General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Having bought a smithy hose sets, I was planning to replace as many as possible of the vacuum hoses this weekend, and made a good start, but a few are routed into the wings (by the battery and next to the bukhead in the right-hand side), do these connect to valves etc hidden in the wings?

Split and full of water, wahts the best/chepest route to take, remove and fit lens or remove and replace with stock replica, what £ are we talking for buying parts and body shop work ?

:slap: Whats the stock BHP and torque in ft/lb and Nm of a JDM Manual TT please

Hi guys not bin on for a while or been driving my zed for a bit, got in her yesterday and on idle she seems to burp or splutter (best way of describing the sound) and idle drops slightly on needle!! i dont think its missfiring just a bit rough!! Anyway when i turn on the fans it seems to smouth out!! :confused: now can anyone tell me if theyve expirienced this or know whats wrong?? any help appreciated guys!!! :bow:

What are my option for changing front shocks and springs? basically ive got GAB super shocks and unknown springs that have been on the car since before the car was Imported in 97 .TBH i think they are on the way out..one side hangings lower than the other.. Anyway what should i go for bearing in mind im not too flush at the moment..lol Any anybody able to help fit these for beer money.....

my car is really pissin me off :( every now and then it starts running on 5 cylinders and sounds real lumpy (bit like a V8 if you get my drift). Power is down etc so I pull over and on tickover you can hear its not right. Ive tried tapping the coil packs - moving leads, tapping connectors to temp senders, ptu aetc all whilst running. about 2 mins later it'll just clear up for no reason, Ill be hobbling along then like that its back to normal Where should I be looking?

Anyone know where the best place to get replacement OEM front shockers from? Can only find rears on Luke's site :confused:

Hi, I have Datascan working now, but I'm not sure what the correct readings from all of the sensors should be. So it's difficult for me to check stuff out and know what’s going on. Are there any posts or documented stuff regarding this? I'd like to learn a bit about how each sensor works and affects the car. Cheers, Bart

does anyone know the size of the copper sump washer, cuz i wana do a service 2moro? also is it a crushable one? cheers peeps

Help please... I have wired in a new DVD Headunit, and seperate motorised screen today. The wiring was straight forward, but had to hardwire it. This new unit does not have an orange wire, which I believe is the 'Illumination' wire on most units, as with the unit I removed, but may be wrong :confused: as the wire had 'ILL' written on its tag :confused: So all is wired up, but the orange wire has no where to go, so left it unconnected. The player and screen work perfectly. Everything appeared OK, until I turned my lights on tonight. I now have no side lights, rear lights, or instrument lights (speedo cluster).. Main beam/ high beam are OK. I tried con…

Mines just developed a leak at the rear, but not from the heater hoses (Checked all 4 connections and they are perfect (look new)), it appear to be coming from the left-hand side near to the top of the block. I drops about half a cup full then stops until the engine is run again. Having checked some old posts, is it likely to be coming from the tube marked with the red arrow (thanks in advance to Andyduff for the engine picture)? If so whats the best way to replace this hose and can i use either the 8mm or 6mm silicon tube as supplied by Smithy, or as the size is different at each end will I have to order a replacement from Nissan? Any ideas? Thanks

When sorting out my rear speaker (drivers side uk car) I noticed a big silver disc with clarion stamped on it. Im guessing it was the old electric aerial? If it is how do you get the boot speaker pocket off? I had a look but it wasnt immediatly obvious how to get it off to get access to this disc thingy..

Can anyone tell me the sizes of the stock clocks in the dash, i:e speedo, rev, temp and fuel. Cheers Scrawni.

Just need to check where the coolant goes within the engine, apart from the radiator cap, facing windscreen, to the right of the radiator cap in the corner is a cap with 'coolant/refrigfrant' is this the engine coolant or air conditioning coolant? Cheers Ed

My missus spotted a black (poss SWB) zed in Budgens park park in Melbourne today. Anyone off here? Plate was XIW???? Ivan

I know axle tramp is common on manual TT's. Anyone know a good fix. This damp weather makes for loads of slippy slide and wheel hopping. Thanks in advance.

Reg G602 UHX. Yesterday at about 7pm at Parkway Centre in Coulby Newham. Had club stickers in the back windows. You were behind the wife in her very mucky Black Corsa coming out of the Parkway Centre.

My clutch has started slipping in higher gears when the turbos kick in. What is a good all round clutch that will take the power but not be so stiff i need to use both legs to depress it? What do most people on here use?

Nice looking yellow z on the a31 near the shepherd and flock.. Was in my red Z. :nana2:

What Oil should i put in my new engine?? i.e should it be fully synthetic etc also grade i.e. 10w40 etc Need all details asap :headvswal

Hi guys. I am looking to paint my brake calipers(no problem) and the Hub(don't know if thats the right way of putting it - the bit that the alloy sits on ;-) ). Is there any paint/do's and don'ts for this kind of thing? Cheers

The z i just bought has only been in the country since feb it has been delimited and the clocks chaned for mph. As a whole the car seems un abused and in very good nic the engine is very clean no signs of oil or any leakage. Is any one able to tell me if there is any problems i should specificaly look out for with it? Thanks.

i've brought this up before but i've renewed the drivers side injector rail as the rear injector was faulty. i picked up the car yesterday and it is still running like a pig. i removed the coilpack plug on the rear whilst the engine was running and the engine revs dropped which obviously means that one's ok now. however it now seems to be the middle one on the same side not working. i'm kicking myself as i took a chance on using a second hand injector rail which obviously doesn't come with any gaurantees. i'm at the stage now where a gallon of petrol and a match is the cheaper option!! if i can't sort it soon i will put it up for sale (as is), perhaps someone in the club …

Hi, I got a fresh import tt and the guy who i bought it from had delimited it and had the speedo converted as he does with all the z's he sells, i took it down the motorway to test the top speed and got scared at 160 as a slight bend was coming up and i am not used to the car or 160mph the best my previos cars could manage was 140. The z got there with no problems at all and very fast it took me by supprise how quickly it got up there i havnt had a chance to try out the top end again but does any one know what the top speed of a delimited jap import tt should be? Cheers, Jim

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