General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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Hello again, well the car is almost running nicely. It's been to SE Nissan and Options Motorsport, can't honestly say im impressed with either so am looking for another place to take my car. Keep trying Zedworld but no answer on his phone. Anyway, the thing that is really doing my head in is the rattles!!! Do all Zed's have annoying squeaks and rattles or just mine. I have lowered suspension which is pretty damn hard and the main amount of rattles come from the door cards and rear trim. Is there a company that will fix this or do I just have to turn the stereo up really loud???

How difficult is it to fit front bumper, side skirts and a rear spoiler ? Do they all have to be sprayed after fitting in place ? Thanks John

When sitting in the car with just the ignition on (engine off) there was a strange muffled DOOOOONG noise from behind the dash, it does this about every ten seconds, am i the only one with this noise, or is it something we share :confused:

If fitting a wide body kit the rear wheels need to come out more, do you use a spacer and if so how big and/or do you need wider wheels?

It was the contacts on the cas! Purrin' like a pussycat now. :dance:

I have fitted a centre brakelight! My problem is, it did not come with bulbs. Will someone be kind to me & tell me where I can get the bulbs from!! (it is off a Z!)

Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed a faint whistle that rises with engine speed. It doesn't do it all the time and there appears to be no pattern (engine hot,cold etc etc). I realised it was only inside the car as it couldn't be heard with windows down (phew, not the turbos:) ) I turned down the stereo to hear it better and switched a/c off to see if it was the motor. Not that However when I turned the stereo vol. to zero, it stopped. Found it!!!:) Just turning vol to 1 (ie not able to hear radio), the whistle returned. It does it with some CDs not others and some radio stations, not others. Any suggestions?:confused:

just ben looking at apexi bov's on ebay! are these anygood? if i want to buy what is the situation? e.g payment shipping cost etc any help gratefully recieved cheers steve:dance:

hey guys am looking to buy apexi boost contoller that i saw on group buy on this site' anyone know who started this and how to get hold of them? cheers

Ok, so like a few others at the moment I'm considering a 'Z'. I've read the buying guide - not scared me off LOL I'm looking for TT,man, >=93, SS zorst, nice wheels, spoiler, nice front, etc, etc. I'd like one like Faisal/Crazy Eddie/Dave W/Mac 1 - know one forsale ? (The problem - Price around £5/6K) Can anyone advise about servicing near to Loughborough (Tamworth - Zedworld would be ok for me) Insurance - Group 20 I know (not a problem), can someone explin about 'classic' (looking at doing about 8K) Anyone near Loughborough able to let me take a look (give me a go) at their Z ? (I can travel 20 odd miles if req. [M.Harb/Lutt/county wide])…

Any one know roughly what boost pressure I should run ? I have a 1991 Twin Turbo with HKS turbos, standard intercoolers, a mines vx-rom chip, hks dump valves, a straight through exhaust, Blitz Air Filter and a HKS EVC IV boost controller. I was thinking of setting it to 1.00 kg/cm2 which is 0.97 bar/14.1 psi for the low setting and 1.15kg/cm2 which is 1.13 bar/16.3psi for the high setting and 1.25 kg/cm2 which is 1.22bar/17.7psi as my safety cut off/alarm ? What are other people running with a setup like this ? I will soon be installing an Apexi S-AFC II which is in my bedroom at the mo ! Cheers, Olly.

I guess that it's that grey thing held on with three bolts at the front of the nearside bank. Q is it ok to remove that to get at the connection or better to remove the pipes above it and pull the connector off with the cas in situ?

Saw a black / blue zed (reg BIG PEP)drive past my car in Hinckley a couple of times tonight (I was in the liton tree pub). If you hadnt been in a zed id of worried you were car theives!!! If it wasnt a forum member they should be soon as they must have seen the 300zx.co.uk stickers in the window, i drove round to find it but couldnt see it. So if your there show yourself!!!

Im gonna get a custom exhaust done when the car comes out the bodyshop. Im going to be de-catting it but im not sure about the cat sensors what do we do with them. Some have told me to cut them away and not bother with them. The car is standard but im looking to beef up the power to about 380bhp but no more later on the year (boost controller ,chip, air filter, and a few subtile mods for the engine here and there etc etc) What do i do with the cat sensors Also what size exhaust pipe should i use iv been told that serious powered turbo cars should have 3.5" but iv been told to get 3" which would be best suited for my car with the power that i want. Im…

I've been having a problem with my clutch for ages now, after driving throughout the day the biting point moves out towards you until it will start slipping. The next day it will be fine and again gets worse as the day goes on. First thing i did was to fit a nice RPS jobby of smithy's. Helped a little but problem still there. I read about a problem with the earlier master cylinders causing this so i got a new one from MJP. Again this made no difference at all. What could be causing this? It baffles me. Any loss of fluid would give difficulty changing gear not slipping. Ideas??

Anyone ever had their steering rack overhauled. Mine has lift in one side where the track rod end 'rod' comes out the rack as though the ball end is worn. Cheers John Crisp

I need a four wheel alignment on my car, can i take this anywhere and get it done or does the four wheel steering mean i need a specialist, also apparently my camber angles are all wrong, would this be put right with the wheel alignment:confused:

Hi Guys, As always I'm asking for some advice. I seem to be having a slight issue with my car. Yesterday I was thrashing around n my car and have a slight issue with a serious smell of oil and when I parked up smoke started to rise from out of the bonnet Now I reckon ive either got a slight leak or a big issue!!! your thoughts guys B

Changed front brake pads last week great! Old ones naff! I still have got wheel judder on braking!! Naff Naff! Going to change bushes with poly ones and should I do front discs as well? Think I get poly bushes from Z centre? & discs from Berks? My discs look okay.

She's done it again. Perfectly fine yesterday, starts on the first revolution. Today, just spins but no fire.

Hi all - wow, it's been a while again, many changes since I last visited :) Unfortunately, its bad news that brings me back... Its almost exactly the 3rd anniversary of me owning my Z, and as a present, I've gone and bashed her in :( :( Coming out of a junction the wet weather finally caught me out, and I did a very pretty 180 pirouette and thumped the right-rear wheel into a kerb sideways. The rim of the alloy has broken off but that's the least of my worries. The wheel itself is loose; looks like some aspect of the RWS has snapped or something. I managed to limp a mile or so back to work, but the car is crabbing badly and doesn't sound like it wants to be su…

Only noticed the oher day, that there is a weird gap above the 300zx logo on the back of my car (see pic), I thought something had fell out until I looked at some older pictures of it and theyre all like that.

Hi Guys, Have any of you tried purchasing from Ebay on both the UK and US site... Let me know. Thanks Ben

Advice Required. Had a service done 3 weeks ago by a Nissan Mechanic. Everything is fine however he's advised me to run some injector cleaner through it.. I read some time ago on the 300zx.com forum that you should'nt run injector cleaner through the fuel and that dealerships have a special cleaner that you attach and cleans the system while idleing for 20mins... I've not done it yet as i'm sure i came across this in the manual as well?? Any advice appreciated!