General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Wearing my engineers hat I'm not wild about putting 8.5" x 18" on the front. Am I being too cautious? I've a chance of some alloys at a good price but I don't want to overload the front end. :confused:

Can anyone help me sort out where to fit my secondry gearbox cooler?? I have brought a 2nd hand uk engine oil cooler which i fit somewhere & connect to cool the engine(as it is larger than my import one). The redundant engine oil cooler then gets connected to the gearbox (doing away with the crap radiator one)? That way you upgrade both coolers which make sense! But where the fock do you fit this bigger one??? I could do with some advice as it is driving me rounnd the benddddddddddddd!!:confused:

PLEASE HELP! SALE OF MY HOUSE HAS JUST GONE THROUGH N I MADE A LITTLE! THINK IM GONNA SPEND IT ON A MOTOR! THERES THREE OPTIONS! 1) BUY A DECENT ZED N MOD IT BIGTIME!, WHAT SORTA BHP CUD I GET WITH ABOUT SAY 20-25K? 2) BUY A ZED N A DECENT SKYLINE. 3) OR I HAVE FOUND AN MAZDA RX7 IN AUTO TRADER, ITS 1997, O MILES, 840BHP, LOOKS THE *****X, ALTHOUGH ITS A DARK SHADE OF PINK/RED. IT WUD COST JUST UNDER 30K. THANKS, D

Driving home for lunch in my manual Jap 300zx, I moved the gear lever into third and it suddenly dropped a couple of inches. I managed to get home okay, but the lever 'bounced' every time I changed gear. On getting home I took the centre console off to have a quick look. It appears that something has snapped, leaving the gear lever 'floating'. Does anyone know what I mean, and if so how do I repair it? Is this going to be easy, can I glue it/replace it? Please don't tell me I need a new gear box as it still changes through the gears fine. Thanks in advance for your help. Colin

I've had a quick search on the forum and can't find what i'm looking for... What tyre sizes can you stretch to on the standard alloys? If you cant really go above the standard than I'll start looking for some new 18" ones, but i'd like to know what I can do with the standard first... Cheers guys Ben.

Does any1 know a good place in the local london area preferably north , north-west, west, slough areas and anywhere else near that for a wheel alignment as my car needs 1. I want a good place which can do camber and tracking and knows about the 4ws hicas system. Any1 got any ideas Cheers Fas

as above seem to have no power to pass side windows:confused: cheers Dave

I have just had a complete low mileage TT engine placed in my Z. My question is this ! Is there any difference in spec in the engines from a UK to an Import? Is this a dumb question :confused:

Hi All, Would be interested to know, where any of you have fitted auto oil coolers. I'm thinking of fitting mine against rear of main rad in the space between the rad and main fan. This will be the neatest route (and shortest piping) in my opinion, but any feedback re, cooling efficiency and effect of positioning welcome.. I've seen a lot fitted right up front before the secondary/aircon fan, but this looks to impede air flow in that area. Paul N

I need to get a sender unit converted from the American to metric. Does anyone know where I can get this done? Just want somewhere reliable to do the job. Thanks in advance. chris

Ran a search but cant seem to find an answer, so.... Will the UK TT Standard 16" alloys fit on a TT Import?. Cheers

HEY Bis anyone running SE NISSAN b'o'v's or de=cat pipes? IF SO WHAT THEY LIKE? i live in exeter/devon and am trying to find a suitable garage to get fitted avc-r boost controller ECU re-map BOV'S DE-CAT PIPES INTER-COOLER ETC AT THE MOMENT AM CONSIDERING TRAVELLING 8 + HOUR ROUND TRIP TO se NISSAN DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANYWHERE CLOSER OR AM I BETTER OFF GOING FOR IT? STEVE

I noticed a couple of cracks on my stock wing the other week, so I put a request through the internet breakers for a wing. 5 minutes later I got a call of a place with a Zeemax wing in stock for just £80. :dance: Bargain I thought, so I ordered it. Today, the entire boot lid, with glass and the Zeemax spoiler turned up. This long winded story leads me to my question... While taking off the wing (which I haven't finished yet) I noticed that it seems to be held on by six screws and gallons of silicon sealant or similar. It's taking me ages to get the sealant off so that I can remove the wing (probably why the breakers just sent me the whole thing). …

Does anyone knows how can I get the code # for the purple metallic colour that was released in Japan starting in 1997? I had a friend who brought a brochure in japanese of the fairlady 300zx and it had this colour wich is beautiful! is it possibly that if I go to Nissan dealer and ask them to re-spray with this particular colour they could special order the paint from Nissan in japan?? what estimated price would all this cost??? would appreciate all your info on this matter, Thanx guys! gals!!:)

In my search for a 300zx I am thinking about if I should get a 2 seater wich seems to look nicer or a 2x2 wich is more stabled, any advice on this mates? thanks!;)

MOT just failed on the beast. They say that there is movement of the rear wheels (not the 4w steering) and that the rear bushes are shot. This is the smaller bushes on the wheel hubs. Sure enough they look like the rubber is corroded on them. They don't want to do the job though as they reckon you might need to take the hubs out to change em, and suggested getting nissan to do it... so 2 rubber bushes... cost 42.50 + vat each !! Then... fitting.. IF they can do it without taking hubs off.. 1 hour each side. If need to take hubs off, additional 2 hours each side. They won't know if they need to take hubs off until they have failed to not take…

Hi guys. Do I have to remove the stock one in order to install an aftermarket FPR? Thanks

Is there a conversion quide or article that provides you instructions and what parts you'll need to convert your auto into manual?

Does the 300 have any form of load sensing valve to cut the brake pressure to the rear while the car only has one occupant in it and increases brake pressure when 2 occupants and 2 smaller occupants are in the rear.....when i go for a run my front brake discs are quite hot but the back ones can be touched no problem. Cheers John Crisp

I'm considering buying and Apexi AVC-R and had a couple of questions for those "in the know".. 1. Where have people mounted this unit. I've seen it in the lower DIN slot and this would be favourite for me. A bit worried about it being visible to thieving scrotes though :confused: 2. Heard a few worries about reliability. Has anyone had any specific problems? 3. I've had the SE Boost upgrade carried out already. Will the controller simply override/replace this or do I have to do anything clever to disable this? Does anyone know what SE actually do to the car when they carry out their upgrade? 4. Does the unit operate/display in PSI? The manual an…

Hi all, I have an auto jap zxtt. All working fine now don't have top gear? I was messing about with the hold button but don't think that would do anything. Any advice out there? Many thanks, zx-ice

Starting to make progress New split rim 18's, 99 spec front bumper and mesh, converted to manual. Sorry about the size, how do I make smaller? On Drive Side Front Wheel

please does anyone know the symptoms of an air lock,are there more than one ?:eek:

I need some pics of how the hell im goin to fit 2x 12 inch subs in my boot. A joiner i know wants me to come up with some ideas for him to do my car. Has anyone got any pics of their install? I cant really think of a way without having a huge cheese wedge shape box in my boot? Please post some pics for me! Thanks for any help - Mike

Just a quicky. Along the drivers side plenum chamber there is two thin metal tubes with rubber pipes going to the throttle body (just behind the butterfly valves) and somewhere else. Whilst fixing car I took the little pipe that goes down to the drivers side intake pipe and also the other little pipe off. Trouble is I can't remember which pipe goes to which tube. Can someone please have a quick look and let me know. Doesn't seem to make any difference in running either way round.