General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I was asked to start supplying this garage as the owner has a Zed and he says that they are often working on them, so i asked for some idea of prices for various jobs that people often ask me about when buying goods of me, i have never dealt with them for jobs on a Zed, but thought it might prove usual to anyone nearby their Garage. Engine out/in for Turbo swap £1,000, Cambelt £160, Clutch £130, Auto to Manual £350 all are labour only and a guide, Hope this helps someone. Hall + Martin garage, Ross road garage, Huntley, Gloucester. Tel 01452-830333 cheers smithy :cool:

Hi All, Does anyone have central locking fitted to their Zed and if they do have you had any problems with the motors going faulty. I am currently on my third motor in 2 months. Is there a special motor for this as it seems to have a very short throw on the mechanism whereas the motor has alot of travel. Please help guys this is starting to get expensive!!!!! Thanks, Zedhot

my passenger side jap can is a real nice even deep note, my drivers side is not! the only way i can descibe it is, you can hear the nice note in there somewhere, but it seems to run off and start hunting (flat notes) then ok, then not, then ok, then not. any ideas????????? thanks jim.

I have a 3l v6 z, wondering,, what kinda job am i lookinhg at to fit a turbo or two to it?? i'm wanting a f***ing quick car,and just wondering, what would be better,,,,, TURBO or NOS?? Thanks :D :cool: :D

I've just had a new prop shaft installed on my short wheel base 300ZX Convertible and I'm experiencing high levels of vibration at high speed. The mechanic I used cant find a solution so I'm looking for a local specialist or some advice that will solve my problem. I live in the West London/Buckinghamshire area. Please help Suzanne :confused:

Someone must know where we can get mats like these. Japanese Z's (being right hand drive) must have sorted some decent mats out !!?? Anyone got a Jap contact we could ask? .....or has anyone actually tried fitting the ones on the attachment, ie the left hand drive mats, how bad would they be do you think?

...I've had this on and off since I got the car (NA) 3 years ago. At first I thought it was disks so I replaced them, but it still juddered once the pads had settled in. Then I noticed that it went away if I replaced the pads, but when they were half worn, the judder was back. I'm told that the calliper pistons get corroded at their midish point so last weekend I dismantled them and cleaned them uo - they were like new - and replaced all of the seals (kit off this forum). Bled the brakes and all's well, apart from the fact that under easy braking. I still get the wheel wobble - but no where near as bad as it was. Both tie rod bushes seem ok, Pads are ok, disks look o…

I'm converting my auto to manual Where is the oil cooler for a manual Z? I thought it was at the front but been told since that it's on the diff at the back? Can I just fit a Z Centre engine oil cooler at the front and use my Jap engine oil cooler for the manual box? Where is the pump to circulate the oil?

Isn't it about time we had some car stickers to show that we are proud of our Zs. A lot of us have other cars and you feel an idiot when you flash a Z and he looks at you as if your mad. If we had a sticker something like "my other cars a Z", we could be recognised. The second sticker is for the Z. Couldn't we have a funny sticker like the old ones of "windsurfers do it standing up" "accountants do it with internal control" Any suggestions?

evening all, I this week i changed my jap imports plugs (pfr6b11) to (pfr6b11c) then reset the ecu. my zed feels a flat now, is this the plugs or the ecu re-learning itself? thanks JIM.

last sat [japfest] was the furthest i have been in the new z since i got her and i think 1 or more of the wheel bearing/s have gone in a straight line the noise is there [on n/s] if you turn to the left it go,s does this seem conclusive!! were is the best place to get other than local dealership cheers Dave :confused:

My battery is being drained of power when my car is not running. If I park for about 6 hours I can't get started again. I've checked everything I can think of but can't work out what's draining the power. Any idea's ?

