General Discussions - 300ZX Related

A thought just occured to me, i've been an MR2 driver on and off for 10 years now, and one thing i always liked was the auto gear stick, it just felt nice and snug in my hand. Now we've got the aesthetics out of the way, from the picture you can see it has the same selector arrangement, "manu" and "power" are the "hold" and "power" buttons, size wise i'm sure it could be moulded to fit the gap, so all i need now is someone who knows the mechanical arrangement of the selector and could one be used in place of the other, So any one clever out there can advise me?

I have a bit if whining from gearbox when in neutral and clutch 'not pressed' (de-pressed), which gets better when warm (then you cannot hear that much of it). It has been there for years, and not really got much worse, but I am going to swap Clutch in coming weeks, and tempted to see if I could change the 'Input shaft bearing' without too much work when it is out of car. Know that 'slight whine' may be from other bearings on main shaft, but suspect that input bearing is the most likely. Can you swap the input shaft bearing without splitting the whole box? What I look to determine is if it can be done by taking the front cover plate off (which will be taken off …

I saw a off white Z in Royston, Herts saturday or sunday I was staring at it mumbling you ******* to myself as u drove past :lol:

Just asking what you lot have got in your car in the way of gauges. Oil, boost, water Temp. I need to upgrade mine to a more modern feel. Don't want to break the bank, just a nice set of good looking accurate dials. Cheers

Check these rear lights out

Hi guys , I need a rear housing of the left hand side wiper pod, has anyone got a undamaged one without any cracks for sale? cheers.

After doing manual conversion I forgot to apply handbrake tonight and nearly had a close call in Asda carpark! Never bothered with it before having an auto!

I used Jeffs excellent handbrake adjustment guide and have got the shoes sorted and working great. The actual handbrake lever still has a bit of slack at the first 2 clicks though and I need to adjust the actual handbrake lever. How do I actually get in there to adjust it? Had a go but stopped before I snapped bits lol. Cheers.

Okay, here we go. car is LWB NA '91 Import. dont know if that matters but hey.. it usually does. Which is easier when putting on ne down pipes. drilling out 5 sheared bolts or removing the manifolds and grinding off the stud heads and knocking them through... Answers the usual way, i'm off for a cuppa' Rich

Hi everyone. Just trying to get competitive quotes together. The car is a 1997 import tt and the cheapest quote I have had so far is £500 ota. I tried AFlux and they quoted £3740 which is ridiculas considering I am 32 have 9 yeara ncb and only drive it 3k a year!! Who do you use and how much do you pay?

I have been stripping down the Zed and want to make sure I have all the ECU's. The one I am not sure about is the Air Con / air flow ECU, where would that one be hiding ?

Is there a trader/member who makes and sells panels, skirts etc... or used to but not anymore... Rich

A grey Zed heading into Hartlepool on the A179 today at 11. Didn't manage to see if it was LWB or SWB as only seen from behind

What have people got (with pics)? I'm thinking of going for 70% drop glass and rear quarters with 50% rear screen. I currently have limo black rear screen which I'm not a fan of. I also have limo black rear quarters but I don't like the contrast between them and the drop glass and think they would look better with a matching tint. Discuss.

Well the sad day has finally come and my Zed will be leaving me tonight to go to someone that can afford to give her the love she deserves. I will be back in a Zed at some point but with trying to raise the deposit for a mortgage may not be for a year or two:crying: I will be taking her out for one last blast round some nice country roads after I've had my dinner though. I feel like I've died a little inside, god help me when I see the new owner driving her away.

Just bought a pair of seats for my Slictop, will be delivered on wednesday, cant wait!!

As above... did a search on the question but no luck. Thanks in advance :)

does anyone know if i can fit a TT pump to an NA? i've just read they cant flow as much fuel as the TT pumps, and as i going to be running nitrous soon, i dont want to find im leaning out because the pump cant keep up. anyone know if its possible? (not a thread to discuss the nitrous, its a track toy, and its being installed properly so it should be fine. :sweatdrop:)

If this has been asked before please gforgive me but I am a Newbie to the forum. Can anyone help.:helpsmilie: While my car was undergoing new injectors I got the Z mechanic to swap over the low beam headlight bulbs to xenon ones replacing the stock bulbs. Really wished I hadn't as the light emission is diabolical! - like driving on side lights. I have been advised that I should try E46 with eom 4300k d2s bulbs these are usually fitted to BMW's. Now,.... I am a complete moron when it comes to bulbs/electrics {and a few other things too it must be said} but apparantly the cooler {blue-er} the light, the less light it actually throws, putting it in simple terms. But …

Just drove up and back this afternoon to get my Zed off Jeff, after he put me a one piece prop on, deleted the hicas and a full service. What a difference!! I can't believe how different the car is with the prop. The car feels brand new. Only problem I had was it pi##ed it down with rain all the way back to Andover. Thanks a lot Jeff!, running nice bud!!! Just the brakes now lol

May I take the opportunity to thank both these guys . Managed to get a full manual conversion from JaiKai (gearbox is absolutely great :biggrin:) I originally learnt through the forum that Jaikai's manual conversion was at Lee Dents in Shrewsbury so I thought I would be a little cheeky and ask Lee if he would do the conversion for me. (I am not a great mechanic and don't have much space at the moment) Managed to get it over to Lee at LA Autos Just after my birthday to get the bits fitted . I also chose to get the decat down pipes from Japspeed for the 300zx.co.uk members price so thought it would be an ideal time to do this with the transmission out . Lee went …

is any one using this clutch kit ? if so what is like feel ? http://www.funkypower.co.uk/catalogue.php?make=NISSAN&model=300ZX&year=&level1=TRANSMISSION+%26+DRIVETRAIN&level2=CLUTCH+KITS&level3=PERFORMANCE+SPEC&id_product=6546 its a Exedy Stage-1 Organic Clutch Kit

Hi, looked under the front panel and saw the air filter, not ever having a std one, is this one std or aftermarket Rich Sent from my Lumia 900 using Tapatalk

Hi Chaps. Making a start on cleaning up my new Zed, already removed the turbo timer. Found this device behind the panel under the steering wheel. Anybody know what it is and can I bin it? Thanks.

Cant really do a search for this as its throwing up completely the wrong results every time i search, so time for an explanation, (seems that this year is the year for problems to arise on my zed) Hard to explain this so ill try my best, the steering wheel its self shifts left to right, only by around 1/4 an inch, ive narrowed it down to 2 metal bushes, either side of the main shaft, directly behind the interior panel under the steering wheel, seems as though my steering wheel is no longer sitting in them correctly, ive undone the bolts to try and see if i can adjust the fitments, but if the steering wheel is sitting where it can not move, i cant get the bushes to li…