General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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 :)

OK, all you guys with TTs, running extra boost with jets or bleed valves... this thread is for you! There's a serious bargain group buy on Boost Controllers run by Chris@Getgreddy.co.uk in the traders forum, you are not going to see prices like this again for along time, so forget whatever you were going to spend your money on and get one of these little beauties! It will even save you money in the long run, cause your turbos will probably last much longer with predictable, monitored boost levels. And take it from me, my tub seals have just gone after 12 months of increased boost on bleed valves and the cheapest way to fix that is going to cost well over a …

I know people fit extra oil coolers to auto Zs. I rencently bought a non-turbo auto Z from Japan. Would that need an extra oil cooler or is it just turbo models that need it? :hyper:

The OE ariel is always going up and down as I turn the stereo on and off. I guess it would be kind to grease it. But when Halfords greased the ariel on my 200SX, it never quite worked right again. Is grasing the ariel a good idea? Is there a certain sort of grease you should use?

Hi, I've got a pretty bad fuel smell! very noticable when i've turn the engine off and got out. Gues it's a corroded fuel pipe or some thing. Anyone know how much it will cost to replace them?

OEM clock, Right this pile of sh1te in my car seems to have given up the ghost all together now, but then it wasnt working properly before that anyway. Is there a clock on the market that'll, with maybe modding, fit in the space left by the oem clock, or is there another route. And no i dont want a turbo timer or similar in there. Thanks Dave

Hi all, Ive just fitted an Apexi SAFC, in my non turbo zed. Ive got the instructions printed off from the apexi web site on how to work it, but can anyone be a bit clearer on how to use it ? The instructions read like a degree in Motorsport Engines, i dont really know what im doing. However, it looks good woohoo Any help would be greatly appreciated - thanks, Mike

iv heard different stories about clifford and toad from different people and now am too confused to decide which one to get! what alarm have you got and how good is it? i dnt wanna spend silly money but want something i can have confidence in. help me out guys yaseen

When fully warm the revs oscillate between 700 and 900 rpm at idle. Any ideas what it could be. She was idling at 2000 rpm until a fixed a vacuum leak cause by a missing O ring on the balance bar which I only found out when replacing the fuel hoses to get rid of the stink of petrol first thing in the morning.

can anyone recommend a nicely priced stut bar front/rear http://www.ebay.com has a lot listed but they are all very very cheap, cheap usually indicates poor quality. I'm not so fussed about looks, i'm more interested in performance for a reasonable price :)