General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Thanks to Noel for his efforts yesterday and overnight to get my car mapped ready for the TimeAttack event this weekend. Time has quite literally been against us from the start with the amount of work to be done, got the car up to him to map for the changed setup but niggles with setting up the new ecu meant it wasn't to be :( Anyhow, I managed to get up there last night and we traced the issues and got the car mapped, finishing around 4:30am this morning... And of course thanks to Jimmer for getting the car rebuilt in time too! Now to start getting packed up to go to Oulton Park this evening. Going to be a long day:blink:

Hi all, going to get a boost leak tester made up tomorrow, I've read of two methods of doing the test... Can I just attach the airline end to where the MAF sensor is and pressurise? or do you need to remove the hoses from the throttle bodies and put blanking plugs in each one? OR are both methods just as good as each other? Thanks in advance! Kane

Booked in for MoT tomorrow morning:clap: Originally got this Z back in 2011 after passing through a few club members hands, http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?156314-My-latest-purchase, and as we all know time just seems to fly past, but, with hectic work/life changes, decided to get it sorted, well rather the very capable Lee Dent, of L.A.Auto's Shrewsbury. who I entrusted to work his magic on it, as I am too busy atm. He did the engine swap for me and also did the usual deletes/mods, infact his attention to detail and passion for Z's is refreshing to see in the trade. I am in the motor trade myself, and it was still a pleasure to pop down to his p…

Hi guys bit of of help needed here sent my car to said trader for work to be done on my car and when I went to collect it the car there was damage, this is the third time this has happened to me,anyway trader said to get a price from dent master which I did but they couldn't do the repair because paint work was damaged,took the car to two body shops and there price where £200 and £150 at local once to me,I didn't think this was to bad bearing in mined I don't want a sh.t job as no one would right? But he is saying this price is way to much, is it??? I am no expert but would I do this job for £150 don't think so,but anyhow see pictures attached dent is right hand side of r…

Hi guys i have been watching and still trying to work it out, N/A subframes swapped onto TT's why? and what are the benefits? and is it done alot? and do you lose the hicas then and just go the lock out/ eliminate the hicas then? Thanks in advance, Trev.

Got a hissing sound coming from passenger side, I've had a look and there's a downward facing pipe not far from the front. This looks like it should have a small pipe attached, but doesn't ? Engine also seems to be hunting a bit on idle, still drive ok though Any help ?? :)

Hey folks been absent for a while..ya know life..work..wife... anyhow back here and thinking to put a new xenon kit into my Z, lots of doubts here since some people tell me to go for 8000K but some other say best choice is 6000K since the 8000 will blue more but! less light..and I think they are right from what I read. My doubts come alone when I want to choose the right one.. I do know I need a H3 6000k BUT WHAT BRAND? A buddy who´s Canadian mentioned me about BEAMERS they seem to be pretty good lights but only one problemo, they don´t have any distributors in Europe and they do not ship international, so only choice would be finding someone from Edmonton Ca, be…

whats plugs should i use for 300zxtt i also see you can buy a cooler plug whats the best way to go here

what fuel filter is best as there are loads of diffrent makes on ebay ?

the fan shroud wasnt on my car when i got it how important is it .do i just leave it off or get one and replace it ?

Got back from work yesterday and dropped car in at garage this morning. And she passed! Full 12 months ticket sorted. Now to enjoy her for the summer!

Spent nearly a month in the US through parts of May and June and did quite a bit of traveling. Met up with the usual LAZ32 crowd in Los Angeles and also my friend Kenny down in San Diego with his 240z he lets me drive. Some time in Arizona with the ProjectZ32 crowd at the Pavillions Car show in Scottsdale, I also went to my 3rd Branson Z Fest out in Missouri and my 2nd visit to see the guys at Z1 Motorsports in Georgia. It wasn't for the nationals this time, but I spend a couple of days with the guys and went out for dinner with Russell Floyd and a few others. Had an awesome time as always.....not to mention the Ferrari California a friend from Texas let me borrow! A…

Seen these on e bay and they do look rare as I have never seen them before. Very nice addition to any zed collection :thumbup1: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-300ZX-Options-Brochure-1992-Japanese-Z32-/221255429010?pt=UK_CarParts_Vehicles_Manuals_Litterature_ET&hash=item3383d9eb92 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-300ZX-1999-Brochure-Japanese-Z32-/221255434595?pt=UK_CarParts_Vehicles_Manuals_Litterature_ET&hash=item3383da0163 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-300ZX-naVan-Brochure-Japanese-Z32-/221255432335?pt=UK_CarParts_Vehicles_Manuals_Litterature_ET&hash=item3383d9f88f http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-300ZX-Collision-Parts-Catalog-RHD-Z32…

I thought it about time that the Z's setup was brought up to date (seeing as some of the settings are years old now) so I took her to Noel's for a tuning. Before: 359.9bhp, 399.6lbft After: 418.1bhp, 453lbft A relatively measly figure compared to some of Noel's recent successes, but a decent improvement all the same. I'm waiting for him to send over pics from the session and the dyno charts. He identified that both o2 sensors are lazy, and carried out a bit of plumbing work to tidy up the engine bay a little more. Nice to meet you Noel, and I'm sure you'll make a good MEO! :thumbup:

Glad to see new names on the forum and things are ticking along nicely :thumbup1:

Looking for options really on upgrading the brakes. find the standard suffer brake fade.. im aware of the DSports and Ksports, brembos, gtr33's interested in your thoughts if you have these but also are there any other options? reading through the threads someone has made a bracket and fitted Porsche brakes etc. Looking at infrequent track use but also I can use with spirited driving but without the brake fade and some increased stopping power... cheers

Could someone please advise me if 350z wheel fit straight on a 300. I'm after some 5 or 6 spoke wheels. Would the tyres need to be changed. Thank you Lou

Hi how much coolant does the zed take? Ive got a a larger rad as well. The reason im asking is im looking at the premixed coolants and wanted to know how much to buy to completely fill the system. Thanks Dan

Anyone know what the best sidelight bulbs are to match HIDs? Not horrible standard yellow ones? Dean

Good morning all. So this seems to be getting worse I think over the last week... In first and second when pulling away at low revs and when the clutch is fully engaged, there is a kind of grinding sound coming from the gearbox area. If pootling about it first around a carpark I can definitely hear this loud grind at around 1 - 2k rpm, above that it isn't noticable though. Any ideas? It isn't clutch related, nor is it a rattle of a heatshield as you can hear and kind of weel it directly related to when you are driving with the gear and clutch engaged. Any ideas? - gearbox oil time perhaps? Or center bearing or something like that? On other ne…

Anyone heard or seen a 300zx with a hitch? Thinking about getting something for my 300. Ideally one that I can take off when not in use

have done the heater core bypass and i remember the carpet slightly moist/almost dry after leaving it parked up for a while and today i just thought ill stick my hand down and have a feel and to my surprise its become damp again.... arghhh!!! have i missed something, i was certain it was fixed :(

another free find, was lucky that i caught a glimpse of the car on a flat bed on its way to be scrapped, so i helped my self to the free treat. i could not get the boss kit off for the life of me!! took the centre bolt off and couldnt find or see anything else holding it down, i broke everything behind it with a pry bar but it wouldn't come off, eventually i gave up because it was raining and was half soaked!! but i think a leather trim would bring it back to life although the wood trim looks nice but wouldn't go with anything on the inside.

the title says it pulled these from a car fo fwee...!!! dont know if they a good quality or make but cant complain for being free are the hard to fit? tips pointers?

hey ho ive swapped my jdm speedo which has been calibrated to mph has the lil black box, now the speed shows 30mph more then what im doing, for instance when im shifting from 1st to 2nd the speed is 40. i pulled out my trusty tom tom and when im actaully doing 30mph on the tomtom my speedometer is showing 60 mph.... shouldn't it have been a straight swap or is there something else i need to....... an the fuel light is constantly on, even with half a tank of fuel.