General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Has anybody rewired the rear inner brake light up to use them as a fog lamp, mainly a conversion on j spec zed I believe.The reason I ask is that whilst fitting the veilside rear apron I can't be arsed to french in the uk fog lamps .I thought of using a diode inbetween each set of light bulbs on rear clusters and then route the foglight feed to the inner brakelight, so when fogs are on only inner lights work and brake lights work seperately. but when no fogs on both sets of brake lights work. If you catch my drift, or use a series of relays to do the job. whats the best way chaps??? :confused: yours one busy zed owner with it in more bits than I care to say so…

Hi all. Just wondering if there is anyone fromthe devon area on here? Need to know where i can get my Zed serviced. Any ideas? Final question...why is it the idiots down here in their metros / renault 5's/ saxos and nova's/Corsa's seem to think they can intimidate and out run my ZED? I just laugh! Regards Ian

Hi guys, just to let you all know that over the weekend i was happily driving home when some a$$hole decided he could jump the red lights. he managed to do that but i took half his front end off in the process. The police dont know who's fault it is and he says its my fault, i say its his........ so were going to court, which will probably take about 5 months over here!! My car is fairly damaged but his is worst. Mine has:- Bumper - smashed into 1001 bits Headlights - no longer have any Crossmember - completely twisted Radiator - squashed into the engine Wings - creased out looking like a bad boy wide arch Bonnet - looks like a pyramid Anywa…

Anybody out there got any links to any good bodykit manafacturers/fitting garages? Especially want to change my rear spoiler.

Hey anyone flogging a low power amp at a reasonable price? i got a jenson 12" sub rated at 525w max, so i'm guessin in real terms i need an amp giving me bout 140 - 160w of REAL watts? just wondering (btw i dont have a zed, but im good m8s with clarkey and i browse the forum a lot cos some threads r hilarious, and i hate vauxhall astras, hence the handle.) thanx ben

Whilst sound proofing my boot last weekend, I noticed that hour after hour of having my head stuck in the boot, I was getting high on the petrol fumes. Should it be that strong? I also notice a strong smell of petrol in the morning. I have tightened the usual screws and connectors but it seems the smell is coming from the back. And, whilst having some tyres put on the back on Saturday, the n/s inner arch had a wet trail going down it but I wasn't sure if this was the shocker leaking or petrol. Petrol consumption is the same, but there did sem to be a strange puddle under the n/s silencer the other morning. Any thoughts people? Is this the dreaded f…

I want to put a XVID film onto a DVD so I can watch it on a DVD player, but when I create the DVD the sound is out of sync and gets worse through out the film, untill the soundtrack for the film ends and I have the last 10 mins of the film in silence. Does any one know any good programs to convert DIVX and XVID films to MPG first? Stuart

Almost bought my first Z on Sunday. Found it in Trader on the net. It's in Greenwich & stay clear 'cause it's a dog & it's advertised as mint with mint leather interior, 45,000 miles etc... I rang the guy & talked about it. He said the leather was like brand new, no cracks or scuffs. I asked what the exhaust was like amongst other things as I'd heard how expensive they are. Apparently it was running like a dream. I told him I was from Leyland but I if it really was as good as he reckoned I was prepared to travel.( I didn't mention the wifes Focus got free petrol) He assured me it was so down I went on a 3 hour plus journey to find a cracked & scuffed lea…

if i'm fitting just two front component speakers do i only need a 2 channel amp??? Andy

I have fitted a k&n cone filter and now i have a hesitation on the throttle. Is the mas on its way out? It was ok with the stock air box. cheerz.

Hi is there any chance you could mail me ....so i could ask you a few questions about....buying a R33....i have looked at all the related sites but just wanted your opinion...ta

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Hey everyone... Summer's coming up here in Canada, which means university's out, and I can start makin' money again. So yeah, my goal is bodykit, if nothing else. My question is, what are your thoughts on mixing bodykits? I really like the Veilside CI model, except the fascia doesn't do much for me. However, I quite like the Stillen GTZ-R1 (and R2, for that matter). I don't suppose someone out there has done this mix? Or at least a mix of kits, and has an opinion whether it was wise or not? My current choice is Veilside CI Model side-skirts, rear wing, and rear under spoiler, with the Stillen GTZ-R1 front fascia. Helpppppp meeeeeeeeeeeeee please a…

