General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Lo again guys, the car I'm looking at had one of these 8k miles ago, been browsing the forums and seena few of these apparently failing after low mileage. Is there a known issue with them or is it most likely down to abuse? Cheers.

Spotted in Lincoln Road, I've seen this Zed parked up few times down the same road before, just wandering any1 from here?!

Sorry could not stop, I was going in the wrong direction :mac1: Dark Blue metallic just after j2 of the m40 broken down or topping up somthing under the bonnet @ 630pm tonight, hope you made it home bud. :cry:

1. Pearl Yellow J reg, non-standard low spoiler - A34 north, Botley, Oxford - 8am 2. Silver G reg - Cumnor Hill (down), Oxford - 5.20pm (local as often seen?)

Can anyone tell me what oil pressure should be please? My gauge reads: '0' '4' '8' Thanks

well as of today im zedless first guy looked at it and bought it hope you have as much fun as me andy steve

As title really, are 2 smaller subs better than 1 larger one? I got some neat little enclosures off of Ryan a while ago, they fit left and right in the boot but the 8" subs in it could do with being upgraded. Its quite hard to come by 8"'s but have found some Kickers in that size. I wired the 8's into a 2x200w amp and they weren't all that so then I bridged it to a larger sub I had in a box and just sat it in the boot. That sounded ALOT better. I don't want to be wasting my time with better 8's if they are never going to match 1 bigger sub? Its just the 2 enclosures that fit L+R leave plenty of space for the targa's, where as the bigger sub wouldn't. Thanks for …

On the ring road, didnt reconise the driver.

Will the Turbos from a Fiat Coupe 20VT fit a zed? they are T28 and will they be any good? know someone selling two cheep.

just wondering what kind of prices people are paying for a general blow over respray same colour or the same but metallic.. My car was parked next to a Prelude metallic phantom grey yesterday and it put my car to shame. Cant beleive Nissan made a 30k supercar and didnt paint most of them metallic.. especially as it was around then.. chris

Hi guys, is it possible to run a Turbo Timer and an alarm/immobiliser on the car at the same time? When my car came over from Japan I had an alarm/immobiliser fitted cos of insurance purposes, but the people who installed it said they had to remove the turbo timer because the 2 units cant run simultaneously. The immobiliser would cut in before the turbos had cooled down. I am a little concerned that i am not letting the car run for long enough after driving it for the turbos to cool down. How long should i be looking at? Cheers Ross :cool:

Anyone been? There must be a world of Z goodies over there! My ex girlfriend is there at the moment and has asked if I want anything! What a girl! I'm thinking some decent floor mats at the very least, seeing as theirs will be r/h drive. Anyone able to point me in the right direction?

Hi guys, just joined up here :) Looking at getting a 300zx as you can probably guess. Been reading up on them but can't get a rough mileage on when the turbos are likely to fail from anyone. Car i'm interested in has 60,500 miles and was imported in 2000, has a full history over here but from owning turbo'd cars in the past I know they can be flaky. Cheers, Daz.

Going past Sarn services m4 heading towards Swansea way, about 7.45. I was going opposite way in my red shortie.

My Jap import is into is second day on the road. Been really warm down here in South wales today, and my car is running fine, temp seems normal etc. BUT is sounds like it has an electric fan running all the time. Its been in the garage for 2 house, and i started it again, and the noist was still there ? Is the an elec fan as well as the viscous belt driven one?

I am sending off my ECU unit to AndyP for a chip to be installed, but i was also wondering if it can be remapped out of the car or does it need to be in the car. Also is their any of you guys that can get it remapped if Andy does'nt know anyone and how much. Cheers guys.

Hello people I have just noticed I have slack in my rear rack, both rear wheels can be moved easily (when jacked up) from side to side. The slack is in the HICAS hydraulic thingy whatsit. Anybody know what I need and how to cure the probelm and a ruff price please ? Cheers Paul

I'm getting p***ed off with this problem, here's the story, 1/..Converted to manual(big mistake) fitted ACT clutch unit including spiggot bush and had flywheel skimmed to eliminate any chance of any problems(so I thought) ran car seemed ok but got bad clutch judder, slipped clutch a bit did 100 miles seems worse when warm. 2/ removed gearbox removed clutch inspected checked runout on flywheel was 0.010" had it reskimmed and checked runout on engine within 0.002" ok refitted box. 3/ ran car and clutch judder still there did 250 miles and still there worse when warm but still boincing car about 4/ removed gearbox and fitted another new clutch from ACT and…

Does anyone know what has happened to SE Nissan/ Nisstech in Maldon? Have they changed their phone number or moved? I have just spent over £3000 with them and my car is running like a dog....sh*t happens!

local motor factors has this stuff in 4 litres for £19. thing is its like water - really really really thin. Now I know oilman recommends a good 10/50 but would this be ok to use??? a little worried - I have fully synthetic Morris 10/50 in at moment but unable to get any quick and I need some really quick. I just dont wanna put this stuff in and damage engine?

OK it's not a Zed, but I'm just replacing the exhaust manifold gasket on my Rover 820 and Haynes suggest a 45nm setting for the nuts and bolts to do it up. Does this sound right to anyone? That's barely on! Cheers, Matt.

would this be of any use, anywhere??

Ok, I finally admit defeat. Last summer I took the Z off the road to change the water pump, install some BLING, and completely re-do my interior. All was going well until I hit problems with changing the water pump. A number of friends had the solution, and would be round soon to fix it (with the correct tools etc.) so I got on with doing the interior. Here I am 1 year later and it's still in the same mess, I'm totally pissed off with it (and my mates) and just want to pay for someone to come round and get the bugger going again, so I can finish off all the other bits. Anyone know of a decent MOBILE mechanic in West London ? (I'm based in Hayes). It has to be mobile…

My car is pulling to left quite heavily. Im at chichester in w.sussex, anybody recommend a good 4 wheel steering alignment garage around the south coast that can do the business.

thanks for the info the other day about my brakes I went out and tested cylinder diagnostic.. in park engine running push brake pedal and it slowly but surely went to the bottom so what now, it also made a funny humming noise at times.??? master cylinder repair kit?? then will my brakes actually stop me at anything over 40mph :dance: :dance: chris