General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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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.

I have noticed that if I am unable to get Optimax and fill up on a tank of super and then later refill with Optimax I get a misfire. This only happened at 1500 - 2000 revs and lasted for the whole tank. I can cure it by either putting another load of super in or just wait for it to go away. Was it a shite tank of Optimax or is it the engine(ecu) reacting to the change in petrol ? It's been suggested to me that so few people use Optimax that the petrol can be "old". Just wondered if anyone else had noticed this ?

Seems to be a national trend to get replacement wheels for the Zed but I really quite like the originals (think its the Z logo in the centre that does it for me) but mine are quite tatty Anyone here had a refurb job done on stock wheels and if so, what kind of results did you get?

I recently was advised to see the real difference with air induction the exhaust needs to be upgraded first so that intake output is effective. Comments please? Geoff.

is there any way of adjusting the seat belt tension as when i move forward the seat belt does'nt coil back very well any ideas Andy

help.....is there any way i can still access the pics from the old forum, or have they been deleted. cheers "T"......:(

When I pick up the ZX, I want an oil change and service done before I put too many abusive miles on it. Where do you Bristol owners take your cars for a service? I would ideally like someone who is familier with Z32s because I want someone to give it a general health check so I know what to start saving for in the next few weeks ;) Thanks in advance

just doing a de-briefing on my ice install think i have got the jiste of it only got one question before i tackle it what is the accesories red wire and where does it go on the unit can't see it mentioned in the destructions sony ca430x unit 10 disc changer no amp cause i don't know much about them, what difference in sound do they make??? ps anything i should no before i rip everything apart cheers Andy

Are the electric retracting mirrors supposed to do it automatically (if the switch is on)?

My Rad fan seems to be on constantly surely this shouldnt be the case is it time to replace the temp sensor??

How much are you paying for good old optimax. At the garage near where I live it's 80.9p a litre. I went to Swansea on the weekend and filled up there for the trip home....82.9p!!! I thought things were generally cheaper in Wales(like beer) but not optimax.:eek: :eek: Cheers,F.T.

hi everyone, Anybody know where I can get the trim kit like this from? It's available from courtesy nissan but it's £192 + P+P