General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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…

Blue UK Z, L300??? I was in a R32GTR i flashed but you didnt even look LOL, fair enough! hehe

Picked up my Zed today - I'm well pleased.... Took her for a good blast and everything is a ok! The only thing wrong was a blown indicator bulb (or so I thought), until some cabby told me I had no frickin' brake lights! I checked the indicators and all bulbs are ok, but the drivers side flashes twice as quick as it should, like they do when a bulb has gone. I have done some research on here about it, and I think it may be that little black box thingy(behind drivers rear light)?! Could the two faults be related? I'm gonna have a proper look tomorrow when its not raining and I'm not in odeon car park :D ... If it is that black box, how much are they? And where cou…

Hi zxers, I went in for MOT the afternoon only to realise the right rear light not working. Now I ave spent the last hour or so trying to rectify if but could not source. I put in new bulds, swap theleft ones for the right one still no luck. However the break-lamps are working though. Is there a fuse that control each side of the lamps? thanks Ade

Are they the same my friends 300zx is a manual and when he lifts of the gas he gets a clonk and it also feels like there is play in something under the car gears change fine.

Hi to everyone! :D Apologies for the length of this one, just trying to set off on the right foot of Zed ownership :hyper: ! We (Helen and Ian) collected our Zed last night, its a 1991 T Top Twin Turbo in red :p We are both really happy with the car and there doesn't seem to be any major issues (she went through her MOT this afternoon after a pair of wipers and a new headlight bulb) We have a pretty good working knowledge of cars, having worked with Ford Probes for the last couple of years and are confident enough to try most jobs ourselves. (We have pretty much rebuilt our other car completely, with electrical, engine and interior work being DIY all…

hi all, me battery on the zed is dead need advice on which one to get as in the amps rating, want to get good strong replacement, as i like me car stereo, etc etc, , any advice""" will be gracious , thanks all

Hi Can any one tell me what is the best way to renew my strips around the windows and t~tops etc?? Mine is just lookin a wee bit faded :headvswal :rolleyes:

About half four this afternoon on aber road.

bought a replacement dashboard from a member of group that Im having problem with. when I got it speedo and rev counter were just sitting at max - even when plugged in. looked at back and realised speedo was missing 2 of its 4 screws so used the screws from mine, - no change. left it plugged in and drove home - after about 4 miles bothe rev counter and speedo dropped to normal positions. Anyways. . . . . Rev counter seems fine but speedo is reporting 60mph when GPS shows were doing 34mph and when Im actually doing 45mph speedo shows 105mph??? Also noticed steering is starting to go heavy intermittantly now I have this plugged in - its a uk spec dash.…

Guys what are the offsets for a UK 300 TT? Seen some Axis wheels 19x8.5 (40mm offset) & 19x9.5 (45mm offset), do you think these would fit? Dan.

I read over lunch that the mirrors on the 300zx supposedly fold in automatically. Is that true? / restricted to certain models / countries? If so, mines a jap tt. Are they supposed to work for me :smash:

Are they the same or are TT's uprated?

Have a very intermittant speedo at the moment - mostly doesnt work though - before I go the route of replacing speed sensor I know a few people suggest re-soldering the pcb to fix dry solder joints - I dont have a speed convertor box to worry about. Does anyone have any pictures of the jpoints to look at - is it just the ones on the membrane at the back of the dials or is it a case of take the housing apart to get to the dial electronics themselves and do that side of things? Any help much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hi all, As my auto box is now well and truly on its last legs I started researching the various options available to me. (1) rebuild gearbox to stock spec, (2) rebuild gearbox to "fast road" spec, (3) buy second hand gearbox known to be working. Ideally I'd like option (2) but limited finances may force me into another option. However, as a final alternative I'd like to know whether it is possible to buy a completely new gearbox, say directly from Japan. Does anyone know whether this is possible and if so are the gearboxes "year" specific - ie you can't fit a 96 gearbox to a 90 car ... I seem to recall that the autobox out of a JDM TT was also fitted to another JDM N…

I am now getting syncro problems on 1 to 2,it is time to start looking at getting the manual gearbox replaced or refurbed. Dose anybody have any idea of quality replacement supliers, or workshops that can do this? many thanks Allan

GunMetal Grey ZED. Non Turbo, G reg .Clapham South.12.55pm at traffic lights. completly standard on out side. doubt its anyones on here.

Hi there ive just got myself a 89 300zx twin turbo auto just imported it and im having trouble:( the car wont start bought a new battery and it sounds healthy just think its not getting a spark? my mate and i have been looking for the spark plugs but aint having much luck can someone advise where about they are :headvswal hope to get some pics of it up soon dj

has anyone changed the bulbs in their dash. I'm going to do mine cause the dash lights are very dull. I'm thinking of getting some LED bulbs instead and perhaps in blue.

Just saw this and thought it might work for leaking targa seals? http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9004 Vijay