General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi, I have just fitted the new oil cooler and lines and before I get finished putting radiator in and cranking over the engine............ I have a few questions..... 1) I can't find the restrictor in the old oil lines as I only had the ones from the block to the metal hard pipes.... no restrictor seems to be in them..... do I need to get one and fit it to the new braided lines? Made restrictor myself 2) How do I prime the new oil cooler and oil lines before firing the engine for the first time? I know about cranking the engine without ignition to prime the turbo's..... Do I fill the oil cooler manually? Going To fill oil cooler before I fill engine to make sure there…

im struggling to get my pics up. It gets to upload then nothing??

Not sure if this is the right section, but il pretend it is. I've been thinking for a little while about this, the yanks seem quite keen on it and few clubs are turning up around the uk. For those that are unfamiliar with what autocross is, it's a times point to point race through a series of cones, usually in a flat surface. The cars usually required to be road legal and to have arrived under their own steam. So what's so good or different about it I hear you ask? Well price is the main thing. Costs are low due to it being able to be organised on a flat surface with permission, no track day costing. Lower speeds, shorter tracks and massive run offs mean that the…

Hi guys im respraying my car, and im doing it in my father laws garage cause im so skint. Im doing an mot course and should have it all passed by the end of month so can earn some bloody money again. Anyhow I'll get to the point lol...I took my windscreen out for respray but I think I've cut to much out. Ive removed all the bond, and the bloody 2 plastic strips that hold the weather strips. does the new Window come with a foam/sponge on it cause this one had it and I think I shouldn't have cut it all out. Anyone taken it all out where can I go from here can I buy new strips etc. other then this the car is almost ready for paint and I'll put so…

So JAE 2013 has come and gone and there's not that many pics to be seen. :thumbdown: Never had a good enough camera myself so was hoping to see some good camera skills from the member base. So come on get those cameras and phone pics posted now !:yes:

Hi guys Just bough myself an imported '92 300zx TT 5 speed manual , absolutely love the car but when i got told they'd have problems i didn't expect this fast! so! , i got the car back sunday night , working fine , test drove fine ! in the morning i took the car to work about 7 miles ! and pshhhhhhhhhhhhh off comes the power steering belt happily taking the a/c one with it too ! , 20 quid for the 2 belts ...sorted Number 2- a little smoke when idling , got told by the previous owner this was down to an oil seal leak on the drivers side turbo and only smoked a little when idling ( which was true) never the less i do want to look into it and would like advice …

Two zed's in one day! Red one this morning in mereside with high level spoiler and Ferrari lights, about 7am, and a silver one at 1.15 on whitegate drive?

hi guys ive just had the hicas outer ball joints and inner rods changed for new, after driving about 40 miles my hicas light has come on on the dash and wont go off, any ideas what could be the cause, drives and handles great still just annoying.... cheers

does anyone know were you can buy a co2 intercooler kit from in the uk ?

I'm sure I already know the answer to this, but just in case I am being dense, I wanted to ask first. My Zed is a '95 NA, but I am almost positive that the front nose (or at least the lip) is from a TT as it has the intercooler vents. Could someone confirm either way please as I am about to order some bits from the states ;) Cheers Al

Is the Rad expansion bottle meant to have this hole at the top?? So when its full it will trickle out down to the road.??

I have that new bush to go in, I have gt85'd and wire brushed the hell out of the end of the arm, finally got the nut off and stuff but can not move the arm off the bush. I exposed the inboard end of the arm but don't want to dismantle things I don't need to. Does it just need a bloody good pull. Then there is the matter of getting the bush out of the hub. All advice greatly appreciated.

Its no coincidence that the vast majority of 300ZX owners in motorsport start with a slicktop. Its the lightest model in the range. Way back in 2005 I weighed a standard NA Manual Slicktop. It weighed 1420kg as driven on to a weighbridge. Fuel around 1/3 tank. This was pretty much what Brian Long listed in his book. After a fair amount of stripping which was partially documented in a thread at the time I got the weight down to 1320kg. This was with my original red slicktop. When I built the current orange and black car I did some more weight loss but never went back to get it weighed So in its present spec I weighed it today. It weighed 1270KG. There…

My arial i swear used to work before i took engine out im sure it did but hey it ant anymore .ive checked all the connections so before ibuy a new one i wonderd if there was a easy way of checking .like unpluging it and running a live wire from the battery across it.?

I decided to spread the love outside the forum and jump on this guys donkey. He obviously loved it, I'm now wondering if woody, actually had wood lol. As you can see in the first picture... IanL was waiting like... "I'm next!!!"

Yeah man, he was trying to chat up this girl (Craig's daughter) and was like... "Hey I'm the new owner of a zed" standing all cool and that... I had him turning his hat like a real cool dude. Even got him making the tea and coffees for her lol Like this And we were just like... You look like billy from the movie BIG haha Anyone remember this guy from the mighty ducks?

So what do we think scubanesh's new name should be? This is him (Neil) - on the left trying to drink from an empty can and pretending to be drunk... Anyway. The other name options are: Scuba Steve (he love to smoke a fish at the sushi bar Scoobydoo - he uses scoobysnacks to help park the dog Sheep warrior - lord of the sheep What do you think?

here is the item number 171127093332 its on ebay, looks tidy, says the smoke is coming from the exhausts, could be condensation? mine suffered alot with that, does anyone know the car or anyone nearby that could take a look at it for me?? cheers

When I turn on the car, it takes anywhere at least 20 minutes for the car to reach temp while just sitting there, but as soon as I start driving it starts overheating. I replaced the thermastat when I installed my new radiator, but it's still the same. Should I try a sensor?

Hi I've just ordered a tinted roof rear window spoiler of eBay just wondered if it was the same as on Jason's car the beast has any one got close up pictures of his one there's not a lot of choice of roof spoilers there's a Zemax one which I'm not keen on .The jap made one made by real speed looks good but is mega money to get here it seems most are made for the 2x2 model .can some one post a pic of the eBay one I've ordered it's on a blue car in the eBay add its from the states thanks Taff.

what's the general opinion of the BIG rear spoiler on the red zx in the pics on jae 2013 thread are they sturdy ? quality ? fiiting ? doe's it flow with the body lines ? been offered one not cheap but seems reasonable ,but what are they worth ? i am in two minds

Has anybody used this type of frame and can share any comments? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-2-6T-Car-Recovery-a-Frame-Towing-Dolly-Solo-One-man-operation-/200960586859?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2eca2f346b My thoughts are is it low enough to tow a zed? Cheers

well what a way to start a weekend arrived at JAE dad calls me over and tells me i am now the proud owner of a zed to be more specific a 1989 SWB in silver shame its only a N/A and Auto but that may get changed sooner or later this car used to belong to Ade (gurteen) and more recently mark freeman few bits need sorting on it but thats about it

well what a great weekend we had up early to meet andy and tom at Lymm services then off to Knutsford to pick up Gary Wilson for our 4 zed convoy down to JAE and what a funny weekend it was so many laughs so many people taking the piss ( mainly at me) and i cant forget the booze and the barbie so big thanks to voddy for organizing it and next year should be Bigger and better than ever more to follow

All you guy,s looking for some bling Check this out Cheerz http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300ZX-TWIN-TURBO-CHROME-INTAKE-PLENUM-/281167357705