General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I'll change the question since I didn't get any respone in my last post :( Has anyone heard of any other Z owner that have had problems with running without diff and transmission cooler ?

I am now looking at how much to insure when I finally pull my finger out and get my Z back on the road.... Let alone taxing it.. and the MOT.... Does anyone know if the emissions come into play with a 1991 Z...? I threw away the cats and went straight through 3 inch pipework.... I got a quote for agreed value (needs a written valuation done), fully comp, Garaged, 5000 miles limit, £250 excess, £75 glass excess, All mods declared, includes legal and breakdown recovery and buy back in case of write off...... Was quoted by LynBrook £269.69..... Is that a competitive price?? Haven't used my car for 6 years and last paid about £850 fully comp.....:w00t: Ch…

Hi all. I keep reading about people having boost creep problems with bigger turbos at high boost and rpm using the 3" down pipes. Has anyone come across this problem? I hear the solution is to remove the divider in the down pipes. Cheers dan

My arieal dont work ,but it use to before i took car of the road, now i have checked the plug that feeds it and apart from some relay somewere in the back that makes a noise, there is a live feed to it, then when egninition is turned on the live feed cuts out. im confused. is there a relay for the arieal somewere or can i put up 12 volts straght from the battery to see if it goes up at least or will doing this cock it up

ok just checked petrol lines all ok checked plugs thay where wet cleaned them then checked for spark on the coil pack all fine pulled all plug off and cleaned them so the job I did with the car manual conversion, polished plenum on, new rocker gasket and sealant, new plenum gasket, that's it car ran ok before so turn the car over fine pump fine wants to start then dies looked at ecu got 5 long and 5 short blinks ted

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Groover, These would go great in your engine. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171041745278?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Never really seen them before but they claim to be close to the splitfires (performance wise).

So, I'm having a daft half hour so I thought I would post up and hopefully be considered for the post of the year which I believe will be awarded at JAE. So, I've decided, Artztogo (Chris) is really Mick Fleetwood (from Fleetwood Mac) So here's Chris winning a well deserved award at JAE 2012... I can then imagine this being Chris, on some talk show discussing his big win... And then on the red carpet and posing for pictures... And his old sound system -vs- the new sound system, he prefers blue over purple now :) OLD NEW (he doesn't even need to stand before and pretend he's playing this one. And finally, s…

What oil do you lot use/believe to be the best? I know it's been done before but I'm curious

Hiya All Been given on of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNDERDRIVE-CRANK-PULLEY-NISSAN-300ZX-90-96-FAIRLADY-J30-/230988665573?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35c7ff52e5 does anyone know the size of the belt for the water pump and alt?? Thanks

Was out doing a job today and found this place.. ............... What a lucky find

hi guys right iv done a manual coversion and put a polished plenum on car turns over fires up then dies checked plugs and petrol smell is there checked the coil pack plugs tpu plug and cleaned and the pump is working any one got any ideas will be handy ted

Hi everyone im based in southampton i have a swb silver 300zx n/a auto 26k on the clock xxxxxxxxxxx

First issue with my new zed, luckily only minor, but annoying fault. I knew the glovebox was a bit iffy when I bought it, but it used to shut after a few goes. But now won't shut, no matter how often I try. Any way the mechanism can be fixed, or do I need to replace the whole door?

It was MOT time today.... And it failed !:no: Hole in back edge of drivers side sill (knew about this wanted to ensure there was nothing else lurking around) Crack in floorpan under drivers seat Excessive travel on handbrake and only 18% efficiency (even though the engine stalled trying to pull away last night with it on) bad earth on rear lights causing the brake lights to flash with the indicators HIDs turn off when high beam comes on - Now this has always been the case since I installed them 5 years ago and put in the earth wire as per threads on here. Has anyone else been pinged on this ? Does anyone have any handbrake shoes, just in case I need to c…

Hey guys went came out the house this morning to see a black zx up the road from mine it's got this forums stickers on the window. Just wondered if there still on here it'd be nice to meet a local z owner. The cars in tanyfron in Wrexham if anyone recognises it.

Hi all, Changing clutch in my TT and was wondering about flywheel re-surfacing. Read somewhere there needs to be a step (0.008"). Can anyone confirm this and also say why? Is there an engineering drawing for this component? Great site btw. Tim

hi guys can someone tell me how much gearbox oil I need to put in with a oil cooler at the front of the nose panel cheers ted

could someone tell me how to adjust dipped headlight as my o/s beam is a bit low. thanks. alli.

So I've noticed there's a few different makes of timing belts, such as dayco, gates, all blueprint, pitworks etc. Is there much difference between them or they preetty much the same?

Hi Does anyone know the best place to get targa / door rubber seals, need a non leaking set both sides, new prices seem very expensive,any info or advice welcome. Also there seems to be a few Zeds recently in Fareham Hampshire are they becoming common ?

what is the best way to extend clutch slave cylinder rod ?

how do you pm someone on here please.

My Z puffs out some grey-bluish smoke on start up as though it might be oil pooling somewhere? After a run it clears and it was left ticking over the other day whilst being MOTd and didn't smoke at all. Any ideas what it could be? Thankz :thumbup:

Ok odd question, hopefully Silverline will be assisting but thought I'd throw it out there to see what people can think of. Problem is the standard oil tree fouls the steering rack of the 200, so if I sit the engine higher I can get a sandwich plate in but I think the engine is too high. I have a remote oil filter set up so just need to run a feed out and a return. Current idea is 1 off the sandwich plate and the other off the thread where the filter would screw to. Ideal situation would be no sandwich plate on the bottom and the return / feed off the oil tree or even cut the tree and weld the sandwich plate to that so I can lower the engine. For reference the …