General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Theres probably a link for this but i cant find it, I bought a couple of decat pipes a couple of weeks ago and ive been doing the rounds to see if anyone localy will fit em coz i dont have time, a couple of places said they would do it but warned me that the car may not pass an MOT cos of emmissions, how do you guys get away with it, also adding things like a new chip, bigger injectors, induction, etc, do they fook up the emmissions as well? do all cars need to pass emmision tests or those only manufactured after a certain year? Thanks in advance Pete

been using this stuff to clean my alloys with ages, it really is powerful stuff for cleaning shite off your wheels. Spray on , wait 15 mins , then either scrub with a brillo pad and hose down. Or, if you're feeling lazy go to you're nearest car wash and blast it off. Way better than the expensive stuff you buy at a motorfactors. And costs about 2 quid. :nana2:

Was it you ????? ;)

Similar to those on Strosek front I guess..........been looking around for some but no luck. Any suggestions gratefully received.

....will someone please spot me in the Zed..... :cry: ..or could you just pretend, it would make my day! ;)

heard allot of talk about this is it worth and where can i buy some from. I'm from Norwich pleasssseee say somone does it form there. :D

hi am new here and i am waiting to pick up my z next week!! its a 91 tt import and i was wondering what you guys recon are good mods to start with. the car is totally original except the rear spoiler! i was thinking induction kit exhausts!! can anyone suggest a good place to get these from!! many thanks for your advice in advance by the way i am in hereford so the midlands and wales would be ideal places for me! :duffer: :dance:

Hi, I purchased a fairly poorly Z at the beginning of the year and have been dragging it back to life ever since. I've had quite a bit of work done on it but I'm sure it's not running quite right. I've had a gearbox rebuild, but it still seems fairly unresponsive when pottering about, i.e. loads of turbo lag and maybe clutch slipping. Having never driven another one means I have nothing to compare it with. So I was wondering if there is anyone in the Cambridge Area who has a fairly standard auto TT that I could compare it to? Let me know...

just dug out 4 migs from my bits n bobs drawer - two of them say 1-0.040 on them and look new, two of them say 0.6 on them ( :shock: ) and look used! my second ever mod to my Z was JWT and jets, but being a newbie i didnt really understand what they were ( :rolleyes: ) just asked the mech to put them in! please tell me i didnt have 0.6's in! i think ive got 0.8s in at the moment. whats the 1-0.040 mean then?

I am set to introduce a hack that will incorporate into the forum a feedback similar to Ebay, do you think this will bebenificial? remember bad feedback can be left, and as long as the negative feedback is fair it may have to be accepted as left for this system to actually work correctly.

I've been hunting around for some time for anything linux based to hook a PC up to the Z in the same way ConZult / DataScan / ZTalk work, all to no avail :) So, I've bought a DataScan cable, and with some help from Jason Dear (distributor for DataScan) for the protocol specs I've decided to write one myself. I want to put a PC in my car to do nav / music / wifi mapping etc and wanted it to run linux, so I've just about got everything else ready apart from the car interface. I'll be starting work on it within the next 2 months or so and should have something vaguely usable shortly after that - I'll be releasing it under the BSD licence as well (looking at develo…

have just ordered one of the blitz sus air filter for my tt zed. was wondering what peoples thoughts on this kind of filter is? (and only paid £48 as its 6months old). cheers guys!! :dance:

Saw a grey UK spec, G reg, LWB near the Empress roundabout yesterday around about 6:45pm. Anyone on here???

Ok guys I need your help here. I currently have a jap tt with a single hks mushroom filter on it and have just bought a british tt with stock air filter. Do I go to the effort of swapping them over or do you suggest I by a new twin air filter like an apexi? Problem is there is so many different ones out there and I wanna do whats best for my zed. Cheers, GLENN ;)

Today at 9.00am on the m60 at stockport, took the turnoff for the m56. White z behind me in the red z

I know what your thinking, why does he not measure them? Its because the car is in the body shop and I forgot to ask them and I was hoping to buy some other clear side indicators that are not for a 300zx, but I need to be sure they are big enough to cover the holes. If so I am sure I could mod them to fit. Thanks

Has anyone got a set of english instuctions for an SBC.ID3 if they have would it be possible to have a copy? cheers people :confused:

Anyone know (or any traders volunteer) a good place to get an underdrive pulley from? Going to be replacing mine when I put the engine back. I've heard of problems with belts being the wrong size, etc. It's for a '92 turbo manual. Cheers.

hi all , wierd thing happend today , started car in preperation to warm it up before journey home, had to turn it of to lock gate , turned it back on missfire constant never changing, spoke to ryan ,, poss , c.a.s , ,ptu coil connector , injector conector, etc, have narrowed it down to front right conector plug , as in when i remove this it makes no difference to engine tick over ,, cleaned connector and injector conector, also swapped rubber bit thats plug onto spark plug and coil packs connect to , no difference , im guessing only things left to try is spark plug or ptu , its series 1 ptu , any ideas??

Parked outside Chiquitos at the Venue, Cribbs Causeway on Monday evening??? (9/5/05)??? :cool:

after having the zed only 10 month of having my zed, the last 5 months have taken its toll on me. After putting up with everything from blown pipes and radiators to warped heads and gaskets and blown big end bearings the last straw has reared its ugly head after a gentle drive to guildford i was sitting in traffic, as a big lorry went passed, i saw a small plume of blue smoke. at first i thought othing of it, but after looking down at my oil pressure gauge it was reading exceptionally low for my car. i pulled over to layby only a few hundred yards down the road, stuck my head out of the window and gave the engine 3/4 revs only to about 4.5k after the 2 rev that blue …

I would like to get my car looked at with a Conzult. Is there anyone near me who can help me out? I live in East Sussex by the way. Cheers Chris

Which would be cheaper and better in the long run??? Getting my box reconned, or fitting a second hand box??? Still dont know exactly whats wrong with mine, I just want to keep my options open. And whats a good price for buying and fitting a second hand box?? Thanks again Andrew :)

Hello people, Has anyone used/seen SPLITFIRE gauges, are they any good or a bit poo. Anyone recomend any decent (not too expensive) gauges ? I'm looking for boost, coolant temp and oil pressure. Cheers Paul

Hmm...advice needed her methinks... I bought my Zed a while ago and the previous owner had had a boost upgrade done at SE Nissan. I have just put it into Redline to have an oil leak or 3 fixed and they have the poor old girl in bits. They have noticed that I need new PCV valves. The worry is that the boost upgrade was done while the PCV valves were busted so if I just have them replaced, I could potentially be running with a dangerous amount of boost as we noticed that I have a booost jet valve and my boost was detonating at 4500rpm...into the engine. So..here is the question, feel free to phone a friend or go 50:50... Q. Do I go for a new ECU as I w…