General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Smoking right exhaust :eek:

as per another thread, Im bout to route a new dipstick tube, anyone have some photos of there engine (detailed and pref out), so I can see how the dipstick tube goes? Thanks

Anyone got a photo or drawing/pic of how the dipstick tube on a TT is routed/located. My old one is shafted and I need to pull it out and route the new one - the old one hasnt took the proper route and is kinked so I cant just push the new tube in the same area . . . . Thanks

hello can you all help me i have a 300 non turbo its a jap import i want a bit more power off the start line but do not want to go for a twin turbo . want more from my car i have changed the air fillter and taken the cats out and but stanless steel front to back but not manifold.what woud you say is the next step and who will be the best to get what ever parts i need off thanks for ya help.

Hello all, Cleaned all of my injector and coil pack connecters because I thought it would cure an erratic idleing problem but now it seems as if the car is only running on five cylinders. What do I do next? :headvswal I am going to fit all new connecters at the weekend. But what else could it be?

I read on many forums about 0w and 5w oils being too thin. I will try to explain it without getting over technical and we'll go from there. 0w-40, 5w-40, 10w-40 and 15w-40 are all the same thickness (14cst) at 100degC. Centistokes (cst) is the measure of a fluid's resistance to flow (viscosity). It is calculated in terms of the time required for a standard quantity of fluid at a certain temperature to flow through a standard orifice. The higher the value, the more viscous the fluid. As viscosity varies with temperature, the value is meaningless unless accompanied by the temperature at which it is measured. In the case of oils, viscosity is generally repo…

Does anyone know where I can find a list of car insurance groups. I want to compare a couple of cars for my son and find out what insurance group it might be?

Nice red 300zx reg kx on A12 morning i was in a lorry doing 56mph :(

I feel now is the time to remove the boost jets and install a Boost Controller :D. So the question is shall it be the AVC-R or the Profec B II??? And also who is gonna give me the best price on these?? Cheers guys, Ant

whats the grille thats got the 6 vents in 3 a side and where do I get it from ie the headlight panel grille chris :duffer:

if you post a thread and want to change th title how do you do it? yas

1. Saw 1 on saturday Black with shark front bumper, cream lether interior 2+2, private plate began with C, had VENOM REAR LIGHTS (6 POT) and spinners. was in residents car park behind lucas house at about 6pm. 2.A red one at putney original look (body and alloys.) Twin turbo was a K plate i think, can't remember correctly. at about 3pm 3. a Gun metal grey, NA at wandsworth road LWB with a for sale paper. stopped outside costcutter. at about 4.30pm 4. well didnt really see this one but was on the sky news channel going on the motorway (dont remember the motorway though). it was black, with blacked out rear lights and i think it had a 99 spec rear spoiler. …

I'm just in the process of removing the carbon canister, just wanted to check that I've got to pipe the fuel tank vent line to the small pipe on the bottom of the canister, that comes off the large pipe, it's the lowest pipe seems to disappear under the front crossmember.. :confused: All other vac lines to be capped. Can anyone confirm this is right? Also I'm going to strip the PRVR solenoid out as well is it just again a case of blanking off the vac lines?What do I do with the vac line going to the FPR? There is also what looks like 2 vac lines dissappearing into the inner wing near the battery :confused: Thanks anyone :) Jon..

as above the diagnostic for my K reg AUTO and Off 5 times dont do anything apparently I can get the car to tell me a load of different temperatures etc chris :cool:

Not so much "was it you" as Was it yours"?? Saw it on a driveway Nr Ashford Kent Big "Z" on the back Big spoiler too. Pearl White. Looked nice? I was out hunting for a Kebab shop and got a bit lost when I saw it.. :p

hi my 300 has been misfiring for a while and smoking quite a bit at idle so i spent all day saturday changing plugs oil, fuel filter etc etc, and it ran fine for about 20 miles. now i have a slight misfire (much better than B4 tho) between 2-3k revs but only when its not on the boost if i boot it and the turbos kick in it does not misfire at all between 2-3k revs, and it also has started hunting at idle but did this before i started swearing at it yesterday and now does it every so often! Any ideas anyone? is it unusual that my first posted thread should be in help and advice? lol :rolleyes: Rich

Water pumps If ever you need reminding the importance of using genuine Nissan parts only, then take a look at the link below. The pic shows two water pumps the one on the left is a genuine Nissan part, and the one on the right is a Blue Print one, Clearly the right hand pump impellor is smaller, has less fins and the depth of the pump bowl area is much shallower. It would be fair to say that the Nissan pump will do a better job of circulating the water. Makes you wonder how many zeds are driving round with the lower spec water pump fitted and the owner is blissfully unaware, in fact may in be quite content that the pump has been changed...any one…

Hi guys, I'm new round here, and am looking at buying a 300zx. I've been drooling at some pics on the net, till i can afford one, and came across this one which has to be the slickest zx i've laid eyes on. http://home.planet.nl/~paffe044/web/rdzx.jpg Has anyone seen this one before or have any more info on it...or any more pics? (It almost looks superimposed , but i think its a genuine phot) Although the link above works, i think its 'cached' in google. The site itself seems to be a dead link :(

fitted ebc discs and pads all round plus bled the system not that there was any air in anyway.. but my brakes are shite still I would say anyway.. I know it takes time for them to bed etc but the pedal is still softish Ive bled them properly and theres no leaks anyway so its not loosing pressure. I was expecting a little bite at least even my g/f's corsa has a sharp stop when you push abit harder ie throw your head forward whats wrong? chris :slap:

anyone know where i can buy bomex body kits in uk? new, secondhand or damaged 4 z 32. :bow:

Heading East, about 5pm ish. I was heading west so didn't get a good look! Think you had nose panel with 4 vents, but that was the only feature I noticed! Mark

Hi to all, i've been wondering about importing stuff from the good old U S of A..compared to uk prices, as usual they seem to be much cheaper. I know about the problems of returning stuff , but generally is the process pretty pain free? What sites do youlot recommend. I've heard of courtesy and z motorsport. Are they ok to deal with? thanks to all who reply!! :hyper:

how bad is to drive without a oil cooler for the gear box....i've changed the standard water rad with a KOYO one and now i don't have a rad for the gear box. can i drive the z without a cooler for few days till a buy one?

What is the bhp at the rear wheel of a uk twin turbo standard ? __________________

going to order some of the above,was looking in halfrauds and there isnt a listing for 300zx so was wondering what ones do i need IE 200sx will they fit cheers greg :cool: