General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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.

I feel a bit stupid asking this but im sure this is the place to ask what does the cruz cont button do ive had 3 zeds and never used this ,I must have pushed it when cleaning and a green light with cruise cont came on after a few mins of driving so I clicked off but don't know what it does

Hi as above do you have any or can you advise which is best. Ideally want it to be compatible with Android. Blue illumination. Thanks Dan

As I have changed my rear bumper I don't want to be having a fog light fitted to it. In order to avoid this I have utilised the centre panel and basically unplugged one side and replaced it with a red led fog light bulb. So basically the rhs will be reverse lights and the lhs will be fog light. My question is has anyone done this as simple as it sounds or would there be any issues with doing this. I am aware that there are units for sale.

I have found the perfect body shell for my rc car http://www.rc-race-and-drift-japan.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4320 Shame they are sold out :crying: :crying:

Hi All, I'm really struggling to get any enthusiasm together to finish my Z and get it MOT'd for sale! It sounds stupid and lazy but everytime I set some time aside to work on it I seem to find something else to do!! It just needs pulleys, plenum, intercoolers, and a brake pipe re-fitting and it's good to go! Anyone fancy taking it off my hands? Open to offers Andy

glove box lock broken,replaced lock but after one month same happened again,glove box wont close,is their anything i can do,is there a stronger lock i can get. thanks alli.

Has anyone done or heard of Rear mounting a Z32TT on an aerospace frame vehicle? and what will the obstacles be for making it rear or 4 wheel drive?

This one... http://bit.ly/1aJ363a "Previous owner spent £1800 on a lightweight bonnet, all the mechanics comment on it..." Erm... What a dickhead, it's a standard bonnet mate :clown:

... Can you spot it...? :whistling: Edit: apart from the frickin picture being upside down grrrr!!! :(

Hi, Spoke to Pete Mac a while back, told me you are running a fairly stock 300 TT Auto, this is what i have, you may have seen me doing Z Club challenge, So i have from front Apexi ind- HKS side inters- JWT ECU From JeffTT- full Japspeed decat system, Apexi Boost con- HKS ALC- about 1.1 bar boost i am running at best 13.17 at 112, terrible 60ft 2.4 ish, i desparetely want to get into 12s before my health gets any worse or car expires, i am on a very very limited budget can you get me there and if so roughly how much am i looking at. I am not well at moment but soon as i am on my feet i want to get it done while i can. I started in 2007 at 15.1 and have slowly got to whe…