General Discussions - 300ZX Related

anyone used these? http://www.coximport.com/

Hi guy, A number of u might remember when i first joined the forum, my Box went Bang!:mad: I got it reconed from this guy 4 £1750 with No oil cooler upgrade-just straight recon. Anyway for over 6 months the box has been acting erratic, jumping up to 6000rpm when on the motorway, extreme late change from 1st to 2nd.... Another, rather odd noise, started happening soon after... a tapping noise when coming to a halt and would dissapear if i put the car into Neutral:confused: Some of the fellas from here suggested that it could be the 'parking pawls'. But get this: its in the same garage right now - the guy is saying it not the parking pawls an…

Ive read the guide on Andy's web site, anything else I need to know?

Whose got an SE exhaust? What do you think of it? I am thinking of having one with the additional centre silencers to keep the noise down (replacing my existing scorpion cat back) but it's mucho pesetas. Is there anyone else who makes a SS exhaust (2.5in) with centre silencers, pref straight thru type with mufflers, not too loud. My Z is already decatted (SE downpipes), with larger turbos so noise is up on std. Powerflow only go up to 2.25 inch I think? Scorpion, mongoose and others do not do a straight thru muffler or centre silencers. Can it be more expensive to make a straight thru xorst with mufflers rather than the baffle type? Your thoughts …

Hello again folks! I've finally got a job again, so I'm back to surfing the web most of the day. Good news, because there's about 9 months of forum posts to catch up on. The bad news is that the job is in Reading and Maidenhead, and I live in Bristol. Can anyone guess my fuel bill for 1000 miles of commuting a week? So the Z has got to go and I'm going to buy an Audi A4 diesel instead (not sure you guys should be laughing or crying at this, feel free to make your own choice) The car is an 89 Jap-spec import, twin turbo auto, totally standard except for the necessary autobox oil cooler and import conversions. It has done 85k ish miles, has black leather s…

Any recommendations for insurance for an Import Z TT?? Tried tesco but they want a tracker fitted. Tried Adrian Flux but they want £1600 :eek: I'm 29 with 2 years NCB, no crashes or claims. Car is a 90 import Twin turbo manual with a cat 1 alarm/immob.

Here is the link http://www.boostsolutionsinc.net I thought it was close to $5000. Time to save some money :D

....do we all just surf the forum all day?:D there always seems to bew a lot of people on here throughout the day, including me;) cheers steve

anyone manged to get a limited mileage classic car policy on there Z, since the best i can do on a std policy is £500, and was wondering if i could save a few hundred if i did a classic car policy. cheers Dave

here's a good one, i asked my local Nissan dealer to do my tracking (Grantham) and they said i should ring the local Honds dealer since they might be able to do it, so i rang them and they said they could if the local Nissan dealer would lend them the special tool for locking the back wheels (due to the HICAS) which the local Nissan dealer responded that they didn't have such a tool. Ahhhhhhh! so i took the Z to a local tyre place who reckoned they could do the 4 wheel tracking, and the car is even worse that before now............ so my question is, where do you lot take you're Z's to have the tracking done (ideally a response from anyone Lincolnshire based would be good…

Following on from an earlier thread I read that poly urethane bushes might be noisier than std. Is this true and why? I am soon to fit a set. They are firmer than std but does that mean rock hard. I already have lowered springs, and run on 19's. Cheerz

Hi, I believe Jay pSC has got them, what about anybody else? Mark

Hi, Got four sets of heads from Two engines, in the workshop! I noticed that they have different valves in them! On the larger valves, one set of heads has EG stamped on them and on the other set of heads it has 40 stamped on them! Are these just a change in the OEM valves? Mark

Hello guys, I need to know the easiest way of routing a wire through the bulkhead on the drivers side, any ideas????? Cheers Vijay

What you do when somebody talks shits about your car? This guy had a race with my brother few days ago and my brother lost. He was working 1.3 Bar and my borther 0.8 bar. Fare isn't it? They are good friends but this doesnt stop him from talking shit. Anyway he came to my house on Sunday while my brother was doing a bit of work on his engine and after start talking shit i said to him lets go and race together. I am working 1bar and see how you will do. He was so excited that he call up all of his friends to come and see him getting another win. :D We agree to go from rolling at 2nd gear. Does he got a chance? 2nd gear 50Km: We hit it and he got…

Hi there all. Picking up my first ZX on saturday. a 300ZX Targa twin Turbo import automatic in black. As soon as I get it i am takin it down to Newquay to give it a blast. Dead excited. Just thought I would say hi. Does anyone know of any specialists down in Devon?

your blocks back at my workshop. (im not untill tomorrow :D )

if anyone wants a carbon interior kit £150 6 piece email me jaylox@z32.co.uk

I'm sure if i did a search i could find this out but suspect tyre opinions are ever changing, which do you reckon are the best rear tyres on standard 245 wheels? Mine are practically bold, eek!!:p

Has a fun drive into work this evening , raining cats and dogs etc , took a left into a steep country lane , booted the beast a bit.. hey presto did half a donut about turn! Its gonna take me a while to learn how and when to give it some stick! Anyone else got any (more interesting) tales of fish? Dil

I know someone posted one before, tried a search but no results. Anyone help?

Here is a Z on E-bay if anyone is interested. Manual twin turbo and with leather, at the mo at just over £2000. Not my car but someone might be interested. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3109288189&category=18238 Ray

Can anyone tell me if the inlet camshafts have any form of keyway on them, if not hows the best way to time them as i dont have the rocker covers off. Am about to replace the camshaft seals, the exhaust cams have 4 bolts on them so thats no problem to mark when taking off the pulley wheels. Any help appreciated Cheers John Crisp

Sounds like a daft question right? The problem is i'm not sure what my zed has had done to it and I'd really like to know. That way I can plan further upgrades or at least start worrying that my car's going to blow up. I think most of the work was done in Japan. When it was advertised, the seller was talking about it having high 300's in terms of bhp (@ the crank) and apparently it has been rolling road tested in the past. I haven't seen any dynographs though so... I know for a fact it has: Kakimoto single exit racing exhaust Dump Valves (god knows what make, can't see them and don't know where to look!) HKS Turbo Timer Alledgedly it also has…

This is for all you manual or (stick for you yanks) boys and girls out there. I can confirm that if you are experiencing clutch slip due to power increase mods(I am currently at Stage III), adjusting you clutch does have a positive affect and will give you a few more months of pleasure before having to fork out a wedge of cash on you upgrade. However, don't be a silly ninny like me and adjust it the wrong way and end up in a car park at 7am correcting the mistake. D'oh. Advice. Making the adjustment is very easy, however, most of the tech articles talk about turning the spindle clockwise or anti-clock wise. However, due to the fact that you are in a, on-…