General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I will be there!!!!! Could I suggest we park in the car park nearest the road? It's like a big overflow area. This way it's far enough away from the pub to not annoy the regulars and also allows us to congregate in one area. I hopefully should have an MR2 turbo, pos a WRX and a pulsar in tow. I was hoping my friend with a 1200 bhp supra would be there but alas it is a whole load of mapping away from being up and running. Anyway he should be there in his modded pulsar. Ah also I would be glad of a ride in a modded or stock 300 in order to give me a comparison to my stock, freshly imported 300. Just to make sure im running the power I should be and noth…

Anybody out there got a Nearside Rear shock absorber for sale. Mines decided to explode so looking quite urgent......

Anyone got contact details for someone that would make up non standard (illegal plates). I just need the letters altered slighty!!!

Mine is a jap import and came with 4 225 tyres on 8 half inch rims. Anyone else got the same or have all you chaps got 245's on the rear???

Chaps, what do we think. I want a cheapy power upgrade. If not a bleed valve, perhaps some other cheap way. Just to tie me over till i make my first mill!!!!! And any ideas on what power I would gain?

Not sure if this counts but i whipped two chaps in their Astra GSI's last night when they finally made it to the next set of lights i was grimaced at by a big black man in one of the astras!... oops! Ten mins later i had had a much better challenge made by a very friendly chap in a p plate 200sx, and when we pulled up at the lights down the road he told me that my car was "too rich for him" bet he didn't realise that he his car will have cost him twice what mine did! P.S This was at around Midnight on quiet roads, so no children etc were endangered by the way.

Howdy folks, anyone out there know where there is an online copy of the Z32 manual? I'm sure there used to be one on this site somewhere. Specifically, I'm trying to get information on the throttle position sensor; what it looks like, where under the bonnet to find it, how to check to see whether it's faulty, how to replace etc. I've still got some peculiar probs and am slowly working my way through all the ideas you guys suggested. Although, the problem I had with the tickover alternating between one day being constant at 2000rpm, and then the next being normal but the revs fluctuating/dipping whilst cruising at any speed has, for the moment at least, disappeared, just l…

Dont suffer the same fate as this poor chap for the sake of £40... http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/thread.asp?threadid=145546

Mmm anyone actually done turbo`s removal without removing the engine?? need some definative answer as removing the engine although a straight forward job kinda like open`s a can worms with brittle loom issue`s etc after refitting.:confused: Anyone got thought`s on it ??? cheers Jeff TT

Hi guys, need some help in assisting a fellow zedder who has fallen victim of a main dealer continually changing part in the vague hope of curing what sounds like a single lifter noise problem Right 1994 UK manual chap bought it with what was described as one sticky lifter that was occassionally noisy. After all manner of oil changes and flushes done at his local Nissan dealer the problem pesisted, so on their advise all 48 lifters were changed at a cost of £2200 !!!!:eek: Guess what when he picked it up?..........yep it was still ticking!! 9 months and a whole lot of legal threats and papers have done nothing (Nissan have some big unbeatable legal d…

I just bought one and need some help with it, does anyone know?. Cheers, Kash

Yeah, alright... stop looking at me like that! So I was watching some afternoon kiddies TV in bed yesterday - it'd been a long night. There's some tasty female presenter waffling on about something or other - I didn't have the sound on to start, cos hey, ya know - I didn't need it. Then she starts demonstrating a pair of inflatable speakers and I'm all: no way! But it seems to me this could be a pretty neat idea. I'm missing some heavy gut-shaking bass in my motor, but I'm not about to start adding tonnes of extra weight just to get it. If anything, I wanna chuck out weight. And besides, I still need enough space to jam in a couple of snowboards. So... an i…

Hi me again. Someone responded to a request I made earlier last week about the drivers door electric window switch panel/assembly. I read your email, but (bless him)...my little boy managed to completely knacker my computer the other night and I lost your email. Could you please resond to this again. Many Thanks. Chris. PS: You quoted a price of £15 whole English Pounds...thats all I can remember of the email...lol

