General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I know we get another insurance thread every other week but..... I have just been turned down by both Swinton and Footman James because of the mods on my zed. I only have basic stuff air filter, wheels, exhaust, coilovers , strut braces and a bit of a body kit. I know there are a good few of you who are covered by Footman and have a lot more mods and much bigger power Has anyone else been having a problem or am I just unlucky?

Zed has been sitting in garage since October so yesterday went to start it but battery was flat. So it was put on the charger last night and this morning the battery was fully charged but the immobilizer light was showing red instead of flashing red so the immobilizer is stopping the zed from being started. It is a Meta cat 1 system and it looks like it needs reset. Does anyone know how this is done? I. am at work and will do a search when I get home but any help here would save me time.

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Instead of having separate sidelights and amber signal in the front crystal indicator lens chambers, I now have just the one 57 SMD switchback chip bulb, normal amber indication when sidelights are off during daylight but with the sidelights switched on and you indicate they alternate between very bright white and amber, turn the indicator off and the sidelights are just that and stay lit of course on that one notch on the pod dial. This gave me the smaller lens chamber free so I have re-introduced this as the JDM 'curb/kerb light', only really because I could basically as it's not bright enough to actually do the job !! These are activated one side at a time wh…

Guy,s Went to start the z 2day,,,, battery flat, Which type do I need for a 1990 tt jap spec ? Cheerz Chris.

So im writing a list of bits i need/got to complete my rebuild heres the list can anyone think of any other bits i may need, list may change as i go along, this is just for the rebuild already got loads of other parts like ebc,alloy rad,ect ect Full gasket set NA Oil Squirters Full Bearing Set Eagle Rods (got) Wiseco Pistons(got) Cosmetic Head Gaskets ARP Head & Main Sud Kit Garrett gt2560 Turbos(got) Braided Turbo Oil Feeds & Restrictors (got) Z1 bb Oil Drain Kit 6 Puk Clutch & Lightened Flywheel New Crank Sproket Full cambelt kit (got) Oil Pump Jecs 550 Injectors & Adaptor Kit (got) Pcv Valves & Hoses Z1 Vito…

Gotta say they are lovely motors as standard but add wheels, a bit of stance and they are awesome!! heres a few examples: - - - Updated - - - Some more:

Zedworld wishes all customers old, present and new a Very Happy New Year.

It's quite well known that USA Horses are a different breed to UK horses, but the following thread over on TT.net from Jan 2011 really highlights the disparity: http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300zx/forums/general/view/2416119/Selin-Dual-Intake-and-dual-pop-history-with-Dyno-Chart.html When talking about the limits and correlation between voltage & power using a single OEM MAF, the following question was asked: Answered by: So, apparently 5V MAF voltage = 500hp at the rear wheels in the States, with a linear relationship up to this point (100whp=1V)... Conversely, I've seen 4.5V at 343rwhp (394@fly) on the Zed and around 4.4V on …

Met johnyboy the other day to sort out his Sub box thinking that his boot would be the same as the SWB boot but is totally different so we had to come up with a new plan for a Sub install for him he has a Convertible and this makes it very hard for space Here is some Pre pics of the install Dont look much right now and with such a shallow box we will be using Shallow Mount subs that use very little box Volume

I thought one of my Headlights was flickering the other day but put it down to the battery perhaps dying, it worked the next day briefly but then went completely dead. On testing and swapping fuses, bulbs, ballasts about I concluded 100% that it was the ballast to blame :thumbdown:. My kit is nearly 3 years old, ballasts are the old chunky ones, 6000k and the 55w type, been admirable for this period for a cheap far east kit. I replaced just the ballast for a brand new slim one, again from a £20.00 kit, like for like at 55w and the bulbs have not been changed and are both from the same kit bought 3 years ago. You will notice and in real life it was clea…

While building my engine I'm going to send my heads to be checked for flatness and have them skimmed if need be, now will the engineering company beable to tell me the head thickness ie how much they've taken off and if any has been taken off before so I know what size hg to get, what's the size of a standard head that's never been skimmed Also what thread size is the spark plug hole Hope this makes sence lol

Seeing as I got the zed looking something like I wanted, I'm looking forward this coming year to bringing her down to a few shows and hopefully meeting some of you guys I really hope to get the interior up to spec before then but anyways...... Where does the club get to to for the major shows. I'm new to the show scene so sorry if its a dumb questions I know we have a big one day show at Trentham Gardens in Stoke On Trent every June and heard that the last year or two there was little or no prescence of Zeds which seems a bit of a shame. As I live about 3 miles from there I fancied taking the car down this coming year, does anyone else go there? And w…

Could anyone tell me if A manual TT Radiator is the same as A manual NA rad? the shot one fitted in my NA looks to thin plus has two pressure outlet pipes.

Hi i have plugged in my datascan tonight and have two problems, 1 is that its not reading any duty cycle and 2 i have no reading from the left o2 sensor and the right one barely moves

this is connected to the the steel steering wheel support

When I got my car I kept hearing this gurgling sound fort nothing of it. I got pulled over last night by a nice policeman not for anything but cause he really liked my car and found out he had one and loved it he said it was water in the erg valve pipe and said ask on here how to remove the pipe behind the wing to relive the water inside

As the bodywork is undergoing a freshen up, I want to replace the 'pinstripes' (I guess they're called that) I know the pics are rubbish but its this black stripe I'm talking about... I've used DMB graphics in the past but can't see anything for the Z. What have people on here used? Ta in advance

Hi guys, After some confirmation on wiring in my rear fog before I blow up the car, (although that could be a good thing at the moment)! Looking at the link below pin 17&18 are for the rear fog, so I'm thinking I can wire into this and it should work, any thoughts? Now I'm not bothered if the fronts come on to as I only use the fogs when I need to or at the MOT Center, I don't use them just to look cool! I also don't want to drill holes for a new switch, so if I can get either a yes or no on the question or advise on how to do it would be great. Cheers all. http://www.300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=el&dir=&config=&refresh=&am…

Yesterday whilst visiting relatives in blandford forum saw a nice blue zx with sports pipes driving through the town. Couldn't tell if it was a .TT or not.

Struggling to locate a replacement alternator belt. Where's the best place to go? I'd like to do the power steering and air con at the same time. Cheers Rob.

Hi my beloved Zed TT auto is going back on the road next month and is having an oil and filter change prior, what is the best oil and will any filter do??? thank you

Are there any issues to having UK rears on the front as well as the back and has it ever been done before?

Hi everyone, does anyone know if there is a rear wiper delete kit available? :biggrin: