General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi All. Can anyone tell me why the auto tt makes 280 bhp and the manual makes 300. what is the technical reason for this? does it make any difference when tuning?

Going to buy one of the leather kit off of z centre but not to sure what colours to go for, had some swatches for black, pearl and bone but cant visualise but i know i want black on the outside but what for the middle? If anyone has some suggestion would be good or even some pics would be helpful cheers roll on sunday good blast up the motorway yippee!!!!!!!! and then a :duffer:

Techies please help.... How the hell do i get rid of CASTLEMEDIA and SEARCHMIRACLE from my pc:headvswal I have tried ....Spybot / Noadare / Spydoctor / AVG / Zone Alarm / Spyware blaster / XoftSpy blah blah de blah blah and so on. None of them work... :smash: infact after running severel complete system sweeps and file deletions it only seems to antagonise them and they come back with avengance :( I have heard of them backing themselves up in the system re-boot files so they just re-install themselves. HHHHHHHEEEEEEEELLLLLpppppppppppppppppppppp :cry: OPPS ...sorry ...should of put this on the General Discution thread

Hi there all. New board member here, looking at getting a zx eventually :D (within 6 months) so doing my research now. Are there and web sites (or this one) where i can get the full spec, interior, stuff you get on each year model etc. or has anyone got these details. cheers Dai

HI GUYS SO HERE IT IS AFTER A LOT OV DELIBARATION IVE DECIDED THAT A 300ZX IS FOR ME IVE BEEN TORN BETWEEN A SKYLINE AN EVO OR A MITSI GTO (WHICH IVE TEST DROVE AND DIDNT THINK MUCH TO IT TO BE HONEST)ANYWAY AS IT HAPPENS I WANT THE RARIST MODEL THE Z32 TT MANUAL SWB MODEL IVE LOOKED INTO IT AND DECIDED THATS THE BABY FOR ME.I WILL USE IT MAINLY FOR PLAYING BUT I WANT TO TAKE IT TO SANTA POD TOO.IVE LOOKED AT ALL THE PARTS SUPPLIERS ON HERE BUT WHEN I DO GET IT I DONT KNOW WHICH ONE TO USE AS I WANT TO SERIOUSLY TUNE IT (DOES ANY1 KNOW HOW THESE LUMPS HANDLE NITROUS) I AM A MECHANIC SO NO PROBS WITH THE WORK BUT I NEED SOME ADVICE ON MY CHOICE OV MOTOR FOR WHAT I AM INTE…

on the way back from scotch corner meet. the car started to vibrate badly when i went over 100mph any suggestions thought maybe hicas,,,prop bearing or bad misfire shat myself,felt like it was going to blow up. does anyone know where i can get it onto a rolling road, to see whats happening if anyone reckons they can work it out by taking a spin with me,i would gladly travel to your place (not too far if poss) :cry:

Not sure if this is any good to anyone, but I emailed a company last week re supplying a windscreen. They quoted 132.00 delivered (UK Blue). I would advise anyone to confirm the prices, just incase a mistake was made. http://www.heatedwindscreen.com Barry.

Can anyone with one of these please tell me, how loud is it? I have been chatting to Luke at Z centre about his brilliant offer - £475 all in and delivered, for either the regular one or the new one with a 6x4 oval each side. Basically I do not want it to be too loud inside the car and definatley don't want a constant "boom" at motorway speeds..... ....your comments please :D Oh and votes on which one looks best - the 6x4 ovals or the quad "stock" look...... Thanks Richard

As some of you may know my afm broke the other week so i fitted another and thought - surely afms can be repaired ? Is it just a resistor and a thin piece of "fuse" type wire that breaks ? Or is it something stupidly electronic? Thanks for any help - and if anyone wants to send me broken afms id love to see if i can recon them Cheers :mac1:

I Spent £900 in diagnostics last year, just to get told I had a knackered engine, this time I am trying to work it out myself, but as duffy is unavailable Ive no one local to help. Just trying to see what you guys can come up with I have had an engine change it seems ok and compression seems ok, mods are only- filter/ de cat exhaust. There seems to be no power below three thousand revs. On a standing start if I was to let the clutch out and not rev the flywheel up a bit, the car would would probably kangaroo. the hesitation is worse when cold, also if I bury the throttle the car accelerates but not as it should, when I back the throttle off again the car seems t…

