General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Mt friend has an auto box on his ZX and he is in the process of selling it, when something gone tits up with it - the revs are going high and the car is only moving slowly ! Any ideas ? Ive never worked on an auto box before, but i assume its some sort of clutching issue - as with a manual box if it did the same thing ??

I have replaced my vented headlamp nose panel for a blank debadged one. People are saying that you need the vented one to let more air in? Surely theres enough air to be sucked in that is cool from the vents in the bumper etc. I thought the vent was purely for looks? Perhaps if the car is running bigger tubs etc fair dos, but surely the induction kit can suck enough air in for a lightly modded zed.

Got traces of engine oil in the large pipes that go to the turbos. What would cause the oil to get there ??? Anything blocked or worn ?? Cheers....

Did someone post on here the other day that they had all the kit for an auto to manual gearbox conversion??? :( :( :( Swear I spotted it, but I cant find it now :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

AFAIK there are O2 sensors in the elbow joints just after the turbos and there are cat temp sensors down where the cats are. The O2 sensors are connected to the ECU (and can be read by a ConZult). Q1) Are the cat temp sensors connected to anything other then that strange little red warning light (with the 3 wavy lines) on the dash which J-spec cars have? Q2) Are these cat temp sensors fitted to UK spec cars? Q3) What's their part number? I have searched the manual and online parts but can't find them and am none the wiser. Please help oh gurus :bow:

my auto box was taking ages to change from 1st to 2nd. decided to try and adjust the tps but could not here the click so put it back where i marked it. went out for a test drive and 2nd gear was slipping like anything. if i applied more than a little throttle the car would rev and not go anywhere. conzult was showing she was in 2nd. is this summat to do with the tps or is it the bands on the gearbox. how easy is the gearbox to work on, can you drop a pan on it or is it a full rebuild.

Silver zed A50 leicester near bruntingthorpe junction leic bound, G reg.

Would like a few opinions on this before i go and spend all that money.(Its a replica by the way) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7917130701&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT Cheers, Filthy.

Anyone had a good insurance quote recently? Mine's up and having real problems even getting insured. Even houghton wouldn't do it because it's modded and I'm 'only' 24!!

Im changing my NA front brakes to TT ones, so have my NA calipers and disks for sale on sxoc. A guy is interested but.... I dont know the answer to this. Anybody...

I have instructions from TT Net but I am not sure if these will be any good as they are written for LHD. Anyone fitted a Boost gauge recently?, if so any tips?. Cheers.

Think the brakes are on the way out on the zed. OK at low speed, but if I have to use em at high speed, they are less than responsive and dont sound to healthy either. Where is the best place to get a set of pads and what sort of dosh am I looking at. I guess it might be worth me thinking about higher performence if my buget can stretch to it. Thanks in advance AL

Hi fellas, Ive noticed that when I floor the throttle in drive and the autobox changes up a gear, my BOVs dont dump - they only do so once i let off the gas. Does this mean that the box changes up so quick that there's no dump and therefore no loss in performance? The BOVs work fine - I know cos to sound like a car out of F&F ( :slap: ) I have to ease off the gas just before change, then step on again :mac1: (only when there's people watching tho)

Seen this zed a couple of times I think. Looks unlikely hes one here. I'll have to put a sign outside the office for all these Slough zedders saying joinup to 300zx.co.uk here- gonna pay me commision Herman?

... I've just read this thread about BOV placement: http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=36355&highlight=bov - does this mean my BOVs are in the wrong place? If so, is it likely to cause problems? (please excuse the engine grime in the photo)

Just tried to order the two metal radio brackets that hold in the radio to the dash from Courtesy Nissan in the states and although the brackets were $8 each, when I went to pay for them it would be $73 to ship them. roflmfao, $73 to ship something that weighs about as much as a crisp packet with no crisps in it, what a joke and I am now looking for anyone who has a left and right radio bracket for sale please ???

Plugged my car into my conzult, jacked up the back of the car, put her in park and selected similation drive in the hicas menu. turned the steering wheel but could not see the rear wheels moving. am i doing summat wrong or does my hicas not work.

im probably gunna sound really stoopid for askin this but im not very mechanicaly minded at all. on the dash the red warning light that says 'lights' keeps coming on then goes away on its own wot does it mean?!! also the oil gauge, where shud it read ideally mines on round 2 most of the time so shud i get an oil change? soz if this sounds relly thick but i wanna look after my z and these ave bin miffin me out!!!!! :confused:

approx 4pm on the A19, Northbound (near Seaham) followed me all the way to the Nissan turn off.

Can anyone tell me what this is that has been cut on my car for some reason?

Last night (Monday 23rd), Queensferry Makro carpark - G reg...........

Ok, are the front brakes on an NA ally or iron. I dont not know because i am thick. Ive just never looked. :D

Matey of mine got aftermarket guages [auto-meter] and i was wondering where the best place to site the sender for oil temp,me i thought directly in the sump :eek: but this is a bit impractical-so any other suggestions/experiances to get a true reading would be most appreciated, Cheers in advance.

Pink zed spotted in the woods......Was it YOU....? :slap: ;)

I've seen a set of these for about £60 are these ok for a standard 300zx TT ?? (standard apart from cat back and induction )