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone could help me out on this one. I read an article in Jap Cars magazine and it states you can adjust the stiffness of the dampers using the handbrake!...Is this correct?...If so how do you do it.? Many thanks. Chris

My car's finally gonna go into the bodyshop (again) and I need to get a hire car. The 3rd party insurance have agreed to pick up the cost, but I want to know what the standard practise of choosing a car. My mate said that I am allowed to hire a car in the same sort of range? I don't want to end up with a Micra as I've got a bit of motorway journey to do.............any ideas???? Cheers Vijay

Guys, Did a long journey up north a few days ago to visit my parents, and noticed my car's vibration has come back a bit stronger. I mostly feel it through the steering wheel around 70-80mph (and felt it very strongly once while braking), but it's there in very small amounts a lot of the time. Had the wheels balanced a while ago which helped but didn't get rid of all the vibration, and like I say, its back stronger now. I reckon it might be the front discs, what do you reckon? I'm about to head out to a local garage and get it looked at, so I was just wondering if anyone had a average price off-hand for a pair of front discs? Any other ideas on a possible cause wou…

Does anyone know if anyone makes such a thing with an aplication to fit the 300. Can remember some articles from years ago featuring a unit in an old edition of Max Power (from the early days, before it became one big advert rag). At the time it was seen as the alternative to twin battery installs. Anyway, answer apreciated as I think my alternator is faulty. Gonna try cleaning contacts tonight but would like to pursue this idea for a later planned ICE install. Cheers peeps! Brent:confused:

Well....further to my last thread....my clutch gave up the ghost on Sunday...mwarrr... :( But I spent a pleasant hour (:rolleyes:) sitting on the side of the A329M watching drifting lorries and cars wandering across the lanes into the hard shoulder while I sat on the grass praying for them not to hit my car, waiting for AA to show up... So...symptoms were as follows : Driving along at a comfortable 70mph (honestly), revs suddenly slipped up to 5000rpm. Lost power - was almost like the car was in neutral. Pulled over to hard shoulder. Turned off engine after a wee idle for the turbos. Re-started engine, put car in gear, foot on accelerator and smoke po…

Yeah we have fights, keyboard ninjas(I'm at sixth dan so beware) but to be honest I love these places! Why??? I'll tell you why! We recently bought a 200 for me Mrs T and it's playing up. My mate over the road worked for Nelson for 12 years(easy, don't hold that against him...he's a good lad and knows a few moves) and had the cambelt replaced. Top job but we had a rattling before he did the cambelt and the car fired up straight away after he'd done the timing belt. He ran the car at about 2K RPM and the rattle started...engine juddered and conked! We got fuel coming through but very weak spark/no spark on cranking. Anyway! He did ECU dia…

Just a quick question: what are peoples views on fitting bonnet vents? It seems like a good diea, considering the heat from the engine/turbos, but what do people think? Thanx Seb

It's a quick one... does the ECU control the HICAS system? I read that HICAS is /supposed/ to only work over 30 mph, yet Henri finds it works much lower. AndyP's comparison chart says UK spec has a high-speed version of HICAS. So is it all down to the EPROM code? And can it be tuned?

Hi, While I was driving yesterday night, my mate had the passenger's light on for quite a while ( 20' at least ). Then, all of a sudden, the dashboard illumination gone, and the air-con illumination itensity reduced. Switching off the passenger's light had immediate effect, the dashboard illumination was back and the air-con illumination the same as usuall. Any suggestions what can go wrong and how to fix it ? Thanks

Anyone ever done fron cam seals on their TT, would the oil leak inside the cam cover or outside it. Cheers John Crisp

See, told you we got the best roads and now 5th Gear is at Rhosneiger circuit testing hot hatches...you love a bit of it! :D

Anyone got the old smoke diagnostic page that was on the old website saved by any chance? It got killed in the changeover :( CheerZ :)