General Discussions - 300ZX Related

the cars been stood for 2 weeks, starts up, abs, esp, & other lights on, checked the charge rate & its not charging, check the batt & its a cell down, ive replaced the batt, but still not charging? pressuming its the alternator, but being a modern car im unsure! anyone got any ideas about this? Theres no relitive fault codes BTW thanks steve

Zed on the A35 near Dorchester about 1 30 pm today (sunday) . Very nice!

I do not want to go to the expense of buying a polished plenum and water pipes inlets etc but what would I use to polish them up if I was to remove them? I've got my Dremmel and was wondering whether I could get a little attachment or two to do the job?

my air con bearings seem to be making lots of noise is it possible to remove the belt,or will that affect anything else

From a previous post I gathered that I probably need some better Shocks and Springs and maybe camber adjusting kit. Legrath recommended KYB shocks and Eibach springs as a good cost-effective solution. I have been looking around on the web and cannot find anything listed specifically for a 300zx. Can anyone recommend where I could get the parts I need, or similar ones at a reasonable price. Where is the best place to have them fitted - can any half-decent mechanic do it, or should it be a specialist?

Parked up tonight, and after a while went to start car, failed to start and noticed a strong smell of fuel, no obvious signs of fuel leak in engine bay... The car after then getting started began to idle irratically, and stalled, this was then followed by a loud wirring noise from back of the car and heavy fuel rich smelling smoke from the exhaust? Any idea's guys? Thank-you.............

Time for an oil chance. Been using Castol RS 10-60 over the summer, but am thinking of moving to Castrol RS 0-40 for the winter. My Reasonings being that the "0" Cold rating is better for the colder months at startup, where a lower cold rating can give better protection to a cold engine for the first couple of seconds. and the 60 hot rating, tends to apply to High mileage engines (less likely to leak), Tuned engines (generate more heat), and hotter months (heat reasons again). My engine is pretty much stock and low mileage. opinions ?

My zed seems to have quite a shockingly noticable negative camber. It has been lowered (I don't know how much) on (what seems to be) Munroe Sensatrac shocks. 1. Are they half-way decent shocks? The ride is pretty bone-shaking. 2. Should I be worried about such a noticable camber? I don't know what it should be like if the car is lowered. 3. The wheels are 19" Superlegerras. I have not investigated but it really looks like the offset is wrong. The wheels sit back under the arches much more than my old zed. Can anyone shed any light for me. It's another area where I am too ignorant. Thanks.

First of all i would just like to say this is Only my opinion you :xxx: :xxx: Red yes Red Zed towing a fooooooking caravan on the M69 today about 2ish, That has got to bee a P!ss take....... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :headvswal

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I have owned my Zed fro 3 weeks and now experienced my first electrical gremlins. 1) Wipers run continuously on their own. this problem occurs now and then. Any hints or suggestions would be welcome. The green and black wire from the motor is constantly at 4.5 volts when the failure occurs at the wiper switch. I think this could be a park switch issue on the motor but i will have another look tomorrow 2) My drivers door window will not go down. I have stripped the switch down and it works ok (the output for the relay pack goes to ground when the switch is pressed). I guess the window amp could be broken. A couple of searches on the forum point in this direction …

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So, I went round to PJ's this afternoon to pick up some PCV valves for my Zed as it keeps dumping oil every so often.....and on startup...AND blows has blown the dipstick out. Last few weeks have been boring...I've not taken it over 3k rpm and have always kept the turbos in vacumme as much as I could. On hard acceleration originally, it used to smoke a bit...all the time. Didn't when I first bought it and have only covered about 1000 miles. Anyway, attacked the drivers side first....erm, pipe split, bit a bit of 'modding' and all was well. Bit awkward to get off, but refitted it. Then came the passenger side. What a complete and utter mare. Before I started…

I've never seen my fuel light come on, how far down does the needle go before it usually comes on? And how much have you got left when it does? Chris.

Im just about to do a manual auto conversion (weather permitting) and was wondering if anyone on here uses this set up? If so whats it like? It wasnt my first choice of clutch but for a hundred quid all in brand new i thought what the hell.Its the flywheel that cost an arm and a leg LOL. Any help appreciated. Steve

White zed in getting petrol in Pallion Sunderland at 2.00 This afternoon Sat 1/10/05 reg L300 *** with smoked front indicators looked well sorted

Nice red 2+2 near gloucester on a48 at minsterworth heading to Chepstow. Flashed and waved :)

Just brought a recaro sr recliner and need a subframe as i dont want to mess around fitting to standard rails.Does anyone know how can get one off these im having problems finding one thanks taff.

4:30 On way back from Chelmsford, you were just leaving Braintree, looked real nice, Bodykit High level spoiler Single exit big exhaust, looked fantastic :bow:

Hi All :) Took the zed out this morning for a drive and wondered if any of you guys could shed some light on the following: 1) From a cold start she is VERY slugish with little throttle response and then a sudden jump. This clears up as soon as the engine is hot. 2) In Park the revs are at 1500 regardless of engine temp (surely too high :confused: ) when ideling in drive the revs are 1000. 3) There is also a smell of petrol at idle. Could this be due to the high revs or a fuel PSI problem???? Any and all advice gratefully recieved :D

Hi, Want to put my Zed on a Conzult, does anyone have one I could rig my car up to near Kent. Would go to Ryan but will be heading over there in couple of weeks... Just wanted to get the car checked ready for the 9th. Cheers

Martin i dont know if you have seen the resultd vmc give? so here is a picture of mine when I got them back :bow:

Im Just about to do a manual auto conversion on my car and was wondering if anyone could give us a pic of where it sits in the engine bay? Also what is the easiest way to fit the pedal box? Dash off or seat out? Thanks Steve. :rolleyes:

Just about to install my Apexi... Anything I need to watch out for??? Cheers

hey guys, I'm new to this forum, and much more familiar with skylines than 300Z's, I gota say that I'm very impressed with the amount of knowlege that people have here on the site. I was Kinda hoping that someone might be able to help me out with a bit of info. I have done a search on the forums and spent a couple of hours reading through different posts, hoping that I would find what I was looking for, but didn't have any luck. I have a R32 GTS-T skyline non type-M (thats right folks the one with the little GTS Brakes but it at least has 5 stud wheels) And was going to do a brake conversion, using 300 Zx discs and calipers. The brake discs, lines and calipe…