General Discussions - 300ZX Related

as above, thanks, I have the big ends, cant find mains though...

ive got a 1990 uk TT man and have had it for about 6month now. and ever since ive had it its had this realy odd prob of not turning off! starts fine its wen ya want turn it of. this prob is intermittent! iff you turn the key to off (once running) the engine will drop a few revs and just sit there! so i have to keep unpluggin the CAS lead lol.. and help would be much apriciated chears :cry:

parked outside boots 12.00 today very tidy zed graeme

HI guys, I had a bloke come round last night to check out my air con. he found out that there is a short somewhere within the compressor or its clutch. Does anyone know where to get a second-hand compressor? or know of anyone selling one? Thanks Mike...

My lights were shocking the other night, something has got to be done... Who supplies teh HID kits? Whats the best sort? How much am I looking at? TA... :D

are the head bolts ina TT z reusable or are they streatch bolts! thanx.. ive been told that the standard bolts are non streatch! is ther correct! :confused: chears

The little things that dampen the fun in having a zed.. came home yesterday turn off ignition went into house my girl friend call me and said i left my lights on ' turn out all my backlights were on . well i figured it was the break switch probably stuck . no matter what i do rear lights wont go out . i know the wires that comes from the break pedal had a problem once and ckeck them by pressing pedal and observe 12v .now when i press brakes i dont see that 12v yet all my rear lights are on . had to pull plug from light controller a black box in the rear that seem to feed voltage to lights to get them out. any help appreciated . i ha…

Anyone near Preston , A company called Chill Out based in Leyland - pretty much a one man band, but I phoned him at 2:30pm and he said come round at 6:30pm - Re-gassed the car with an R12 drop in replacement with dye for leak checks, took 30mins and charged £65. Air con back to working well again. :hyper:

Anybody got any ideas? Speedo not working, replaced speedo sender, worked for about a mile and then stopped. Been crawling underneath it, checked all the wires, give them a clean, checked what I could see. Went for another drive, worked again for a mile, then started working intermittantly. Can anyone give me some advice???

I've contacted a few companies about converting my NA to TT with varying prices. My NA engine has blown and thought i'd take the opportunity to think about a conversion. My gearbox is good. I've had a few... let's say "varied quotes" :D :nono: So I was wondering. How much do YOU think is reasonable for a garage to charge labour for a (1)straight engine swap for my NA (labour only, iv'e got a recon lined up) (2)for plugging a TT in instead (labour only. all parts supplied by me) Please post your labour only guesses or preferably quotes of work you've actually had undertaken. I'm thinking 1/2 days work for two people tops.

Hi, Is it possible to change the universal joint on the steering column without getting underneath the car? It's difficult to access from the top but if there were some other way i'd give it a go myself. cheers.

Help, Car loosing boost around 5000rpm and have tried everything ie, changed turbos, boost control valve(blitz), conzult and simple things like loose pipes etc. We have a show this weekend and cant quite figure this one out. Any help much appricated thanks. :cry:

driving home today had a bit of a race with a porsche..beat it but pulled up, idling and suddenly smoke starts coming out from the bonnet and under the car and through the vents...looked under the car and in the middle literally just behind where you sit where it seems the exhaust splits (sorry not sure what this bit is..the cat?) there was smoke coming from here, im guessing the smoke coming from the engine was coming up from here too... just checked the oil and the level seems ok...but after hard driving the smoke was very bad...normal driving its ok...Ryan has recently fixed the big end and fixed a crankseal, but did say there was a possible tiny leak still...woul…

Red one heading out of Clacton on Wednesday, cool spoiler (I passed you in opposite direction...) and a white one in the town centre, outside Rumours nightclub...

saw a nice gray one about lunch time today, i was in the skyline that flashed you, anyone from here??

hi all followed the following guide to install the boost controller http://www.300zx-twinturbo.com/tech/blitz/blitz.htm my only query is the 3 pin connector that comes out of the back of the controller, where does it go? Theres the main connector that goes to the boost solinoid, the red live wire and the black earth but the 3 pin connector? cheers marcus

:confused: on some members sigs where i assume the supposed to be a pic all i get is a white box with an x in it ... why can't i see them i get it on some other sits too . ive tried messin with my firewall settings and antivirus software but nothing seems to work :confused:

:cry: how hard is to take the water pump out and put it bank on? do you need a garage for that or you can do it your self?

Guys Just noticed that my fuel filter is the wrong way round!!! :slap: The end that says out is receiving fuel from the tank...... Its been like this for about a year now, will/would it make any difference? Flow rates? Etc.....

I need to buy one - where is best to look? many thanks Simon

red 300zx this week. i was following u lol. in a silver calibra. u turned left instead of right to t4 in a nop through rd.

I have just recently purchased some fookin lovely pioneer 5 way 6 x 9s but the magnet is quite large and also the original rear speakers are only small in comparrison so i might have to get the dremmal out to make them fit. Has any body done this and do you have advise and pics please. :D

just on the off chance does anyone know what diamiter the pipes are going to the recirc valves (from turbo/to inlet) as i need to order some bits to fit my dump valves and dont want to strip it all down to put back together if you know what i mean thanks for any help kev

Just wondered if anyone has taken a Z into AP Motors in Plymouth. I've been speaking to them about getting my engine replaced. All impressions are good so far (great facilities, 4w rolling road, recommended by other car owners, straight talking etc). Dave :hyper:

Hi , I've had a bit of a rough ride with my Zed over the last year : -Bought in July 2004 -Gearbox re-conditioned in september 2004 -Blew two pistons in December 2004! mechanical boost valves and dodgey boost gauge not a good combination. Won't mention the turbo rebuild because thats what i thought the black smoke was from and didn't have a compression kit!! -Re-built over Christmas myself (never touched a car before this!) Didn't have enough money to take it anywhere. Put in new piston set and complete gasket set. Couldn't believe it when it started first time!! -Drove and enjoyed for 4 months, (only problem was smoke sometimes on idle ,already replace…