General Discussions - 300ZX Related

pickin up me swb zed next week guys and i noticed its got nasty jap square block tyres on it unherd of name. there all the same size 225. any ideas if these are safe (plenty of tread on em) also i thought the back ones on zeds were bigger? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

whats the best induction kit for me zed lads. i was gonna get an apexi? but someone said they loose to much crap through the filters. sorry if this is a stupid question but i never had one before:confused:

Anyone used a company called "Japanese car imports" (in Essex I think) to import a Z? If not any recommendations? Cheers

I just thought id write about these as my front bushes on the tension rods are on the way. Iv been offered these nismo 1s and wanted to know if they where any good (theyre from courtesy nissan) If i dont buy these what are the best 1s to replace the old bushes with as in macs earlier thread which is now really long to go through the poly 1s are supposed to be not so good for ur car. What do i replace them with and if not them whats the next best subsitute Cheers Fas

Just a little note for anyone buying parts from the US. it goes without saying that the parts supplied from people such as Courtesy Nissan is meant for their own home market and left hand drive but it can be suprising what parts are not the same. See the attached photo of a heater matrix, the pipe work which includeds the flow valve is completely different could be potentially expensive if your old pipes are in need of changing as Nissan Uk only sell these with the matrix. Looked at a set of pcv hoses from the same supplier today and they do not have the small reducer in the tubing like the UK and Jap spec ones, most likely an emmissions difference. Just…

hi there gents, i bought the se-nissan twin filter induction kit for my z last year, but i was told that the actual filters are off a toyota hilux?????? not sure how much truth in that but as they dont look very good i am thinking of getting a pair of universal k&n airfilters to replaice them!! have a look here http://www.knfilters.com/universal/univrndstrt.htm u need something about the same size of the old one:- outside dia 127mm ( D ) inside neck dia 70mm ( F ) length 170mm ( FL ) has anyone here done anything like that or have you got any suggestions cheers guys

hi Please help me locate the (radiator) pipe that goes to the heater matrix. I've got a special t piece from PTS which goes into that pipe for the water temp guage. Thanks, Geoff.

My garage is fitting a n/s/f lower ball joint for me, which I bought from Courtesy. However when mechanic removed the original lower arm, the ball joint seat (a small cone shaped bit of metal) was still attached to it. The new one doesn't come with the seat and neither local Nissan dealer (whom I obtained the part no. from) nor Courtesy suggested I would need to order that as well. This seat thingy is stuck to the old joint and mechanic doesn't want to force it in case it breaks. We haven't tried to buy a new one from local Nissan dealer yet but if we do there will inevitably be a 6 year wait..... Any opinions as to whether we should force the old seat off …

8pm Tuesday night! Tension bars off Z. Poly bushes pressed in tomorrow. Z in drive, can I drive Z 40ft into garage slowly! very slow? With tenson rods off, or do I leave Z in drive?:confused:

Just working on the final leg of me website and could do with the following pics if anyone is interested in seeing their car on my site. 1) A fairly stock looking Zed (bodywork wise) 2 nice clear pics from 2 different angles, but not too big. 2) Some engine pics of Zeds with my products on, don't matter if it's hard pipes, rad pipes,fuel line kit or Slam panel, looking for a gallery of customers cars. Mail me smithy@manx.net if you have any. cheers smithy :cool:

Does anyone know what Diameter the Return Hose is? .. I need to blank it. Cheers

Hiya all Have been surfing the site for a couple of weeks now and have just bought a 92 twin turbo. Its metallic grey and a jap import. Has a few probs - seem to be the usual ones - o/s window not working ( fixed - dry solder inside relay ) Speedo intermittent ( works for about 5 miles, goes haywire, and then dies until car is left to stand for about 10mins. ) Power steering switches off after speedo dies and then hicas light comes on. ( i presume this is all related to the hicas having no speed input !) Shes very tidy, and i will post some pics up if anyones interested. :rolleyes: Andy

