General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Can anyone tell me what an Auto to MAnual conversion should cost - including all the bits I will need and the labour? Thanks.

Just fitted the front strut from courtesy and the hood wont close so i had to bent inside some of internals of the hood.Anyone had the same problem?

Anyone know where to get those spring clips that fasten the A pillars on ? Thanks John

i know the jap spec zx has folding wing mirrors,activated by a switch on the console.ok i have a uk spec one without folding mirrors,and a switch on the console that has power to it,(coz it lights up when switched on)a rocker switch..it doesnt seem to do anything except light up..i took it out a while ago and two of the wires were cut and isolated,does anyone have any ideas? was it front fog light switch?.is this normal on the uk zx tt.

Ive seen a cover for the 300zx that fits it like a glove even round the mirrors it was made of a thick canvas,ive lost contact with the guy who had it and im wandering if anyone here knows of where to get one. i think he paid 200 pounds for it.

Hi, With Fas's mates Z being nicked on the weekend and someone trying to nick my mates just before Christmas, I was wondering a couple of things. 1. How come scum can get around Thatcham fitted alarms? I thought the point of these were to cut off various things in the car to stop it being started. How the hell to they trace wires etc in a Z engine bay to be able to start the car?? 2.What can be done to beef up our Z security? Is there any cut off points that can be wired up to extra swiches? 3. Can Bob or anyone else in the know suggest/supply anything out there to stop scum taking what doesn't belong to them? Vijay

Has anyone got a spare jap spec speedo dial 'cause mine has a load of stuff stuck to it as if someone has tried to stick some new dials on then given up. It's only the speedo one. ;)

I have just recently had a problem with missfiring and it's been intermittant and now it's all the time. I have cleaned out all the electric connectors for the coil packs and injectors and it seems to only be running on 4 cylinders if that. Couldn't hardly pull away from a diesel Xantia the other day. Seems very reluctant to accelerate at all now :( Have currently got the battery dissconnected to re-set the ecu. How do I do a diagnostic whilst I'm at it? Vould it be the PTU (series one). The guy who had it before me put a second hand one on in september 2002 so dont know if this is the problem :confused: I do need to cleand the throttles out as they haven't…

I've just got myself a Zed and am looking for any replacement Automatic gear knobs that are around. I knows there's the Razo one that looks like something out of Star Trek (no offence to those who love it, just my taste), but I can't find any other ones that have overdrive in them. Does anyone know if any others exist, and if so, where from? David (one very happy new owner!) :)

Hey Fellas, Just a quick one, Had my 300zx for over a year now, its had an ECU upgrade by 'Kakimoto racing' in japan - for the first time today i took it to the end of 2nd gear but i noticed that it didnt hit any rev limit???, To make sure i wasn't imagining it i tested it in 1st gear from a set of lights and at 8500rpm i bottled out!, it sounded like an F1 car! I thought they limited at about 7000??? The thing is the rev gauge only goes upto 9000rpm and the engine never hit a limiter, is it common for this to be removed??? Thanks Tom

Spotted a red zed in Witney, reg g120? 4pm'ish heading towards town.

im thinking ov lowering my z does any1 no ov any good kits also i heard it will alter the camber and scrub the tyres off wots the best way round this.

Got my stickers today......thanks Ajay Whats the favourtite place for members to put them ? Tailgate Glass ? John

Shiny Black. Looked fairly standard but very nice example. Flashed me as I drove up Framfield Road about 2 weks ago.

I've had the Zed two months; aint seen another yet! I need to see another one to have a look at the plumbing that goes to the boost gauge. That apparently is the Nissan garage's (in Salisbury) opinion! I'm in Trowbridge Wilts, so anyone within reasonable distance who can advise on this would be great. I've had advice and photos, but to actually look under another bonnet would be brilliant ed

ok peeps, after some Ar*e hit my car outside my house and drove off causing damage to drivers door.have been told by insurers to either use their recommended repairers,KFD Kingston, or find one of my own. can anyone recommend top notch body shop in surrey or s.e. area. or has anyone used KFD before. cheers nick

Im having a little prob with zed when stationary and you blip the throttle the revs rise when you let go the revs drop down to about 400 then rise back to about 1000 any ideas?

Black Z going down the m61 towards manchester today about 10.45

...uprated oil cooler? where do i check guys and how do tell? if i do need one is it worth having a go myself? wot would be involved? cheers yaseen

Ok, with all my talk about my car running so well recently, last night I heard a knocking noise when I parked the car on the drive, I could hear a slight knocking sound when the car was on idle, If I revved the engine the noise went away. Now my drive is a fairly steep incline so I thought it must be low on oil, I've driven to work this morning, no problems, car running fine, but when I parked up I let the car idle for a bit and the noise cam back, just not as loud. Anyway, checked the oil, it's about a quarter full, so I'm gonna stick a litre of oil in it this lunchtime and see how it go's. Any idea's anyone?

My TT is making a 'exhaust blowing ?' noise when you put your foot down, although it only does this when accelerating mildly from cold. When the car is hot its not as bad but still present, and there is a 'ticking' noise . I cannot really hear where the 'exhaust blowing ?' sound is coming from when i rev the car when stationary however the 'ticking' noise seems to be coming from the pass side (uk right-hand drive) middle-of-engine turbo precat area. I have also read in another search that the sound that i am refering too could be the EGR pipe union on the exhaust manifold or could it be the o2 sensor leaking ? (o2 sensor my thought). This sound is really annoying me now…

Anyone know what a cell motor is? :rolleyes:

Spent another day looking at this today! Getting steadily worse :mad: Stuff done previously: FPR replaced and fuel pressure checked - OK EGR system disabled and valve checked for sticking - OK MAF replaced - No difference PVPR system removed to simplify system. Base timing chacked - OK New 7 range plugs - No difference. New tank of optimax - No difference. Started today by checking the injector resistances at the ECU (between pin 58 and relevant pin 1XX for each injector). Spec 10-14ohms at the injector. On Leigh's car all were ~14ohm except no 6 - 15.2 ohms. Cleaned connectors on 1,2,3,6 with dremmel and all dropped to ~12.5 ohms. All conn…

Saw a rather nice Z slightly past the M25 juntion on the A3 heading towards London. Has a rather nice luminous/glow in the hard '300zx' (i think) printed on it's back, and from the number plate looked like an import. Unfortunately that's all I got of it, as I was going rather too fast to take too many details of it :tongue:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2465527493&category=10402 Simon :)