General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Whats the best colour for a 300ZX? Does the Red fade and are there any rust problems? Again I'm new to this my current car is a Cavalier 2ltr with 190bhp I look forward to the 300ZX TT Manual if any good cheap ones exist

Just typical, get my UK 90tt auto back on the road, have it running for just a couple of weeks and I get back to it today to find a big puddle of green oily looking liquid under the osf wheel. Wasn't able to get a good look at the stuff because the heavens opened up as I got back to it. Limped home (just under a mile) watching guages and listening for noises. Nothing.... The aircon needs re-gassing so that wasn't on, so I don't think its condensation, plus it had a real fairy washing up liquid green colour to it. Any ideas ?? Its likely to be the weekend before I have another chance to investigate...

Hello all I'm here as I am in need of a 300ZX Turbo. JUst want a bit of advice from all your knowledge is it worth the extra for a manual over the auto? What realistic MPG can I expect (I'm guessing 15mpg). Insurance I'm 24 (Zero no claims and 1 claim no points or convictions) and have had a quote of £1050 TPFT from Elephant.co.uk if your a member here is there an insurance Co who give a lower premium than what I have there. I'm looking to spend between £3k and £4.5k ideally I'd like airbags but I think that is too little money for a 1994+ model. Did the Z TT come with side impact bars? Lastly on this post for tuning the 300ZX TT Manual whats the opti…

hello out there my missus ad the cheek to say she did,nt like my z when she first saw it and i,ve had the car 9mths now and her arse will never warm the passenger seat ever thanks and apologies won,t change my mind either and theres one thing as well my passenger seat will b like brand new :D :D :D cully z

I have a 91 N/A 2+2 Auto and whenever i pull away hard and fast (As you do) I get this really loud clonking for a sec or so which i am certain from what i have read is the propshaft centre bearing. I have also heard that i may need the rear gearbox mount. is this so or will it be just the bearing that has gone? Rang nissan and got £133 + Vat for bearing and £56.20 + Vat for each mount. Does anyone know where else i can obtain these parts from at an obviously cheaper price? I have seen a place called Drive-Pro but i don't know where they are or what there number is. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. Thanks Allan

Anyone know what the reason might be for this: Basically in any gear, when my revs pass through the 4-5K band, I get a weird groaning sound from the front - I'm assuming it's the engine, as it's rev-related, but who knows?! In fact - it doesn't groan on the way back down (with no load), which may or may not be Sounds like Chewbacca is stuck under the car. Goes away after a while and there're no other ill effects. Any ideas? Russ.

Ouch :( I'm having trouble with the Z: coming back from Manchester to Nottingham last week, it cuts out in traffic (maybe half an hour after setting off) and won't start for about 10mins. Starts, runs fine, drives about 200yds and cuts out again. I leave it for longer, start it up, run it round a side road to check it's not going to cut out again, and then head off on my way. Maybe 20mins later it does the same thing again, but on an open road. Again, I start it (after about 5mins), leave it to idle a while, and it just dies. This goes on a couple more times before I give up & call the RAC. By the time they get there, of course it starts fine, bloke can't find an…

I'm trying to add a photo to a reply thread!:confused: I've never done it before but thought it would be quite straightforward, but it ain't!!:eek: I've done what I think I'm supposed to do...but got told that there were more than 256000 bytes!!:( It's just a photo which I have in my photo files, the same size as all the other photos that have been downloaded straight from my camera!! Me no understand!! Any help gratefully received.:D :D Cheers, F.T.

hi there can some one please help i have a 300zxtt and i would like to deristric it how do i do it many thanks matt

Anybody Had One, and How Much? Where's the best place to take it. As I can't see that anybody except for a specialist will want to even look at it.

A hare last night on the way home,lucky for me I have a Urathane front bumper:rolleyes:

Bought the car (the T shirt and the poor life style with this car) but I don't know what oil I should put in it. I don't know what the previous owner put in (Mr Japnipson (thats not racist I hope)). I heard it's not wise to mix decent engine oils AND turbo cars burn oil as a natural event... more frikkki expense. Happy owner(pissed) Rod

Just spent most of the weekend putting a rear fog on for the MOT had to remove all the stuff in the boot and half the seats just to feed a fookin wire through, that and tidy up the rather odd foglight setup the previous owner had done.

