General Discussions - 300ZX Related

check out the karting info in the news section. As of tonight, there are only 9 driver spaces left, and i have 3 possible drivers who will confirm on Tuesday, and 1 north london driver whose money is on its way i think. That may only leave 5..... All spaces are first come first served. So email me for my bank details, and you can get your place secured. craig@avnet.co.uk I might try and arrange some more places, but the downside to that is that we all get less tracktime. So 20 is the ideal number. As i sure as heck want as much time on track as i can get, without paying for two spaces :)

Chaps: What can cause this? Cause I seem to have it :-( /\/\ark

I am 23 and have been saving for a Jap super car for 3 yrs. I had settled for a Supra as a 300zx seemed out of my league. It is looking like I might be able too aford a Z so I would like some guidance before I make the leap. Could I expect to get a reasonable car for £5K ? Would a budget of 1K a year be enough to keep your average stock model running nicely (servicing,maintance and repairs)? Are there many Z friendly mechanics around Swindon? Would you seasoned hands still talk to me if I held off on the mods while I got used to the car? Thanks, Phil.

I have just tried to finalise my purchase of the HKS modified ZX, when the dealer put the paper work to the finance company they came back and said that they would only go up to 10K on this type of veihcle, this was the same response from several companies. Has anybody had this problem before and can somebody recomend a finance company that will take the ZX on board, they seem to think they are very specialised car and are nervous.

Hi guys, While I was sitting in traffic this morning I was wondering does anyone know what the maximum RPM is on a standard Z32 TT with the speed limiter removed? Can the VG30DETT handle 8000RPM+ safely or would it need stronger internals? Thanks guys, Trev.

I am a new joiner, and currently awaiting delivery of my car. The car is an imported short wheelbase 2 seater Fairlady Z twin turbo of 1994.7 origin. The model has the slightly higher set spoiler. I am concerned about the siting of the rear fog light, and agreed to have an external one filled under the bumper, rather than have the bumper cut at this stage. I would like to have a better job after delivery and would like information about the fitting on other member's cars. Can the rear cluster be modifier/replaced, or is this not legal. Is the only option to have twin rear fogs cut neatly into the rear bumper, as I see on some of the member's pictures? Thank you…

I am using s-unleaded with castrol octane booster which has stopped the detonation. Is this OK to use? I know anything has to be better than detonation but does anyone know of any long term problems that this might cause. Besides the stuff being bloody expensive. Thanks, Andy. PS. thanks to Rowan for all his help.

Evening, With all this talk of removing cats, I was wondering if I would receive any added performance with my normally aspirated Fairlady. It's a K 92 - is that just out of the age bracket for doing it legally? Cheers, John

Just heard from my Nissan dealer, I need a new 'front crank seal', gonna cost me £225 fitted. Ah well every cloud has a silver lining, I've been meaning to get an underdrive pulley for ages. Will the crankk pulley have to be removed to fit the seal, in that caser I suppose my new pulley will be installed for free? Dave

I have just been told that i will need to upgrade my brakes as i am running about 350bhp to Tarrox 6 potts then i will need to change my rimms to 18" to accomodate, is there not a more intermediate upgrade i can go to from standard brakes

Hi, I am considering buying a zx tt at the end of the year when as I have decided to get rid of my company car (ford mundaneo, nuff said ..) I have read that the auto is preferable as they eat manual boxes. Is this true? I would prefer a manual to an auto. Any comments?

Can anybody help me, i am looking at a 300ZX with a series of HKS mods, there are two small boxes in the glove box with various buttons etc can anybody identify what these may be, all the dealer can tell me that it has been modified to aprox 400bhp with s/s exhaust system inductor kit, blow of valves but still running on stnd wheels & brake combo any advise and imput much apreciated. Tim.

Rough acceleration and idling (minor). But cured when ECU is reset. I find that the running of my engine becomes rougher over time but everytime I reset my ECU (disconnect battery) the engine runs so much smoother and revs cleaner especially at higher revs! It then becomes rough again so I reset the ECU and so on .......... The boost remains the same etc. I thought the ECU learns and improves the running of the engine not make it worse. Any knowledge in this area? For those who are having probs or havn't ever done this I suggest you give it go and see if you notice any difference!

Thinking of possibly doing away with my cats. DP Motorsport have quoted me £70+vat each for cutom made testpipes. This also includes 'flanging' my cats so I can swap 'em over at MOT time. Could I also gut the precats and remain legal? (I have a '94 model). On the subject of precats, I remember reading that the Z only has a precat on the left hand side as there is no room for one on the right & that pre 92 models have no precats at all. Is this true, or did I dream it up one night after a *couple* of beers? Dave

Last night, at about 3am, a couple of little b*****ds managed to get under my bonnet (after ruining the door handles on both doors in an unsuccessful attempt to gain entry) and mess with the engine. I am severely pissed!! So, if any of you guys are down the pub and you hear a couple of guys boasting about breaking into a red 300zx, give 'em a kicking from me will ya! Andy (who is rather scared about the potential repair bill) P.S. I passed a red 300zx in Enfield on Satuday. The guy driving waved to me. Don't suppose it was any of you lot??

