General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Last night (5th April), about 9pm, heading towards Ashford. Grey TT LWB with Strosek round rear lights. Unfortuately I had just dropped the Zed off and was driving my old mans 540 Touring BM. Tim

There was allot of people talking about these trim kits yesterday http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....6&category=1255 I was just wonderin if anyone had actually ordered one of these and if they could email what they are like.

does anyone know where i can get an exhaust for my zx swb n/a im in essex sumone laft a note on my last thread but i cant find there address and they havent replied, im after a quite system with if possible 4 tail pipes any ideas n phone numbers?? thanks

When starting the car in the morning revs shoot up to round the 2K mark? Is there anything I can do to adjust this - I have tried the ECU reset. Im having a few idling probs too where sometimes when warm it seems to hunt between 1200 and 1600 yet other times it sits at 900 but after a rev drops to 450 then back to about 700. Sort of all over the show really. I have also tried cleaning the ECU conn to the water temp sensor. I have noticed when the car is cold in the morning and I am heading to work if Im doing 30mph in 3rd gear and just come off the accelerator, you can hear the tps relay switching like mad. yet this has been setup. IDeas? C…

Anyone know anyone that could do a quick leather trimming job on my new pod? I went to my usual 'expert' but he's booked up for weeks and I really want this done so I can get my boost controller fitted. Thanks

Are the clutch and brake pedals the same?

following you breifly before I turned onto the M42, around 7:00PM last night. 5th. Could it have been Dunk?? Shame you didn't turn off too, the M42 was quite empty. :)

I'm new to these beasts, but pleased with the auto TT I've got. However, I have found that if the road's even slightly wet the back end is REALLY twitchy. If I go round a mini roundabout and do anything other than feather the throttle, the back is zipping out from under me. The car has the standard 16" alloys and Toyo tyres (don't know much about these). Is this problem the nature of the beast or are them some things I can do to help?

Looks like a TT with an NA font bumper, nice combination, totally blocking up the intercoolers, I wonder how long before it goes pop :shock: :slap: cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2471913057&category=18238

I realise the standard boost gauge is toss, but mine does not work at all. Has anyone had a similar problem that has since been fixed. All the connectors appear to be connected. Any ideas?

One sunny lunchtime last week I decided to get the soldering iron out and start replacing my coilpack connectors. Took a pic of how fooked my old one's were! Check it out against the nice new one! They weren't all as bad as that one but not far off! Did my injector connectors last year and have attached a pic of an old one of those too. See the corrosion and oxidisation! I would reccomend this mod to anyone! Seeing as one supplies spark and the other fuel - just the 2 most important factors! Only had 45 mins and did a careful 2, the other 4 next time the sun is out. John - if you are reading this mate, do you still need a coilpack connector? I have one i…

I've found what appears to be a redundant vacuum hose. It is T'd off another vacuum pipe but it doesn't go anywhere. It has what appears to be a restricter held in place with a clip at the open end (i.e. opposite end to the T). When I found it it was poked down in front of the battery, giving the appearance it did something, but i pulled on it and it obviously wasn't attached. Bit of a vague description I know, sorry, Monday is too long! I've checked the vacuum loom diagram and I can't see it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Was it you who had the Grooved & dimpled 3G disks? Can I ask how much? Also, did you get them delivered direct from 3G? How long did it take? I need some new front discs to go with teh Poterfield pads I'm getting. Cheers Alex.

well me oil pressure gauge problem has now been diagnosed, as a faulty oil pressure switch!!!! Quoted 80 friggin quid :shock: from nissan for a switch!! wondered if anybody either has one or knows a cheaper place to get one from?? whilst i am on the cadge has anyone got a spare passenger side rear seatbelt for a z? thanx guys

Exhaut done, induction to be done Thursday... then ECU if I can find out a bit more about that. After these three things what kind of BHP will my otherwise standard NA have, roughly? How much is the at-the-wheels figure less than the flywheel? If it's 222 BHP as standard, how much is it likely that I would have gained by exhaust and induction? and then after that how much could I gain by fitting a suitable chip?

Hi everybody. Just a couple of questions. Firstly, the battery. Can someone post a pic of their battery tray/clamp arrangement? I only ask this because my battery is not clamped at all. And I'm not too sure if it's the original tray. It's a white plastic affair. Secondly. Bonnet lining. Is this just a sound deadening thing? Or does it insulate heat as well? Has anyone taken this off? I don't want it to ruin my bonnet's paintwork with the heat from the engine bay. I just ask because mine has gone a little manky near the windscreen area so looking at it, it would look nice as just polished paintwork under there. Any help would, as usual, be greatly appreciat…

I'm getting the Induction sorted out on Thursday. Will it make any difference to the power/feel of the car as I have also had the exhaust done too? I got used to the exhaust sound- will the induction change the engine note too?

I have booked eValet to come and touch in two small but fairly deep stone chips. I know some people have had them do some work but the guy described two ways they could fill the chip- cheap and expensive (basically). Cheap- fill it at the spot, and it would be visible-ish (70% improvment he said), or expensive which will be invisible, but involves them spraying a bigger area and laquering it. Should I trust the 'invisible' method- I mean will they get a colour match? The web site said something about a gizmo that matches the actual paint colour on the car in some electronic way so that it really is an exact match. Should I trust it? If not, what should I do with…

Just in the process of fitting the fuel line kit from Smithy (great bit of kit) ;) , Ive fitted the two main braided hoses across the plenum, just two quick questions. 1 the bottom pipe on the fuel rail (i guess its air), one end goes to a box at the side of the battery, can I replace the two ends with one piece of red silicone? 2 Ive also got a small 2" piece of braided hose, where should this go? Many thanks in advance Barry.

get my first ZED went to Morrisons in Jarrow another ZED behind me Burgendy with '99 spoiler at rear what are the chances of that! was it you!

how do i lock the crankshaft on the z so i can tighten the front pully and whats the torque setting??

Anyone? Not def but thinking about making a small order. I'll see if there are any takers.

Something fishy about this car. For sale in Dublin. Asking rediculous money (€19500) Import 1995 Twin Turbo Auto 27,000K Why is the rear spoiler a series1 or series 2 car? Surely this has been falsely registered originally and is a 1989 to 1993 model

Greddy e-manage or Apexi Power FC ??

Just a quick hello and cheers for calling by yesterday to Silverfox! We'd never met before other than passing each other in our zeds. I was dutifully waxing away when a very nice black NA cruised passed, then revesed back up the street and out hoped the man himself for a bit of a Zed chit-chat!! How many other car owners would stop for a natter with a stranger just because they had the same type of car!! ZEDS AND THEIR OWNERS RULE!!!!! :dance: