General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Pershore Road half four-ish. It seemed to have some kind of chrome trim round the windows and boot, but maybe I'm just old and senile and it was actually a granada not a zed. Didn't realise until you had almost gone past and gave a bit of a pathetic wave.

just been out in just finished z! now have boost gauge and avcr controller, why are the readings different between the 2! havent given it any stick yet! but when gauge reads 10psi, controller and dash read around -1 to 1mg/kg3 any ideas why this is?? controller conected to o/s of balance bar and gauge to n/s vac pipe outlet in funny nut looking union! any help gratefully recieved!!!!!!

Georgeous looking import wa parked oposite the road from sidcount bathrooms where i was drooling over your motor. Rege - K781 *** Black, nice alloys - looked like 18`s, standard looking exhaust and rear tinted windows. Even got a nice little piccy on my fone for ya but it wont upload to my computer:( Anyones?

I was in a White Mercedes Sprinter with Howard Tenens on the side of it and beeped horn and flashed lights at you was reg no L5**MGM.

Just making the final arrangments to get a Nisstek (S.E) fast road box. Who's already got one and how much difference did it make to the drive. Just wondering :D

Hi all, Been looking everywhere just for a plastic t-piece for my boost gauage. Tried B&Q, focus, both Local DIY shops. Only want a small t-piece to install the boost guage, its driving me mad. Where else, can i look? Halfords? cheers, Alastair.

Hi Guys, On the way to work in our glorious summer weather this morning, my intermittant wipe stopped working. Constant wipe works but there was not enough rain for this and I wanted intermittant! One mile from work and they started working again! I did a search for this and got a load of stuff about various electrical faults but not any on the wiper functions. I also have an intermittantly working clock ( but we all know about those ), same for the speedo, dome light not working ( bulb O.K. ), and isn't the red bar next to the PRND12 on the gearstick surround supposed to light up? Hell's teeth! Did Nissan get the electrics done in Italy?? Oh yeah, the mist spray…

Hi I recall reading that the indicators and foglights are the other way round on a 99 spec front (compared to pre-99 stock). Does that mean 2 of each will be needed new? And where do people get them from? Cheers :cool: Pete

Having just failed the MOT on a blown sidelight bulb, I've dismantled the offending unit (J spec) and replaced. While I was at it I pulled the lenses off (three pieces) as I had some unsightly moss growing inside at the bottom, gave it a scrub with my birds' toothbrush and now I can't get the blasted thing back together - one side has gone on and the main piece was lifted just enough to allow cleaning (held on by some sealant). Problem is I can't seem to get the final piece to clip back in. What a ridiculous design. Can anybody offer any pearls of wisdom as to the correct technique?? Was going to clean the other side while I was at it but think I'll give it a miss no…

Hi there, New to this site just got my first Z32 and loving every minuet of it, slight problem thought some toca's keyed my drivers lock :( and now i cant use it, the central locking works from the inside on the drivers side, but it don't work using the key on the passenger's side, any body know why? tried to look for fuses but everything is in japenese so i cant read it!!! :cry: Or can anyone tell me where i can get a repacement lock from, i would prefer the whole set, drivers, passengers door, ignition and boot, but would br greatful for the drivers door. Many thanks inadvance for all of your help, and look forward to getting to know you all. Sypheous …

hey guys! just done hybid tubs etc. and think i need to go for a set of 555 injectors! any particular makes better than others? to fit them what is involved? eg injector seat mods, wiring mod etc etc once the manifold is off will they fit straight in??? :bow: cheers guys

Hello, Took the car for a 1 mile drive this morning driving off boost. Got home about 3 mins later all smoke?? Steam?? started coming from the engine between battery??? Could hear a dripping sound then the sizzling (noise as if liquid oil/water landing on something hot) then the steam or smoke?? Anyone have any ideas what pipes are down there that could have burst?? Will take it for a drive tonight and see if it does it again. Thanks all. Ant :cry:

I was driving in to work this morning, when suddenly the car started to lose power after an upshift - misfiring badly. This happened to me a couple of nights ago, but then I took my foot off the throttle, reapplied the power and all seemed to be back to normal. This time, the engine is just misfiring awfully all the time. The idle is really rough, the acceleration is very, very rough and poor and keeps on spluttering and losing power again - it doesn't stall, but in order to get any power at all back, I have to push the accelerator much further than necessary. I've done some searching on the site and have checked the connections on the TPS (when I disconnected i…

whats the best stuff to use for running in a new engine i am presuming a single weight and fairly thin , any recomendations ?? Castrol do one but say that they are not sure what would happen using it on a turbo application :confused: Cheers Ryan

Hi All, if you have Mcgard locking nuts and loose the key, contact Mcgard and if you send a digital photo of the bolt/nut, and some id they will supply the right key for you. Very handy as they are impossible to get off any other way..

Has anybody ever took apart the HKS EVC3 Boost solenoid. Im getting a rattling (sort of split diaphragm air noise) under boost and my boost is right down to 5psi. Wondering whether it could be split diaphragm (if there is one) in the solenoid. Do they dismantle easy - Anyway I can easily find out if its working or not. I.e. an easy way to remove boost solenoid and run std again. Thanks

After ecently being run into by a boy racer does anyone know where i can get the air box housing (the black plastc casing) and a bonnet from and roughly how much do they cost ? I have left a post for Andy Z, MJP Eastern and Courtesy USA, but im desperate for a quote on these parts - i have to give my insurance company the final repair figure today!!!!!! They were going to write it off and now they may not, depending on price - i would rather they didnt because i will get skanked - so pleeaaaassssee help me - Mike This has been going on for three months now :mad:

Finally getting Z sorted after my crash, having the sill welded at weekend but not sure how to get it there. I know you can drive cars to garage to get MOT but my mate said you can also do to get repaired is he right? The car has insurance but no MOT or tax.

I'm getting ready to swap Plenums from my old non polished one to the polished and chromed one I have just had!! :D I want to use stainless steel bolts but I can only get hold of 'metric' ones from work (the look I want!) which ones of the holes on the plenum can I tap out to accept metric (same size but different thread) without chuffing things up!! i.e. which ones have to have the old bolts in, and which ones can I tap out to metric? Or can I do them all without any problem? I've attached a pic if you want to circle the okay to do holes that would be great, cheers!! :D Matty.

White G reg, G**VWD i think.. In McDonalds oon Abbey Lane/Red hill flyover at about 12.45 today. Was it you????? Rich

Was gonna put a secondhand martix in my Zed; been warned off that idea (with good reason). Courtesy Nissan in the US say they cant source me a new one.. Any ideas where I can get a new matrix? :duffer:

My car is smoking on idle (seems to happen after ive booted it) does this sound like PCV valves and if so how much would a garage bill me for the work? PS. The car has too much oil in it and has only been smoking since i reset the ECU.

Tell me if i'm being dim but what is standard boost and how do i know how much boost i'm running as the needle moves up and down as i put my foot down i assume the boost varies??????

Ive just brought another Zed that i want to modify up to about 350 - 375 horses. Can anyone give me an idea of how much, and what i should do please ? Obviously air filter, exhausts are first and there already done, as is boost controller running at 0.9 bar. So what next? Is chipping the best route to go ? Thanks for any help in this :)

Hey John! "Heard" you going up the A456 (just past the round about with the ringroad) in Kidderminster this past Saturday. I was stuck by the big church heading towards the island and first heard you before I saw you. Bloody loud zorst mate ... no wonder you had the window open - must be shear madness inside! I wasn't in the Zed so you wouldn't have seen me. See you soon! Regards, Danny