General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Pulled into Safeway carpark, strange grining boise as i stopped! Put in neutral, noise worse, put in drive and went around car park, noise went away. did shopping, came back - no drive. just whirring away? Its a 91 NA, with 90k. Anaway as panic started to setin I tried 2nd worked ok to get me going, put back into drive at about 20mph- nothing. had to get home so carried on. got up to about 35, put into drive, everything ok 3rd and 4th came into play no slip? but whed i had to slow down and pick up speed againbeloe 30, slipping or no drive and had to put it back to 2nd then ok again. So driving it like a manual at the moment! only transport i have got. Any …

Has any fitted any aftermarket seat ..( recaro , cobra ect ) and how hard did they find em to put in..as ive heard this can be a PITA.

Does anyone know where to get these from for the 300zx? Also are there any other similar units available for the 300zx. Prices/contacts would be useful. Thanks

hi every1... i am looking to upgade my radiator. any real good choices i should make?

Hi all; Does anyone know where this sensor is? Apparently if it malfunctions or if the connections are a bit dodgy it causes the car to run in emergency mode ... which is the problem that I seem to have. Thanks.

is it really worthwhile me buying a grounding kit? i have no intention of modding the engine up, and im not interested in upgrading the chip either, its fast enough already. but i have been told a grounding kit is a worthwhile buy is it needed on my jap 2str swb?

A couple of months ago i noticed an oil leek at right hand, top corner, of engine, and didnt think to much of it. In the last week i have noticed some blue smoke coming from the exhaust on start up, it goes away once you move of. From doing a search on the forum i assume that i have a faulty Pressure Control Valve. If anyone of you knowledgeable guys or girls could confirm my conclusion i would be greatful. Cheers David

Seeing as nothng else fits on this bloody car I better ask first. (see im learning to ask 1st) I have a jap early 1990 tt and I am going to be fitting NISMO 555's on wed. So, will they fit? Asumption being the mother of all F/ups concerning this car I need to know as I read somewhere something about parts being different untill 92

I was going the other way.......

I had the bonnet up earlier and noticed some brown residue on the inner wing near the power steering pot, some of it had dried and was like a coating of treacle. Checked level in the power steering pot and clutch and they seem ok, anyone know what the stuff could be? Chris.

i am looking for twin turbo 1991 onwards any suggestions for places to source one in the south/ south east

i am a zed virgin trying to buy my first 300 zx could someone tell me if all 300's are all fairlady if not what is the difference

just pulled the head of the girfriends corsa after suspected head gasket failure was lookin at the valves.on two of pots they are white on the other 2 they are pink in colour is this caused by the head gasket failure (has been going for ages) or is this caused by something else that mabye led to the gasket goin in the first place?

two zeds spotted today.. one was a black zed with a spoiler on came past me i was in the texaco garage by the coldra roundabout the first reg letters were-sil i think the other was a nice white zed, private plates.. d4f ev left you a note on your screen under wiper.. was gonna hang on but i had to buy wife a new car today from the peugot garage on the estate.

Has anyone done of these? and can tell me how to take the light unit apart? :confused:

Does anyone have the parts manual for the 300ZX?. I need to buy a sensor but Courtesy parts website and my local Nissan dealer have given me different numbers. The sensor is the temperature gauge sensor (the one next to the yellow ecu temperature sensor on the front water pipe). Courtesy list it as being 25080-TPGSR but my local dealer have given me a part number of 22630-51E00. Who is right :confused: Anyone???

Can Any 1 help, My turbo seems to have failed with no warning ,I just notced a lack of accelaration and that the turbo readinge will not go above -1 on the gauge . Can any one advise Also what damage will I cause by driving her if the turbo has failed? and how much is the repair going to cost this time? will i have re-mortage the house again to keep her on the road? CHEERS STEVE

Can Any 1 help, My turbo seems to have failed with no warning ,I just notced a lack of accelaration and that the turbo readinge will not go above -1 on the gauge . Can any one advise Also what damage will I cause by driving her if the turbo has failed? and how much is the repair going to cost this time? will i have re-mortage the house again to keep her on the road?

Hi there I'm a bit new to this forum so bear with me. I've had my TT a few months and its been fine. The other day it developed some kind leak from the driver side of the radiator and the temp gauge immediately start to rise. I stopped and turned the engine off, had a look under bonnet but couldnt see exactly where it was coming from - there isnt much elbow room under there. I let it cool down for a bit and then managed to get it home with a couple more stops on the way. Can anyone recommend a ZX mechanic in the NW london area? I could try taking it to some local garage but I thought it would be best to find a specialist. Cheers Griff

..happened this morning, odometer isn,t clocking the miles either. Everything else on the dash works ok, and the power steering felt heavy for a few seconds. Am I looking at dirty connection / faulty speed sensor? - or am I looking a faulty speed converter? - it's a jap 1990 NA. ...any advice will, as always be greatfully received. many thanks Jack

A Greddy Profec B Spec 2 as i need to be 100% sure mine is faulty.The only way would be to quickly swap it over in the car for one that i know works. Ideally someone in the London area would be good. Either mail me areid@empiredesign.co.uk or call 07944 045178. Thank you Alex

Grey z on Locking road at about 1800 the day before yesterday. I was in the white z going the other way. :dance:

As above... Looking at doing some track days this year but was wondering how/where i can get me exhaust sytem checked for noise level as certain tracks have noise restriction levels :xxx: :xxx: :xxx: obviously i dont wanna turn up for a trackday only to be turned away again :rolleyes:

topped up the engine with water and took it for a blast last night (about 8pm nice and cool outside, not hot), hasnt been driven for almost 2 months. got a problem, symptoms: my speedo isnt working, neither is the trip counter or odometer. my power steering stops working after about 2 minutes, but if i restart the car it comes back only to stop working again. Hicas light comes on after 5-10 minutes. performance was variable too, sometimes it would accelerate as normal, sometimes a little sluggish, sometimes it wouldnt kick down, i think it might also have been jumping in and out of safety boost cos there was a very noticeable difference when foot to the floor. …

turned the car on last night and the power light flashed 16 times, turned it on and off a few times and the same thing. what does it mean?