General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Ok, so, i don't have a zx, but i still have plenty of zx based questions. One thing that I'm curious about is dump valves. Now, while they sound great, or at least i think they do, I've heard conflicting views about them, and whether they actually help, or hinder the engine, and only re-circulating dunp valves are actually worth considering. Anyone have a definitive answer, or perhaps can shed more light? Thanks

Just got a new windscreen fitted again since the old one had been scratched only 1 week after being fitted. Cost me £50 as the insurance paid the rest. Guess how much the bill to the insurance company was..........................£1062.FFS. Got my insurance premium back!

Today is my 27th Birthday and for my my birthday I got a Z. I found a 1991 JSpec Fairlady N/A with 54,000 Km. It is in absolute mint condition. It was bought new in Japan by the previous owner. It was only driven in the summer and garaged in the winter. I'am very excited! I'am new to the Z world but a motorhead none the less. I would appreciate any help/advise ect...

How the hell did you manage to log in to BBC1.

After all the rain we've just had ,got in my 'Z' this morning to find the passenger seat rather wet! Noticed drips comming in at the front join of the targa top. I slapped loads of Autoglym bumpercare on the seals only a few days ago. Is there a cheap way to stop this in the future or should I get some new seals,and if so where should I get them etc.? Cheers, F.T.

Just been lookin at a 300 owned my someone local. He melted two pistons and has had to rebuild it himself. He showed me the reciepts he got with the car and guess what...Superchip fitted!!! £450 for the chip £40 for management check (like to know what they did there) £40 for fuel pressure check?????? £50 for rolling road tune with no graph or printout supplied??? The total bill was nearly £1000. I know the place that fitted it and its your typical Maxy Power type garage that used to make its money from splitfire sparkplugs and fitting bleed valves to renault 5 turbos but now claims to be a japanese tuning specialist like many others do. Im gonna check the…

Hi, Just wondered where I can get it polished as I am gonna be fiddling about with my engine soon, haven't got the time to do it meself! mark

Hi, Just wondered if anyone can help me out and take a couple of photos using their digital camera, I will of course travel to you if you are in the south/west London or Surrey area. I have been wanting to get a digital camera,but haven't got around to it, has anyone got any suggestions on which model and where to get them from, I want to spend about 100-150! All the Best, Mark

Quick question for you all. I've been over at twinturbo.net for a while now, and have previously only used this site for its wonderful online service manual. Is that feature gone now? I checked FAQ but found nothing. Also, what does Zed mean? I know it refers to Z cars, but Zed? Like a Zepplin thing? Thanks, hope to see you around here more often, Tony

Hi all. Not trying to make my first post particularly controversial... does anyone have any information about what locations do what in the Z32 EPROM? I recently had the chance to dump out a couple of non-standard chips, one of which has 3 selectable maps. If it's likely to be a help to the 300 community I'd like to propose posting these dumps somewhere for all to examine, maybe building up a database to see who's doing what in their "performance" mapping. If anyone's worried about piracy, I can list these in a format that can't be directly imported into an EPROM programmer. I s'pose, technically, anyone making a new map is infringing Nissan's copyright anyway by starting…

Hi, Spotted a nice looking G Reg Black Z today on the A120 driving towards Braintree...anybody on here? SG p.s. sorry if this is posted in the wrong section :rolleyes:

...so recently, the radio and CD player have developed that wirring, groaning noise in the background related to engine speed. I've removed the unit and checked all of the connections and the earth. All look ok, and the noise is still there. Anyone got any ideas where to look next and what I should be looking for (ie could it be a poor earth on the ariel?) ...any suggestions gratefully received. thanks Jack

I'm going to be replacing all my bushes very soon - including rear sub frame, steering, sway bars, diff, control arm - how many hours work is this for a competent mechanic with a ramp? (I got the energy suspension master kit already.) I'm in Hants. Apart from SE who else would you trust to do it in the south? cheerz

Will send me 20 along as soon as I get paid........... Rob C do you not work at the Mercedes garage near Canterbury. Anyway I should be along to the grove ferry as I am a Westgate Z blokey. I also do believe there is a silver Z like mine knocking about in Ramsgate as well. A chap by the name of Andy who imports Jap super cars!!!! Ah can we invite other peeps along to this meet. As I have a friend with a rather nice supra and other with WRX's and MR2 turbo's? Also who's the chap that passed me this morning in a K plate twin turbo on the way to Herne bay. Are you out there. Regards. Mike.

i'll let ya no wat its like ,loads of cool avatars from wat ive seen so far.

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Hi Guys, I've just joined the fan club of Peter at PPS, just done a top paint job on my Z and it does look exceedingly good for very little outlay. Top Bloke as well picked me up from Newcastle airport and helped to fix my Z (with the help of Macca Jaylox and ChrisC, cheers guys)when it didn't start! Anybody down south wanting some paintwork done, I would advise you to go up there! The flights from Stansted are £25!!!!!! and the quality of work and the price would be difficult to get down south! Mark

Bit quiet on the new board innit!! Why are Porsches and the like..worth more than Nissans of the same age?:D See Youz... PORKRAT:D :D :D

I am just about to buy a 300zx Jap import and am told it has the speed limited to 109mph. How easy is it to 'overcome' this and at what cost?

FECK IT THATS THE LAST TIME I BELIVE HIM :mad::mad:

do you have to stump up cash to read the for sale section

Any ideas chaps? Standard TT manual. Everytime i wash the motor i find a black gue\oil deposits all over the rear bumper. Like it has come out of the exhaust. Any ideas?

Hi there i have had a new power steering pump. Before this my hicas light was permantly on, on the dash. Now it would appear i have a leak in the system and every time the oil level drops the hicas light will come on. Anyway till i get it sorted my question is. If the light is on dose this mean the four wheel steer is disabled? I ask this as the light will flick on and off in corners and im a bit on edge about the car switching between 4 wheel steer and 2 wheel steer in the middle of the twisty bits!!!! Any one know? And is there just an easy way to turn this 4 wheel steer of because I like putting the back end out and not guessing what the four wheel…

What do you guys think of injector cleaner. Any good in high powered cars? Thanks. Mike.

Nah, of course not. :) However, now that I perhaps have your attention.... I have a couple of problems which I don't seem able to resolve and, so far, no-one has replied to. :( First off, I've managed to aquire a speedo convertor/delimiter which i'd like to fit to my J import. Unfortunately I do not have the wiring instructions for it. Surely someone, somewhere has had one fitted and has the instructions? Or perhaps someone can point me in the right direction? The other is one which has been asked by a few others over time and also appears not to have an answer. At the request of the wife, who also drives the Z, I had a reversing sensor fitted. However, …