General Discussions - 300ZX Related

hi. i have just bought a 300zx and am having the time of my life. although i bought my car with a bodykit i still want to make some more changes. i have been looking at the website for the Z centre (http://www.zcentre.co.uk) and although they have a good range of stuff they are pricey. could any off you wise men give me other links for mods for my car cheers.

hi, i have just bought an imported 300zx twin turbo automatic. and i am having the time of my life. however, as with all good things i`m not sure of certain things. i was hoping that you could help answer my questions. i almost feel like a virgin!!!! 1. the cruise control on my car doesn`t work. many people with Twin turbos have said that this is a good thing as the cruise control usually ruins the turbos. what is the truth? should i get it sorted? 2. when i switch on the car i am supposed to have a light which reads HICAS that is supposed to come on temporarly like the brake light etc. this is not the case? what could be wrong and how important is it to get f…

Interesting mail i just found. Outside the US (including Japan) 352000 Z's have been produced since 1979 giving the States 75% of all Z's produced. NISSAN Z CAR U.S. SALES BY YEAR 1970 15,988 1971 18,290 1972 34,605 1973 47,199 1974 63,963 1975 31,151 1976 55,199 1977 67,331 1978 62,699 1979 86,007 1980 55,625 1981 64,487 1982 59,853 1983 68,575 1984 71,617 1985 67,555 1986 56,997 1987 38,847 1988 22,232 1989 23,918 1990 22,663 1991 16,833 1992 11,356 1993 8812 1994 7040 1995 4351 1996 2785 1996 2785 1997 1142 1998 289 Total U.S. sales: 1,087,409 (Global Z car production…

have I gone blind or has JeffTT'S gone missing from the trading area

my car has just starting to miss when its wet, do any of you have this problem or have you had it, and have had it sorted .it seems like water is getting in to the air filter. i gave it a few strong revs and it starts to clear :confused: :confused: please help

Hi all, Firstly, am I correct in thinking that my 1991 Jap Spec import initially was supplied with a master key fitting all locks on the car & a service key fitting drivers door & ignition only?? Secondly, as my local Nissan dealership is only staffed by morons, who don't seem to be able/bothered to find out anything definative for me, before I call Nissan GB for advice, does anyone know if you can order a replacement pre-cut master key from Nissan by quoting them your chassis & model number??? The reason I ask, is I got my car with only 1 key, what I assume is the service key as it only fits the ignition and drivers door, therefore having a cop…

Well ill soon be off guys, got me a TT manual supra running around 400BHP. It's been good (sob). If any one has any good ideas how to send my 300 on to a good home could you let me no? It's a mint car, wel it is now!!!! What do we think it's worth, really!!!! Silver TT manual jap spec 52000 miles!!!!!

does anyone know how to get the ignition barrel/lock out? it just looks like theres no way of getting it off. thanks phil

What oil are you guys using in your Zed ? Any advice on viscosity, brands, prices e.t.c would be great. Also could someone tell me how much oil it holds. Cheers Andrew UK model 1991 TT auto

Hi guys I have 3 problems: 1. I was driving to work this morning and noticed that my "BRAKE" light was on, i thought nothing of it as i know that i need new pads. However, about 5 minute later my "LIGHTS" and "HICAS" lights came on and stayed on. Now I have all 3 lights on and it is worrying me. 2. I have also found a loud noise. This is coming from the radiator fan, one of the "blades" is hitting the one of the pulleys on the enine. How could this have happened and will a new fan fix this. 3. My third problem is that their is a loud gurgling/scratching noise coming from under the gear stick. You can hear it when at traffic lights and it is still audible w…

Forthcoming project: Considering replacing standard steering wheel with an airbag one. I know theres probably quite a lot to it - but it would be worth it. Anybody on here done this or know any info? Cheers Mark

Does anybody else get hit on the head then squashed by the hatch whenever they get something from the boot. Is there any stronger struts availble for the zed or is it a trip to nissan for some new ones.

...is a f*ckin Zed! Sorry, the wife's asleep so the mind turns to cars... How many people have a Z picture as their PC wallpaper? If so whose is it? Pete

Do you have to pay import duties and tax on orders in europe or just the US.

Where do I begin? Well, I currently have a rover 220 coupe turbo. Its fast, very fast, but I wanted something more but still in coupe styling and something that wasnt going to get me in debt for 10 years, HENCE the 300zx. I have test drove a manual 300ZX TT and wasnt that impressed? Its a red UK car with 120,000 on the clock, standard, and the boost was reading just below 14psi which I presume is correct, but I diddnt get the same kick as I did from the 220 coupe when I first drove that?!?!?!? Whats going on? The guy at the garage said that maybe the car isnt running 100% and that he would let me have it for £6000 as it stands. Its a 92 'K'. A few …

I don't know where to start but couple of days back I had a crash in my Z...lucky to be okay, the car was going about 80mph and i thought i was gonna go through the windscreen as i din't have the seatbelts on. I lost the rear end car started to spin and i smashed it in a traffic light. I need the front Driver-side lower wishbone, anti rollbar (short one from the chasis to wheel as i have been told there are two of them) and the hub. For the rear driverside damage i only need the rear wheel wishbone (or however you spell it:D ). Now the problem is my car is a SWB TT...........will all the stuff out of a 2+2 TT fit my SWB or is there any difference in size, diame…

My zed is the first auto car i have had so how does this overdrive thing work, mine is always in the on position so what does it do in the off position.

read events forum sorry for pilaging the tech forum ;)

When lowering springs are fitted do the caster and camber angles stay the sameas stock or do they differ, if they differ how much by

My TT has been in to my local Nissan dealer today to try and diagnose an intermittent bearing squeal from clutch /gearbox area when driving from cold. They admit they don't have a clue what it is, but suggest spigot bush. Symptoms are: Faint rattle on cold start at idle with clutch pedal up. Disapears when clutch pedal depressed. Bad bearing squeal intermittent at about 2000 rpm, from clutch area when driving and clutch pedal up, disapears when warm after 5 mins. Anyone any experience of spigot bush failure?

Hello all, I have been considering buying a 300zx for some time now and I have test drove quite a few. I have only drove the non-turbo as I didn't think I could afford the turbo. To be honest I wasn't that impressed with the performance. The manual was good but the automatics I test drove weren't very impressive. This put me off getting an automatic altogether and I decided it had to be the manual. Thing is, there is a metallic blue twin turbo with full leather full sale at a garage on the Internet at the moment which looks very very nice. Problem is - it's an automatic. Now it's a good 100 mile drive for me to go and look at the car so I don't want to waste any tim…

Saw two Zed's yesterday. 1st was a Silver Z on a trailer, M4 about 6:45pm 12/12/02. J17. 2nd Blue UK H Reg in Chippenham about 7:00pm Anyones? Dan

Does anyone know if i can take my UK spec Auto box from my 91 UK Z and Drop it into my SWB 94 TT Z (which isnt working) while still retaining the power and hold functionality of the Jap car on the UK spec Box??

Matter cleared. Nick

If you've read any of my posts you'll know i'm looking to buy a Z in the near future. I was wondering how hard they are to work on for a budding amateur mechanic like myself. I've done a fair bit of work on my 200sx (changing turbos, intercoolers, suspension, etc) and done a bit of playing around with my scoob. Is the 300 a much more complicated beast or is it just that there's less space under the bonnet? Also, I was wondering if there are any obvious performance restrictions on the cars (like the 200sx has pathetic air flow through the airbox and a p155 poor exhaust as standard). I'd imagine the 300 would have some restrictions due to it being set up to mee…