Right i have been experiencing this for quite a while now and its starting to bug me. The car is running so well and this is the only thing which lets it down. When the clutch reaches its biting point the car judders, and also the biting point changes, so its a bit of a bugger to drive. Sometimes its low sometimes its high. Any thoughts and ideas would be gr8:confused: Ray

A mate of mine from uni days has just ordered himself a new scooby WRX STi with some extra kit from the manufacturer. reckons it can do 0-60 in about 4.6 secs. Added to that the fact it handles better than the Zed, uses less fuel and is cheaper to maintain means that I`m getting nightly phone calls telling me to get a car that is worth racing.......he`s a decent guy (really) but is really pi**sing me off right now. Just thought I`d share. Fancy a scooby being quicker than my 400hp Zed. I just can`t imagine it.

My wife wanted blue headlight bulbs for our Z'd import, so I did the sensible thing and searched the forums for tips, having read previosly that there was a problem regarding the number of terminals. Anyway I went to halfords with a main and a dipped beam bulb as a pattern. The book in halfords stated No 448 for both, but that was abviously wrong as the 448 only matched the main beam bulb (except for the number of terminals). The dipped beam bulb I couldn't even match for size/ shape with anything in the place. Going back to the 448 main beam replacement, it has only one terminal whereas the one I had had two. I don't know if this has been covered somewhere alread…

Im getting ready to build a motor for the Z:D I have three motors to use, I want to find out what year they are from and i want to know if the blocks are interchangeable, my car is 90 n/a building another n/a motor using n/a spare motors for parts, please help me get my z back on the road!!!!! Thanks

Went shopping for new 18's with SRRAE today- thanks for the patience mate :rolleyes: I am amazed how difficult it is to get wheels to fit a zed, the biggest problem is that of brake caliper clearance. Anyway, I've got my eye on a set of these :- http://www.carnoisseur.com/store/images/products/p033_Autopart_HiOctaneH109_lrg.jpg What do you think??? The only problem is that the widest size they have is 8"- any ideas on the widest tyre that I can get to fit on these? Cheerz, Dave

Found it for sale on ebay in case anyone is interested........ http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2415851448&category=18238

has any one who owns a zed tt ever removed the stock viscus cooling fan and fitted a radiator mounted electric fan.....?can these zeds be driven without a viscus water pump mounted cooling fan and just use the auxillery fan?

New PCV valves fitted along with the hoses going into them and smoke has gone at idle as far as I can tell. Car also feels a lot more responsive, the tail got a bit happy on the way home in a straight line like it used to :o) Im a happy bunny Thanks to Andy Duff for his advice ;) and to dave marley for organising the group buy.

IS there any real benefit in choosing to buy a series 2 over a series 1 given that all I can see is its a bit newer and the seatbelt isn't on the door

RX7, not the latest one, but the slightly older one (series 6 was it?) Me and him chasing a bike down the dual carridgeway, bugger couldn't loose me, but I did have to boot it in 4th to keep up. Couldn't overtake due to traffic. What's the HP one one of these? (he was wearing a basball cap so that's got to be worth another 50 :D) Well impressed. Mike

Does anyone know the maximum speeds at rev limiter in all gears. Also I've heard that UK spec cars are more prone to rust than Jap imports. Why is this so. Our cars are undersealed while Imports are not. Did they use cheaper panels on the UK cars.

Hey all, If accelerating or revving hard, if I lift off the throttle suddenly there's a "cchhhhh" noise, sounds almost metallic. It doesnt happen when lifting off slowly or if I accelerate right through the gears. Its definately not dump valves ;) - actually its almost like a v loud click. It was suggested that it could be related to the recircs - so has any one else has this? :confused: My zed is decatted if thats important, noisewise. It does it even when revving in park or neutral. Any ideas? Performance is not affected but I'm concerned that its breaking something? Cheers folks :) Pete

Having had one side of the high level rear wing rebonded when i got the car the other side has now doe the same :( so a couple of questions 1. just rebond the side that has come loose or completely remove and rebond both sides? 2. What adhesive should be used and where to get it? remember someone mentioning something but cant find it for the life of me TA Glyn