General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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…

hi all how much is the rear seal on an autobox the one propshaft end cheers cully z:)

good evening all on the rear wing of me motor theres like scratches which look like they,ve been done with a key i,ve tried polishing them out to no avail so is there anyway of removing them without respraying the whole wing cheers cully z:confused:

Anyone used these people for stuff? Nice website easily searchable. I'm probably going to order a stainless exhaust system from them for my bad weather car.

Hi folks, wonder if anyone can help with this little problem... When I first got my Zed I noticed the interior light (and sometimes the "door open" light on the dash) came on occasionally when going overa bump at high speed. I could also hear a relay or something clicking in the rear left wing so I assumed it was due to the tailgate. A quick search of this forum found a similar problem, and suggested I should adjust the tailgate latch for a tighter fit, which I did several times - each time making it worse! When I was adjusting the latch, I noticed that when all 3 bolts are loosened the clicking goes crazy when I just touch the single bolt (on the left as you …

Hi guys, It's about time I had a proper zed mech take a look at the Z, but don't know where. I'm pretty sure (he says with fingers crossed) that it's in good nick, but I don't know what's been done to it in the past (I've little to no servce history). So I'm looking for some-one do a thorough diagnostics from bumper to bumper and point out what's stock, what not, what's on it way out, and what can be done to improve it. Done a quick search on past posts, but didn't see anything for this area. So, the question(s): Can you recomend anyone in the Oxford/Bucks/milton keynes or surrounding area that know their stuff? Or is there some-one that's so damn g…

Heya everyone! Im new here, had my z less than a mnth and love it, btw its the yellow one on paul baileys site (under 'front section l' & 'rear wing l') if anyone wants to look, i was amazed to see it there! Anyway back to the point, when accelerating hard it changes to 2nd gear at 48mph then 3rd at 80mph then still pulling hard in 3rd i click the overdrive button ON and the revs pick up slightly and it pulls even quicker! Are your z's the same? Does it accelerate slightly quicker with o/d on all the time? Also, it wont kick down to 1st if im doing over 24mph is that normal and can i adjust to get 1st at say 30mph? Replies welcome pleasey weasey!

Hi Guy's How do the Front Fog Lights come out of the bumper. Cheers Dave.

anyone here recommend where i can get an induction kit from, just tried demon tweeks but no go fo a 300. would prefer cone type so i can rip out the existing box, have searched archives and foung differing views on each manafacturer. is there another online shop anyone uses i dont know about?? ta!!

*that should be 4 and 6* Just a follow up really to my other post about me snapping off a wire to one of my injectors. Have got this sorted but strangely enough am now missing on cylinders 5 and 6! (from front, r/h/s, top 2) WTF have I done to cause that? Plugs are only a few months old, from Courtesy and those injector connector's seem fine. I suppose I now need to determine if its lack of spark or fuel? Is there a test I can do for the injectors? I have a multimeter. Its just thrown me that 2 cylinders are down for no apparent reason! but then nothing on a Z happens for a reason so I should be used to that by now. I haven't touched that side of the engine at all!…

Forgive me for being dumb, but this is first forray into my Zed engine compartment ;) How much are standard air filter elements and any ideas on who might stock them in Bristol? How do I get the nose section off? I took out the two screws at the top and it aint moving. I lifted it and peered underneath there seems to be two nuts at the very bottom near the bumper...Bastards! ;) How the hell do I take the section off, it's going to be a nightmare to get to the nuts at the bottom and I don't want any screws or nuts falling off where I can't get them again. Sorry for being a bit stupid ;) I'm going to clean the TPS later and see if that helps. …

hi all does this addative work my mate reckons theres this oil u add to yr gearbox that will make yr seals softer and therefore stop any leaks i dont think it will stop mine as my leak was caused by an overfilled gearbox. blown seal on the rear end of it i guess , so have anybody used this stuff . almost forgot , how much r the rear oil seals for an autobox 1991 non turbo cheers cully z:)

Just driving to work and it just stopped, My ZD is ill any Idea's? All the dash lights came on , the engine turns over at normal cranking speed but nothing!

I just recently changed my front brake pads and after 100 miles I still have a really bad brake shudder when breaking from 40 mph and above. From last week I have noticed dripping from the front suspension link bushes at the side of the radiator grease/oil like substance dripping on my garage floor. Tonight I put my car over a pit at work to find the oil/grease is actually was dripping from these bushes, the other end of the link bolts onto the bottom wishbone. I have no signs of oil from anywhere else near the bushes and as they are at the front near the radiator the only place the oil/grease can come from is these bushes. When i was reversing the car off the pit, …

hello all, im fairly new to all this 300zx talk, ive had my tt auto import for about 6 months now 60,000 klm on clock and amaculate in grey. ive had gtirs in the past then made the jump to 300's wow i love it and i can't really see me ever selling! anyway enough of the life story, everythings been great until i started to notice a slight drop in revs about a month ago. since then ive had a s/s powerflow with japcans fitted, i fitted k+n panel filters, now it seems to be getting worse and when you sit at the back of the car the drivers side exhaust seems to be (farting) and the passenger side is real deep and smooth, ive cleaned the throttle bodies (black) and re-adjuste…