General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi all, just a quick note to introduce myself. Dont yet own a 300ZX, the main reason ive joined the forum is to gain more knowledge about the car before i do buy one. Went to Japfest at Castlecoombe, quite a good turnout you had, didnt see many on the track though (compared to loads of 200SXs), why is this? Also went to the drifting competition at Silverstone recently, great fun. I'm guessing drifting must be near impossible in a car with four wheel steering? Met two or three of you at JAE @ Billing Aquadrome a few months back, sorry cant remember your names but nice1 to the chap who let me sit in the drivers seat of his lovely looking TT (think you sa…

Anyone lend me £700??? :bow: :bow: :bow: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72256&item=7918820634&rd=1 :dance: :dance: :dance: Reason for selling, Bigger one's on the way!!!!! :bow:

Hey Guys I've been readind thru some reviews on the Zed and some of the threads here and HICAS has been mentioned. Something about being 'enabled on my car'. I think it's the 4 wheel steering thingamajig. Can someone please explain what it is and is it standard on all turbos, UK and imports. I'm still looking to buy one, or should I say, I'm DEFINITLY buyuing one, just need to sell my current car....... R reg Renault Megane 1.6e Sport???????!! :hyper: Thanks!

the one under the wood panel behind the main ecu and the gearbox one thanks steve

Mate of mine has a 1990 N/A it has induction and decated exhaust. It has a flat spot between 1.5 and 3k revs. He says it feels like an old carb car that is flooding, the more you put your foot down worse it gets. If you lift off a little it improves a bit. over 3k all is well, with no probs at all. Def no fuel leaks, thinks there maybe air leaks. Anyone have any ideas? Over to you guys.

Hi all - and thanks for the replies on the other qs. It's been a long day.... The last one for tonight is a new bloody noise. After getting my Z back from replacing the knock sensor (involves removing / replacing the plenum, turbo downpipes and a lot of other stuff) and the O2 sensors, I am now getting a strange zoooshing ( © N Molesworth) noise on hard acceleration. I'd swear blind it wasn't there before. If I'm tootling around, no noises. If I am firm with the loud pedal, as the boost gauge swings past 0, there's a high pitched zoosh. Then the zoosh fades as the gauge goes back down. I am reasonably certain this is not mechanical - there's no horrib…

Attn Gurus, I just had a shedload of work done (if I knew then what I know now......) This was kicked off by the knock sensor needing replacing so, as those gurus who have done it will remember, the whole top of the engine had to come off. Everything from the lower inlet manifold upwards. I realise (now) just how big a job this was but am still slightly :eek: stunned by the size of the bill. The question is, how long do you think this lot would take? Is 24 hours reasonable? That's 24 working hours for one bloke (3 days) or two blokes working for 12 hours etc etc. Does anyone have access to Nissan book times? I had other stuff - like replaci…

How do rubber lovers, my rear Bridgestone S-03 are just about to give up the ghost. 245/45 ZR16. We don't seem to have had a tyre thread recently, so what would you recommend to replace? Car is stock, I do about 12-15,000 miles per year and I don't have a heavy right foot. Only an idiot buys tyres because they look cool but I am very tempted by the Eagle F1 because of the tread pattern :nelson: I must say I am disappointed with the performance of the S-03. I used to run S-03 on J-Spec (225/50) wheels at the back and got 18,000 - 20,000 miles out of a pair (18 or so months). Last year I "upgraded" to UK spec rear wheels (245/45) and only got 12,000 mil…

It's not looking good guy's, took the pcv valves off today and checked them, the small valve inside seems to be moving freely, hope thats a good thing!!, no sludge in pipes, or the valves give them a clean up, put it all back together, started the engine, as soon as it started to warm up, it started smoking again. Please tell me we are not talking turbo's?? Jeff tt, if you read this, your advice would be appreciated :hyper:

Looked like it has a single exit exhaust as it bombed past me!! :)

My knock sensor just got replaced which involves taking the plenum / inlet menifold etc off. I am now getting code 42 fuel temperature sensor warning. My guess is that this is due to the harness being disturbed / brittle. The car appears to start / drive OK so the question is can I carry on driving with a code 42? Will there be any problem with a defunct fuel temp sensor? I read from the manual that this is to pressurise the fuel when the fuel temperature is "higher than specified". What am I risking if this doesn't happen? A cut to safety boost (no problems) or a very large, loud and expensive bang? As you'd expect from Captain Stock, I will get it …

Just wondering what people have been paying for a Stainless cat back system? Just been for a quote, and i think im going for quad 3.5" oval tail pipes. (only slightly oval) Just wanted to compare price.

