General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Nov/Dec Japanese Performance magazine has a photo of the back of Johnny's Z on page 26. There's also a nice purple Veilside kitted Z on page 24. All from Trax 2001.

When I'm in 3rd gear, my gearstick moves backwards when I'm accelerating and forwards when i'm not, the movement is only about 3 mm but it is noticable, any idea's as to the cause ? I hope this doesn't mean the gearbox is on the way out! Herman

I order a PTS torque Converter (LevelTen USA) on Monday and it arrived on Thursday. Thats what i call express delivery. 3 days!!! woow i am impressed

Had a set of S03's put on my Zed at the end of August and put about 3k miles on them so far. bugger me are they wearing fast! Yea I know hard acceleration/high speed driving naks them, BUT they seem to be wearing in the centre only. Im running them about 2psi lower than recommended (about 34 rather than 36). Apart from not hoofing it all the time, is it likely thatthe Hicas alignment could be at fault? I would think not as the wear is in teh centre only, I assume if the HICAS was cattled trucked that it would look like tracking wear ie one side scuffed. Comments appreciated, probably resigned to buying new rubber in the new year ......

Anybody got some info on this unit?? I believe this is to replace the Air Flow meter, and have twin air filters with no restriction. Also should give no restriction to metering of air flow, I think someone on here said there is a 451BHP max on the existing air flow meter. Leigh.

Does anyone know if all its settings stored in NVRAM/EEPROM, or battery backed RAM? Reason being is that the battery in my (immobile) (don't start Ajay! ) is dead, and has been for some time, and I wondered if when I get a new battery in there (i.e. in a few months) the alarm will have reset itself to factory defaults or not.. Ta, Az

SORRY GUYS - Forgot to mark this off topic. Bob: Traci is hassling bout her alarm certificate. Give us a call.... L8r /\/\ark BOB - WHATS YOUR MOBILE NUMBER? and your domain is f**ked. [This message has been edited by fingerpig (edited 09-11-2001).]

http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002180.html Would you guys be up for this? 200's V MKIII Supras and 300's V MKIV Supras. We are thinking of hiring bruntingthorpe or something similar? 0-60's 0-100's 1/4 mile and prehaps top speed runs. Any takers?

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/thread.asp?threadid=53409 Grabbed this off the ScoobyNet forum

A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying from copies, not the original manuscripts. So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this, pointing out that if there were an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies. The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. Hours go by and nobody sees him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to l…

I've got a tapping noise coming from the engine. Sounds like it's coming from the head. The thing is, it goes if I rev the engine for a short while but then it comes back!! Any ideas anyone?

Just got me thinking... now with having the saab (one), and the 300 (another 2). And one of my 300 turbos has a leaky seal.. not bad, but will need fixing next year. So why are there only two companies making turbos (garret and mitusbishi) ? And why do they cost so much ? It's only a bloody fan is a cast bit of metal for godsake ? Has anyone found a really cheap source for T25s ? stu

Sorry its such short notice but I had a call from a friend asking if i was going to the jap car meet in Bolney West Sussex. Any of you guys going or has know one herd about it. My m8 said it should be good and its not far from Dorking if any one is interested. Tim

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/otash/previews/preview_main_new.php3?id=33330 Nice review. Think I am warming to it. Especially in a TURBO version. Safe drive to all.

A bulb has got on the so called driving lights (if you call those small round things lights), anyway what is quickly obtainable to replace it (well them, may as well match) and if possible would like brighter ones - to me the bulb looks like those nhs milk bottle type glasses! Cheers Robb

Hey all Whats it like to do a cam belt on a TT with air con? anyone done one? figured if i'm doing all this may as well replace all belts and water pump etc as well. anyone have any ideas on this??

OK - just plain old deep fried spudz or with salt and vinegar or 'something' else??? There is a reason behind this honest - will post it once some replies are here CheerZ, Andy

Hey all I would like to say to all of you what a great bunch of peeps you are. thanks for all your help. johnny introduced me to this site so i thought it only fitting to offer a tribute. going up to see him soon to get the car sorted so i need to know what he looks like. right? someone emailed this pic and said it was johnny at a race meet? is this true?? i mean, johnny sounds like a fu**ing cool bloke and i never imagined for one minute that this is "strawberry Blonde"??!! Please tell me it isn't so?? NOOOOOOOO!

...who's the ginger haired geeZer driving it? Could it...be...noooooo...fuck me!!! It's our very own Johnny Boy with Negat. Cap on!!! That car has changed colour more times than my boxers after a lethal Ruby Murray!!! LMFAO

300 ZX TWIN TURBO,REG. NOV. '93. AUTO METALLIC BLUE ONLY 48K MILES. CATEGORY 1 ALARM/IMMOBILISOR CD PLAYER. WELL CARED FOR WITH RECENT SERVICE AND HISTORY.TAXED AND MOT'D £8495 ONO TEL 020 8501 2225 OR 07850 739650 (NR J26 OFF M25)

MOTORING: Clarkson's Car Years Channel: BBC2 Date: Thursday 8th November 2001 Time: 20:00 to 20:30 (starting in 1 hour and 29 minutes) Duration: 30 minutes. (How Japan Took Over the World... And Then Lost It) Jeremy Clarkson presents a series charting defining moments in motoring history. In this programme, he reveals how the Japanese car industry has boomed over the last 50 years, to the extent that the country is now producing the most advanced vehicles on the planet. But he argues that although Europe may have learned from Japan about reliability, Japan still needs to learn how to make cars with heart and soul (Subtitles, Repeat)

While leafing throught the current issue of Max Power at the local WHS I came accross a pic of your Zeds all nicely lined up at Trax. Not sure about the page number (as I didn't buy the mag - who does anyway ) but their defo yours! Check it out! Danny

Crashed my 200sx today, bugger. It will put into perspective what I can have done on my 300 now. Just driving along and decided to overtake a few cars when for some bizarre reason I lost it. The car span for a while then slid onto a grass verge, hit a tree and spun a bit more then rested nicely on the verge. My head seemed to cushion most of the impact so I am ok, just lept out of the car to let all know that I was alright. Fortunatly no one else was invloved apart from the tree. Car was actually chucking out fuel so got plod & Fire Brigade on the scene asap. Plod was actually quite frindly, I was expecting the Spanish Inquisition but I told him what …

Got into a heated debate at work today about whether the Z is a supercar or not. Obviously I said that it is, but my mate said it's not 'cos it didn't cost over 100 grand or something like that. I was just wondering, what do you think the criteria is for a car to be a supercar? Cheers Rob.

All of the coilpack connectors on my (1989 TT import)Z are badly cracked or broken and its started misfiring a bit rough now. Nissan quoted me megabucks for the wiring loom which includes these connectors. Does anyone know of an alternative source of these connectors so I can replace them myself? Paul B