General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Evening All. Just joined what seems to be a merry band of ZX owners (old and normally aspirated, bit like yours truly). Question is, I appear to have a dud oil pressure gauge, is this common? any advice would be appreciated, also any suggestions for decent garages in the croydon/ surrey area

Hi Guys My car's come with 225/55/16's on the front and 225/50/16's on the rear! Will the extra 5% profile on the fronts significantly upset the handling? Unfortunately they've plenty of tread so I don't really want to replace them unnecessarily. Cheers Jon

does anyone know how to grade big end shells? Cylinder No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Crank Markings 1 1 2 1 1 1 Big-end markings 0 0 0 1 1 1 So does that mean that i need :- Grade 1 shells for 1 and 2 cylinders and grade 2 shells for the rest? Please get backto me asap, as i think i may have orderd the wrong ones! Mathew

I have been given first refusal on a 1988 ZX300 2+2 in black. It has t-top and is in generaly decent condition inside and out, other than it desperately needs a good scrub down. The car is in its original state, even the wheels are the originals. Seems quite unusual though in the body styling department...rear lights are right across, similar to some late Sylvia's, with the numberplate on bumper, and the front end looking slightly 'Corvette Stingray' like. The engine sounds good, pulls well, new top rad hose required but otherwise sound. Couple of surface areas of metalworm but noting too serious. Interior is butterscotch cord with leather inserts, also in very good…

Does anyone know where to get some from int he UK, I have tried the Z Centre but there going to be out of stock for the next few weeks. Help! Mike

Errr! Anyone know the best method of removing bits of Badger from the intercoolers? I know their an endangered species but so is my Zed! Poor blighter!:(

Ordered what i thought to be the pilot filter for my UK spec Auto Box. Nissan werent sure what a pilot filter was so they ran a search for "filter" on the box and came back with two tiny oil filters for the control valve. Theay are about the size of my thumbnail The part numbers are 3172641x01 and 3172641x00 Are these the correct filters or am I after getting the wrong parts. Help appreciated

Just topped up the clutch fluid and can't get the lugs on the cap to engage. Is this going to be a problem? I don't think that they were engaged before, but ...

Can some clarify a few things for me. The Racelogic system should cut the pulse to the fuel injectors and therefore limit the power through to the wheels. Why do I get clouds of black unburnt fuel behind me when the traction control kicks in? Are there some default preferred setting for the Z? Steve E

I wonder if anyone can help. I have a black 90TT jap import with an auto box. At junctions for example, when I start off I press the accelerator and nothing happens for a second and then the car moves! the engine is warm and this has only started happening. It is like there is a dead zone at the intial stage of acceleration. There are no judders when the box moves up a gear. only happens in first. Any one help?? Cheers Ian

My new clutch got fitted over the weekend. It's an RPS Street, as supplied by Smithy. Feels just the same as the old one. Work was done by a guy just outside Chelmsford as recommended by Mike Feeney. He's a good guy and I would also recommend him for anyone in the approximate area who needs similar work done. BTW turns out that the old clutch was not completely knackered and still had some wear left in it, it's just that the monster torque of the auto engine was more than enough to overcome the clamping force of the standard clutch !

Ive never done this before but know ive seen instructions somewhere, ive searched but cant find a link to instructions, probably im just being thick but ive tried, does anyone know where to find this???

Yellow Zed, High Level spoiler, 12.30a.m this morning Vauxhall, London! Come on then , who wasnt it?

Okay.. driving into work this morning.. got to one roundabout in MK, slowed down, sitting in traffic thinking.. hang on this feels a bit rough.. glanced at all guages.. all okay, oil pressure a bit on the low side, but that gauge is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard.. idle however is down to about 500/600 and getting a lot of lumpy shake on the car. My exhaust is blowing a bit at the moment, so quickly turned off radio, popped window down and that's serving to make the "chug chug" sound of the engine all the more prominent. Still sitting in traffic a distinctly oily smell has accompanied the problem.. chugged into work (literally) not getting much power out of …

Thanks for all the help on "Rear seat removal". I am planning to be in UK in July on holiday with a hire car. Is there any good places I could call into to get bits such as panel fittings etc for my 1986 300ZX. I would look in a wreckers here in Perth but the local supplies are limited.

Before i start destroying my car How do i get to the front speakers so i can change them Is it easy to take the door inserts off?

Had a run in with a big convertable Merc full of lads today. Was on the M20 stuck behind a slow moving car with them on my arse. As the car in front got out of the way I booted it. Had the boost set on 1 bar so shot off. I could see them trying to keep up but was clearly pulling away. Anyway, me being reasonably sensible and not wanting to exceed the speed limit(x2) by much stopped accelerating. They caught me up and went past at some silly speed punching the air like they'd won a Grand Prix. How I laughed...

Anyone know where I can get a car cover custom made? Hopefully should be getting the 40 in the next few weeks & strangely enough I can't find anyone that does an off the shelf one. Jay

SOS can anyone help my car is running on saftey boost and I have no idea why this is happening it dose not go past 0. it has now began to drink petrol like there is no tomorrow if you leave it to idle of a while it cuts out. "can any one help!" Any ideas what should i check or failing that. is there any compentant garage i can take it to get it sorted I live in enfield heart broken zx owner thanks nigel :(

Hey folks, Just recently, my zed started making a nasty noise from the front pass side wheel area. When I'm turning right, mostly round roundabouts, there's a screetchy/whiney type noise - like metal edge on metal edge. I can't see anything tho :confused: . Any ideas what this might be. It happened all today, and once before (also sunny and warm IIRC?). Any ideas what this might be? Another way to describe the noise is like a large heavy gate, or a safe, being opened, it's very odd :confused: . Cheers for any help :) Pete

Is there a place where the owners manual is available for download like the Service manual is?

Just tryin to fix stuff, got the front jacked up, went round to put chucks behind rear wheels and there was a quite humming noise coming from around the rear left wheel... but the spooky part.. the battery has been on the garage floor for the last 24hrs! Is there anywhere else it could be getting power from?? Just a little curious :)

Has anyone ever replaced their passenger side O2 sensor ? I got the special tool (Thanks to Andy P ;)) but I'm having great problems reaching it. What is in the pipe below and can I take it off to get more space to work ?. http://www.300zx-mods.co.uk/delete0.jpg Also Can anyone tell me what this pipe does ? http://www.300zx-mods.co.uk/delete2.jpg It seems to have snapped off of this section (I think). I t doesn;t seem to be causing too many poblems and I think it has been snapped for some time now. http://www.300zx-mods.co.uk/delete1.jpg Also just thought I'd mention that when I took my battery off I found 3 x 10mm spanners wedged in different areas arou…

Here's where I risk imbecile status, but I'm new to the Z & don't know where everything is or isn't for the purpose of checking everything's topped up etc... does the cooling system not have an expansion chamber like the 200 where you check the water level? Ive sussed the air con out I think but this Clifford alarm is a bit of a pain. Where's the washer bottle? Before you rip into me, in my defence I only got the car Monday & I work 6 till 6 so I've not had much chance to get aquainted yet. Cheers lads. Oh by the way, that new Williams F1 leather cleaner & conditioner seems to have done a nice job.

Ok ive been messing about 4 six months now can some one please tell me whats what on the air conditioning control,eg auto,rec,etc! Cheers Jon