General Discussions - 300ZX Related

My gauge reads to the arrow on max boost, it seems very accurate and I was wondering if this is a little 'low' ie safety boost? Thanks guys and sorry for not posting in technical but it scares me in there LMAO!! Glen

Anyone out there have 2 standard pistons for a uk manual TT 1990 I have cracked ring lands on no's 1 and 6 too much yeehah methinks

Thanks for the offer of the keyfob - top bloke'! Glen

This happens more when the roads are wet and less tread and over small bumps, is it just beacuse of the displacement of rubber on the tarmac? feels like shit cheers rob p.s. wish it had 4wd

As i've done all this work to Tony's & my car & this set has been earmarked allready! Does anybody else want a set? Its on an exchange basis...ie, I send you this, then you send back your old bits to be re-worked for the next person & so on. The filter is a new one by the way Cost is £130.00 which includes p&p to you only! Your return goods are your responsibility!!! AND a % of cost goes to the running requirments off this forum. If a referance is needed speak to Lack300. [This message has been edited by harve (edited 19-02-2002).] [This message has been edited by harve (edited 19-02-2002).]

I've seen this come up again and again. Mine had new front Nissan discx about 15k ago. Lately there's been a judder when check braking from high speed. Brake hard and it used to steady up. Then I did the tension rod bushes which were leaking. The judder definitely changed but it was still there at high speed. Eventually it got worse. Checked my discs again and found inner side on O/S had a rusty band on it. Figured bad pad contact - near worn out any way. So got new pads and a seal kit for calipers. Someone here said easy job - just pop the pistons with compressed air. I found on both calipers the 2 pistons on one side of each caliper had almost seized hence r…

After getting some scary looking pics of my Z from Peter, I'm glad to say he's sent me some that have cheered me up a bit Dave

Trying to get insurance at the mo. Rather expensive. it's all ok until i tell them what modifications i have. The exhaust, air filter and chip are bearable but when i say it has grooved discs they class it as a brake mod and dont want to know. Quotes from 725 - 2000. Tesco quoted first at 545, sounded good but thought i would shop around. Noone could even come close so phoned back to check details (bit too cheap), only to find they put it down as a uk spec with no mods. Went up to 1400! Crazy price. What is classed as an upgrade? Is it just things that make it more powerful or is it every little thing. Do i have to tell them it has a crack on the front valance or chip…

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Hi Have any of you used this company, there offering a low milage engine with all bits and fitting, 12 months warranty, parts and labour for £3000, is that worth it. Still waiting for the rebuild price. Cheerz John [This message has been edited by John Whelan (edited 19-02-2002).]

Ok that old goody is with us again but has any body ever noticed how, despite all the arguments for and against there is never a conclusive answer to the question of which is better Auto or Manual. So here is what I propose: Lets have a listing of the good points with Auto and Manual transmission. For every positive comment that type of box will score a point. When this post dries up let the box with the most points be declared the best all round transmission type. Remember, stick to the good points of your preferred transmission type, no slaging of the other and try not to repeat previously mentioned points by re-wording them as this will corrupt the final sc…

At last, my car is sorted. It idles perfectly at 800rpm & drives beautifully. The problem was half due to the air flow meter & dodgy wiring. I found that my air flow meter was full of crap & also the wires to the connector were half knackered! Also just want to say thanks to Andy Duff for finding one fault which if had been left undiscovered could have had me guessing for many months more cos there's nothing worse than multiple faults! I drove it today & it feels bloody ace!

Now this Just does stop you matey . ------------------

I live in sweden and our only option when we want to order stuff from JWT (like a clutch) or the jspec 99 taillights is to order from either Ultimate Z or courtesyparts in the US. This works just fine, but shipping costs are not fun at all and we must pay swedish taxes (25%). Is there any equivalent to courtesyparts in the UK or som other part of te EU? regards David

Hey chaps my pc has taken to opening links in a minimised window can just see title bar, I then have to restore it to read, getting a bit annoying I have looked at my internet set up and can not find any reference to opening links minimised where do I look is it somethink else?? even if I open as another page its the same ...help Oh and when I am line now the monitor keeps going slightly puple then ok??? but only when on line. helpppp Jeff TT

Just to give you an update on my dead Zed. Its been with SE for the last 4 weeks. They managed to start it 2 weeks ago, indicating the PTU and CAS are ok. They switched it off, went to start it again, turns over won't start again, the engine is flooded again. They reckon it might be the ECU, so beginning of last week, they said they are gonna try another ecu. Each day they assure me the car is gonna be looked at that day..each day comes..each day goes..nothing..I keep getting pushed back to the end of the appointment queue, I mean how long does it take to swap an ecu over?? Now they assure me is gonna be looked at tomorrow. Cor I could of built a zed from the floor up i…

I'm going to get my Zed (auto) and I've got a daft question to ask, well its not daft really as I don't know the answer..... What does overdrive do? and while i'm making a pratt out of myself how does the power button and hold work on the auto box, sorry for sounding such a div, but if I don't ask i'll never know...

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Just behind the fan there's a silver pipe that runs lengthways. It houses the temparature sensors for the dashboard, the ecu, and there's a third. The first two are on the same mount (yellow block with a black and a yellow/green wire). It's the third sensor, and blue-headed wire on its own, just to the right of the double-headed one. Can anyone please tell me what this third sensor is for, and a part number if you know it - I'm getting code 13 from the ECU, have replaced the yellow-block sensor, but am having same problem... Thanks a lot...

Hi all, I'm just about to buy a Z, and I mean just about (should pick it up this week) and I’m interested to know the service intervals? I've been told many different things by many different people, some say 3000 for an oil change others say 6000, one magazine I read actually said every 9000 which seems a bit high for my liking, could someone please tell me the truth????

Why do cops love pulling over someone in a zx? got pulled over as they said my fog lights are on just bought the car and had the lights taken off as they come on with the normal lights, also why are the normal lightd so bad at night? can something be be done about that, are these running lights or not? These are the lights direclty at the bottom level at the front. does anyone know? cheers rob

Cannot work this one out? its a twin turbo just had O2 sensor replaced, the car is still when starting from cold reving up to 1500 then down, sometimes staling, is this just beacuse the engine is cold? if the air is on or the heater it dosen't stall. Does anyone now what is going on? oil pressure is good everthing seems to be running fine. Please can anyone help me with this. cheers rob

Hey all! Just got through installing one of my 6.5" widescreen Pioneer removable TV screens. now onto the bigger stuff.... does anyone have any good pics of ice installs in the bott of the 300? i have removed all the boot panels right up to the back seat so i have got loads of space in comparison to what i did have. anyone got any ideas? Latz

a mate of mine needs to standard back boxes for his 300 as its mot time and his are blowing does anybody have any going with all the recent exhaust changes that have been going on

Needs some help here planing to upgrade suspension, brakes and wheels. Im going for the full suspension upgrade, can anyone tell me if i missed anything. Suspension: I plan to get all the following from Stillen, adustable upper arms, rear adjustale camber bars, adjustable tession rods, rear stut brace anbd solid sway bars. Also going to get hiper damper II coil overs from HKS. anyone know where i can get a front strut brace from? and is there any other upgradable suspesion parts i can get that ive missed? Wheels: I want to get some 19x9, running 245/35s(front) and 19x10, running 295/35s Blitz technospeed wheels, will these go straight on? If not will 18…