Not having a good day today! Terrible gale force winds last night. My car alarm went off at around 1am this morning. Got up to check, all okay. Got in the car this morning and closed my door and the back window had caved in!!! Got out to find a tile from next door's roof had fallen off in the wind and struck my back window!!! Anyway, need to get it fixed quick so contacted my insurance (Adrian Flux). £50 excess on the policy for glass and they will cover up to £500. They got National Windscreens to call me and they quoted £697 (5 hour job in the workshop!) for the repair and they informed me the insurance company will only pay £200. I got this cleared up with AFlu…

About 3 weeks ago I did a boost leak test and fixed various leaks which i fixed , to get to one of the leaks I had to remove the TPS. Put it all back together and adjusted the TPS to 0.45 , now the problem I have is that the TPS voltage keeps moving up to 0.5 so I adjust it back to 0.45 , this has happened 4 times now and I physically do not have any more movement on the adjuster on the TPS. The TPS is only 6 months old and the car has only done 2k since i fitted it. Before I took it off and fixed the boost leaks it was rock steady at 0.45 all the time. Anybody know why the voltage would move without adjusting the TPS itself ??? Ryan

I'm going to buy a set of front upper arms because 1 of mine is in bad condition and car is not stable when i hit the brakes moreover it's tearing my tires from the inside.I thinking of buying the tbo anyone got them are they good or you suggest another brand?

Does anyone have a photo of the gear knobs Luke sells,the after market brushed chrome with badge on top????

After 2 years I have finally got a full rebuild of my TT SWB auto Box Its finally selecting all gears but I still have problems When flooring it goes to redline in whatever gear it is in but refuses to drop to next gear. to drop I have to take my foot off the accelerator monenterily and it drops OK. The guy who did the box said my TPS isnt set up correctly so went home and tested it. I seem to be getting ridiculous values of about 8V when with throttle closed and oscilating between 9 to 13 on open throttle. I am reading between middle pin and ground. Does it sound Like I need a new TPS, does it prevent shifting under full throttle or is there more work…

Is there an ECU diagnostic code for det sensor failure? cos all I'm getting is code 55

to cut it short Jap tt 91 auto, new NGK uk plugs in her (PFR 11C). do i have to gap them myself? OR do you leave them alone? If so what should they be?? thank you JIM.

The actual rad is fine but started leaking from the top hose yesterday. So i unscrewed the jubilee clip from the top hose and pulled it off the rad and the bits of broken plastic from the rad inlet fell to bits! Maybe previous over tightened the jubilee clip, dunno. But i guess i need a whole new rad , so does anyone know the best place to get one? Thanks, Trev.

evening all, just wondering whats best. I have had my jap 91 tt auto for about 9 months now and been slowley changing all the service bits (43,000) ie autobox fluid, fuel filter, air filter, tps, pipes, etc the list goes on and on. I have now got a code 34 (det sensor)? Its always been ok on super unleaded with the jap plugs in, but i changed to the uk ones anyway. without condeming the det sensor, is there anything i can try? the car feels awfull when in saftey boost (real heavy and no edge) thanks for any help?? JIM.:( :(

Having seen the current prices of Zeds online and in autotrader i'm wondering whether it's better for me finacially to break my Zed or sell it. It requires the oil pump replacing due to it's casting being damaged by a garage trying to prise off the pulley. It also requires a full set of locks. (No key for the drivers door.) It has a little bit of the obligatory bubbling under the rear spoiler. It is a 1990 black import twinturbo, with 45000 miles on the clock. I rebuilt the engine fully after it popped a head gasket two years ago. (used the original turbos.) It has a super megaphone exhaust and a HKS intake. Oh, not a spot of rust either! I converte…

After been told by my local nissan dealer that the autobox sump gaskets are back ordered (from overseas) and will take 5 weeks to arrive (mine been an import has no drain plug) I was wondering if anyone has ever sucked the fluid out through the dipstick tube ? Thanks John

In the glovebox or anywhere else ? does it fit anywhere nicely ? Cheers

Fitted my JWT dual POP on Saturday, bit of a tight squeeze but not too bad, however I did have a couple of issues...... 1. After removing my AFM from the T piece, I discovered the mesh on the back was in bits and had most probably been shooting metal filaments at my turbo's for at least a couple of thousand miles...... 2. Upon fitting the 555/dual pop chip my car now detts at about 8psi...........needless to say I'm somewhat unimpressed by this - any suggestions??:confused: