General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Buggeration. I'm skint and have to get the geometry of the car looked at. The front 2 wheels have both worn on the inside edge only and the steering wheel is off centre and needs a bit of force to keep it straight.....So I phone Nissan (Middlehurst) 'Yes we do that - £112.50 plus vat. Cough splutter! Any adjustments are extra too...Probly come near £200 mark!!!! SO I phone a few places to check further and low and behold a Vauxhall garage in St.Helens do the whole thing including vat and all adjustments for £90 'Its about 2 hours work you see' they apologised Its a sad day when I take my car to Vauxhall instead of Nissan....ha ha ha HA! Anyhow, bef…

Just to recap. Took my Z in with engine problems beginning of November, lots of faults found and the bill just keeps growing and growing. Got home from work today and found a message on my answer phone from them telling me that on close inspection it appears at least one and possibly both turbos are Fu**ed. Their catalogue states £475 for a recon stock turbo. Before I ring them back does anybody know of a better deal on turbos or maybe have decent turbos to sell? Thanks guys. Steve. Forgot to mention its a 92 UK spec auto. [This message has been edited by Steve.r (edited 17-01-2002).]

I have a airy gassy sound when I drive. At first I thought it was my turbos becasue it gets louder as I accelerate. However, it only does it in 4th gear. I have tried it in 1st, 2nd 3rd and 5th and all dont make a sound. Its just 4th gear? I dont think its the turbos, cos I can accelerate and the sound gets louder, I then let off, let the turbo spool down, and if I accelerate hard again, the noise goes straight back to how it was, before the turbos have time to spool up. The sound cold also be compaired to when you shake a light bulb and you get a gassy rattle. Its like that but quite loud. Please any ideas?

Press the brake pedal? The last time I remember doing this I seem to remember the car gradually slowing down. However, this morning on my way to work this did not happen and the pedal hit the deck. "OH SHIT" SPRUNG TO MIND. Luckily I wasn't going to fastbut talk about being snookered. I was 2miles from work, ready for work and without my tools. So RAC and Nissan were the only thing I could do to remedy the situation. This is the price you pay for not knowing the area. Am waiting for a phone call from Nissan to see what the extent of the damage is. Hope I can claim off my Waurranty. Boo Hoo!

OK, can anyone out there explain the physics of detonation to me? This has no bearing on my Z and is purely out of interest to satisfy my own curiosity. Why does detonation occur because of lean conditions and not rich conditions. In my ignorance I would have thought putting extra fuel into a hot place would be more likely to cause premature combustion than putting less fuel in. This is apparently not the case but I would be interested to know why this is. Also, I think I'm correct in saying that advancing the ignition too much causes detonation. If detonation is the fuel igniting at the wrong point, it would occur to me that igniting it sooner is going to be be…

Being a hard up member of the forum, Z money is running out.....well it's run out! My exhaust has finally given up the ghost and is blowing like a prostitute with £20 in her hand (or should that be dick?) I need to do something ASAP as the Z although throaty sounding now needs to have it's pipes replaced and I'm skint! Any ideas? Will do the washing up at Johhny's for ever if he wants Cheers guys, Matty. ------------------ Bounce...Bounce...Bounce...Bounce...Bounce...Bounce...Bounce... (sorry no sound!) LOL

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Guys, I had a vibration under the car, just about under my seat are and it was driving me nuts. Then over the last couple of days my exhaust which was blowing a little has now decided to blow alot from the back of the drivers side rear box, the vibrations have stopped, was the fact that my exhaust was on it's way out the cause of my vibrations? Sounds stupid I know but....... Oh and anyone know where I can get an exhaust on the cheap side of cheap? (times are hard!) Will the blowing exhaust do any damage of any type to the car? Anything I can do as a quick fix for a bit? Help........ Matty. ------------------ …

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My Z's been pulling to the left for quite a while now. Not seriously but just enough to annoy you when trying to drink a can of Pepsi, talk on your phone and adjust your crotch, all at the same time as trying to steer with your knees. The pull is while cruising in a straight line, not while braking. I've had a four wheel alignment done, changed the tyres and had new brakes during this time. None of this has made a difference. Middlehurst (careful Timmy) have had a look and can't suggest anything useful. Anyone got any ideas?