1) dont wait during a sunny day and think you will service the car tommorow. 2) if somebody tells you its a lot easier to take a zed to a garage than service it yourself, believe them, they know what they are talking about 3) if you find a site on the web that tells you it is a step by step guide to doing a service, dont believe them, it will only end in tears 5) The one tool you dont own, be it ever so humble, will be the one youwill need on a wet sunday afternoon when halfords is shut (6mm long reach allen key) 6) dont use your 12v electric drill with a nut runner attached to undo pully bolts, the smell of a burnt out motor is a terrible thing. …

Where would be the best place to plumb a mechanical oil pressure gauge in.? cheerzz:confused:

help...just had a second hand engine fitted to me zed but its running like crap. seems fine when cold but gets bad detonation when hot, Also boost gauge reads 0 to 0.5 psi when at idle,drops to -2when slowly accelerating and goes on up to 10 when hard accelerating.is this an air leak or something worse/wrongly connected. Bloke who did the work is a "jap specialist" but then admitted to have never worked on a zed after job was done.

Real quick one lads Anywhere i can get it cheaper than £38.00 for 4litres on the internet????, & is it ok for my manual twin turbo? Thats the best i have found Cheers Tom

OK I know your gonna scream mental some of you but... 20, drive a 306, 3 years NCB, at the moment with my insurer that's worth 70%. I'm looking for someone to insure me on a 300zx TT, I'd love a swb but I don't think that'll happen. Anyone have any good experiences please? I will fit traction control :D Cheers Russ

hi every one i have just bought a zed arfter i have been driving it and stop and turn off the engine i get some water coming out under the engine could any please tell me what it is please

ok, so the time has come for induction and exhausts, sorted induction already - need pipes. I want to keep the cats, so can anyone give advice on a nice set of rear pipes, i want to keep the quad look at the back 2x2 pipes, but would like something with a LITTLE more sound NOT max power stylee!! Also i will eventually get the rear bumper from zcentre fitted, so what will fit, more importantly, what unit do you recommend, plenty out there,but its starting to hurt when looking!! vicky x x OR can anyone convince me of the benefits of removing cats and forever worrying about turbo seals going pop - i do drive her hard:D :D

Just got the car back and my det sensor has gone. Have any of you had trouble with the resistor solution? Car has done a shade short of 80K miles and although the turbos are reel good for now, I`m thinking about leaving the det sensor as is until I have to get the turbos replaced. Any thoughts?

At the risk of startuing another war. Went to halfords today, asked for PFR6B-11 plugs (see i did read the threads) He didnt have them but looked on his box of tricks and came up with NGK403s which are BCPR6E-11s These are the same plugs quoted for the NA on TTZs site. Thought I would ask before I buy? They also recommended Bosch 511, but the trhreads on here seem to slate bosch so removed them from the equation

Today car blew up, going quite quickly engine cut out, smoke everywhere, oil,water dumped on road, God car is F**Ked what am I to do Please Advise Anyone!

Anyone know where I can get my zorst volume tuned down without adversely effecting the performance? I have reason to believe that this is one of the loudest cars in the world and I am starting to get a headache from the noise! (I have a de-catted through stainless zorst by Alien Concepts in Scotland. Tiny incy wickle back boxes means big decibel noise!)

To recap, I've had the auto-manual conversion and the gearbox neutral switch has never been connected. Looked into how it actually works today and established from the Techtom that switch reports OFF when not in neutral, the same as if the switch is physically disconnected. Therefore, my theories about variable valve timing actuation and cruise control are shot to sh1te. As I'd got that far I did connect the switch up (just pulls the line pin 13 on the autobox controller-pin 44 on the ECU down to ground) and now I can happily watch the Techtom report ON when it's neutral and OFF when in gear. Will make no difference though, so now I still have to establish why my c…