General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Looks like the box has gone......(92 Jap TT) The box has "lost" reverse...seems drive fwd ok.... Help.......any contacts for new/recon/reconning etc.... I heard the jap box has no oil cooler can one be fitted? Cost? and suggestions as to what to gladly accepted!! Is it all worth it????? Regardz.....

Sat at home in Twyford........gotta be in scotland tomorrow 500 miles away...pack z start up..........no kin reverse...grinding noises.....etc....seems to go foward ok.... me thinks autobox dead!!!!! Car now on back RAC truck heading to leigh......me waiting for hire car.... what a shit hot day im having.............. Do i get rid!!!!!! or what........it seems never ending!!!!! Regardz

Andy! - my wifes took my mobile phone - can you email me yours on anthony@biltcliffe.freeserve.co.uk Ta!

help i am getting lots of blue white smoke when i put my foot down.it started with a rattling noise at first then that stoped then it started again now when i put my foot down a mass of blue white smoke comes out of the exhaust running T.Tjap import auto what is it TURBOS?

I have a problem in that when im driving the car feels as though its getting starved of fuel i.e , the car is driving "JERKY". It does it in any gear, and mostly uphill. I have replaced the fuel filter yesterday, i have cleaned the throttle sensor still no good. Does any body know what could be wrong, could it be the AAC gasket leaking?? Any suggestions lads would be greatly appreciated. Alex

Looking forward to putting some names to faces, hope the weather holds out!! My Zed, at bit scabby but goes, soon to be beautiful, just hopes it still goes!!! ------------------

DOES ANYONE NO WHERE I CAN GET HOLD OF A DRAWING OR SCEMATIC OF A FRONT BUMPER? sorry for the spelling! cheers jay

Ok, yanks have their faults. They can be arrogant, bullish and stupid, but they have a lot of good points - democracy, no class sytem, equality among races (except Alabama!), belief in sky's the limit, creative thinking, open to new things, Hollywood, Chevy Corvettes, MacDonalds...oh s**t, not that !!! But you get the picture..it's easy for us to pull them to bits. As a nation they have developed more in the last century than anyone. Compared to Arabs and the like, thay are OK. They are no worse than UK people in my opinion, and better in some respects. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Just been up in me attic and I've found a Matchbox toy car.... a DATSUN 126X yes, X from 1973 !!!!!!!! Looks like a Lamborghini Diablo ! Reckon Lambo copied it ! It's rear engined and probably a concept car. It has flames from front to back and is yellow.

Hello everybody, just been in the states for a month, saw loads of Z's especially on the west coast, most of them N/A. I missed my car so much and she felt like a rocket when i got back in it. Needed two rear tyres for the MOT so had plenty of good donut action this morning.

Can some one please tell me how to shoe horn 6x9 in to the rear speaker pods any help will be much appreciated

Yep, she's gone and Keith better look after her too....... ...I think he will be joining us in the madhouse! I'm gutted like you would not believe watching her grumble down the road with another man behind the wheel........ Oh well the cash will pay off a few debts and things, and I'm after an M-Power 3.2ltr Z3!!! Matty. ------------------

just come in as I was going out. when i got mine i saw none round my way, now this is the 3rd in as many weeks!!! ------------------ I feel the need, the need for speed!

Any Z meets in the Birmingham to Wolverhampton area? Had a Z for about a month and have only ever seen two Z's in the area. One's black, with a sweet plate HOT300ZX and the other's grey. If not a meet then maybe get together down one of the pubs for a drink?

not really spotted... but one red seen buxton 5:9:02 one white 07:9:02 clay cross area... any body out there........

Bet u guys didnt know there was no speed limit between towns on the iom!! Perfect place for Z-meet. give yours a blast over the moutain TT circuit awesome ...

Does anyone else suffer from sideways movement at low speeds ie left to right over pot holes etc.. Just had 2 new bridgestone s03 fitted (ouch!) A little better but still there to a degree. Steers better with the tracking up front done which was 4mm out(toe in) Are all zeds like this or is it just mine?

just a quickie be for i get my screwdriver set out... is there a light on the ignition switch ? there seems to be a clearish plastic trim around the key switch... and i just wondered if there should be a light that comes on with the interior light... any idears ??? no dout i not be able to get the bulb anyway... !!! cheers Tim

I got the straight through decat pipes (Z Centre ones with no mini silencers) and they don't have the hangers welded on as they show in the pics?!?! I got them 2nd hand/nearly new so can't easily send them back. I was told they were from a N/A Z but are the same. They fitted on fine but no hangers. Is this the case with N/A zorsts? Had my full system fitted but it means all the weight is hanging on the turbo's and at the back boxes. Will have to get some welded on. Any ideas?

"Car" October issue has a good review of the 350Z and a couple of pages on our good old 300ZX TT - a nice yellow one with a mention of thanks to SE Nissan. Is it owned by anyone here? Reg. B1 EXY Worth a read. [This message has been edited by ChrisC (edited 07-09-2002).]

1. If the proposed club was accepted by insurers to keep insurance down, everyone would join ! 2. How about designing/making a rear spoiler which can flip up or down, like pop-up headlights - maybe you could use the p u headlight motors from a 200SX to do it. 3. Can a 300ZX Z32 be modified so that the engine can run at higher revs than ~7,000 - like Honda engines and Ferrari's etc. do ? 4. IS there any way to modify your engine so that you can switch between economy and sports/performance mode ? 5. If you lighten the flywheel only on the outsdie, does that make all the good things about this mod far greater than the downsides ? What about making the in…

1. If the proposed club was accepted by insurers to keep insurance down, everyone would join ! 2. How about designing/making a rear spoiler which can flip up or down, like pop-up headlights - maybe you could use the p u headlight motors from a 200SX to do it. 3. Can a 300ZX Z32 be modified so that the engine can run at higher revs than ~7,000 - like Honda engines and Ferrari's etc. do ? 4. IS there any way to modify your engine so that you can switch between economy and sports/performance mode ? 5. If you lighten the flywheel only on the outsdie, does that make all the good things about this mod far greater than the downsides ? What about making the in…

Hi, Just wanted to know if anyone has a cheap source of NA air filters, and yes they are different from the turbo. Have bought some patten ones but they are three mill too thick, and the panels won't go back on!!!!! All the Best, Mark

Hi, On the NA motor I took it for an MOT, passed fine, but on the emmisions test, the drivers bank of cylinders was running at .70% CO levels and the passenger bank at .19% CO. Is putting a NA ECU into self diagnostic mode the same as a TT, and does anyone have an idea as to what it might be causing the probs? Mark

Hello Mate, Meet ya at the Birmingham meet,just wondered if you can do me a favour and bring an extra couple of cans of Castrol 10-60 with you to trax. If you can that would be great, me mobile number is 0777 337 5383! All the Best, Mark H