General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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 :)

Ok heres one garunteed to get the comments flying... Why should I keep my 300ZX over a Mitsubishi GTO TwinTurbo? (some CONSTRUCTIVE comments would be useful as well as the usual patriotic slanging for laughs !!) Cheers guys & in the words of ref Mills Lane... LETS GET IT ON!!! :tongue: :shock:

Hi All, I've wanted a ZX ever since I first saw one as a teen. Finally scraped the money together and am about to buy one. I've looked at the buyer's guides etc. and feel like i'm pretty informed. But, there's a guy selling them in dartford / Bexley Heath from his home, according to him he's sold a few, he goes by the name of Joe, has anyone actually bought one from him, and is he trustworthy? Also, i've read bad things about Zubi motors in these forums, but the bloke there reckons he can get me on to my exact spec in about 5 weeks... has anyone else bought one from him? Also, is it worth doing a HPI check if it's an import? And what about RAC / AA …

Trying to remove the instrument cluster, got all screws out, but the darn wiring connectors are tough to remove ....how does the big one to the far right (towards drivers side window) come out....tried everything.....wont budge. John

I removed the passenger turbo because I got tons of white smoke at idle (oil burnt smell). What I discovered doesn't make me happy, the exhaust track is completely fully covered with oil cooked, that's not the rear turbo seal which leaks (perhaps it leaks also) but the oil comes from the cylinders !! I haven't removed the exhaust manifold yet (full of oil cooked). On the pics, don't take care of the oily crap outside of the turbo, it's ATF fluid residue, a power steering problem solved. Last time I removed all the spark plugs, the left and right ones didn't look different but all were covered with oil deposit. Only the passenger tail pipe smoked like the hell at…

Just getting around to installing the rest of Smithy's blue hoses, where do the one from the overflow near the rad cap go ? Does it thread its way down and up into the bottom of the overflow tube (I dont believe I asked that!) How do you get the thing out to hook up the new stuff. Thanks John

hi, does any one know where you can get hydraulic suspension from ? you can get these airbag type of things instead of going the full hog with hydraulics!

here's a pickie of the light unit modified to take the xenon units :duffer: powered them up and look cool, just got to get the bezels chromed now

just put my car in for some body repairs (ie veilside skirts as there scratched and chipped to hell,driving a citroen saxo :( at the mo not the same as drivin my z,the point of the question is a citroen saxo new costs 6k my z cost 5k and yet the pleasure of driving a 10yr old car is unbelievable!!have any u lot had to go without your z for periods of time,funny how driving a certain car can put u in a totally differant mood

i have got 255/40/17 on the back of my zed does anyone know what pressure these size tyres should have in them. ive got 28 psi in them at the moment cheers Eddie

Thought this was amusing. at a set of lights on a big A road out of Southampton the other day. this tarted up bmw pulls up along side me. he and his lady look the car up and down, he looks at me and just shakes his head in submission. made me laugh all the way home. sometimes you don't need to put the bimmers in their place. this guy just knew :dance:

or go to http://www.z32.com/readerrides/readers6/read320b.jpg If you are the owner, know of the owner and any way to contact him/her or know the manufacturer of those rims, please respond to this post or e-mail me at Dreamhasbeenover@aol.com or Thistimeicry@aol.com Both work, but just incase one fails. Thank you

Been having some probs recently, Still awaiting my JWT chip and Boost Jets, and have installed another boost gauge, Found out i was running low boost (6-7psi) got great help some guys on this site. have got code 34 on ECU, so i look under the bonnet at where the Det Sensor is connected to the electris and find the connector but nothing plugged into it?????? The engine recently had a rebuild (December) at SE Nissan, could they have forgotten to plug this back in??? if so Where is it, i cannot find where it needs to plug into.... also did the resistor check on the connector, ECU still reports code 34, but i am able to run 9psi???? is this weird???? What do i do n…

Spotted a Red zed reg A13 *** or similar, with two birds in it! Coming off the A47 Longshoot Nuneaton, Sadly I was in a R5 turbo at the time so I will of just looked like some random knobhead staring.........instead of a knobhead in a zed staring!!! If I see you when im in the zed i'll give you a flash, provided you flash back!!!!! ;) :slap: :)

Blue L reg jap Zed parked outside the chinese restaurant in Lane End today. Some kids were giving it the look over when I went past in mine. They looked well surprised.

If anyone is interested... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2465069149&category=9891 Simon :)

My mates yellow 300ZX has been stolen this morning at about 5am from the neasden area of north west London!!! We've just come back from the police station after reporting it!!! I just want every1 to keep a look out for suspicious looking zeds or parts that are quite rare from this ZX!!! Iv attached some pictures. It had Tein suspension (coloured green) from the pictures you can make out the alloys and the Stillen type 3 bodykit. Its in yellow, which is quite a rare colour!!! Full black and yellow leather interior, tv screen. This car does stand out!!! If any1 can help in anyway it will be appreciated!!! If any1 starts selling parts that are f…