Sat in my car to drive home tonite and there is a half a foot crack in windscreen - Bollox! If i claim on my insurance (£50 excess, no claims will not be effected!) does the insurance go up much next year?? I am already paying £900 on my jap import and dont want to see it go any higher.. Autoglass quoted me £430 for a new windscreen!!! havent phoned anyone else yet. What shall i do? Anyone else have experince on what happens to your insurance premium - is it worth it? Does anyone have a spare windscreen for a jap NA? Thank Barry

hi. just wanted to know what is the BHP for a standard TT? and what is it when its running 10-15psi. i like racing around in my zed and when i have beaten little racers they always want to know the statistics. whats the average 0-60 on 10-15psi boost. thanks for the info. p.s. i`m thinking of getting traction controll cause i always end up sideways. what are the disadvantages (someone told me its not always reliable). cheers guys

Just a quick survey, got a new job there and will be moving there in the very near future. Would be good to see some friendly faces. Advice on places to avoid living round there would also be useful! Regards, Brent

I'm getting a new engine and manual box put in my Z and want to get some serious power at the same time. What level of boost will I be running to get 500bhp? How high can you go on stock internals? 550 ish I've heard? Which turbos? Like the look of GT25's or PE1420's? Nismo 555's? Dual intake with single MAF and modded chip? Which chip? Which plugs? Had some HKS ones in but suspect they will be in a bad way if it's been detting a lot? I presume I'll need dump valves and metal hard pipes. What else will I be needing? I've got big intercoolers, single Blitz SUS intake, full stainless decat zorst, Blitz boost controller. As I'll be needing a ga…

Anyone know where I can get a diagram of the back of a ZX engine (facing forward), it needs to basically show the coolant-hose connections to the twin-turbo. I have already consulted the online manual, but can't find a good picture of it...unless I'm just being lame, wouldn't be the first time! :confused:

Last week the car developed a small oil leak, only initialy noticable by burning smell as it dripped onto the exhuast. Had it looked at this weekend during a routine oil change but the source of the leak could not be found. Suspect the car had stood a little while and much of the oil had dried/cleared/evaporated/whatever with the heat following the run to the garage. The leak is much worse now as a result of the new oil being thinner (new). Warmed the engine yesterday to check its not all just my imagnation, its not. Nothing can be seen looking down from above the engine so having crawled under the car to try to find the source (with a tourch), and not get bu…

Am I lucky or what? :D Done compression test yesterday - only 14psi difference between all cylinders with the lowest reading being 147psi. Those figures were done with the engine cold too so nice :) This means no valve damage etc so just a few intake gaskets and I'm back in business woohoo :D Just thought you'd really like to know LOL CheerZ, Andy

Abit of update from a nite sprint.. lost to a 2.2 mod up S14, lost to a RX7 Infini at 200m sprint by half a car length.. beat him on a 400 tho.. beat a 2.2 mod up turbo charged accord hands down.. Anyway.. I was doing 250km/h (dunno in miles) on a highway, HICAS light came on, had a hard brake when road narrowed into a corner which I dropped gear to 4 then to 3.. RPM needle went to 0 and engine dies on me.. and couldn't start after that.. After much unsucessful cranking, my '92 manual TT was towed back to Singapore.. 2day my mechanic told me that Ignition coil is dead.. n he couldn't find a replacement.. Ordering from Nissan Singapore I gotta wait 2 months...:( a…

Right I'm really p1ssed off now. After waiting 6 weeks for my PTU and Temp sensor (with harness) to arrive from Texas. I finally got them this week and fitted them on Sunday along with a 3k oil change (3k miles not £'s). I disconnected the battery before I started and it took me about 3 hours overall (Tea breaks, lunch breaks and nosey neighbours accounted for about 2 hours of that LOL). I know that my ECU is relearning, I also ran Diag's before and after and got 55 both times. I was convinced that it was the PTU as I thought it was misfiring but now realise that it seemed to be choking or hesitating. I had a misfire yesterday from not connecting the PTU up …

Bloody Car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have had an intermitent misfire ever since i have had it (4 months) So far i have changed PTU (new series) Fuel Filter Fuel pressure reg (and the other thingy that looks the same) New injector connectors New CAS connector New air Filter Mines ECU Spark plugs only 6 months old only done 1500 miles PFR6B-11C Cleaned every connector i could find only run on optimax fuel and get code 55 The car seems to run really well one minute then crap the next , did a 250 mile run a few weeks ago to Jeffs (zedworld) and it ran like a dream typical , the next day it ran like crap , again yesterday ran fine for …

My ZX has a perished/loose coolant hose going from the back of the engine into the left turbo bank, the garage just rang me to say that they don't want to take the job on (!) coz it's difficult to get to and they wouldn't be guaranteed to find a similar hose to fit. Anybody know anywhere in the South West that would be able to do this job? HELP!!:(

Does anyone know of any driving lights that will fit where the fog lights go? I'm sure it will be easy to mount them if I can just find some of the right size. Does anyone know the sizes of the stock fog lights? My Z is away at the moment.