General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Ok,so i paint the plenum with VHT paint,gets fitted when engine put in,then find its starting to come of in very small circles due to heat spots,WTF!!,find out crappy shop sold me stuff only good for 150C,so thought i would paint it black(had some paint good for 1700f,inbetween i got the flu,went back to it eventualy and it went a bit Pete Tong:D I have another plenum so was thinking mirror polished and honed for it,i need to know of a good place to do the work,any ideas:) Anyhow the more i look at the insane painting i have done on it the more i like it,talk about Z owners being individual in what they attemp and do:rofl: :rofl: Tony

ive just bought some blitz dump valves on hard metal pipes, what else do i need to fit these to my tt zed? many thanks jim.

As some of you may know from reading my thread in the general section. A bolt came undone holding my balance bar on. Is it ok to stick some threadlock on the bolt and do it back up or should I replace the seal that is underneath? Any advice would be welcome. Edds.

This problem started 6 months ago. Car started to judder and then return to noramal. It dissapeared but returned last week worse then ever(6000 miles later), what transpired is shes only running on 5 cylinders. The driver side back left cylinder dosent seem to be sparking. I swapped over the ignition coil to a different chamber and it worked fine , that rulled out the coil. I got a new plug and checked that on other cylinder and thats fine too, arching nicely. So after coil and plug are eliminated where do i go next Could this be the dreaded PTU or should all cylinders go when the PTU gives up Help appreciated Roy

I need to replace my passenger side door lock barrel. I have th bits already. Anyone done this before , any instructions anywhere to follow ?

Hello, After not using the 300 for two days, last night i let it warm up to normal operating temp (half way on temp gauge) and turned the heaters on to 40degrees but no hot air came out. Any ideas what could be the cause of this?? Or does it just need a drive to get it all sorted? I checked the coolent but couldnt really tell if it was low as it was dark. Please help. Thanks Ant:(

Do the UK Spec Zed's need an additional gearbox cooler? And if so is the Z centre one, used fo J Spec etc... good enough? Info and opinions please..... Ben

Hi all, I may be getting an imported 90TT, However I heard somewhere that 90 models may suffer from head gasket problems - is this true? Is there any other things on a 90 I should look out for? Thanks :confused:

After all the aggrevation (MOT failure for sh*te headlights!) they're finally sorted!!! :D :D :D Thought I'd share the process... *Removed headlights without taking off bumper (lots of patience and stubby spanners!!!) *Took out high beam housing *Removed adjusters and lubricated them *Cleaned inside the housing using babywipes on the end of a wire coathanger *Dried inside with kitchen paper on end of coathanger *Replaced bulbs with '+50% Xenon Technology Bulbs' (Halfords own as that's all I could get in a rush) *Refitted lights and altered beam adjustment. You wouldn't believe how much black crap was on the inside of the lense…

Hi Folks I have a bit of a prob, I got a HKS Super Drager exhaust about 2 weeks ago, and finally yesterday I got the time to fit it. My problem is, when coming to remove the old HPipe from the cat flanges, the bolts look like, erm...blobs of rust! :( And good tips how to get these off? Anyone had this before? Thanks

OK, people. any helpful hints/tips/advice for the removal, disasembly and replacement/refurbishment of most of the Z engines major organs is reqd. Its going into a corner of my mates garage next week and wont see light untill i get it working properly again. Its prob gonna need a piston or two (oops) and while im at it its getting chipped, new crank and turbo seals and anything else which is reccomended by 3 or more people on here. So, shout up. what do i do to it? ;) :rolleyes: P.S. even if you just post to take the :eek: out of a usless guy trying to fix a very technical engine, please do. I can use the laugh. just please, be gentle.....;)

Come on guys, post away... What is the best boost controller, or the best value controller to get... Cheers Ben

got my TC working again :D it was the abs channels that were screwed! it thought front was rear & left was right, apart from that it was fine ;) iv loaded the zed.bin file now, is that the one your running? changes i made for my car: abs channels correct now wheel diameters upped the min rpm threshold to 1500 any other thoughts?

hi gents i ran my engine yesterday as the car has no wheels i cant go very far !!:D when i first started it the oil presure was high and the engine sounded sweet, but once it got up to temp and the oil pressure dropped quite low a tappet sound started and it was quite loud!! as the car was only idling i gave it a few revs and the oil pressure only rose slightly but the tappet noise was still there, have i any worries or once i am on the road the oil pressure will rise and the sound will go?? cheers dewi

on my auto tt 91 their is a strange hissing sound (like vacume leak), coming from the drivers side, back of head light area, when running on tick over? is this the power streering pump making this noise or could it be a vacume leek of some sort? many thank you's jim.

Hi Now my Z is a TT auto UK. I use 95 unleaded, why? because I thought that was the recommended fuel. It says this on my petrol cap. Is this wrong?

Yet another funny one. When I am at Idle (which is most of the time for me :D) she ticks over at about 900 RPM, which may be a little high but thats not my problem. When I switch on the main beam the revs drop by about 200 and stays there until I switch the lights off again. She then idles at 900????? WTF. Why do all these problems happen at once. I am scared next time I turn the key the wheels will fall off :mad: :cry:

just a quick word to let people know that there is a garage in B,ham that is selling a couple of ZX`s i have recently bought one from this garage for 5`000 with a supposedly 12 mth warranty. the gearbox gave up after 28 days and when i phoned the warranty co they had no details of my policy and the garage will not effect the repairs so i have to goto trading standards if anybody wants the name of the garage email me. preferably before you part with your cash (dafttrucker@aol.com ):cry:

I can get them and have bought 6 at £7 each. From what I can tell thats cheap. Usual £10 each. Let me know if anyone interested and I'll pass on the number. Rossy

is this the same as anyone elses?, now its getting colder, my autobox while driving seems to take about 15mins of driving before i will change into the last gear? is this because the box fluid is cold? many thanks JIM.:)

does anyone know where i can see pictures of the inside of the headlight with the foil attached?? I can't find any old links with the pictures still available! Rich

Just had a look at Liverpool Victoria website for quoting on an import - even though it quotes you the front page STATES CLEARLY they DO NOT insure japanese imports. Basically they will take your money but if oyur involved in an accident, technically you will not be insured. Any comments feel free as Im know unsure who to use as I may be getting an import. I'll wait till someone with a little more knowledge replies. Cheers :confused:

About to do a winter service, what oil would people recommend for the months November - May on an engine that has done 113,000 mile, 50,000 on a new short engine. 10w40? And I did have a quick search :)

does anybody know of a supplier of "wings west" rear wings Mid height , the same as fitted on Dave W,s motor ?? i have tried most places and no joy , no word from Chris at GReddy and i dont think the ones in the zcentre are the same type help guys i have money burning a big hole in my pocket.. and before you ask... NO!! ...donations to worthy beer drinking causes will not be helped... Steve

Ordered some mats to be made up at Kish in Sunderland. Copying shape from my nasty jap ones and transfering the nice little metal plaque across. Going to pick them up at lunchtime. Will post pics if anyone is interested. I guess quite a few of you will already be familiar with their work, he works closely with Peter @ PPS apparently. Wish I had the cash to get the full interior done!! David