General Discussions - 300ZX Related

ime running a 93 jap tt with a dual cat back 5", will my motor benifit from removing the cats and replacing them with sections of pipe?? i know this could be a m o t crisis but lets live on the wild side hey!!!

was it u yawcheck. emersons green bristol.

well i joined the crew at thor today, just to meet some of em n c what i cud do to my car,performance etc. all was well until i put mine on, which i was'nt going to but you no when in rome n all. glad i did i think, neva went over 3500rev's cos there was a boost pressure of 1.8. they thought it migth be a pipe off the turbo actuator is there anyone can point me in the right direction to check this or shed some more light on the matter. as far as i no thr car is standard. thanks in advance to all who can help.

99 Spec front end, LED rear lights. A bit daring for rural Devon! I was in a large white Rover 820 as you were going towards Whimple and saw you again pulling out of the Whimple turning about 30 mins later. Nice one.

I have seen it a few times but I dont wave because I am in my daily driver. Was it yesterday at around 4:30. Is it any one on here? Stuart

anybody who knows how mutch hp (ps) the stock piston can handle. (Din hp) Otto

Just got a set of standard 16s to replace my buckled 17s and ran in to a problem. When I try to put them on I noticed that the centre bit on the inside of the wheel (don't know the name of it - like 4 lips that will sit arounf the hub) doesn't sit flush on all 4 wheels when fitted - it does on 2 and looking at the inside of all 4 wheels, the lips seem to be deeper on two. It also seems that these lips are too tight around the edge of the hub (I think) and this won't let them push on all the way. Bit confused as these wheels are supposed to be off an 89-92 TT and even have the Z centre caps. Is there a difference between UK and J-spec or something? Not sure if th…

hi there friend! my name is jason, reason I am writing you is because I found your site in Japanese performance mag, I actually live in spain but will soon move to england, I am a fanatic lover of the fairlady 300zx, currently I drive a corrado vr6 but am thinking to buy a nissan 300, i prefer the old model that is before the newest 350Z wich personally don´t like. There a couple questions I have; ok- it is hard to search for this car and get a good deal, I know this, many people tell me not to buy it because the twin turbo gave lots of problems, but i am not listening since I love the car and I have to get it lol.... even if its not a turbo model, see, …

can u pm me ur mobly number. the idea of next week is fine by me, i would pm u but ur box is full. marcus

can anyone tell me what that tweeter looking thingy is between the targa panels behind the interior lights

I've found I CAN get my ECU re-programmed on my 99 NA auto. :dance: :dance: I think it'll remove the 130mph top speed limiter and give me more go in the gears and raise the rev limiter to 7200rpm. Does anyone know if this is a good idea? What effect will it have on engine (or other bits) life? Any idea how much more 'go' I'll feel in the gears? What about fuel consumption? And any idea how fast it'll go with no limiter? I'd like to get it done but not if it'll cause problems. Thanks gents (and ladies) :dance: :dance:

My timer does the preset countdown without a problem, but doesn't seem to want to do the auto feature - I set it to 30 seconds, go for an "enthusiastic" drive, but when I stop it's still at 30 seconds. Also, when I tried to have a play with the attack mode, the timer just appears to switch off as soon as I release the handbrake. The speed (purple) wire was spliced into the yellow / green speed wire into the ECU as per the diagram downloaded from here. My car already had an ancient turbo timer in, and I used the harness from that, the only difference there is from the instructions that came with the GReddy unit is that the shift lock release wire is connect…

as above guys, need it so i can drive car back home from garage cheers yaseen

The ABS light is on and the pump on the distribution unit above drivers rear wheel is running continuously. I've checked the obvious. Any ideas??. It sounds to me like a computer fault, anyone got a spare. Thanks for any help.

I had my exhaust replaced some time ago for a stainless 2.5" HKS system with Cobra straight through back boxes. Sounded Well. Decatted it - sounded better. Now I have had the middle boxes removed so its straight through to the back boxes (which again are straight through). Sounds extremely well, deep, throaty and LOUD. However I have noticed now the right exhaust rattles, not the exhaust but it sounds like something in the engine making a noise? The only other thing I have noticed is a little black smoke from both exhausts. Any ideas? I can probably record the sound as an mp3.

Are these as common a problem as with the MR2's? If so - is there an easy way to fix them? Dave!

Having my 'new' OEM spoiler painted this next week, but dont have the lip/seal on the bottom edge. Does anyone know where I could get one?

I have a 1992 ZXTT, when ever i try to floor it the turbo guage stay's in minus? It doesn't even reach 0, I checked for air leaks but nothing found. I don't know if the turbo is nakered, the car doesn't smoke and drive's fine, just without the turbo's kicking in. I got under the car and revved it up and found that the accuaters don't move, but i'm not pretty sure what that would imply? I don't think the intercoolers are blooked. Any idea's??

is there any benefit fitting one of these to a se fast road auto.

Following on from Jeff's instructions in the thread below [ Rattling driver's window ( fix) ], I find that the required nut has sheared off completely. Does anyone have one of these I can purchase off them? It looks like it's the "bolt part" I need, which forms a flat mushroom head in the driver's window pane, and runs in the vertical groove in the door, plus the nut. http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=37841 Thanks, Simon.

Ive got a tricky issue to try and explain..dont know if anyone else can relate with this or have the same effect: (Jap spec autobox, overdrive on) Drive down the road (normal driving, not flooring etc), car drives fine... Foot down, get some speed, foot up, in last gear, foot off, car seems to vibrate some, but then sometimes getting up to that speed its ok? Its not consistent, and doesnt happen lower down the speed range, prob around 50 ish... as i say, difficult to describe so i know its a long shot but...

Grey Met Z Walton road Nice dent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

can i put a UK spec headlight on a jap car? would i need to make any mods or is it just a straight swap? cheers yaseen

What sort of movement should be evident when the nut in the centre of the top front strut mounts are levered from side to side.....on my 300 I can move the nut freely......too freely I think. Am I right in saying even though the mount is rubber there should be next to no free movement. Cheers John Crisp

Finally come to the conclusion my old air horn is totaly busted and having no nissan horn fitted I am going to just buy a new horn, does anyone have any suggestions? the last one i had fitted wouldn't have been out of place on a noddy car, it wouldn't have scared a 12 year old girl on a push bike, it was actually embarrising and i refrained from using it (hence not worrying about it being offline) I want something that is befitting to the car, IE people shit them selves when they hear it :D