General Discussions - 300ZX Related

OK this is a weird one, but here goes. I was ordering my food this evening and just as i asked for me chicken nuggets the car jumps to 1500rpm and just rises up slowly to about 1700, which is strange i thought having not touched the accelerator, anyhoo. I whack it in drive and move on to the next window where the same thing happens, still intrigued i move to the car park and wait for the food. ........ 5 mins later got the food go to start her up and not much happens. She turns over, but wont start and after a few seconds there is a REAL strong smell of fuel, not knowing what to do i sit there and eat my food whilst praying to the maker (not NISSAN!!) th…

Please help. I need to find a garage to fit 2 new turbo's as the zed has chewed the left bank turbo up. I need somewhere local as the car is smoking badly and I have had to take it off the road. Not doing too well at present as I only had the box rebuilt a couple of months ago and now this. Thanks in advance. Zedhot

Simple to anyone that's done it but how do i adjust the biting point of the clutch as mine seems to be almost play of an inch from the floor and i need to make it a longer??????? Or mail me alex.tcsoho@virgin.net

Hiya mate Sorry about this but ur the only 1 i know whos changed his turbo by pass hoses from courtesy im not gonna have any problems with the hoses due to the fact that my car is right hand drive and in america there left hand drive. (sorry if thats a stupid question but i just wanted to know) Iv ordered the whole kit (about 17 hoses in total) nissan uk asked £300 4 about 9 of the hoses (what a rip off) I ordered them on wednesday via there online order form, how long do they take. Thanks again 4 all ur help Fas

Following up to my other post.......Got the Z up on a ramp today. Although its stopped leaking, still wanted to take a look. I was underneath and could make out that the leak seemed to be coming from the little section where the couple of wires are (earth I guess). To be more precise, a cylinder, about 2 inches in length and about an inch or so wide, back a bit from the bell housing, has a wire coming straight out of the top of it. Bit vague, sorry, not really up on the auto boxes or what everything is called under there. I'd take a photo and post that but fookin lost my camera! Any idea's anyone?? Cheers.

Anybody fitted these bits? Can you feel the difference? I can get a set for £124 - is that good? tia

....that is the question." My Zed will be 11 next month - should I give her a 'T' party? Any strong views?

Looking for some clarification, as have had several inputs on this. NA disks, I am told that they are thinner than TT disks. This means that I need to upgrade my calipers in order to fit TT disks on my car. Then I was told that the TT disks might not fit on my hubs, so I might need to upgrade the hubs as well (getting expensive this) I spoke to 3G and he was of the opinion that the pre '90 cars (mine is an '89 Z32) were fitted with 28mm thick disks as opposed to the 30mm post '90 zeds Looked at the online manual, it quotes australian cars as 28mm , europe as 30mm (and Japs????) Any clarification on any or all the above points would be welcomed …

Running windows ME. Have a USB 4 port hub, which is on the system and showing no problems in Device manager. Having problems getting windows to recognise anything I plug into the hub, especially my USB/parallel printer adapter. Initially it recognised it as an unknown usb, but wouldnt accept the driver for it, now, although it shows up on the power properties for the hub as connected, it doesnt show on device manager. tried unplugging/ resetting etc. The whole lot was working before i reloaded windows ME. Any ideas? is XP any better?

After stripping half of engine to bits have finally found the problem of the boost leak - one of the intake rubber pipes! Anyone tell me where i can get some of the silicone ones as cant afford the nice shiny ones just yet. Ta

My odometer has suddenly stopped working, but the trip odometer works. Has anyone experienced this ? The cable must be fine, does anyone know to fix this ? Thanks John

Has anyone got the PIAA Silicone wipers fiitted? If so what do you think of them? Are they really worth shelling out almost £40 for?

Guys, Are they any good on their own? Can they fit with the standard 300ZX calipers? Has anybody got these mounted on the standard calipers and noticed any difference? Many Thanks "Ammar"

Avon ZZ3's any good? They look just like the famous SO2's!

Do these 20+BHP chips on ebay actually work or just crap.... Has anyone tried them? :confused: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6755&item=2425788202 Interesting if they do as big a cost saver on ECU though somehow bet they will just screw things up

Hi everyone. When I first start my Zed I get strange noise from the power steering I think - best way to describe it is that it kind of sounds like somebody is using a strimmer a couple of streets away. Anyway, once the car has warmed up the noise goes away. Does this sound like something I should be worried about!!??... Cheers, Andy

OK, I've read a bit about painting calipers, but my new wheels are so open that you can see all the disk and hubs too. Obviously the disks are nice and shiny, but the hubs are all rusty! Is it safe to assume that I can take them off, scrub them up and spray paint them? and if so, do I need to use caliper paint, or is heat not so much of an issue?

how can i tell wether my engine coolant sensor is working? im still investigating my safety boost. thanks ...lee

How do i insert a pic into a post??Got to the "insert image" button,press it then im lost!!! As ya can guess im s***e with a pc!! Many thanks

For anyone interested, there's a new version of that excel file for editing BINS and an appender for making 2/4 page BINS on the download section of ZtechZ There's a post on the forum about differences and how they work.

After a long wait for a diagnosis on my car (due to the mechanic being on holiday), it is back on the road. I can't praise the mechanic enough, he gave her a full checkover at no extra charge and fixed the problem quickly. Thankfully it wasn't the turbos, just a simple split intercooler hose. Thanks to all who tried to help with the problem.

Hi All, I've finally freed up what I thought was the last restiction on my Z - had a powerflow stainless sytem grafted on by Topgear Burnley and have to say I'm impressed with it. Sounds cool and looks ridiculous (2x single 6" outlets). 'Problem' now is that I have great gobs of torque between 3K and 5K but it feels a little flat when flooring it. Dunno if it's just that the masses of torque obscure the top end power but it would be nice to have both....how can I increase the top end power now?? I don't want to lose the grunt that the car now has - it's hilarious. I had been driving it round with gaping holes in the mid section of exhaust for a while - dunno if …

Coming back from Billing yesterday I noticed that every so often my temp. gauge fluctuated from low to normal, the engine seemed slightly rough when this happened. Any ideas? Geoff.

Hi Guys I'm looking at a Zed on Ebay and have agreed a price on the car but the problem is i live in Lancs and the car is London/Essex way:confused: So if someone lives that way, i'm after a favour:) Would someone who know Zed'd well go and have a look and give me an honest view of the car, of course i will cover any expenses plus a case of stella ;) If anyone can can you please let me know. Oh the car is Harlow way, means nothing to me cause there's nothing below watford is there!!!:p Please email me on michael_kirby@omne.uk.net Thanks Mike

Hey Does anybody have the part number for the throttle postion sensor to hand? I need to order a new one :rolleyes: I believe auto/manual & import/UK makes no difference... Thanks :) Pete