General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Any got a clue how much a second hand NA engine would be and if so where i might be able to find one? Just in case my engine is completely dead? Rich

Just brought a nardi steering wheel with boss .Can i stick this on not botherd about cruise as i have removed it anyway .But will the hicas light be on and will the hicas not work anymore as this boss has not got the hicas elimanator thing on it .Is this a mot faluire to have the hicas light on thanks taff.

What bits do i need to de spoiler my swb i want to keep centre brake light and standard 1991 rear lights .thanks taff

Helllooooooooo Please see other post entitled....think my engines dead...can't believe it.... Basically this is a grovelling request for anyone with conzult to help me diagnose the complete lack of life in my engine bay! I know its a bad time but as mines a daily driver i'd REALLY appreciate it. Fifteen mins of your time is all i ask. Grovel...crawl...beg...plead.... Rich

Quite sure its gonna be a vacume line/split hose so not too fussed. But my engine is very lumpy throughout the intire Rev range. Any ideas I should be checking other than hoses? Also the connector to the TPS is knackered. Can you buy a new plug on its own for the TPS??? Oh and speedo/power steering is erratic (only works over 40mph) and 99% sure this will be speed sensor. Sure I know the answers to these questions but giving my history with help and advice I really should ask you lot first!!! :rofl: :D

Ok where do i start...driving to work tonight quite happily roaming through the gears then not a lot of power...followed by no power...followed by the engine running in way reminiscant of a knackered tractor. Now the thing will hardly run at all and sounds like it's on 2 cylinders struggling (with my foot planted on the floor) at 200rpm. Please help....as i understand that a lot of you guys use your zeds as second cars but mine is a daily driver and without it i'm totally fooked. I just don't know what the hell is wrong with it...its either the cam belt or the ptu, but i don't know how the egine runs when the ptu is dead?? I'm gettin rapdily to the end…

right then finnaly got round to stripping down my old tt engine to find out why it was burning oil!! engine was removed cause the main bearings had gone and they had spun round :o so took the heads off 2nite and all i could find was that the oil controll rings on the pistons were seized i:e not moving freeley!! so what could cause this to happen then?? what can i do with my bearings if they have spun does the block need regrinding to take new oversize bearings and also the crank as well?? :confused:

Hi, got some nice side skirts to fit during the cold winter months but just wandering what the best way to do this is. They come with indent to rivet or screw into the sills but that means drilling holes through the sill, which I didn't think was very goog idea. My question is will they hold ok with just bonding glue or do they really need riveting, what has everyone else done? Pics will follow when the kit is all on and sprayed (prob June!). :hyper:

stillen GTZ-R side skirts. I've searched here, google ,everywhere I can think of but no luck. Thing is car is due to be ready by wednesday after a few delays, and i'm starting to get pissd off waiting to see them in red! I'd just like to see a different pic,(been looking a this one for 3 months) colour doesn't matter. Cheers.

ok I'v removed rad and pipes as far back as poss, thanks to your replies to Stellaz, ya5een :bow: firstly my question is, is the idler highlighted green in pic 1 the same one as in pic2 with red arrow?? If so, can i remove this? as it looks like it add some tension to the timing belt. Please advize. finally, it was mentioned that to remove the bolt at the rear of the compressor a flexi-socket is needed. WTF is a flexi-socket?? :rofl: I have never heard of such a thing. cheers in advance Mike

As I am trying to sell my car I am getting it run on a Dyno in January to get its BHP on paper to help sell it, and I would also like a Conzult check done on it to just so I can say its been Conzulted as well and it has come up fault free etc, it all helps to sell the Z. I had Nissan do a check a few months ago and it came up fine but I would like the Conzult done as well. Thanks in advance. P.s preferably Devon area.

First of all, apologies if something along these lines has been posted before, but after a lengthy trawl, I can't find it.... My problem is that I'm after buying a 300 next year, roughly about april/may time. I was pretty easygoing with getting a Jap or UK car, but a friend recently told me that import cars are more trouble than their money's-worth. This has put me in some serious doubts, as it seems there are a lot more Jap than UK cars available out there. Has anyone got any advice or information to either counter his claims, or show a non-financially-suicidal way of owning one of these beautiful pieces of road-engineering art. Yours Hopefully Kyy

i have a suspected clutch vacume leak as my engine is stalling upon pressing the clutch down arriving at roundabouts etc.. question is ive checked out the diagram on the online manual, and then looked in the engine bay and cannot see the vacume tank and hoses coming from clutch master cylinder. all i can see is the master cylinder? where is it all hidden? :confused: thanks all..

hello guy i'm trying to get insured on my dad's car is ford expedition v8 5.4 ,on wednesday i want to go abroad and take his car but i can't get insured with his company cos i'm to young to drive it they say i'm 23 and minimum age is 25 , i want it just for about 20 days and to cover europa as well,do you know any companies where i can get insured?

I don't know, this weather: might be great for the turbos, but boy does it bring out the gremlins. :rofl: Earlier this week my ABS pump relay stuck on again, although now I know how to sort that out so not a big problem... no dead battery this time around. But now it's the HICAS. I noticed this first yesterday evening when I went to change the oil. Car was cold, and hadn't been driven for a couple of days, so I started the engine to get it warmed up. Warning lights came on as normal and then all switched off again, apart from the HICAS light, which stayed on. Anyway, I pottered around, got the jack and everything else out, made coffee. Probably took 10 - 15 minutes o…

My rear spoiler has cracks in the paint at both edges and has become pourous, there is water under the paint and is causing it to blister. Are the spoilers bonded on and would anyone happen to know the paint code for grey colour

Hey my bottom end has gone on my engine can anyone put any advice as to what the best method is to resovle the problem? or a price guide as too how much it will cost?

my hicas light is on continuously, checked the fluid level and its fine, also when i turn the steering wheel the power steering pump moans when under load, are the 2 connected

when i start my car the gauge shows there is no oil pressure. It is knocking from the bottom end but would this cause the lack of oil pressure?

Im paranoid somethings up. What should turbo boost gauge display when car is idling?

Are they an upgrade for the 300zx ?? I speak about the stock ones ;)

Hi, was checking all components+ wiring etc because had a really bad missfire /hesitation all of a sudden car cut off wont restart and when it does come on cuts off again, so when i checked coilpacks+wiring harness all were ok i could see spark apart from one tryed different coilpack but made no difference so the wire harness the bit you attach to coilpack is faulty but ive used a multi meter on all connecters and get same reading but get no spark from one harness really confused what can i check also would car missfire that badly with one coil not working plz help thanx.

Hi To all. Not another one of those should I should i not!!! I'm just looking for good quality decatt pipes for me zed. Any ideas on what are good..ie very good build quality...easy to fit and are good value for money... :hyper: Mark Ps...its a Uk zed!!

black zed multi storey car park salisbury wiltshire. i was in my lasses little green fieste lol nice zed

SAW YOU IN TOWN NICE MOTOR YOU ALSO BOOTED IT UP THE HILL TOWARDS THE ROUNDABOUT. THINK IT WAS AN NA OR A VERY QUIET TURBO! :confused: