaller, d'oh! Anyone?

Hey guys, in need of a bit of help here as this is taking the piss a bit now. Tonight my passenger side turbo died for the 4th and im fed up. what can cause a turbo on that side to constant keep dieing? Symptoms are, fit a nice healthy turbo, within 50-70 miles, I get a very nasty clunking from that side and I loose all boost and after I can boost past 0psi at all! :( Then check the turbo out, and ive got 2-3mm of play in the shaft! The last one I fitted was 2 days ago, checked the oil lines to it were free and not clogged and alls good. Makes boost fine for the 1st 25-30 miles or so, then all of a sudden it just gives :( Getting tired of fittin…

Hi Guys, Does anyone on here sell these or know where I can get some similar, or what should I put in the gaps in the rear bumper: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/90-96-Nissan-300ZX-Crystal-Clear-Rear-Bumpr-Repeaters_W0QQitemZ120006344079QQihZ002QQcategoryZ14763QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

have the dash out in car the back of the speedo clock touched some metal and the clocks went off just battery light on as if alt u/s does it have a fuse in the clocks or in the fuse box i need to replace???

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