General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Give me some ideas guys, need a decent low mileage engine with no smoke

OK, so went for a 25 mile round trip today. Halfway there the Zed starts to feel lumpy, when I took my foot off the accelerator, it felt like it was not fuelling. Then after a few hundred metres of this it just dies. Power off, engine off, no power steering etc. Stopped at side of road, well, the middle of a high street actually. Was decelerating at the time and going in a 20mph zone. Turbo timer cuts in, so I wait for 30s, then restart the car. No problems there, drive for another mile and again, it cut out. Repeated 7 more times until I got home. So, at home, thought I would do some simple diagnostics. Started car, on idle, I can hear nothing unusual. Revving it, aga…

In the workshop today I had to remove a 3 year old injector due to leaking fuel, which is at least for a different reason than the usual failed unit. Now the trouble was this zed had 555 injectors and not wanting to break the injector when removing I was a little apprehensive as it was removed but it came out very easy as the rubber sealing ring was not holding it as tight as it should be. The seal is damaged and must of happened when it was fitted during an engine rebuild the owner had done previously, hard to understand how it had lasted 3 years but thats zeds for ya! After cleaing up fitting a new sealing ring and refitted all was well again and leak fre…

Hi can anyone tell me the size of the 3 nuts which attach the decat pipes to the turbo elbows .I was thinking of ordering some copper coated nuts from ebay maybe this will help the nuts rusting to there studs .think the maybe m6 or m8 thanks .

can i get brake pipes pre made for my brembro calipers on my 300tt without actually taking the old pipes off its the 2 short ones from the flexi to the caliper left and right think they called link pipes

How long from a cold start would you expect your zed to take to reach a normal idle of say 750/800rpm???? Also, would you expect this to happen before she's up to full temp??

Any good are they needed ?

about a month or 2 ago there was a chat about fuel pumps .. Stock nissan walbro 255 detchworks 300/320 and there was another one that 400+ or something alike did any one save the link at all ? or buy one

Basically the catalytic converter warning light came on just for a few seconds whilst driving the motorway earlier. from a quick research I assume it could be a faulty o2 sensor? dumping unburnt fuel down the exhaust the light is off now and hasn't came back on but I have to assume it will come back eventually. question is if it were to come down to replacing the O2 sensors, how difficult is this job? also what else could cause the warning light to come on? when the light was on I did feel a minor difference in acceleration, but nothing major. Thanks Sascha

A zed came to the workshop last week presenting some odd running problems, the ConZult was showing reasonable settings but if left ticking over slowly get slower and stall,the pick up was just not right and unstable, on a hunch I removed the elderly looking HKS mushroom air filter and once the afm was seperated it was clear the foam filter had started to break up and the afm air flow was getting blocked by the foam bits, a new filter and a clean out and all was good again, worth checking if you have one of these kits fitted. Jeff TT

Working in Poole at the moment and keep passing a red zed going the opposite way in the mornings and afternoon along the A35 between Bere Regis and Poole. Who is it? z32bolt??

These look interesting, wonder if they are worth a go at £20 pair, trouble is HID are so cheap now. Jeff TT 10w H3C SUPER BRIGHT WHITE PROJECTOR LED CAR FOGLIGHT HEADLIGHT BULB Description: Upgrade your standard bulbs to these SUPER bright LED's *LATEST ON THE MARKET FOR 2013, LIMITED STOCK* These are fresh in to 2013 containing 1x projector lens with 2x internal SMD's and 8x 360 SMD's giving a total of 10w 2x Super bright SMD's in the projector and 8x surrounding 1w SMD's (total of 10w) Direct replacement 380 Lumens of brightess 12/24v Operation Super bright white Fits socket: H3C

Ok guys, still a bit skint after buying my zed in Feb. Car is in red and in standard stock form with black leather trim and factory wheels. I don't really mind the standard rims tbh and replacing tyres will obvs be a more economical task. (The car had 350z alloys on at the garage that was selling it, which I wasn't too fussed on and negotiated a substantial discount if they were swapped back) I've been toying with giving the car/rims a new lease of life as a cheap 'pimp' by painting them a different colour to stock. I had in mind either a satin black, a darkish/gunmetal metallic or maybe even gold? Anybody thoughts/suggestions on this subject or any pics of simi…

Series 1 bumpers, mine have a dopple effect finish rather than a smooth finish on the lower part. Is this the same on all series 1 bumpers? The reason I ask is that I am looking to tidy up the front bumper (smooth it over etc) and don't wanna waste time trying to smooth the lower half if I can find one already like that.

http://www.boosttown.com/engine/piston_damage.pdf came across this, makes for a interesting read.

Passed --- again woohoo!!!!

http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324313

Any thoughts on why the hicas light may come on after driving for a while? Ive changed the hicas ball joints, topped up the fluid, ensured the steering wheel is straight. Any other thoughts to try? Cheers

Hi guys, Anyone know of anywhere that sells rear arches like these... The ones in the pic, seems like there specific for a zed but on a jap website and I cant read it to find them lol. I like this look, don't like nothing huge just a little flare. Any help appreciated,

Should I remove all the tweed and attach a vynal cover of some sort? should I find a series 2 velour, or wait and hope to be jammy and find one of those elusive alcantara sets? I quite like the leatherette look or the alacantara stuff, what have you guys used to get a good finish tahts fabric rather than vynal.

Hi Mention earlier in a thread that I had a problem with high idle. on Sunday I cleaned the TPS connector, CAS connector, pulled the balance bar and sprayed some WD 40 into the AAV This morning on the way into work I noticed that the Turbos were not working, or at least the boost gauge needle was smack in the middle of the dial, exactly the same as when you pull the hose off the balance bar to do the "pass emission test" trick. Are the two related , high idle and now loss of boost,...is it time for a boost leak check ? any advice greatly appreciated Maz

Got a little bit of wheel wobble under breaking, so was thinking of doing a full set of disc's and pads when i put the coil-overs on. Found these on ebay? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300ZX-Z32-TT-Front-Rear-Drilled-Grooved-Brake-Discs-/300506942768?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3ANissan%7CModel%3A300+ZX&hash=item45f79c0d30 Anybody tried anything similar?

man no room to even swing a cat, let alone get anything on the damn thing to undo it? is it welded on lol if you cant tell, im trying to change a o2 sensor, well both in fact lol any hints and tips.

The annual Z Club drag challenge starts this Sunday at the Shakespeare County Raceway at will consist of a Bracket challenge. Why not drop along and join in the fun as still can do you normal runs to push you car and yourselves to the limit and improve your best quarter mile time The good thing about going to these is there are always other Z/ZXs and their owners there to meet up with Drag Challenge 2013 - Provisional Dates Round 1 - 21st April, Shakespeare County Raceway. Bracket challenge. Round 2 - 12th May, North Weald, Heads-up Challenge Round 3 - 29/30th June, Santa Pod Raceway JapShow 1. Hopefully Bracket challenge, maybe heads-up or if they b…

Well I was minding my own business staring out over the field at the back of my house when I see a yellow LWB on the back of a truck go past. Who owns it, anyone on here? New member?