General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Would they take chroming? Would they still look crap? ;)

Pushing the car Quite hard round a fast sweeping left hander when it felt like a lump went through the steering wheel. Followed by arse end coming unglued and a short fight for survival. Once I regain control of the car the steeing wheel was at least 20 degrees out of true. the tracking seems fine and having had the car on the ramps there is no obvious signs of any thing wrong. ????? Anyone Please No it's not an after market steering wheel. When you move the steering wheel with engine off it solid as a rock. It has been off though when I had the Tubs reconed last year. The engine was out and when the rack was put back together the steering wheel was out of line …

I need to sort out some new tyres for my front wheels. I've been using Falken FK451 225/50/16 and have the 245's on the back. However it is a two week wait for falkens due to them being out of stock, I need some tyres which are of an equal performance for their price as the falkens. I don't want crap on my front wheels yet i don't want to buy an ultra high performance tyre as I don't think I'll have these wheels for that long. I can get the falkens for about £89 a corner fitted.

Anyone here ever had a quote to have this done to their Z? response on other forums has been "you cant get paint like that" to "you would have to chrome each part". Rage do a Chrome paint, and Mercedez has developed one too to do the car above. Apparently it is 50(?) times tougher than normal paint applications too. Even better, anyone got ever seen a Z that has had an effect like this or similar?

Ok i know it would be far easier to buy a TT but its more fun to experiment and do something different! plus the condition of my NA is to good to let go. So does anyone know much about supercharging a ZX or if its been done before? I have seen those electric superchargers on ebay before but am not sure how good they would be. I would be gratefull for any info Cheers

Had a bit of trouble with my speedo on the car, would now and then sit on 0mph and then start working again although the mileage clocks always worked even if the speedo wasn't. After reading a lot of posts I replaced the speed sonsor which did not solve the problem. I then went to a carpark with the hood off the dash to get to the back of the speedo and have a feel about while driving in a circle. I found a point where I could make the speedo work and then stop working by pushing at a certain point. So last night I took the speedo out and undid all the screws, cleaned the contacts and did it all back up. Took her out for a drive and all was working fine! This morni…

Hi guys Sorry if this had been posted many times before but im seriously considering getting a 300zx in replace of my 200sx.Insurance quotes have come back rther favourably which means now all i got to do is decide which 1 i want Id love to get the turbo and prices arent that bad now but the only thing im worrying about is the reliability, cos i expect that when something goes wong its gonna cost quite a bit So the question is which is the more reliable of the two and avergae running/repair costs through out the year? What is the difference between the Uk and Jap spec models? Thanks :bow:

I just had my long overdue 4 wheel alignment done (Ive had the car for 8 months and kept putting it off) - the front was way out, equivalent to about 7mm!!! They did a great job, I watched them do it, sat right next to the car, watched the tv monitor as they made the adjustments, bringing the on screen numbers from the "red" into the "green". They give you a computer printout of the before and after settings. I would highly recommend them to anyone in the Derby-Nottingham area. Their details are: The Alignment Centre Church View Industrial Estate Church Street Old Basford Nottingham 0115-9420843 Cash or cheque only. Cheers John

The little 4-yr old across the road yelled out to me the other day "HEY, I LIKE YOUR RACING CAR!" :D :D :D Is that the best compliment or what!?! Pure honesty, what a top little kid ;)

I know it helps with the air flow, making it smoother, but is it really with doing? I have spent hours doing it and only done 1 :eek: Is it worth doing the rest? You can see the difference. The one infront has been done and at the top one which hasn't and you can see the bumps and cast lines.

When I got my car it had an alarm fitted and the dealer tried to just give me the alarm remote and the regular keys. I got him to include what I think is the original Nissan 'remote blipper' thing. It's black with four buttons; a big semi-circular grey one at the top then three smaller round black ones in an up-side-down L shape below it. I tried pressing some near the car and I think there was a bleep but I'm a bit nervous incase it immobilises the car or something. So ... does anyone know how it works? :hyper:

COULD ANYONE HELP ME WITH MY REAR HATCH(ON THE CAR!! ;) ) WHEN DRIVING ALONG IVE GOT A CONSTANT RATTLE FROM THE REAR. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN ADJUST THE STRIKER AND LATCH. WOULD PUTTING NEW RUBBERS ON DO THE JOB?? BECAUSE ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY. WORSE THAN LISTENING TO THE WIFE AND THATS BAD ENOUGH........ AND YES,I HAVE TURNED THE STEREO UP BEFORE SOMONE SURGESTS THE OBVIOUS :nono:

Can someone give some advice,i've seen a lovely import auto the dealer says it's a 93,it has a rear spoiler brake light but the seatbelts are in the doors,it's leather interiror but it also has the earlier style cloth.....it also has the clocks in both MPH and KMH is this a genuine '93????

right what i need is a STEP BY STEP guide of what to do next......... i have a auto TT and i want to improve its performance, power BHP speed or whatever else you might want to call it....... Currently i have: 1. a big twin exhaust kit 2. HKS mushroom type filter (apparently very good) 3. oil cooler. and thats it. I have £1000 to spend so what can a do to make it more powerful. cheers p.s. dont understand what a stage 1 conversion is but is that what i should be doing if so what does it involve.

My other turbo'd car has an IC that stays cool and boost pipes that stay pretty cool. Last couple of days I start using the zed again because its sunny dry and cold. It goes brill and the boost is high. Yet even after pottering when I stop it and check the engine the boost pipes are always warm, the plenums are hot and the metal parts even at the sides of the rad are hot. I wondered if my ICs are partly blocked off with dead bugs etc and not cooling like it should. Any ideas?

Anyone know where I can get hold of an aerial adapter for a Jap Z? Want to be able to order it online if poss.

Cheers for the nod! :D

Has anyone successfully managed to build their own conzult i/f. Im thinking of making one and trying the free version thats out there for realtime engine monitoring.

This is starting to get really annoying! The squeeking is coming from somewhere inside the dash, near the middle. I think? :confused: Ive had the centre panel out and its defo not that. It sounds like a loose fan or something, but i dont have any idea where to look to sort it. Its not exactly a big problem, but i'm fussy and little squeeks annoy me. Any ideas what it could be?

...after 13+ years of someone sitting in the drivers seat (Jap NA) it looks like the drivers side springs (front and back) are shorter than the passenger side springs - by about 5 mm. Question is, how difficult is it to change springs from left to right. Cars fine etc, no uneven tyre wear, just thought I'd get my money's worth from the springs... Any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks Jack

Guys Can I just bolt them straight on ? Will I need to mess with suspension geometry or lower the suspension etc ? Advice appreciated as always...... Mark

I think I need to replace my stock clutch before I look at upping the boost on my car, does anyone have any recommendations?

Do Courtesy make many shipping mistakes ? I placed my first order a week ago (by phone), so last friday I e-mailed them to ask if it had been shipped, they e-mailed back with a tracking number, which I traced on UPS website........I was delivered to some address in Illinois!! It could be they gave me the wrong tracking number, I have e-mailed them and asked them to sort it out. John

I live on quite a busy road and it's a bitch getting out of my drive sometimes. Yesterday, waited for what seemed like ages and eventually took a chance on a gap. Had to floor it to do it safely (I know... :slap: ) and the car didn't really launch well. In fact it sounded like the exhaust had fallen off (misfiring?). Got up to speed but still felt well lumpy. Got her down the road and pulled into a side turning and she stalled. Tried a rolling start and she fired up but then stalled when I stopped the car... Had a look around the back and no visible problems so started her again and no problems... Any ideas peeps? The engine felt very lumpy but has been fi…

Bit unexpected was this, yesterday at 2500rpm, noticed a VERy slight vibration and quiet knocking from the engine bay, checked oil, was about 1/2 full, filled it up, vibration and knocking went away. Driving tonight, quite hard, all of a sudding, VERY LOUD knocking from engine bay, pulls over, revs from idle, slight knock from 1500revs, and got LOUD at 2500, limped it home. Anyone else thinks its spun a shell? Also just had a hunt on the net, and cant find anywhere that sells Z32 cranks, as im guessing its shot as driving it on full boost at about 5k rpm as it went. :( Also, what would labour be on a job like that? Im good with engines, but anything…