General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Does some one have a Ksport 8pot calliper of at the moment or know of the dimension from mounting face of the calliper to the bolt holes on wheel hub and hub face to the calliper bolt holes. I have a set of Ksport 8pot callipers, 330mm discs and a ally bar of 2 1/4"x20" to make the calliper brackets with my milling machine, so I just need a ball park figer to make a dummy bracket from plastic. Any help on the dimension would be most great full. Iain

was it anyone on here, dont see many zeds round my way so was a bit of a shock, unfortunatly i was on a push bike not my zed as its still in bits lol

How hard is it to fit new oil feed washers to turbo when in the car can it be done i have a big drip i changed the gasket on the oil return pipe but it looks like the leak is coming from above this?any pointers would be greatly appreciated:clap:

Firstly the FMIC pipework was rusty and horrible looking due to weathering, this has now been addressed: The rear calipers were badly painted red so have now been painted the same colour (or as close as possible) to the D2's on the front. And finally the exhausts given a proper clean... BEFORE AND AFTER:

Hope you all had a great time at japfest and made it home with no breakdowns

Braided Stainless Steel one piece jobbie... What is the length difference for LHD and RHD? I'd rather get one from UK supplier tbh... Also, Is it best to follow shortest route, or follow oem route? Anyone got any pics of any installed? Also looking at some options below: Leaning towards RPS Flywheel and Southbend Clutch, anyone recommend these?

Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone knows anything about the wheels on my Zed. I've been told they are Work wheels but I'm not too sure. Any thoughts are welcome! Cheers John

Just went to get the rest of my stuff from my flat, drove up there fine, just got every thing packed in the car, went to start it, got all lights on the dash turn the key and nothing, not even a clicking everything else works fine accept ignition???

Here is my BBK ! Parts Mitsubishi evo 5/9 Brembo calipers Mitsubishi evo 5/9 brake lines Mitsubishi evo 10 rotors 350x32mm Adapters The evo brembos are one of the best brakes available They are 1.5kg lighter than the stock Z32 iron calipers and they are huge! pistons size is 2x40mm 2x46mm The Z32 master cylinder is the same size of the evos so they are perfect to run these babys If you want to keep low weight, you can purchase the 2pc Giro discs, they weight the same stock 280x30mm Z32 about 7.5kg, but since the calipers wieght less, you have bigger brakes and low weight! Here is my set Missing the roto…

Hi guys, Anyone know if and where u can buy wheel arch repair panels. dont worry if i get a set, im not welding them in lol, getting someone else to do it. any help appreciated...

i have the day off tomorrow and want to spend it productively so thought id stop all the bitching whinging and moaning about the car and get it sorted so gonna spend the day and have a go at the zed, i want to source the over heating problem so im going to take all the pipes off and fit my new sfs ones, is there any way to check the rad ect to see if there is anything wrong with it or any thing to look out for in particular.....any help would be greatly received...

So as we are all here , and own at least one 300ZX , its fair to assume we appreciate the effort put in by the designers of the car. But lets imagine you were sitting over the designers shoulder as the final draft was just done. He asked you what is the one thing you would change about the car from a design standpoint. Be it bodystyling , performance , ease of maintenance etc. Pick one thing you would change about the car. For me , it occurred to me last night. I usually have the car parked in the garage where its out of sight for 6 days a week , but last night i had it parked it outside the house on the driveway. As i was outside for a quiet cigare…

Matt (cowpatmatt) wins Drift Kings @ Japfest in his Z32! even though he did skid off the track at one point! Nice one mate, great to see u & a zed winning, well chuffed for u, the zed & the team ;-) Jamez

saw this on thursday parked on i believe Manor hill. was a grey z reg was k230*** and it looked like it had a badge beneath the o/s rear lights that said coupe.

I took these on Thurs when I drove my Zed down to zworld Anyones on here? I quite like the blue one, reminds me of my written off one Rich

To those who have removed their engine / gearbox - is it easier to remove them separately, or together? I'll be transplanting them into a new shell, so it seems to make sense to remove and transplant them together, as a single 'unit'. Just thought I'd ask opinions of those who have done it, if it's a total nightmare doing it with them joint together, then I'll just unbolt the gearbox. Thanks!

Remember this post a few weeks ago??? Got a mid morning call from my best mate, he had a moment on the M40 this morning going to work and despite been an ace driver could not stop the 180 spin into the barrier!!!!!!!!!!!! Good news he walked away unhurt, which is the most important, but his zed of 14 years ownership is looking less well, thank goodness for the barrier which stopped this been a very different outcome. Jeff TT So after much deliberation should it be repaired or should it not be repaired with 14 years of ownership the decision was made and work has begun, though it might be interesting to share the progress. …

well another spanner in the works and tribulation of my ongoing struggle to get a road worthy zed .... it appears now that after spending over 2 years at that C*** duffs , it went in fully working and an excellent example and coming back in pieces and canabalised 2 years later , then Jeff salvaging the mess and putting it back together...for another 2 years .it now seems like the gearbox along the way has been swapped for one with knackered planetary gears in 1st 2nd and 3rd .....im fairly certain i picked up the correct gearbox from Duffs there was only mine an StevMochans in and steves was attached to his block i think......absolutely fuming that that sheffield …

My Zed started tapping a bit last week and has done it ever since. It sounds louder from the front of the engine, rather than the top which I thought was a bit odd. Was told by Pete who used to run se Nissan that it sounded like the tappets and not to worry too much about it. Problem is, although I'm not too worried.... Its REALLY pi55in me off. Has anyone else had this issue ( I know its quite common) and how did you solve it ( without taking the engine apart). Was going to use an engine flush then change the oil and use an additive (ametech restore or something similar), question is what have other people used ( additive wise)? And what grade oil to use (P…

All ready for japfest hotel booked for tomorrow night (Stanton manor) stones throw from castle comb,car cleaned and waxed even if no one see's it in the car park:sad,hopefully weather will be good to us all,see you guys there:)

While i was working down in Barnsley I seen a uk red h reg 300 lwb on Wakefield road, was looking clean and tidy and don't see many on the road :clap:

Hey, do you still want the clear rear lenses... if you do, see thread in help section about the 99 spec tails...

Hi just tried fitting a sandwich plate and the centre bolt seems to bottom out when done up on the orginal housing and i a can still turn the sandwich plate its fairly hard to turn i think the rubber o ring is squashed is this ok i cant start as no oil in engine yet.Also the 3 take offs on the sandwich plate are too small for my hks sendor can i get a step up adaptor all these bsp thread sizes are confusing me or can the plate be drilled and tapped thanks taff.

Bad news for my ZX Was driving along m25 when i noticed smoke coming from the engine and threw my vents. Quickly pulled to hard shoulder, opened bonnet to find my engine a complete blaze. Flagged down a lorry who had a fire extinguisher put it out within a minuite. However i think its still caused alot of damage :( Garage reckons an oil hose has burst and leaked onto the manifold where the engine has caught light, will this be the end of the ZX........ who knows!