General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi there just introducing myself. I bought my 300 tt 2+2 last month, its a 92 jap import on a j plate, lovely red, mostly standard at the minute apart from a boost upgrade and bonnet bulge...........wont be standard for too long though!!!! must say this seems like an ok site.. hoppy

Just a quick hello to everyone i met from here this weekend at Grasshopper Pro Sport's open 'weekend'. You're not a bad bunch really, despite what people say LOL. Does anyone have PPS's website address/tel number/e-mail addy please ? Chris C very kindly supplied one of Peter's (think that was his name !) cards, which was handed into my local petrol station along with £10 less than i should have paid (mistake, honestly guv LOL). Cheers Cossie

Hi, I am a 300ZX wannabe, who lives near Guildford, Surrey. I have been checking out ZX sites for a while, and was wondering if any of you could recommend a decent Nissan/ZX Garage for servicing my Z(when I get it..) any help would be cool...

hello all z lovers i,ve just discovered a leak in my auto box.Its not from engine side looks like its around where the gear lever fits. there,s what looks like a plastic shroud around end of the box oil is present there, also there is no leakage when car is stopped ,so its when parts are moving ,and oil i suppose is hot the leak is occuring then, anybody encountered oil problems with their autobox :(

Chaps, just to say if you guys have any second hand bits for sale let me no. From any of my posts tonight. E.G. Perfprmance exhasut etc

Hi there i´m rebuilding the engine in my ´93 TT and discovered that the block has a crack or a hole were one of the nozzle that sprays oil under the pistons used to be. It also needs a rebore so i´m wondering if u guys know were to look for a new one (secondhand). As I am from Iceland there are not many laying around here. There are maby 10 TT cars here and a few N/A. Please don´t mind the spelling. Siggi

If im replacing the exhaust, then i might as well bubble rap the cats. I heard if you don't replace the cats with a correct diameter pipe. There is not enough back pressure left, resulting in over boosting and turbo problems. So those chaps that have replaced there cats with straight through pipes, where have you got them from and have you had any turbo problems?

Which is the best conversion kit? I have seen a few about and tried one that pluged in between the ECU and the cablem loom but this was not compatible!!!

Yes i have decided to keep my 300 and throw yet more money at it. Anyone replcaed the sterring wheel with a non standard one? If so where did you get it? And did you need a boss? Also what did the whole operation come in at?

Chaps bought a head unit for my import. Be buggered if i can get the metal case to fit in any of the two holes. Any one had this problem and found a way round? Need some way to fix it in?

Yet another one. Decided, getting me a set of 19x8.5 wheels. Going to run 245's all the way around on the advie of Luke. Where do I get these sensible priced Toyo Proxies? You chaps recommend them don't you?

Again. Whats the best? Where do I get it? How much?

Chaps, I want a loud, performanc exhaust. Which is the best? Where do I get it? How much will it cost? Do I just need from the cat back to get extra performance or do I need more? Cheers.

just received my zx300 and proud of it it drives lovely and hope to enjoy this group:)

Hi I am about to purchase a Nissan 300zx but people have told me to buy it direct from japan using a website called "futurautos". Is it alot cheaper doing this and if so can anyone give me some advice!! I dont like the idea of paying for a car that I havnt seen!!! Thanks very much Tom

On the lowere left of the dashboard, there are 6 warning lights. This morning a red light marked HICAS came on for a few minutes and then went off. Any idea what it means. I saw on another site that there are 6, never had one light up before but none of the letters mean anything to me.. Thanks Chris

how good is castol magnatech for your z engine against other oils which ones ;)

Greetings to all Z Forum members...I'm a new Z owner and this is my first post...just wanted to say "hi" :D

Hi all, I'm having a few problems wih my larm. It's a Laserline 996 V2. Now and then (and getting more often) when I arm my alarm it arms and then gives three short beeps. I know that if I walk away now then the alarm will go off within a couple of minutes. This is supposed to happen when one of the doors is not shut or the lights are still on etc. But I can't find anything not shut or not on. Anyone know what these beeps are or does anyone have or know when I can get an instruction manual to look this up ?. Help needed as my car is unprotected.

I love my n/a 2 seater z, with its big stainles exhaust note and incredible handling and road holding, but would i prefer a tt, does the handling suffer is it much worse on fuel and if nothing other than a modded subaru has ever kept up with me ???, in real terms how much quicker can a car be?? has any one ran both a tt and a na, i am tempted but scared as mine is mint but wonder what a tt would be like and it wont go away HELP

Ok well soon as I get my funds refunded from my latest interview I'll sign up to the forum, but in the mean time I have to post in here. Basically I have to buy a 300zx now, just driven back to uni (Taunton, Somerset to Bournemouth, Dorset) and the 306 just doesn't cut it anymore My car keeps getting upset by mid range Mondeos! It's too slow and the sorts of roads I drive now demands something bigger. Another thing is people were in the habbit of flashing me for overtaking them. OK nothing coming the other way, good visibility, the road markings say it's safe WTF IS THE PROBLEM! I can't stand people who think because they do 40mph in a 60 that EVERY…

Hi guys need some help my car has just started miss firing (i think) but the problem seems intermittent , sometimes the car will accelerate fine but more often than not today it really held back , i have checked all the electrical connections and cleaned most . I had brand new plugs 2k miles ago , tickover is also lumpy and then will return back to normal after a minute or so. The only thing that seemed to alter the tickover was moving a wire siuated on a small alumium box (with small fins) situated behind the drivers side Throttle valve Pipe , does any body know what this little box does The car is TT auto Any help will be much appreciated

Is there some way of taking the turbo's out will on your P's then putting them back in later or is there somehting you can add to your car that can switch from turbo's to no-Turbo's i ask this because i am very interest in buying a 300zx but i'm on my p's whitch mean's i cant drive turbo cars and if i was to spend all that money buying a 300zx i would like it to go fast when i get of my p's

while I`m here, I was reading the archives yesterday and came across a top speed thread... Was wondering.....whaddya reckon a TT import could do delimited with around 400 bhp ? Also, what would that power do to the 0-60 time? Stock is 5.6 right? So if we are at 5.6 with 280 horses pulling our carriage, what difference does the extra 120 make?

Just wanted to remind you guys and gals about the importance of battery checks over winter. Took the car down to Jeff where he fixed a bad injector connection (so good to be running on 6 cylinders again!) but the car was still not happy..... Wednesday morning, came to start her up and got nothing but relay clicks, funky alarm sounds and not much else. Turns out my battery had died overnight....mind you, the new one really seems to be making the injectors happy though! First time the Zed has let me down so be careful folks...winter is a tart....and I ain`t even driven the Zed in snow yet....shi**ing meself about that one!)