General Discussions - 300ZX Related

weather looks good today, no work for me so she's coming out

Hi , where is the best place to purchase a set of standard main and big end shells from , any particular makes I should look for ? Thanks Sayers

So today I made the long trip south to Wokingham to meet Rob.aka Boomin 33. I went to buy something from him not related to his 2+2. He also needed a starter to get his car running. Rob tempted me down with a good deal so I could "help" him get the car fired up. So we dragged it outside . Jacked it up . swapped the starter. fiddled with a bit of a loose wire... AND............................. It fired up within 15 secs!!!!! I was next to the engine when it did . No rattles or knocks. Not even a tappy lifter. Settled down remarkably quickly given that it hasnt run in two years. At the rear only steam from the exhaust as you would expect on a cold mornin…

Today I actually got round to checking the purchase over,After running her up for around 20 mins and not seeing anything untoward, Me and Al went for a little drive. Needle on Temp gauge halfway,heater nice and hot.gave it a bit of welly (Iv'e missed that!) no vapour/smoke, needle still halfway........... Got her back in the Garage and felt around the pipes etc and could actually touch them and the radiator!-couldn't do this on the last Z without Hospital treatment after lol! So initial findings are.........well nothing! This is looking to be a Genuine 30,000 mile car with the sweetest sounding engine I have had in a Z, will do a pressure check tomorrow as a matt…

Been trying to get the front windscreen washer going with no luck. The rear seems to be working but the front doesn't even make any noise. Does anybody please have any ideas.. Trying to get hold of another bottle but don't really fancy taking it all out.

My new zed arrived this week, its a TT, manual, LWB. Plenty of work to do on her including needing a new engine but it will keep me busy over winter. It's a very solid shell, needs a bit of body work doing & a new interior. Hoping to get her on the road next summer. Currently putting together a big list of parts needed.

Recently, the door lock on the driver's side (left hand side - EU) has broken. The key goes in and spins 180 degrees without doing anything. I've gone to the official Nissan repair shop and they told me a small part had broken inside the door that holds the lock in place. The bad news was that they were unable to get it or even find a part number for it, so I looked for it on the online parts database and ordered two separate parts that I thought were right from Germany. They weren't, so now I took a picture of the part in question in the hopes that someone here will be able to recognize it and hopefully provide the real part number. Any help is appreciated! :) The l…

Started the year blending in the sides of the veilside body kit to the , yes you guessed it the side of the car,after spending what i thought was going to be a day,but it took four and a half days weilding up the sills and floor, now solid. deleated and blanked of the front side indicator out of the front wing and made a new hole and fitted a honda pelude rear bumper light to the front side of the front valence.Got my headlamp striped and got the plastic inserts sent away to be chromed, and whilst i had them open i decided to have a play and put chromed amber indicator bulbs in them. sent my alloys away to be powder coated in satin black. Relaced all the P.C.V.valve thin…

Hi all, I'm booked in for a track day in december at Goodwood, but the day has a limit of 98dB. I was a little worried I would struggle with the noise, even though I wouldn't call my Z loud by any means. The left side exhaust put out 99dB and the right side put out 101dB. I'm glad I went along to have it checked so at least I know before the event, but I don't think there's much I can do, 3dB doesn't sound a whole lot but it's actually quite a bit to chase in terms of cost. Looks like I'll be taking my dad's rather docile RX8. Unless anyone has some magical tips?? Cheers all

I have an idea that i want to do in the spring. i would like to puchase a double din sterio with the norm stuff sat nav ect . And rear parking cam , But i would want to poss change the little cam and position it so its forward facing so i can look at the hight of speed bumps round my way and then laters moving it so i can do what ever with it. could this be done easy anoth me thinks.

What double din head unit model do you have in your motor cas it looks nice and does it have sat nav and reversing cam.

Hi everyone, as the title suggest, will 200sx s14 adjustable tensions arms fit a zed?.. It seems like they will but if anyone knows anything fro sure would be grand. Going to tackle the camber arms later and see fi I can get them to fit and then pick some tension rods up to fix the caster issue. Then hopefully happy driving will be restored in time for winter....... Best, William.