Can someone help! I've finally got round to replacing the standard head unit in my UK spec (1993) TT. I bought an interface wiring harness to avoid any "cut and shuts" (also means I can put the old unit back in if ever I sell up......... All seemd well when I fired up the new stereo (Sony M700R) until I checked out the (standard, crap, O.E) rear speakers - no sound at all. I ran a separate wire from the the resr output of the head unit to another speaker I had and this worked fine (i.e. nothing wrong with the stereo itself). So I checked the harness and found something a bit wierd........ The "Power Pax" interface harness has a 6 way plug with 4 pins in …

I have an intermittent problem with the right hand sensor here. (its on the water pump in or outlet for those that can't picture it) If i touch or move it (the centre spins inside the mount) then when the engine is running, the electric fan is on constantly, regardless of temperature. (Like now) It stops at some completely random time, a few hours later, or the next day. So, my guess is that this sensor is knackered, no problem, i'll sort that out on Monday. But, is it purely connected to the electric fan, or is it also an ECU input too ? It seems to me that the left hand sensor would be the ECU and gauge sensor, based on the connector type bei…

I drove past North Weald Yesterday and the "Drag Racing Sunday" sign is up outside. There is no date on it but it wasn't there on Wednesday. If anybody is considering going You need to be there at or before 9AM. By 10AM it is fully booked for entries, I found to my disappointment from my last two efforts at going, even though I only live 1.5 Miles away. Anybody going? Let me know. Grant

As some of you may know I am having problems with my newly rebuilt auto tranny and the odd bit of detonation here and there LOL! The car is due to have the tranny rechecked but the company that did it is on a shut down for two weeks. They feel that the ecu could be the problem or one of the sensors that is causing the tranny prob. The TPS has checked out fine and diagnostics has not surfaced with a problem. Basically, I am trying to find someone who has an ECU floating around and A/T MU so I can eleminate them as being the problem. Preferably an ECU that has been chipped to cope with around 13+ PSI and run on 'OUR FUEL'. I may even be able to eleminate the detonation…

Anders.. I saw your post on tt.net about Mines chips. This is a good warning for all with Japanese imports. Japanese aftermarket chips are (usually) designed to run on 100+ octane as this is what you can get at the pumps in Japanland (daaayum!) Some good examples are: Mines Veilside Central Brain When run on NZ or UK spec 96 octane these chips can detonate big time. A number of engines have had holes blown in pistons here or burnt ringlands from majar detonation from these nasty chips. We had a customer with a car in a couple of weeks back complaining of detonation after he tried winding up the boost - the original tuner told him that it was o…

hello how are you? well im in rome now with a bit of a problem i burned a aprk plug and have had a nightmare getting new ones, which ones do i need? i think i damaged a piston im going for a compression test tomorrow. the car has started to smoke white blue. so i am worried,, anyway we wnet to the nurburgring in germany and i must say it has been the highlight of my life going around there it is so scary, the first feqw times as the porshes come past you like you are looking for reverse i was airborn twise on my first lap and got sidways about 6 times lol i never wanted to go again, but then i slowed down and really enjoyed myself, i was overtaken by a bee…

Okay, i guess the 10th is all sorted out now, with Silverstone TRAX 2000, although we may not get any track time..... but hey, 0-60 competition anyone ? hehehe But, what about the 9th. Is anyone still interested in karting at Streatham 8pm to 10pm on the saturday night ? I have got a reprieve until friday to book...

Hi all, I'm hoping to buy myself a 300 soon, this month hopefully, and stumbled across 300zx.co.uk just a couple of weeks ago. It's great to find some dedicated UK owners, especially after spending previous weeks looking through the other, very US-specific, Z32 forums =) Anyway, I still have a few basic uncertainties I'd like to clear up before settling on a car, therefore I'm hoping I can draw on the collected experience of you fine bunch here! Okay, the questions: 1. UK spec or Japanese spec? A dealer I spoke to recently favoured Jap., as their underbodies haven't had to withstand salty UK roads, but I see from other threads that they come with vario…

Sorry to keep boring you all with this again. I have just driven my friends 300 again (which I still want to buy but still worried about problems) and it seems not liking anything above 4500-4800 rpm, just doesn't seem to have ANY top end at all. Also it was very hesitant from cold ( I didn't drive it hard for about 20 mins of steady driving), started off fine and with a little more pedal it just seemed to die off all of a sudden. I am still very confused but appreciate all of your wisdom. Please explain in non tech language what a MAS is. Also would a dodgy 02 sensor possibly contribute towards this power drain and hesitancy, if so How much are they and from…

How much did it cost you? Andy