General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Please give me a call as soon as poss. Cheers Rich

Hi, 93 TT Jap auto, JWT, Apexi, Exhausts, running about 14psi, 1 mm boost jets. What plugs are best? Make and number please. Thanks. PS, mine has no Hicas thingy under the bonnet, but it does have Hicas, I think that makes it electronic Hicas? And 94 model, Yes or no?

what will a Zed rev to normally? And then if you fit: Eagle Forged Con Rods SR20DET & Forged Pistons?

In Sainsburys car park, lunchtime today, Maidstone. Loading your shopping in the boot. Didn't buy much then eh! ;)

A friend of mine had to call the AA out today after she pulled up to some lights, and the car died. The AA bloke towed her to a garage to have the gearbox/clutch looked at, and they initially said she would be most likely looking at 1500+labour... The car starts up ok, but doesnt move at all drive or reverse, however it will sometimes "grip" and move a little. (this is what she told me!) Is 1500 an OK price or is she being ripped here? Cheers!

just wondered if anyone has any experience of this in an Auto box, My Gearbox has returned this as a fault code, and luckily Ive got a warranty as it was a new gearbox on the car, when I brought it. the Car drives fine but pulls forward when you put it into Drive. The gearbox chap says he wont know until he starts taking it apart. just out of curiosity? chris

Hi Andy - many thanks for the clock repair, mate. Plumbed in and shining brightly. Nice. :p Just one thing, though, it was delivered with the wrong time on it - it was 4.35 when it was installed but it arrived from you with 00:00 on it. :rofl:

Thanks to Dave @ PHNW I got a replacement bumper and is in the bodyshop at the moment being customised. The problem is I want it to be front mounted intercooler ready and the bodyshop says he needs to know the standard dimensions of a 300ZX front mounted intercooler to make sure he doesnt make it too small or too big and look rediculous. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction to find this info?

has anyone changed there rear wheel bearing on the Z, how hard is it and can you just get the bearing or do you get the hub aswell. oh and where can i get one from. cheers Chris

I don't know if anyone else has expierenced this but my Z made a loud squeak every time the brakes were applied hard.There is a rubber bellows around the brake push rod under the brake peddle with slots in it to allow the air to rush into the brake servo.I cleaned out the slots (carpet fluff!) and now no more squeak.Maybe the slots are closing up with the ageing of the rubber.

Hey! Just bought a 1992 300ZX N/A Auto as my first Jap Car, have had a Hyundai Coupe 2.0SE and a TVR Chimaera 4.5 for the last couple of years. I really want to get into the whole engine and performance aspect of owning this car. I got a few ideas of the guys at Ultimate Jap Car Cllub, Chopper advised me to come along and see if anyone else had any suggestions on what to start with for an initial jump into things. Also, I live in North Yorkshire, can anyone recommend garages or places that fit decently mods to cars, I'm fairly close to the Teeside area of the country! Cheers for your help Jon

How many types are there. ie I have a 91 J spec NA auto. Is that the same as all the rest? Has anyone got a good one for sale really, really cheap..and in the NW Chris Davies

About 1-2 miles from home this evening, floored it in 3rd gear and at about 5000rpm, felt a little hesitation. Immediatly backed off, and then noticed the Battery and ABS warning lights came on the dash. Took it steadily home (about 3-4mins), and parked on drive, then noticed water coming out from underneath car, together with the usual gurgling and hissing from overheating :( Took a look and found the belt in pic below hanging off. That explains the Dash warning lights, as alternator nolonger connected...does this also explain the overheating, as I notice belt attaches to Water pump in picture.? Im hoping water was just coming from overf…

is there anyone down my way willing to give me a hand. Hopeing to do some of the graft myself to save some £££££££ Have a full body kit to do, back NP sideskirt (errrr no idea cant find a FAQ) and front........... Heres the help bit. Not done it befor, plus I intend on getting the HKS intercooler fitted at same time if possible and will need to "adjust" the new bumper. Any one fancy a curry and beer in return for some scraped nuckles? or at least point me to a decent FAQ cheers fellas

Hi all need some advice please. Been advised that i need to replace all my struts due to a prang, so was gonna go for an adjustable setup. was looking at these ebay.com link Does anyone know if these would be ok for my jap tt or if anyone knows of any other good kits i could buy. Thanks in advance

ello, My underdrive pulley seems to have taken a bit of a beating at some point, with lots of chunks (about the diameter to a 5p coin) taken out of the rim on the back of the pulley... some (pretty poor) pics attached, just wondered if this was enough to put it out of balance... would love to fit a light weight one whilst im doing it but cant really shell out the big sheets for an unorthodox one at the moment.. Cheers Dave

who do u reco, best garage to get zed serviced, gateshead or newcastle area

hi, can anyone tell me the easiest(and safest) way to hardwire a road angel in a Z32, as im starting to get a bit fed up of all the wires all over the dash any info will be apreciated. cheers

i need a new front pipe and have decided togo down the path of the de-cat :cool: .some on the market are just de-cat pipe's but some are sold with down pipe's aswell. :confused: looking a pic's of the down pipe's they have one end with four bolt holes and one end with three bolt hole's. can anyone turn on the lights for me as to the working's of these. thanks

At the surgery this afternoon. Didn't get to meet you, shame with you being a young lady and all. Simon. :D :D

4.10 pm on London Road, turned left towards De Montfort Hall was it you??? :dance:

Hi, Anyone know of anywhere where i can get a kit which can put hydraulic rams on the bonnet and bolts to the body as i hate the normal bonnet stay !! Anyone know of anyone who has done this??

The swivel joints on the end of the rear steering rack tie arms have rubber boots on them.Mine have split all the way around (expired due to old age!).Has anyone replaced just the rubber boot or do you have to purchase the complete joint?I'm guessing this would be an MOT failure in the UK so hoping someone would have encounted this problem.

Can the group please give me some advice on a problem I have with a garage... It all started when my zed went bang in Feb last year so I took it to a garage for what they quoted as been a low mileage jap engine for £1500 fitted. I took it (somewhat mistakenly) to what I thought was an established garage where I was told the turn round time would be a couple of weeks. I dropped the car off at the beginning of March and picked it up some 7-8 Weeks later (30.04.04)!! Everything looked fine with the engine so I paid my money by credit card and set off home. When I got home I notice the exhaust was nearly hitting the floor so the next morning I took it to a l…

I spotted you in your beast today at morrisons in hinckley going about 2mph around the car park with your windows down and having a good old pose! I was in the securitas van staring at the motor :D