General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Just two quick questions really.... 1...which is the more relaible while the TT is in standard form? 2...which is the most reliable/stronger when the car has been modified? or I guess theres a third... 3...If the box needs modifying while engine is modified which would be cheaper and easier?? Regards Reece

Is this a serious or expensive problem to fix?: replacing the propshaft coupling on a 300zx TT ?

I am driving down to the south of France in 3 weeks and would like to make my car as reliable as possible beforehand, what should I do? My car is pretty much standard except an HKS mushroom air filter and decat exhaust (done 18mnths ago and no smoke from the back as yet...touch wood) the previous owner had the radiator re-conditioned about 6 months ago. Often when I start the engine it idles at about 1500 rpm for about 10 minutes and then it settles down to 750ish and the exhaust can be a bit blowy but not too bad. I was thinking about flushing the rad and topping up the coolant which I assume is a good place to start. Would a new intercooler, front or side…

Hi guys, desperatly need some advice as im mid through (fooking!) my big brake upgrade.. I got the old disc and the caliper off without too much hasstle and thought all was going well. Came to fit the bracket for the caliper and realised i didnt have a 10mm allenkey for the those bolts. Thankfully a neighbour had one so got on with fitting the bracket. Thing was no matter how tight i tried to get those bolts the bracket was never really firm against the car and you can twist it! Its as if it needs an extra washer, but clearly that will adjust the spacing of the caliper. Im worried now i might have stripped the threads out of the zed in either getting the ca…

Ok , for some days I have had a bad middle silencer with the baffles going in it, now i think this will be affecting backpressure causing sluggish boost which it appears to be true. but now i have another problem, I am getting smoke on engine start up and revving, I took the car for some hard full throttle runs and the smoke clears up and the car runs fine but boost is down from 12.5 psi to 11 psi, I have put the boost drop down to the extra backpressure having a effect on the tubs as surely there would of been smoke on boost if the tub seals had gone, the smoke on start up seems to smells like it is running rich, the car has a nistek chip from andy and i have heard these…

Hi guys, i need a new front bumper as mine is cracked due to being lowered and ****y speedbumps. Anyway, I would like to buy a bumper that will utilise all the original front lighting (fogs etc) so i dont have to buy new lights too. Can any of you reccomend one? I will prob get from the z centre if any of theres will do this... cheers. :bow:

Hi all just thinking of giving my new bumper a spray on my own, happy with the spraying just want some advice on the prep work i need to do its a fibreglass bumper any help please.

Red zed goin into natwich thurs about 11.30 ish had 300 in numberplate aftermarket spoiler mid level, i was in blue wagon in front of ya stucking me thumb up like a derranged plonker!

Mine arrived today in the post :dance: :dance: Il be fitting it tomorrow, but i was wondering if anyone had got a link to a website with a guide i could follow ? Smithy mentioned it, but id really like to get on a fit it tomorrow, so guessing he wont have chance to get back to me until at least monday now. Any advice as ive not swapped discs/pads before? Cheers all

had a problem with my aftermarket central locking, traced it down to the power supply ( its not getting any ) strange thing is it has a supply from what is the fuel pump relay supply(large orange wire in the relay plug), this worried me cause i thought the car wouldnt run with a dead supply , starts and runs fine. checked the fuel pump fuse in the engine bay and have discovered that the fuse has been linked with a piece of wire. How is the power suplied to the relay is it through the fuse first or is it relay first , and how is the car running if the relay isnt powering up? Appreciate any help with this folks

okay i posted befor about how i can hear my starter just spin but not starting the motor up, so i went out and got a new remenufactured starter and that still did not work, went to get the (new) starter tested and it disingages and ingauges fine.. so what is the probelm im having i know i have teeth on the flywheel and if the motor is hot and i have been driveing for a while and i go back to start it up it wil start (thats with the old starter) i installed the new one and when it did not work just took it back.... im lost i have no idea whats wrong i have to push the bitch everymoring to get her running.. any one have any ideas?

the carts he was building that looked awsome !! did he finish any and did he start selling them ?? maybe john dixon , manta or friday know ??

Has anyone ever removed the chrome trim forom their 309's? As my chrome is knackered and shows this weekend I was gonna remove it but am scared with what I'll be left with on wheel? Wondering whether I'll be able to clean up the alloy itself or just leave chrome trim on and grin and bear it

Had a scary experience last week; I was having a great drive through the peak district until my brakes did something weird. I had to brake for a junction but when I pressed the pedal, it went really hard and I couldn't stop the car. Luckily nothing was coming! I was pressing as hard as I could and the car was hardly slowing down. The strange thing is, the brakes were fine again afterwards and have been ever since. I wasn't really thrashing the car and I certainly wasn't working the brakes very hard so what could have happened? I had only just had new brake discs and pads fitted and they seemed to work well before the incident. I have read on here that the pisto…

Has anyone got any experience replacing the bush in the rear hub assy that the HICAS arms connect to? Also, any idea where they can be sourced from as all the bush kits I have seen have purely been for suspension components and not for the HICAS assembly. I'm not 100% sure if its a bush or a ball joint though... Thanks Gareth

Drivers window has never worked, just took out motor and got it working :dance: Unfortunately a coiled spring fell out, I assume it's some kind of stop or tensioner do any of you kind folks happen to know where it goes?

After many weeks of pondering; shall i sell the Zed; I went for a run in it last night and that's the best way to put the thought of selling right back :wack: from the wife 'you have to sell it' she bleets. What to do ?? I am going to take it to JAE next month and may just put a for sale sign on her and see what happens..... But then i will drive it home and i will be grinning like the ' Cheshire Cat' when i get home....and the whole thing will go full circle. It's not as if she costs me much; she(touch wood) has not let me down since we took her out in a storm on the way back from Wilts and flooded the induction system :mad: . We have changed t…

Anyone tried those new Mintex Pads?????? Advertised all over the place now...

What's this for? It's the one just in front of the fuel tank. I can't see it does any heat shielding or anything. Maybe a stone guard for the tank? Is it ok to junk it?

Tried to flash back, but fumbled the light controls :o

using optimax from empty - put £35 in - around town - 96 miles before light comes back on. Same again but 87 miles Anyone else getting poor fuel economy

Going down the oxford road about 9pm last night, looked very clean, Nice car. I was in the grey one waving.

Right this is probably posted somewhere so sorry if it is How do you identy what series/gen your car is. Mine is a 1991 and I was told its to do with the seats being eletric, but I have racing seats in mine Anyone want to tell em the major differences (I know the newer ones had no VVT and a dif ecu (16 or 32bit)

Sorry guys to bring subject up again, so have a drink or 3 on me :duffer: cheers! Hopefully now your all sutably intoxicated -ish i can hit you with my question: Do you think removing the cats and replacing them with down pipes with mini silencers as like the ones luke sells will reduce or illiminate turbo seals blowing, and will these still give a signifcant increase in power? Going for this option seems the most viable to me as i want to de-cat but am unsure as to totally de-cat due to the on going split decissions. Car is '91 J reg UK manual TT Turbos are stock second hand units so dont know true history of them but seem strong. cheers. carl

Burf2000- was that you?!