General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi fellaz, I had a rather worrying experience yestoday. Coming back from Harry's the car started with the HICAS warning light on. Thought ohhhhhhh shiiiiiitttttttt. Drove down the car park with no strange/lack of power steering. Turn the ignition off and restarted and HICAS warning light disappeared, phhhewwwww. Car drove fine after that. Errrrr, should I be worried as this could be a warning of future Zed sickness????? Today, got the wheels/ tyres sorted out i.e. left wheels on left side of car and right wheels on right. Things were looking goooooooood. After work I took a colliege out for a spin in the Z. Everything was fine until I sensed that the Z seemed sluggi…

Was speaking with my engine builder today about engine balance and brought up the subject on lightened flywheels and underdrive pulleys. I think everyone who currently has an underdrive pulley fitted must notice the more agressive engine note beyond 3000rpm. The is because the at certain RPM's, the crankshaft will resonate violently and this usually overcome by the stock front pulley with harmonic balancer. The outer part of the stock pulley is supported by a flexible rubber bond which dampens the tortional vibration of the crank. An underdrive pulley does not have a tortional dampener built into it and therefore cannot dampen the vibration resulting in r…

is it a good idea to clean off all the crap that builds up inside the wheel arches or does it offer some sort of protection? If I clean it off, do I spray or paint anything on there like waxoil? Vijay

For standard fit Momo steering wheel. If anyone has one spare I'd love to buy it. Ta Glen glenlewis@newyorkcity.com

I have a lovely Momo steering wheel and the guy I bought my Zed from, Chris Foster, kindly agreed to swap the center cap on my newly bought wheel for a cool Nizmo one (as this looked daft on his Escort Cabrio) After we had got the business of exchanging hairdresser gags out the way we swapped, only mine got lost in the post Now I feel like a complete c*** and was, in a long winded way, gonna ask if anyone knows where I can buy a standard Momo center cap? Thanks for reading this far, you are more patient than me Glen

Hi GuyZ, Just thought I'd post this after my latest experience. You may or may not have seen that my petrol filler neck tube thingy was completely rusted away. Anyway, the reason I'm posting this is to suggest that you just keep an eye on things down there as it is well hidden away and I had no clues whatsoever until the pipe was completely goosed Only a five second job to remove the arch liner at the back and check the condition etc - god knows how much fuel I've wasted cleaning the roads with it... The problem would have come if some fuel had splashed onto the exhaust and gone up in flames.... I wouldn't have been very happy then A very quick check would…

I think I have some decent pictures of your car from Billing JAE if you want me to post them on the site I will. Bloody nice car if it is yours. See ya Tim

Where do the drain holes on the T-Tops drain to. I think that is where the water is getting in to my car. The holes at the back of the T-Tops, just seem to run down the inside the door pilar. The front ones just seem to seap the water through the rubber Any suggestions? Stuart

Any good? Should I buy one? Blitz or other make - I like the 0-60 and Mph on the Blitz? How much, any deals? Thanks Tim

Any suggestions for replacement side repeaters...pref clear ones.... Regardz

muwhahahahahahahaha ------------------ BUFF MAN 300ZX SUPER HERO!!!! or is that DUFFMAN????

Anyone know of any jobs going in IT for someone with mega Mac experience, very little PC but trained Graphics Designer, just been told my contracts up in 2 weeks - Doh! Tim

Okay, then guyz. I have read on this forum that the TT will do 186 in standard, delimited form. Where did this figure come from and can is be sudstantiated? The 200sx forum think we're talking b***ocks! Help! Tim

Nameplate Rankings Reported Problems Per 100 Vehicles 1. Lexus 216 2. Porsche 220 3. Infiniti 245 4. Toyota 299 5. Acura 304 6. Jaguar 308 7. Mercedes-Benz 308 8. Honda 318 9. Lincoln 337 10. Buick 340 damn that's hurting there's not even 1 american company in the top 8..............

Have just bought an 90/91 uk Z tottaly standard 72k car and I have a few question!My car is really gutsy- 120 miles 40 quid of fuel is this excessive or can any body suggest a known problem? I need rear shocks whats good and AVAILABLE!? I want new wheels and need advice on sizes etc 18" is on the shopping list? Are the gubbins behind the inner wing splash guards important as one of mine is leaking, can they be bypassed or what are they? Sorry to go on guys but I really like my Z and love cars I am a time served technician and will hopefully be of some use to this forum tech wise MOT etc. one last thing excess wear rear rack can it be adjusted or does anyone have a good s/…

Matty, you've got mail. Give me a shout on 07044016586 please. Cheers! Danny

Just wanted to know if any of you have gotten rid of your space-saver and replaced it with those "tyre-weld" canisters in case of a flat? I'm thinking of getting a couple of those canisters but will it actually fill a 245 size rear tyre enough to get to the nearest petrol station for some air? Anyone have any experiences (good/bad) with them? Thanks! Danny

Have you seen the indiglo dials that are being developed in the US??? They look fantastic. This pic is of the day but he said that we will get a picture of them at night soon. When he makes them for the UK TT I'm buying. Am sure if we get a few we could get some money off. Is there anywhere where we can buy them here? Stuart

opinions please =)

it's all been a bit serious on here today so try this...... my results tell me to go and buy a corsa ! lol http://cartalk.cars.com/Survey/Results/Psychographics/

hehehe - what do you guys reckon to a "I want to slag off somebody" forum??? I reckon its a great idea and then people who didn't want to get upset could stay away.... CheerZ, Andy

it looks as though i could get an improvement on my brakes with some sort of upgraded fluid and after looking on tt.net to see how easy installing ss pipes and bleeding the system would be, they say dont use dot 5 fluid ? anyone know why ?

How the hell are those bits of wood in the "boot" suppossed to fit??? Kyrpton Factor...or have I got the bits from a completely different car.... or am i just solid...... Regardz

Okey dokey here are the deals 4 PEOPLE OR MORE AND I CAN GET A SET 1: SLOTTED FRONT DISCS 2: SLOTTED REAR DISCS 3: GREENSTUFF BRAKE PADS For the incredible price of 369.00 Pounds plus deliver which is about 24 squid LESS THAN 4 PEOPLE IT IS 380.00 Pounds Per set. IF YOU WANT JUST FRONT DISCS AND REDSTUFF PADS IT IS 218.00 Pounds I want to try and get this ordered by the 20th of next month, but if we get enough people togehter now we can do it for sooner.. PS please only reply if you are interested as it gets confusing for me ------------------ BUFF MAN!!!! or is that DUFFMAN????