General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi people long time, been studying like mad (last yr). my 300 is making a weird noise which sounds like tappets, its def not! when coming to a hault or stopping slowly. i can make it stop by putting auto lever in N.... :confused: do fellas think its abox prob? the guy who fixd it thinks NOT! maybe the flywheel? was recond 7months ago. thanx jaz

Sh1t, just noticed an advert in LOOT for a set of R34 wheels with tyres for £450! Phoned the guy up and he was saying he's had trouble selling them but did, yesterday for.............. £375. b0llox. Too slow!

Yo punks. Tis Me back from beyond the grave to look in on all my buds and all the other freak on here lol :d Been very busy for the last couple of months with various projects, rebuilding the Rex (20b single yum) , moddifying the Z and various other fun things + I try to avoid this place these days as it plays havok with my blook pressure. So where is everyone. All i have heard is gossip Ginger Johnny - where you at punk - give me a call bro I need a hook up on the big bad boy turbo ! give a big up to Latzio and that skinny skirt of piss tooley for me also ! Wazza - Heard you had been nominated for the nobel peace prize Muahahahahahah - Give …

Right, what's the reservoir on the left (standing at the front looking into the engine bay) of the engine block, near the front? It's opaque, has a little dipstick in the cap, and appears to be full of oil - I'm confused because the engine oil dipstick is elsewhere, and looking at the online manual, the oil filler cap is on the engine block :S It grabbed my attention while I was messing with bulbs, because the hose leading down from it looks like it's experienced some leakage at the top - looks like it just needs the jubilee clip-esque thing tightening, but I always worry about *over* tightening, plus it's more scary looking than a plain jubilee clip :/ I checked t…

Bought my car 4 weeks ago and the PTU went up the creek but the car was driven about 500 miles or so with a misefire causing the cat light to come on etc etc anyway to cut a long story short its now fixed :D would the misfiring cylinder/s have caused damage to the spark plug/s concerned

For those of you with Imports - has anyone sorted their insurance out online and not had the option - ie on those pulldown menus - to "admit" to having an import? Does that mean you have to phone? Or that they dont care :D ?! Also - don't you just hate it when you spend your lunch hour filling out page after page of details, then it says "Sorry we cannot quote over the internet, please phone us on...." I hate that :mad: , then we you do phone, they want all the same info AGAIN! Rant over, Pete

I fixed my camera lead and have now took a few pics, how can I put them in the rides section?

pissed off, heard back from flacon concerning my poorly zed and compression test showed the following cylinder 1 = 105 psi cylinder 2 = 64 psi cylinder 3 = 52 psi cylinder 4 = 12 psi cylinder 5 = 15 psi cylinder 6 = 75 psi the cams have picked up as well apparantly. certainly a complete rebuild and also advised to get my new turbos checked. this car is a fookin nightmare, i have already spent 6k in april. i dont see the point of a rebuild as i just wont have the confidence in the car, but a new engine from nissan is 5683 quid. i see that coutesy are cheaper, have anyone of you bought one from courtesy or know anyone who has. big problem will b…

HI please tell me this is not one of them(clicky forum), as i used to own a gtir and for a bunch of blokes it was really bitchy and soon got p-off with them, you seem to be pretty helpful and a good bunch of lads, but about this petrol thread, i was told one thing and some of you say another, i really dont care, we all have one thing in common, fast cars like the ones we drive (zx300), so why worry about it and lets all just get on.:p :p

Great site. My first visit. My problem: the heating (A.C.) on my car starts going cold after a while. This seems to be because the ambient temperature reading goes very high (40degrees +) The A.C. seems to think the car is warm and therefore shuts of the heating. I guess I could cure this if I could find where the temperature sensor is for the ambient temp. Any ideas anyone?