Is there a specail way to bleed these cars and especally now when ive just spent the last two days in replacing 80 percent of the brake pipes. is there a bleed niple under the hood as well on the wing or is that a clutch one? cheers

I have a violent steering wheel shake under braking. I remember some talk on here of some worn bushed that can cause this. Which ones were they and where can I get replacement rubber ones from? Thanks

Sorry a 350z not a z32 but sometimes when those little jobs go off track it can be so frustrating! so said 350z was in for clutch change today as it was slipping under load at motorway speeds in top gear. So within 5 minutes of it been in the air I could see the exhaust nuts were looking nasty, so plenty of freeing agent and get on with some of the other nuts and bolts. So even with heat and the best fitting sockets they rounded off, not one, not two but all four!!! eventually after getting some of my Mac tools socket hammered on they moved but then snapped all of then doh!! With the exhaust off the box was soon out and the clutch removed,…

Just wondering whether anyone has considered doing this modification? It's a simple 'hidden' OEM-esq type mod which I have been wanting to do for a while now. My last 4 DDs have had it and I find it quite useful on motorway driving. I have come across some wiring schematics, but nothing that I've actually understood in terms of relays required or what have you. I have come across this: http://e31wiki.org/wiki/One-touch_turn_signal_module but was hoping there may be an easier route to take with this? Just wondering whether groover or phutumsch have looked into this or would know?

Hi guys, My mechanic came around today to fit these arms: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-300ZX-Z32-90-96-JDM-Front-Adjustable-Upper-Camber-Arm-Upper-Arms-/370936356724?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item565d879f74 The trouble is he said that they don't fit!?.. apparently the ends are too wide? he said if they were lathed down they might fit and he did try to do one end to fit bit no luck... Also he said they didn't seem to tighten when doing up the allen key bits, has anyone had experience with this?! Any help would be much appreciated! Kind regards, W

I've put on a gearbox and diff and rear subframe from another car with less km and the vibration got worse than before. Even worse when I went from 19" to 16" wheels. Also replaced the bushing with energy bushing on the subframe and diff. There was no vibration from the car I took the parts from. I don't have the car right now. (in poland to change the sills) But I have tried to rotate the 1 piece driveshaft 180 degress. didn't help. (90 degree was not possible. The holes did not match on the aluminium part/wheel on the diff.) (the aluminium parts has got a few dents in it..... I'm guessing the bushing change might have enhanced the vibration ???

Nice article on what is like to drive the IMSA raced 1993 Nissan 300ZX "75" car. Driven by Steve Millen (owner of the Stillen company) and Johnny O'Connell the car developed over 700HP and 600 torques and together with the "76" car dominated the IMSA GTO and GTS categories between '90 to 95'. The article was published in the US Cigar Aficionado magazine in '95: http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/High-Speed-Dreams_7653/p/1 "Coming out of the first turn, a sharp right-hander, I give the car its first taste of octane. For a fraction of a second, it accelerates demonically, like Porsches I've been in, wildly fast, but nothing beyond physi…

oh were to buy one ? ive looked on flebay but arnt paying 400 dollar for one .apparently you can pick um up for a nifty 50 notes but were.

The other day i had a faulty bulb and wiggling the wires and all the rear stop and tail lights went out.so i thought i have blown a fuse but i havnt.i must say i still have all rear brake lights in all four working just not the rear side tail lights.ive checked all the fuses under the footwell near pedals.is there anymore fuses i can check else were.or also could have i blown the little black box thing that sits in the rear os light unit ? But when i unpluged that i lossed my brake lights aswell.is there two circets in there.and if thats the case has anyone got a spare please? Or have i missed a fuse somwere else?

Keep them peeled please Just been posted on Z Club Site Stolen In Dublin where it was up for sale http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/vintagecars-for-sale/1974-datsun-260z-stolen-tonight/5931286

how easy is it to remove the gearbox oil cooler that sits underneath my uk 1990 tt.? assumming thats what it is. my cars at my brother garage having all the brake pipe replace and im going to do a hicas deleation as well so i thought whist im there i might as well get rid of some more unsightly pipe work.

Hi all, I've been busy at work lately so been keeping myself on the low with the forums recently. So after a couple of PM's from concerned members I thought I'd give everyone an update on my zed. Currently it's up on four axle stands so that I can get the exhaust off and the engine out. Unfortunately for me there's a few fairly rusted bolts and I can't get the exhaust off, as well as that the weather cover I had over the zed wasn't waterproof and of course the bonnet was off and so was the plenum so my engine block I'd more like a gold fish bowl. Half my zed interior is in my hut and the rest is up the loft along with new spoiler, bumper and w…

There's a company on ebay selling twin turbo msp/ams copies at the moment for £110 delivered for the pair. Mine arrived in days and quality is outstanding. From the research I've done it seems that these are almost identical to ams/msp manifolds at a huge reduction in price.