Does anyone know what they weight as im looking at getting one shipped from North Wales to Leicester! It will be with the torque convertor aswell. Thanks in advance Rich

How about a list of tools that every zed DIYer should have in his toolbox(s),

Took the car out to test the new boost controller and had some fun with an EVO....when it came to braking his was slightly better until mine were absolutly crap and started smoking.The brakes then hardly worked at all and i decided to pull over 'till they cooled off..... They seem to work ok now but i don't trust them.....think i need to change the pads for something better any ideas?????

Hi I just got my SPA dual digital water and oil gauge, and I need to find a good route through the firewall on the driver's side for the sensors and wiring. The oil pressure sensor plug is quite bulky, so the hole needs to be a descent size, maybe 3/4 " minimum. Any ideas? I already found a good place for the passenger side, but the loom isn't long enough to reach that way. Oh, and I would rather not have to take the wing off to reach it too... ;-) Thanks in advance! Derek

Does anyone know the law regarding reversing lights, I have some new rear main lights and indicators that are set in black panels, I now want to black out the O.E reverse lights for consistency, possibly replace the center panel for a totaly black one. I am considering locating a new reverse light in place of the left hand fog light in the bumper. As far as I know you have to have one light, but there is no spec on hight, postion etc, can anyone confirm this?

Was going to change my wheels over at the weekend but the nuts on my current wheels are to fat to fit the new wheels. Anybody got any idea where i can get a set of wheel nuts that will fit? asap Cheers Scott

Hello all, As loads of people have now go the G-techs from Chris :D I thought i'd start a thread for people to post up results (dont know if this is the right section but am sure one of the mods can correct me :D ) I'll start: TT Auto- Mods: Central 20 chip, Stillen Induction, Boost Jets 13psi, back boxes (but with two holes in pipe :headvswal ) Conditions: V. Cold (roads bit slippy) 0-60 best so far 5.33 (with spin and back end twitching :D ) by normal pull away in D (not left foot holding the break) BHP: 246 using weight of 3200lbs I think under weight so should will be more when i do the correct weight. Anyone???? As yet to test t…

Waiting at crossroads with Welford Road and Asquith Way midday Sunday. I pulled up 2 cars to your right but didnt see you until you pulled off :headvswal

not getting much heat out of my heating, can anyone help. i've flushed it through and there seems to be no blockaged, the pipes going in and out of the heater in the engine bay are hot just getting luke warm air comming out of the vents Cheers Chris

twelve other zeds at scotch corner :dance: :dance: :dance:

Today I mostly re-wired the injector connectors coz they're all shagged anyway, and optimistically hoping it would cure my 9 months of rough running (on part throttle while under 3000rpm)... So- off I toddle to my mate who's done pleny of wiring before, for extra advice and another pair of hands. :smw: All seems simple enough- prepared the new connectors on their flying leads, snipped off the old leads at a suitable point. First problem- the aligning keyway on the new connectors is central, but on the old connectors is slightly to the left. D'oh! Anyway, it's clear that the connection bits will fit so careful use of the solding iron shaves out the keyway in th…

Hi guys, I need to replace the rear speakers....anyone know what the size is as doesnt look like 6x9's will fit in there?

Anyone know what the button is for by the gearstick with Power A/T And Hold on it on my Auto ZX?

Hi All, I was wondering which type of intercooler you guys have used and can recommend. Is a swap from a Skyline worth while, would it be cost effective compared to a new aftemarket jobbie? I guess with the Skyline, custom pipes would have to be made up and possibly new mounting brackets. Has anyone any experience of this type of job? Thanks in advance John

Any body got any ideas why my car which has been running fine (till i gave it a bit of a caning) has started to cough, splutter, backfire & cut out after very erratic tick over speeds. When driving in third it shudders like your trying to pull off in fith, then backfires. Ivan was behind me & said he saw big poofs of black smoke when I booted it. Any ideas as to what it could be?