Firstly,hello all.I normally reside in SXOC.com territory but i am now after more torque=cubic inches/3000cc:D:DDoes anyone possess or know a link to any 300zx vids/Mpegs?Also how much am i looking to pay for a maual 2+0 or 2 seater T top?And lastly,do the Zeds suffer from corrosion at all? my S13 had the usual rear sills and bootlid repaired so i'm after a clean,reasonable mileage one in a year or so (when the points drop from the liscence:rolleyes: )Thanks in advance..Owen

Read the events forum and vote for a date :) The two essex threads are both new ones as the old ones where deleted, we're gonna need more response at the moment numbers don't look to good :(

Hi All Going to look at what appears to be a nice Jap import very soon, but it doesn't have cruise control fitted. It's a '91 manual TT. Was this standard on these cars? If not, is it a major job to retro-fit it? Probably won't bother anyway, but I was more interested in whether it should be there and isn't for some reason... Thanks

just bought me some spankin new 18's from wheel mania, I must say they look the dogs nads! will put some pics on my sig when I get a new lead for my camera, the dog chewed through the last one...

it seems to me that people dont keep their zeds very long, perhaps not realising until its too late just how much these cars cost to run. so the question is how long have tou owned your zed? cheers steve me, well about 9 months

I've spotted a car that looks to be just what i'm looking for at the UK Importers club in liverpool. Anyone bought a car from them? They worth dealing with? Just on the off chance... do any of you guys live near liverpool? I was just wondering if any of you have seen the car of know anything about it. It's a G plate silver Manual TT and it's supposed to be in mint condition.

I have today sold my Zed (bah) for my asking price..and the missus talked me into a Volvo Estate ( for christ sakes)!!. Anyone who expressed an interest, im very sorry but she has now gone. Chris (one formerly happy Zed owner, now a member of the cloth cap and pipe brigade).:(

Just saw a lovely looking Grey 300zx in Euston, while I was coming back from the pub. Had standard arches, the same rear bumper as Iain's (Mac_1) with what looked like a GTR-Z front bumper and high wing arch rear spoiler. Licence was SGT, anyone in here ?

Dave Marley mentioned you might have some headlight bulbs left for sale. Its for my 89 300zx import ( bulbs have 2 prongs ) If you still have some any chance I could buy them off you?. If not could you let me know where you got them from as I urgently need some in case old bill pull me. Thanks Mark:D

Just a quicky.... Can anyone tell me where I can get a headlight bulb asap. I dont fancy getting pulled by the plod. Its an import 89 300zx and the bulb has 2 prongy things unlike the one in Harrys which had just one? Thanks a lot for any help recieved and merry xmas one and all. Mark:p

Been off with the flu but while i was away managed to sort my stereo,get a new Selca Cat 1 alarm and more importantly fixed the pull to one side on my steering. After having tracked it 3 times balanced the wheels checked the brakes i then changed the tyres,guess what it was the tyres,now it drives in a straight line no pull whatsoever!!!!!!!!! (Happy) Alex

Hello all, as I have only had my 1990 300ZXTT for a couple of weeks now I have been experimenting with different Fuels. I.E. standard unleaded and Shell Optimax. Inside the fuel flap it's got a sticker with 98 RON on it which is why I have tried Optimax (bloody expensive) I was wondering if anyone could tell me what they usually fill up with and if it makes a difference? Cheers Glenn P.S. My car has just developed an intermittent miss fire could this be down to the petrol???

Hi All, I've seen this car a few times now, but never managed to get along side to see who is driving it. The car is usually seen on the Eastern Avenue in the Romford area. Is this your car in the picture ????

thinking of buying a bov, which sounds the best?

So there I am dancing away at Ministry of Sound, top off trying to impress the cute Kiwi female with the luvly assets, when i get tapped on the shoulder. After turning round I get greeted by Dorain Yates (I know your all saying who? But hes six time world champ, and a bit of a god!) after repeating im not worthy numerous times, hes a bloody nice bloke, top time had by all, especially by me with the kiwis assets!:D