General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Peeps, Have been doing a few bits and bobs to the zed today, mainly electrical, where the center console has been out. I came across this underneath the cubbyhole/arm rest Can anyone tell me what it is (the black box with braided hoses), whats its purpose and what the two braided lines go to? Cheers in advance

On the way to work this morning i pulled over suddenly to talk to a mate,went off again and the back of the car was do some Craziness, then I found out that the rear tie rod snapped??? or was cut ??? please look at the pics and tell me what type of breakage it is? I think its is a snap but i don't know. Reason why is just in case i got some haters in the area.......lol to replace the part all i need is a rear tie rod right? thanks peeps

Got a fresh Mot today.. 1st one since 2007. The car had been laid up with a broken engine when I bought it last year. I want to thank Mark Derby for all the help and advice over the last few months..Top bloke. The Z has only covered 2400 miles since 2006 and only needed two bulbs plus 3 new wipers for the Mot! I will be using the car daily but will be taking it steady for a while.lol

http://www.facebook.com/JimllPaintIt?ref=ts&fref=ts This guy paints whatever people ask in microsoft paint. It gets very sureal but always funny.

Just want to know how much is it worth :)

Hi anyone found any problems fitting new shocks, might be a job for jeff

Am I right to understand that essentially when you hybrid the t25 to make one of those t25/28 that a few people use, that essentially what you do is use the t25 core which is the same in the t25/28 etc range, with a t28 front compressor wheel, a bored out t25 front housing and a t25 rear housing? Because looking at the t25 exhaust housing I cannot see how you can bore it out any larger to fit the larger wheel. I understand they produce less power than a genuine gt28, I assume this is because your not using the exhaust housing and rear compressor so cannot achieve the same effect. If you switch over to true t28s the exhaust housing is 5 bolt? So that would require dif…

Ok so i went out this morning and filmed a few off the faults my car has atm - excuse the dodgey cam work i was using an iphone so not easy to do with big hands lol So whats the humming noise you can hear and is that louds as **** squeking the water pump.

And dont you just love a pass:dance: Went into the MOT Center at 1200hrs twenty mins later it came out the other end with a pass and the mechanic saying how clean the zed is. Will be getting it taxed on Monday and thats it ready for Summer:cool3: Plus after not driving it for so long it was soooo good getting back to such a well sorted and powerful car. Must get more pics when the weather picks up in the meantime this is how it looks out of the garage.

Corrosion (rust) protection is a major concern for an enthusiast when considering coilovers. Corrosion can cause adjustable components to seized and prevent any further adjustments, especially in the UK where harsh road salt is used during the winter months. It is extremely important that the anti-corrosion coating is durable in order to protect steel damper body. If the anti-corrosion coating is not durable enough, it can be eroded easily by the weather leaving the damper unprotected. Once the coating has perished, the unprotected steel damper body can corrode (rust) within weeks. In the picture above, the anti-corrosion coating at the forward fac…

Not too sure if I am firing on all 6 or not, how do I tell? Out all day tomorrow aswel but thats very kind mate. Think it's more of a hesitation, but to be honest I know nothing.

Hi everyone, My car has just started to feel a bit odd, I don't know a massive amount about engines but it seems like it might be miss firing a little, on idle it sits at about 500rpm. When pulling away it almost feels like it wants to stall and holds back a bit. Seems to get a bit better when it is run for a while, also a little smokey but that could be down to a little too much redex as it is White smoke. Has anyone got any ideas what it could be. Many thanks James

As above, can anyone give me the location of rear wiper fuse please? under bonnet or in footwell?(just opted for easy route instead of looking thru posts etc,lol :))

How the frig' they've managed to break this I'll never know I bought a lightweight Odyssey battery for the zed and the guy who posted it did a fantastic job of wrapping it. Double thickness box, bubble wrapped all round, loads of tape and even wrote on both sides for the Parcel Farce' monkeys to take note "This Way UP" (with arrows pointing upwards!) of course it arrives a day late but no problem, but then this evening I start to unwrap it and the first thing that becomes apparent is that it's been dropped and then as soon as I start to unwrap it I find that one of the ****ing terminals has snapped off!!! …

Having seen a few threads over the years by frustrated owners unable to match cambelt timing marks against the backplate, I had an opportunity whilst changing a cambelt this morning to grab a picture of the issue and the cause of the problem, it demonstrates why the cambelt & sprockets timing marks are often at odds with the back plate marks and why the backplate marks are for rough estimate only. The backplate holes have a small but not insignificant amount of movement around the fixing bolt and when tightened to the block can slip left and right if not held in the correct place, the picture shows the centre section where the left and right hand backplates m…

Took some co2 reading tonight. No matter what I did, the left side was always twice the reading of the right! e.g. Left read 3%co2 and the right read 1.5%co2. When switching the sniffer, the change was almost instant and the difference always the same! This may sound daft, but listening to the exhaust note up close, the left side sounded like.. puff puff puff and the right sounded like.. pop pop pop! The difference was very noticeable. Any relationship do you think?? So! my question is.. What would be the key features to check, that would most likely cause this fault?

Ok I've done a search and found as usual conflicting advice/numbers But what sort of power can the standard TT fuel pump handle?

For anyone needing downpipe gaskets (3 hole type) just go to your local motor factors and ask for Ford transit 1991-2000 ones...2 1/2" and the same hole PCD. Only £2.75 each too:cool3:

Who has the Meister R suspension? If so do you have the extended cables for the back and how/where have you located them? Any pictures would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-rare-GENUINE-Manual-Convertible-Cabriolet-Nissan-300ZX-3-0-V6-Black-/251240661636?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3a7f1c4284 Never knew they came with a manual box from the factory. Is the seller right? but nice vert.

This hasn't become an issue just yet and I'm hoping that the company in question have just made a simple error with regards to colour and are happy to replace without fuss, but I'd be interested to see what colour you class this as.... Here's the colour list (I ordered Yellow/Sunflower) This is what has arrived. I believe this to be (Orange) *the H&S safety sign (bottom) is just there for direct colour comparison Would you agree that the colour that has been delivered is 'Orange' and not 'Yellow'?

Hello, So i buy this : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150819228015?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 . When i try to fit it : 1) http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/20130302152306.jpg/ 2) http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/20130302152313.jpg/ 3) http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/90/20130302152350.jpg/ Even if i use huge hammer there is no way to install this. So i search for other one, and find this : http://www.madmotors.co.uk/japspeed-nissan-300zx-steering-arm-ends.html I send them email and ask this fits 300zx on 100% and i got an answer : "Hello, Thank you for your enquiry. I am sorry but …

Can anyone tell me what size the bolts are for the nose panel? Seem to have misplaced mine and car is due out of paint on friday!!

i've had this ecu in the garage for a while now and dont know anything about it. it was removed from a breaker that i stripped last year for its engine. i have searched all over the internet but cant seem to find much info on it

Having a problem with the drivers side front indicator. Its decided to stop working. Not the first time its happened bit it usually fixes itself after a couple of taps. Only this time its gone off and staying off. So does anyone know of the earthing points for any of the indicators loom please as im sure its gonna be a bad connection. Unfortunatley it decided to stop working 1hr before mot time(so sadly failed).