General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I can't lie I found this on the Aus site. Watch it from 1 min and 10 secs in :thumbup1: [YOUTUBE]Gt3DHpOY6i8[/YOUTUBE]

An engine we swapped for a customer early part of the year due to low compression on number 6 cyliner was stripped today to salvage usuable parts, all went according to plan until Jamie found a quite unexpected extra lurking with in the inlet tracts to no 6 cylinder. Quite difficult to see what it was, it was also trapped under the valve quite tightly but with the head removed it was easier to see what it was, still it needed a little persausion to come loose.... Now extracted fully it looks like a bike tyre removal lever?? goodness knows how this got to the position it had, fair to speculate that in the past whilst the plenum was of…

does anyone know the best way to polish out small scratches on the centre rear panel between the lights, ive got a spare in very good condition that im toying a new idea with but has slight scratches on it, and i want to get it back to perfect. saw a vid on youtube using toothpaste on clear plastic bmw head lights, have tried that and its better but not spot on. I dont want to try super fine wet and dry as it will scratch it more Any thoughts

I got racelogic traction control in my car. I got one yellow wire left to go to injectors. How i should connect is just a one wire but its six injectors.So how should I do?

Used to be Danny @ DTA and Smithy too I believe but can't see them trading on here anymore - I may be looking int he wrong place if it's all been moved? Where do people go for their spark plugs nowadays? Looking to get my hands on some new NGK PFR6B-11Cs... Thanks Vig

Under very hard braking my z violently shakes. I have read worn tension rod bushes can cause this!? Can someone post a diagram to show location? Also, I read to spot a bad bush there is normally liquid coming from them, is this true? Thanks, Dan

anyone seen this before, particularly the front bumper and headlights and centre panel? anyone know who made's them? kinda put some ideas in my head. really tempted to get the fibreglass out and see what i can make... really like the ideas of the headlights.

What size pipe do i need for the plenum bypass..is it 6 or 8mm.

I bought a front mount intercooler and installed it and now the car sounds like it is choking on air. The RPMs won't go over 2,000 and it sounds like it drowns itself in petrol. I have no idea why this is happening can anyone help. :(

NA on Ebay Whos been bidding on it .. owner says the buys have not been turning up for it ? told him i come and collect it at the last sale price ... ha .. says No so its not that ppl havent been turning up .. its selling under the price he wants and then i assume hes contacting the buyer wanting more what a tosser for any one that was interested i would avoid ... the SELLER is a Time Waster http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290793302174?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

I've been hunting for a 300 ready for next month when I get rid of my Scoob. I was after a turbo, but thinking I may settle on a non turbo. Can anyone give me a heads up for the performance difference? I can't find any official figures anywhere. Some say 170bhp for na but others say 222bhp and 280 or 300bhp for turbos. 0-60 in 7s for na and 5.5s for turbos. Also what's the spec differences between the UK's and imports. I can't insure an import yet but would be nice to know. And one other thing, if I got a non turbo, what are they like to convert to turbo? Is Sorry if this seems totally newbie but I've never really looked at 300's :D

OK I've also been looking for some alloys to replace the 19" Antera ones that are currently on my car (the Antera's were not in the best of condition when I bought it) What I am looking for is some high gloss black/silver ones, as that will fit in well with the colour scheme of the car once it's resprayed I've been down to a couple of local retailers, one was pretty helpful too. Of the limited choice of 19" alloys in gloss black/silver that he says would fit over the calipers were these RS Futura at a bit over £600 (see first pic below) They are rather nice IMHO but I woudn't mind something a bit more dramatic like the DOTZ Hanzo (2nd pic below) but …

has anyone got photos of teh stock turbos with all the coolant lines attached, i didnt think it would take me this long to get this far and ive forgotten which pipes go where. and which direction etc

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ive had my zed a mere 4 years now, but when i got mine there were 30 odd z32s for sale on every well known classifieds you chose to look on..... pistonheads currently have 6 for sale! just six. at least one of these is a member on here. 23 on ebay one of which is murts old car and one or two im sure are repeats from p/h and only 8 on autotrader again some repeats from other sites. so id say there's probably only about 30 cars currently for sale in the country.

Now thats a track car:thumbup: Need to start saving. http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/race-cars/tin-tops/nissan-gtp-zx-turbo/291869

Does anyone have the vertical lift Lambo style doors on their car? There seem to be a few hinge kits around, I'm assuming the bolt on ones are the best bet (though a bit more expensive) Are there any pitfalls with fitting this type of door that I should be aware of? Basically while my Zed is off the road having a major facelift and full respray I'm trying to end up with a car that is * practical to use on the road as an 'occasional car' - not a daily runabout * not too low to get over the occasional speedhump and pothole * eye catching enough to turn heads. I'm intending to show the car next year, and maybe get the chance to meet some of y…

Have recently had my car recommisioned and everything was running fine. Then all of sudden after a hot start engine seemed to surge and want to stall. Giving it a run it seemed to hesitate to boost. I have found out that the electric fan is on all the time from cold, which seems to prevent temperature to get to half way. It will still go quite well once fully warmed, but seems to faulter a little at full tilt. The only thing that I did prior to this happening was toscuff/ground the front underside apron on entering a steep long driveway. I can't see anything a miss and tried to unplug fan, but couldn't seem to find delatching technique. Any ideas please??

hi guys done some more to my stupid zed lol, started at 12 yesterday had it all done by dark, and it was bloody cold.... can't believe it looked like this couple years back.. and now this, what a mess..

Its in a sad condition and will not be to everybodys tast but its not often you will see a z32 fairlady kitted out in this kit from Japan.The owner says its a Veilside kit but I think he is wrong (there is even a pic of the rear with a Border sticker)and the bonnet is not part of the Border kit plus it should have vented front wings but as a not so well known kit it will one day disapear from the zed scene (I can hear some of you saying good:biggrin:)So I thought I would just flag it up as it is a JDM gem:yes: http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/nissan/300zx/300zx-twin-turbo/263711

Can anyone tell me if the front seatbelts on 2+2 lwb are the same on import and uk models, I know they are fixed to the car indifferent positions but are the units themselves identical???

I have just bought my dream car and in the process of getting it ready for the summer, a 1990 twin turbo Fairlady manual, looking for a complete set of hoses for under the bonnet, does anyone have any suggestions or recomendations of where to start and where I can buy these, any help would be gratefully appreciated. Cheers.

think i will stretch her legs today and go for a nice drive

Ok, I've got a jap tt and had a faulty temp gauge. I've also got a rotten UK tt, so I took the full instrument cluster out of the UK car and swapped the clusters. The temp gauge is now fine but the speedometer is misbehaving. Presumably down to a kph to mph converter (although dont remember seeing one behind the cluster). If I remove the converter will the speedo work???

Since my car was de-catted in the summer it seemed a little smokey. Doesn't smoke on idle, or when accelerating off boost, or on decelerating, only when under full boost...keeps smoking for as loong as you hold the foot down, disappears soon as you lift off. I'm sure I can also smell oil when this happens, but not sure if I'm imagining that. When car was de-catted they said the turbos had almost no play and seemed in good order. First stop PCV valves?