General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I`ve recently been bitten by the 300zx bug after simply seeing the huge wedge of a beast roll past me in all it`s steroid and adrenalin induced malevolence.I`m self employed so a bit restricted in which financer i use.So i`m seeking out dealers who use the financer i`m already with to save me account headaches.Anyway today i stumbled across a local Jap import specialist with a number of interesting motors.Including YES you`ve guessed it,a red 1990 G reg,70,000 miles,r/hand drive,UK ready zx300,huge spoiler and lovely alloys(which will save me getting any) for£5995. Providing my financer will finance fully a 10 year old car(they should seeing as it is a car that i`d imag…

Skewing the 'Speed camera/safety' thread away from the Police and towards Insurance companies, I call my learned friend Andy P, who wisely said: "Stopping distances are reduced by f-off brakes, fat sticky tyres and grippy road surfaces." So why the crackers do Insurance companies LOAD your premium if you got em??? I was quoted £564 for stock TT rising to £904 for Import TT, mention wheels, suspension mods and exhaust and it goes up to £1700. Perhaps I'm going a bit funny after all the drugs I did in the 60's but surely big brakes, suspension handling kits and fat tyres make a car safer. I think I'll buy a sensible car Tim, perhaps you would join me…

Taking the police car thread a bit further I found myself been paced by an unmarked Volvo T5 down the M42 some years ago the guy looked everybit bsiness man well I took the apparent challenge and off we went I was then driving a well modded Sierra Cosworth and after some 5 or six miles of 120 + a break in the traffic came and off I went 150 ish left him well back,slowed by some traffic he was back, got off at my junction and then saw the dreaded radio! he followed made an instant decision to stop just of the junction.The guy flew out of his car and shouted and raved, meanwhile a fully marked T5 came and he spoke to them for 10 seconds or so and they left by now I am th…

Further to the M4 thread, can anyone tell me how the police forces get their hands on these sort of cars e.g. BMW 535i, Volvo T4, Bora 2.3 VTi!!! Do they actually buy theses cars for this purpose or do they ring local dealerships and hire them out for periods at a time? Coz, if they are buying 40K's worth of 535i to thrash up and down the motorways catching people speeding I think this is a bit OTT! I can understand them having T5's and Range Rovers etc. Well maybe I can't, Staffordshire police use Isuzu Troopers which are considerably cheaper than RR's? I heard somewhere recently, bike mag I think, that some forces are using unmarked R1's to catch bik…

just found this on the 200 forum just in case it's true.... ------------------ UK 92 TT White Mongoose K&N AVCR KYB Eibach

hey guys whats the best way to record fuel usage fill her first and record, empty her first? remember here in old NZ we work in Kms and litres, also whats the best octane fuel to use? Currently getting 300ks approx 186miles from a tank I take it this is bad huh?

Hi GuyZ, Forget it, just realised what I've done! Mong!!! Tim ;-) [This message has been edited by Timmy_Turbo (edited 03-07-2001).]

Hi People, Looks like I have split the front rubber spoiler on a fold down post at work! Dam these Z's are low!! Does anyone know if this is easy to replace? Jay(learn how to park)Z.

Just completed the last part of colour change to the dash lights.The main dash is ok but the clock and the air con displays are flourescent units so had to use micon filter. looks well cool now ALL illumination is red matches the stereo head unit display even done the auto box selector display total cost £3:00 Jeff TT

What siz are the front speakers on the Z. Cheers for any help

Check it out: http://ps2.ign.com/news/36115.html Andy

when i put my foot down and lift up on the brake pedal a screeching noise comes from the front brakes. braking seems to be ok. any suggestions welcome, thanks in advance martin ------------------ 89 jap TT manual 2+0 racelogic TC, c/b pipes, scarab front and razo turbo timer. martin@farrin.co.uk www.farrin.co.uk

Had these 3 or 4 little bubbles on the O/S sill just in front of the wheelarh. Thought it was the anti chip paint peeling. Seemed vey solid. Then at the weeked got tough on it with a very sharp screwdriver and a lot of pressure - guess what? Straight thru little holes. N/S side seems fine. Anybody else find rust? Found a small area at a seam joint near front strut mounts too. Gona get greasy with waxoyl in the sills but wonder where else could be suspect - 92 UK TT Willie

Finally picked up my 92 SWB TT on Friday night, and thought I'd stop drving long enough to write this ! I have the infamous 'gurgling' sound, can anyone tell me if the valves are behind the front or rear removable section in the front arches (ie bumper or wing). Also, torque in my car seems to tail off at 5500 rpm, but is really strong up to there. Is this normal on a standard Z or do I have a problem. Was going to get a rolling road session anyway, but if its anything obvious, will fix it before then. Cheers for any help, think it's gonna take a while to get used to working on this car !

