General Discussions - 300ZX Related

typical, 3 days before billing and a hicas pipe splits on me, no good driving when the back end decides to start moving on its own

just took the car for a spin and the hicas sytems just gone, while i was drivin about 60mph the back started twitching, i know the oil has come out somewhere under the drivers side, but can't find the leak ! any ideas ! might not get to billing now f*ck. when the car is still does the sytem have lower presure

hi where is the best place to get 300zx 1988 parts from

Black Z?

Noticed a very slight, but regular popping noise from the tail of the passenger side exhaust at idle (hot and cold). It's more evident when placing a hand over the exit pipe. The driver's side is fine, with a steady gas flow. Idle is smooth and car runs fine. It's an HKS exhaust, cats removed. Any ideas? Cheers Shahid

Are these tyres ok? I can get them for £57 fitted (each) while Pirellis etc seem to be about £100 each. Is it worth spending more? My main concerns are noise, longevity and grip in the wet. In the dry all tyres seem pretty good! My car is a N/A. Any recommendations and rough ideas what they'd cost? :dance: :dance:

Hi... I have a UK MAN zed, only mods are bodywork and a blitz breather. I am not into doing stuff myself, especially upgrades to power!! but want to know the most reliable and SAFE way to go to around 400bhp I'm guessing new injectors, bigger turbos, new chip, some work on the head to make it tougher etc... But you guys probably know better than me I'm mostly after a ballpark cost and also someone reliable who can do it down south..??? Over to you...

has anyone got one of these on if so how do you fitt it?? do you have to drill or bond it on as ive just got mine today

Here's mine, if I forgot all logic about living in London :D The new Z centre front bumper, can't remember what it's called now! Se bonnet and centre panel, same as crazy eddies, if it will fit with the zed centre jobbie? ChrisC's sideskirt and wide arse combo. Wingswest Rear bumper. kaminari rear spoiler or the stillen one (flat type), or the newest zed centre one :D Will really have to try to remember all these body part styling names :D Oh Yeah and chopping the roof ORRFFFFFF

Does anyone have an idea why my speedo's not working? (speedo on the car that is not my swimming trunks!! :o ) it's showing speed revs etc but not clocking up any miles

I heard it's bad to jack up my 300 under the seam at the bottom of the bodywork. Surely as it's the standard the method with the standard jack it can't do it any harm? Can anyone tell me (without too many technical words) how it's best to jack the car up? I could get a puncture anytime and I'll need my tyres changing soon and I don't want the tyre people to do it wrong either. Thanks

My brake calipers went a bit white when I cleaned my wheels with wheel cleaner and got a bit on them. They'd probably go back to being ok with a wipe of WD40 but I thought about trying some of that coloured lacquer I've seen advertised. Has anyone tried it? Is it easy to use? Does it give good results? Or is in nasty and naff and best avoided?

Hi Guys, just this min finished removing the plenum so that i can change this bloody defective Injector(no5)before Billing. After some rather tense moments when the plastic connector broke away, i finally got it out. The end was covered in s#t n muck, alot of which id wiped off before thinkin about putin up some pics After removing the injector i thought id check the plugs out, as you can see in the pics the plug on the left looks old. When i went to undo it,it was already loose! I had the plugs changed the last time it was at SE Nissan(3 months ago) and i think they mighta forgot to take that one out!!? :eek: Does anyone know why the plugs electrode would h…

Ooooops put £7 diesel in before i reilised what i done,had to get home so filled up with optimax (£35 ish) seems to run ok, do i need to empty tank or can i just keep filling up to dilute it. Will it do any harm to engine?

I need to fix the following problems with my car but cant think which one to start with. any idea's needs service needs flush of coolant system pulls slightly to left needs new front break pads still slight vibration when braking, less so since fitted poly bushes but still there. looses boost after about 4 fast runs, can go down just a little or into saftey depends what moods it in, more likley to goto saftey boost if i try to accelerate to hard with o/d switched on. 0/s front decat pipe got a hole. jerky gearchange from auto box from 1st to 2nd electric fan doesnt seem to work, cant be moved by hand so probally jammed, though have a spare in the gar…

Saw a Black Z the other nite, heading from Abingdon towards Drayton (o'day hill), didn't catch the plate, just saw some blue neon windscreen washer thingy's! :x:

Just got the car back from the local nissan dealer after a cambelt change and some numbnuts managed to break the plastic shield around the radiator fan in half!!!! the cheeky *****cks then just put it back on still in two pieces and didnt bother to tell me. Also they charged to change my oil and brake fluid yet the two litres of 5.1 I put in the boot havent been touched!!!!! Stoopid question but where is the oil filter? I want to check they have actually put a new one on the car and changed the oil! (on checking the residue on the filler cap the oil still seems really grubby, I would expect it to be a lot cleaner after a change....)

ive just done a diagnostic test on my auto.....the first flash is longer than the other 10.....does this mean the revoloution senser is shorted or disconnected??? what is the revoloution senser?? where is it???? symptoms are very late chaging into 3rd gear or not changing into 3rd gear but pulling in some gear at high revs after missing through the rev range untill it redlines,theres no mechanical noise or vibration from the box. the box was rebuilt 10,000 ks aga at the cost of £1500. please help even with the sarky answers the will cheer me up in my hour of gloom thanks fellas :bow:

Hello, if your gonna be at the Reading jap meet this Tuesday is there any chance you coan bring your lap top to see why my car is running safety boost. Now the gearbox is fixed and it has an uprated clutch I want to try and utilise it. Theres a pint in it for yeah, pleeeeaase :hyper:

Had the rears replace today, thinking that the fronts just needed to be rebalanced to get rid of a bid of vibration. Was horrified to find out that the innermost inch of tread on both front tyres has worn away to almost nothing, leaving the rest of the tread looking like new. Any ideas what could have caused this?

I've run on Silkolene Turbolene for the last couple of years but can't seem to get any this time :confused: One place that used to sell it (Roadrunner) have Silkolene Pro S (10/50) and Silkolene Pro R (15/50) the rally car version. They're both about £40, as was the Turbolene. Does anyone know if Turbolene has been phased out, and if these others are any good ? Cheers ! konrad

Could I put my JWT ECU (UK Manual TT) into my mates UK TT AUTO? Not sure if he needs a AUTO chip if there is such thing?

Has anyone with a UK car installed APEXi BOV’s recently? If so, how did you access them? I have tried moving the fan out of the way but it will not go past the oil cooler and intake pipes. The fan has to move as there is no access to the far 12mm bolt holding the re-circ in place. I cannot move the oil cooler as the bolts have rusted solid and I have already sheared one off, can’t risk any more. If anyone has a decent method, please post it up!

I have heard a few rumours regarding this! One is that on a BB turbo the oil is sprayed onto the Ball Bearings and requires a different oil feed pipe to do this? On a normal thrust bearing turbo, it is more of a drip feed, anyone know for sure?

can u shed any light on this for me matey? http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=35811