General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Just a few stories of Z ownership that IMO make it all worthwhile................ 1/ Pulling up outside my local Spar shop to the usual "Cor look at that" from the kids hanging around, especially when the Porsche i pulled up next to was getting no attention whatsover, one very £60k pissed off Porshe driver i can tell you! 2/ Washing the car on the drive and a lady passed by with her 7/8 year old son, when he turned to his mum and said "That`s a Fairlady that is" how the F*ck does he know that? The power of Playstation i suppose? 3/ Having de badged my Zed the only give away is a Nismo badge on the r…

Tezza do you still own a z if so where the f**k are you??? PS I hear it is very slow and you got blown away by a nova is this true???????

Hi Guys Should i be concerned.... Yesterday after crusing for 20 mins or so I put pedal to floor for an overtaking manouver. The temp guage shot right up to max but went straigt down again once I pulled back in and was ok for rest of journey. Today left car after 10 minute cruise outside local shop on turbo timer and returned couple of mins later and temp guage again on max. Started driving and went to normal (level) position. Any help / advise as always appriciated. Martin

Want to see if I can repair it ! Must be one out there somewhere ...

17:45 news report special - 4 bombs dropped on Kabul! Andy

First my metro says no clutch pressure the opther night, so that aint working.... anyone got any ideas, i have absolutyl no pressure in my clutch and the resivoir keeps emptying out. Then my f$$£$^£^ng 300 s left rear shock is finished bigtime, at least i supsect it is the shock. the wheel moves up and down in the arch at speed quit badly, as was pointed out by the police officer who arrested me yesterday because my car did not check out in my name and niether did the paperwork cause the f$$$%£$ stupid arse£%^$% had the wrong information, ie my name is Warren-lee Sheehan on my id, and Warren Sheehan on the V5 form, for fucks sake. put two and two together. An…

First my metro says no clutch pressure the opther night, so that aint working.... anyone got any ideas, i have absolutyl no pressure in my clutch and the resivoir keeps emptying out. Then my f$$£$^£^ng 300 s left rear shock is finished bigtime, at least i supsect it is the shock. the wheel moves up and down in the arch at speed quit badly, as was pointed out by the police officer who arrested me yesterday because my car did not check out in my name and niether did the paperwork cause the f$$$%£$ stupid arse£%^$% had the wrong information, ie my name is Warren-lee Sheehan on my id, and Warren Sheehan on the V5 form, for fucks sake. put two and two together. An…

Think I read somewhere that you can perform a test without a compression tester... is this true, if so how?

I saw a cherry/dark red Z between Harewood and Alwoodley on the Harrogate to Leeds road on friday afternoon and on saturday saw a red Z - reg BK Z something on the M621 heading out of Leeds towards the M62 - I flashed from behind but i was in my 206 DTurbo saving fuel!

Just a quick smoke question... Took new car to be out for test drive yesterday and 200 yards up the road got caught in traffic - the exhaust was chucking out loads of white smoke; thought a cloud had decended on me Little further on, after a short drive all was okay and never saw smoke for rest of 45 mins I was out... As the car ha been permantly in a showroom for the past month since getting off the boat is this kinda thing normal or what?

howcome uve not been on msn for absolutely ages?

Passed mot today after not driving 'Z' since billing. After a lot of new bits its pukka, did 1/2 tank in an hours or so Now all I need is new pants & tyres !!! Im back & lovin' it, lovin' it, lovin' it. Thank god for ABS ! harve

I will do a straight swap! Steve's Z for my Z plus a couple of beers. What do you think? Andy

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ok so this is the most annoying thing in the world and has a mind of its own. So how do you get rid of it? Also do speedo convertor chips do it? Any opinions on speedo chips?

Hi again, just fitted my 18's on my car 10x18 rear 8x18 front 265/35x18 rr 235/40x18 front anyone else out there with same set up who can advise on pressures. Set mine at 2.2 bar rear and 2 bar frt

My stock gauge reads about max on full boost but my £200 GReddy Trust gauge only ever reads 0.5 kg/cm2 What the F***? 0.5 bar is 7psi no? Im as lost as ever. Glen

went for first real run in the Z today. All i have to say is WOW! Its too fast to be real! Jesus, only one thing.. dont getcarried away on wet roads, u end up sideways

cheers for answer... [This message has been edited by T3RBO (edited 06-10-2001).]

Today WALES near RHOSMOOR. Is this any one here. You Tim?

Hi mate, Sorry I didn't answer your question from the "Who lives near the Z Centre' thread. "hey Van300... I have seen a few ZX in Derby....and Alvaston area!....One Black, One dark grey, 2 red one with aftermarket spoiler....which on eis yours?" I've been through Alvaston quite a few times....lovely roads and not too many cops out that way. My Z is UK spec, grey and is in stock form. What about yours? Z you around, Van

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How does insurance work on a second car? Do you have to put it on a new policy or can you add it to your existing one. Driving my Z all the time is costing too much and I need a day driver to drive to uni, the pub, take away. Stuart

Hello! could you please tell me if there are any club meetings held in the Northampton area or surrounding areas.

Or it could be today depending when you read this or maybe you've even missed it and its in the past Guildford cruise Sunday 07 October 300zx meeting at AFM Audi/Porshe in Guildford http://search.yell.com/search/DoSearch?state=INI&screen=VAL&targetName=&businessType=CAR+DEALERS+%26+DISTRIBUTORS&companyName=&location=GUILDFORD&submit.x=39&submit.y=16 Time 8pm If the link didnt work just check out http://www.yell.co.uk and look for car dealers in Guildford. You'll find a map to AFM. Hope to see a few bods Tim