We're crap, we're crap!!! Tennis, cricket, football and driving carZ!!! We're so, so arse!!! LMFAO! So it's official, Mikhail Shoe-Maker has won again in a wop car! REZPECT to the Shoe-Maker! Tim :-( P.S. We're getting desperate now, re-animate Mansell and get Damon off the golf course!

I am selling my Jim Wolf chip and boost jets. The chip and jets allow you to run max 13psi boost - safely. Thats a lot more power - JWT claim a 50bhp hike! Chip and jets have been in my Z for 2 years without a hitch. They do not suffer from wear and tear so they are as new! I am upgrading to another chip so do not need the current one. If you still have the std chip you will need to have the ECU modified to take a replaceable chip as the stock ECU's chip doesn't just snap out. But you have to do this with any chip you buy and lot's of places will do it for you. JWT's price around $700 plus shipping, import duty, vat etc etc. My price £185 + postage. Contact me…

Anyone got any spare "Z" wheel nut covers ?? I've only got the one, so am looking for the full set. Summer's finally here so the Z needs tarting up....

Ok I need some figures on this one, cheers. I have made a cheaking tool to do the side to side measurement (vernier gauge & tooling) The rear rims are 9.76mm toe in! The front rims are exactly the same! After having chewed the new tyres since the april meet. I have to rectify this asap before the real rims & rubber arrive. I've looked at tt.net all last night to find a solution but to no avail. The car is booked in to a tyre specialist on tuesday. He has some setting for the front but not the rear. Can anyone tell me the settings, my car is stock alround, but will fitting 18's mean resetting tracking again? Many thanks in advance guys. har…

In the book(300ZX companion etc.) it states that while testing the car and it's newly designed engine they experienced oil starve problems. So why didn't they sort it out? Baffled!?!?!? Anyone else got any tech thoughts about this? Tim :-(

Join us while we're meant to be workin'..... andrewduff60@hotmail.com - there, that's my hotmail address - come and join us...... CheerZ, Andy

Hiya guyZ, Vodka and Redbull makes you post like you've never posted before Who's got msn at work then??? Myself, Nick, Ajay, Matty, Craig etc doing no work but all being lovely friends with each other - only problem being that msn can only support 5 users at a time Time for 2 windows if this gets popular CheerZ, Andy

Hiya Craig, Hows about an email address people can forward usefull 300zx urls to..... I'm sure if you don't have time there's plenty of people with enough knowledge or experience to do the job(including yours truly...). Just using webferret I've found thousands of sites - if other people do the same we could have one hell of a links section I could have sent this to your email but I thought I'd be a complete bastard and point out my idea to everyone on the forum who reads this thinking they are Craig CheerZ, Andy.... guess whos in trouble now........!!

OK OK, I aint posting a new topic every time I find a new Z site - instead, I'll give you the info you all need to find the siteZ I've been looking at..... http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-3356733-108-18640.html?bt.Ferrets%20oft.10013..dl-18640 Click on the download link and you should be able to download a program called Webferret.... If the link above doesn't work, try:- http://www.webferret.com and follow the links from there.... Once you've installed the softwarem, you can search every search engine known to man from one location - the webferret window Enjoy guyZ, Andy

Just for you guyZ, I thought this might be of some use to everyone... http://www.alldata.com/recalls/index.html Its just a list of recall notices - click on the link your car was made (NOT the registration date - there is sometimes quite a difference between reg date and manufacture date ). Hope this is of some use to SOMEONE CheerZ, Andy

Hiya GuyZ, Just thought I'd share this one with you all. Just given the car such a hard caning that the brake pads were litteraly smoking when I got home Nice dry roads with not many people on them - and I know I said in my last post DON'T SPEED but this was an exception I've never seen my pads actually smoke before due to heat - this was cool as....... CheerZ, Andy