General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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:

Are mine just stuck or do I need a special tool? They've been wiggled, WD40'd, tapped, and they ain't playing ball. I need to remove the arms to get repainted. Ta

Some of you may have picked up recently on my turbo failure, sadly I'm an eager beaver. So I went about wanting to know why the turbo seals, in particular, fail. essentially there are two seals, for the purposes of discussion we will call them front and rear. To define what I mean by this the front is the one pointing towards the front of the engine (cambelt end) the rear is obviously the opposite end which is the exhaust compressor end. The seals themselves sit in a recess on the turbo shaft and look very much like a piston ring. The rear one is the commonest one to fail, it seems for our turbos. The reason for this is over pressure from the oil side, causing it…

Been after some of these for a while now and got some when I tagged along to Yewcheck's Z1 Xmas order from the USA a few weeks ago. You can get two versions, these are the most powerful the UHP and are specific to my SWB, they work an absolute treat. Only take 10 mins tops to fit and can easily be done on your own, one strut holds it up no problem. I have still got the weight in the tailgate, spoiler and wiper all fitted and it flies up, bit of an effort to close but feels very sturdy :thumbup:. [video=youtube_share;Se-kFo83OWg]

Hey guys in just in the process of prepping the inside of my car ready for painting, What type of paint and how much will I need to paint it, will be using spray gun

Seen around 2:45 at J6 heading south on the M61 towards Manchester. Looked to be standard on a H plate I suspect. Nice to see one! :)

Jeff Thanks for reply do you happen to know of anyone with the diagnostics and knowledge to help out with my car im in Fareham Hampshire, the only other thing i have noticed is when trying to start it the cat over temp warning light comes on but does not stay lit never seen it before so not sure if it is of any relevance to problem, i need someone to check car over to point me in the right direction before paying out for parts or recovery to a garage. As i said in last post checked fuses charged battery it did very briefly fire up for about 10 seconds then died again. Simon

It dosnt seem to be easy to get a set of R33(gtr) calipers anywere so im now looking at a set of Mitsubishi Evo front brembo calipers @ 320mm discs. I am going to need a fitment kit/ coversion or braket made up from an enineering company. My question is how do i go about this? Is there a patern i can take to the engineering place or is it a kit i buy of someone? Cheers guys.

hi all, i finally picked up my car yesterday after a full respray (new shade of red) and new trimmed interior - many thanks car mad for new bumpers and bodykit - they certainly look the part - just need to get a valuation from somewhere for an agreed insurance policy - i am with classic line who seem good and i know i would never get what i have spent but would like to cover some of the money pit

my speedo has always been a bit intermittent, but now its duff. it will work occasionally if ive been stationary up to about 20mph, then it just drops off. then i get hicas warning and no powered steering. now ive read the articles about dry joint and all the rest but if i pull it all apart what exactly am i looking for with a "dry" joint? and do i just remelt it and add some more solder? i also read jeffs thread on the speed sensor popping out its cartridge, and causing the issue. but how do i check the actual functionality of the speed sensor?

Hi guys wanted a bit of advice. Bought some 2k paint and painted my brake calipers in my garage. Which they came out ok, but they didn't dry hard so thought we'll it must be to cold so put them in my house oven in the kitchen. Which has worked and there hard now. But been reading on the net and everyone saying this stuff is lethal, I allways where a mask and normally use cellulose. Really worried now will the oven be ok to use again for food I've cleaned it right out. Was reading and it says u can't grow food or anything in my garden etc.. Is this true... My mask is a twin cartridge one not a throw away one, will that be ok or am I gonna be i…

Hi All Does anyone know of a good mobile auto electrician near fareham, my Zed wont start only stopped after all the heavy rain last saturday, checked fuses give battery a charge but still she wont go, so i now need to get someone who can check her over find problem. Any help would be appreciated i know its holidays and all. Simon