General Discussions - 300ZX Related

When i start it up, i can hear a slight hissing from behind the engine and the revs drop straight to 700rpm (roughly) without it doing the warm up thing of revving over 1000 then dropiing when it's warm. what could be hissing. this co incides with the stock boost guage not working anymore as well! hmmmmm....

I wanna paint my wiper grill. Someone out there must have done this before. Is there a 'best' paint to use - how best do I prep the surface? Any assistance gratefully received.

Ive seen this posted before, but cant find it now.. my steering wheel is set in perfect postion, but if i go over around 75mph, it goes off centre to the left, by quite a bit.. once i slow down to around 30 ish, the wheel centres itself again. fluids are fine, any ideas?

Well, it seems like a few others here, I have been suffering from a 'bit' of wheel shake. I had it in the garage yesterday and gave them a list of things to check (HICAS arms, ball joints, tension rods, bushes, propshaft etc) and they went all over it and said that it was in fantastic condition. :) The only thing they could come up with (as a starter) is a 'harmonic balance weight' which is missing from the back of the gearbox. Looking at the back of the box (mine is a manual, not sure about an auto) there are 2 studs where this weight should be. If anyone can get me one or tell me how big/heavy this weight should be it will make me very happy as then, hopefully, it will …

Spotted on the M4 at between newport and cardiff yesterday at approx 13:00..

At present I have 19" wheels, 8.5" fronts with 235s on and 9.5" with 265s on. I have a new set of 19" wheels on order, 8.5" fronts, but the rear are 10". I was just going to transfer the tyres across, but was wondering whats the max tyre widths I could go for on the fronts and rears? Thanks Barry

ok if i leave my car for a ew days without strating it it ticks over but wont start instantly and sometimes starts quicker if i pump the accelerator pedal. any advise

I'm think of buying one of these from a forum member for 300 quid. Its used but only done about 300 miles. Anyone know if they are any good, the seller says they are much better than smithy's organic street clutch as the ACT is not organic but a proper heavy duty clutch. Should I get the ACT or spend 30 quid more and get the street clutch from smithy?

Is this permenantly powered in a zed or is it only powered up when the ignition is in position 1 or more?

Ok folks, please excuse my basic fly by night question. Just would like to know what advantage is there by replacing the stock injectos with bigger ones like the Nismo 555 ? Is it simple plug and play ? Does the ECU need to be re-mapped or the timming re-adjusted ? Last question, would bigger injectors on their own make bhp increase or is there other things I need to upgrade ? Thanks !

My zed has remote start and one of the circuits that works before ive put my key in the ignition is the drivers side electric window. I want to use this 12v live to trigger my carputer to start up so its ready by the time i get to the car. Ive covered the electrics as far as starting the laptop, but i need to find where the source of the power to the drivers electric window starts (as in the 12v live). Cheers all (as much detail as possible be good as im no auto electrician)

Any idea where it is? Aint working & I thought this may be a good place to start before I start to rewire it lol.

I assume it's a Japanese one labled as 'Central120 Racing team'. Made it a nice easy job to replace it with my new DTA one :) Also noted that a Yellow/Green wire was deliberately disconnected, anyone know what this wire is for or can point me to the wiring diagram so I can trace it. Gaz

ok fitted two blitz style bovs today sound mint only thing is they only engage aroung 10-12 psi. so i have to take it up to 14psi to get them to go off.any way i can get them to engage at lower boost cona

Am having trouble locating an offside hicas arm for my late series 2 93/94 jap zed. Can any of the traders or you guys help. Spoke to someone who deals with a lot of these cars and he said out of his database of cars 5 in 800 need this specific type. I'm getting fed up of this car now. Have covered about 500 miles from when I bought it last october. Please help :( Rob

Need your help guys Ive got a Uk spec Z, a scarab front bumper and a towing eye still in tact. When trying to fit the bumper the towing eye is getting in the way. Way I see it Ive got 3 options 1) Cut it off 2) Heat it and bend it 3) Modify the bumper Anyone else has similar trouble and if so what did you do? Cheers Pete

HELP Have just had my car down for the MOT and was told it was pointless to go through with the test because of my co2 emissions. The readings have to be no more than .30, and my car is reading 6.95 :shock: on the left and 7.1 :shock: on the right. So if there is anyone locally who would be willing to come over at such short notice and help to turn down the the fuel ratio and replace an O2 sensor (PS I dont have all the tools needed for this job) and get the emissions to a passable level then a big thanks and a pack of :duffer: could be easily sorted for you. Car really needs to get through mot.If can get car done garage said they will squeeze it in sa…

This is most likely a really stupid question but is there any difference in the fairlady and the 300zx. Ive been told there was only so many (few) fairladies imported back in the day, if there is any differences what are they?

saw the Z parked up across the road from E.T.S in Bransgore today! Must say it looks lovely in the flesh.

Turn it on and it blows out air that does nto get colder or warmer, is this because it needs regassing? All lights and buttons seem to work on the control and things do change (like how much air etc) but no temperature change

hi all! for those of you who have re-trimmed their tweed with leather or whatever and have finished it off with the 17amp wire how did you stick it to the panel or is it just stuffed into the crease, cheers gang :)

Both had our t-tops off and give a thumb up! Nice car! Nice Colour!

Ive just had the zed 4 wheel aligned and the steering wheel is now central upto about 40mph. As speed increases above this i have to feed in slight right turn to keep the car going straight. I watched the guy track the car and everything was set as it should be. The car has got new hicas arms but doesnt have the hicas working (as its got an aftermarket wheel fitted). Wondered if the hicas might be to blaim, or if its anything else. Its not disasterous, just annoying really

Anyone know of anyone in the West London area?

I've been thinking of getting a stage one tune for the zed, Would like to know who you think is best to do the work?? Also seen that ZX-R will send out the part's does this mean it's a DIY job?? How hard would it be???