General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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

When the Auto box changes gear how long should it take to select it's gear and continue to acelerate. My Auto box seems hesitate some what and is quite noticable. Cheers

Currently cleaning & replacing bulbs in my headlights due to MOT failure :mad: Just need to check: When you switch onto high beam, should the low beam bulb remain on?? I'm sure someone told me it should! BTW, it's a 90 jspec Rich

I'm about to take out my mines ECU and replace it with a custom map from SE - does anyone out there know how to tell the specification of the ECU i.e. what size injectors it was designed for. I'm thinking about selling it but i need to make sure i know what exactly it is. Regards, alex

I was having major trouble keeping z on the road while accelerating due to a lack of traction, i have today stuck a set of goodyear F1s on to the rear, only managed to get my foot down once on the way back, overtaking in 3rd, it seemed to grip??? and it was wet!!,( normally it would fishtail even in fourth on same stretch)anyone else got these tyres ?

drove car 50miles to work today, sweet as ever, switched off engine & tried to restart but it wouldnt fire. eventually called out breakdown.he said engine flooded & managed to start it by taking out fuel pump fuse, turning engine over & then quickly puttin fuse in. car ran rough to start hesitating when accelerating but after bout 20 miles seemed fine. went out again tonight (to pub),started and ran fine but then wouldn't start again to come home. used same method as b4 to eventualy start it(took bloody long time), same as b4 hesitant on acceleration but fine apart from that. any ideas on this please, was meant to b taking Z cross channel on saturday, m…

i am gonna fit me blitz DV's tomorrow, cheers smithy and macca. but do i dissconnect the original recirc valves or leave them connected, how do you disconnect the originals? if this is to be done :rolleyes:

any idea on what could be the cause of this fellas?? cheers jaz p.s. only run Super or Optimax....

Bit of a longshot this, but does anyone know the ITC dipswitch settings to set it up on a 300zx?

Hi all! Today I went from Folkestone to Dover max miles 10. First 2 miles town, 6 miles dual carrageway max MPH 70, last two miles in town. Switch off engine. Steam or smoke rising from near side under the bonnet & windscreen on the out side. Lifted bonnet quick look, it looked like steam/smoke coming up from back & below engine on inside past the battery. Could not see FA too many pipes & wires! Return to car and drove back! Looked under bonnet, check matrix hoses, not a drop of liquid anywhere! No smoke nowt! WTF is going on, or any ideas what it can be! Why cant we have more space under the bonnet! TT auto UK 91 Arthur :confused:

What do i need to do to my car if i want to remove the cats. Do i need to do something to the ECU ? can any one help

Does anyone recondition standard zed gearknobs. Mine is starting to wear on the top where the number are. Thanks, Stu.

Whilst driving home late the other night the temperature gauge needle was doing a merry dance from just under half to 0. :confused: :confused: At the time the temp outside was 3 degrees :( What could be causing this and what should I look for ???? Any help guys....... Cheers, Deano. :)

Just done some ferreting around in my car to try and find out what's been done to it by the previous Japanese owner. The ECU is a Hi-Tech ROM from Power House Amuse. Anyone know anything about this - is it any good? Unfortunately the Power House Amuse website is entirely in Japanese so I can't make head nor tail of it! I've managed to find some english instructions for the HKS EVC-IV controller, which I'll need to try and calibrate (or see if it is properly calibrated) and the Endless Function B6 coilovers (which seem to have settings ranging from very hard to extremely hard!) How do I find out if the turbos etc are standard, can't actually figure out how t…