:confused:can anyone help with this? if i've bin cruising at about 50/60mph for a while then floor it. when it kicks down i sometimes get a cloud of black smoke come out :eek: . someone told me that this is prob just un-burnt fuel. after that it dont smoke when booted just after cruisin.. it's a jap auto 92tt. i think standard. i no cruisin sound boring but it's nearlly as nice as thraping it

So come on then ppl, what best FMIC or stock repacments, pros and cons with price, fitting, other mods and BHP gains Cheers Neil

Over the past week I have seen 3 Zeds in Sheffield. A White one, a red one with a modified front bumper and another red one looking pretty standard. Everyone I saw I flashed lights and gave a little wave to - Nadda. They just look at you like your some Moron (probably true). I flashed the same car twice now, each time hes just stared at me (Probably envious :slap: ) Tits, last time Im gonna wave at people

Hi, the car is completely standard 91 UK TT with hicas enabled. What would you recommend using to lower the car as i wanted to close the gaps in the arches...will this cause probs with hicas? Cheers, DAN :cool:

LOL, I saw ya! Doing a funny u-turn around those chicane things! Very considerate for you to indicate too. Z was looking nice. I wasn't in my Z, in my mates Audi S4 Cabriolet, 4.2 V8, which I gotta say is a lovely, lovely car.

Anyone know anything about these, just found em on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72205&item=7918602290&rd=1 Cheers, DAN :cool:

Hiya, I was looking at getting some TurboXS RFL Type H Blow Off Valves. On turboxs' site they say these are recommended for cars running at 10-25psi....mine is standard so i guess running around 9psi....do you think this would be a problem or just wouldnt be as loud? Also i see they sell adapter kits....would I need to purchase one or is this just to make the install easier? Cheers, DAN :cool:

Dunno if you guys are interested, im thinking of ordering one of these kits, it combines the ballast and teh voltage thingy in one box unlike a lot of others so theres "less kit", am i right in thinking id need the H3 one? (im actually a jspec import and so h3c, not sure if it matters) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7917895671&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT its coming in at about 180 quid all in with delivery, not sure about import duty though, and thats before a bulk deal which i havent asked about?!

I need 12 Hi-res quality zed photo's for a 2005 zed calendar. I have tried with photos from the forum they look great on the internet but when printed A4 size they wer'nt good enough. if you can help e-mail pics to paul.g.carr@blueyonder.co.uk cheers

Following our particularly damp but humid summer there seems to be a non too pleasant smell inside particular if the air con / heater is used. Now as detailed by others here before the often pongy smell in your zed is due to bacteria growth on the evaporator. Aerosols of antibacterial foam for air con are available mostly come with a long nozzle, ( most air con companies sell them) expect to pay between £15 to £30 dependent where you get it from. Now often the evaporator is not accessible unless great chunks of the dashboard are removed, and so is difficult and or expensive to sort out. However although complete access is difficult, if the glove box is r…

A big hello to you all :tongue: My mates just bought a 300 ZX TT auto, very nice car Its an import in an unusual grey blue colour with the lift out roof, condition is excellent and has modded induction kit, exhaust, electronic boost controller at 14.8 psi etc. Thought we would go for a little spin to see how it runs on our private test track, one of my mates decided he should sit his fat 16 stone arse in my car to even things up, as after being in both cars he thought mine was quicker :rolleyes: Did a few warm up laps then came off a nice corner and gave it some, watched as my mate lost it on the corner as he booted it somewhat early and did some fis…

For more than 3 years I've never been able to get perfect front wheel balance despite 3 sets of 235/40 18" tyres on BBS RSIIs and various attempts to re balance them all unsuccessful. Finally after a couple of months with new tyres balanced when fitted but not right and still unbalanced I began to think I must have a buckled wheel. The fact that the wheel where I sensed most vibration from was covered in a stack of weights kind of worried me. A 600mile round trip to the Emerald isle last week convinced me something had to be done about it. The latest attempt at a new place finally cured it. I asked the young guy (he had an astra with viper stripes and a playstati…

Door lock fix tip The door barrel on the drivers side have a tendency to fail in service leaving owners unable to lock/unlock the door with their key as the key spins round and round( not all have full closure alarms) subsequently having to reach over from the passenger to lock the car then unlock it from the passenger side later. The problem is due to the failure of a small piece of plastic which trips the lock lever rod, as often the case this part is not easily available s often requiring a barrel set is purchased at some excessive cost. Now if you have the time to fabricate this part out of metal and form it the correct shape great but if not, then a li…