Somebody posted an article some time ago about getting FORGE to make up some big ICs. well i have been in contact with them and they have made some up for a guy who is running a 600HP a race Z. This guy had to modify his car to get them in but Forge say that they will be obtaining some standard Z ICs on tuesday that they can measure and use to modify the spec for standard fitting. My cash is waiting--if anybody else is interested then let me know so i can put in an order and we should be able to get a good price on each unit. Email is: andrew.denyer@vf.vodafone.co.uk

Can anyone recommend a good place to get alignment/tracking/camber etc checked out ? As the place I already tried had never seen 4ws before ...!! I live in the Reading area.

COMPLETELY. Why are we provoking these guys. We are inviting people like Porker. We never had this kind of shit 2 years ago and I'm sure Craig and Nico are fed up of asking people to behave themselves and keep to the etiquette of the forum. Just my view peeps Andy

hi guys, i am thinking about getting some wheels, i want a set of 18s is it possible to fit 10*18 on the back or is that too wide?

Hi all. I'm thinking about keeping my car now, if I do decide to, i'm going to treat it to a few bits and bobs, i'm rather happy with the performance of it at the moment, so I think I want to tweak the looks. First I think is a nice set of new allows. Does anyone know a good web site where I can see a selection of wheels with fitted prices Thanks Also, how about body kits, any good sites for those? Matt

Showing my nievity a little bit, but in the buying guide it suggests you get a compresstion test done. What's that all about and what readings should you get!?! Thanks, -Stu

Hiiii everyone, Big Gay Al here just dropping by to say hi to all you guys and to tell you about my new fantastic car. I have a lovely supra which is detailed in pink leather. I really think this car enhances my image - I tried a 300 but it just made me look too masculine.... Oh well, off to make love with the supra guys now cos that's what I hear they like.... Bye for now.......

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Was it Andy? I dont know. If so which one? Any way my clock usually works, once before it didnt work but after about 10 mins it started. Its done it again. But it will prob work again in the morning. Either way I would like it fixed before it gets worse. So who is it and how much? CheerZ Stuart

Can someone please tell me what my auto 91 NA Z should idle at when warm and in gear? currently it is a little rough round 600 when warm, 1000 when cold. how do I adjust the idle?

I was going to put it in the thread in question, but it's been locked. Ah well. I just wanted to say sorry for what I posted last night. I wasn't exactly sober, and while I don't actually remember posting the message! I must have just been wound up by what Andyduff wrote, and while I'm not exactly pleased by his comments I think I over-reacted a little bit. Thanks to those guys that showed sympathy though - it's appreciated.

Just tripped over this on the Z-car-digest http://zdriver.com/forums/showthreaded.php?Board=z32&Number=6420 It describes how to replace the matt black roof/windscreen trim that seems to have suffered on many cars these days.

following a cancellation by a customer found I had and afternoon to myself so fitted my new Green Stuff pads,and changed the brake fluid. Got to say that despite the pads not bedded in yet the feel is much better maybe a result of the fluid change? that itself was a surprise,the master cylinder fluid looked ok but the crap dark brown fluid that came out of the the calipers was disgusting. Will evaluate and post an update, I might add the disc`s are quite new so bedding in should be fairly quick. Jeff TT

gutted cats today and ground out restrictor washers from exhaust today, (the ones just at the beginning of the mid section, on me jap import. blimey what a difference this made, noticeable low down power turbo kicks in with more force. i really cannot belive the difference this mod has made. all that i need now is for me breather kit to arrive for the weekend and i will fit me ECU and boost jets. this has got to be the cheapest upgrade there is.