General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Sold it a few months back and wondered if the guy who bought her had joined yet????

so peeps.. what should the next stage be? apexi intake... check japspeed exhaust system.. check japspeed decats.. check 2x Bailey DV26 BOVs.. check HKS EVC 3.. check ECU chipped and mapped to 1 bar.. check nasty annoying rusty lumps removed and welded and sorted at the bodyshop... check fuel pump a good next step? so far i've managed to bring all that together including the purchase of the car for £2.1k and am on a budget. suggestions?

OK my Zed is now off the road and I intend on doing a lot of work on it over the winter months, plus fitting body kit then respraying First problem I have is with the sills returns which are both rotted through. One of the sills (off side) has also gone a little bit where it joins the sill return. Bizarrely the neaside sill is much more solid though it does ot seem to have been previously worked on and is just as old as the offside. The floor pan and 'inner sills' are pretty sound (there is a small-ish hole in the floor pan under the drivers seat but it has lots of solid metal around it so should patch up OK) Other than that the car seems pretty solid under…

As the title, been toying with the idea of changing my smashed up Gracer front end with a 99 spec. instead of repairing it yet again. I'm not a massive fan of the 99 spec front, but i've seen it look very nice with a lip on it here and there. So get some pics up and give me some inspiration....pretty please. :biggrin:

Managed to get a picture this time. I was on a course at neta training centre, noticed it when I drove past.

I haven't even managed to clock up 5 miles this year! :(

Hi guys just though I'd share this with the forum. A few months ago I had a slight vibration on my car when doing speeds below 50mph, I did get loads of advice and most guys said it might have been the prop. Changed it and I still had the same problem and trust me when i say i wasn't a happy man. Parked it up for a whole month because of this, it was doing my head in. Then last saturday took it to my local tyre shop to put some new tyres on and as soon as he took the first wheel off boom i spotted it. All my wheels were missing this plastic ring spacer thats sits between the rim and the hub. so bought four put them on and I was spot on, no more vibration she drives like …

My car has stock auto turbos, injectors and internals with 60,000 miles on it. A couple of months ago zedworld gave it a good looking over and got it running sweet also fitting an eprom and setting it to 13.5psi. The car does not have an EBC so I assume Jeff used boost jets??? After this I had the knock sensor fail and bypassed it, it only gets v power or equivalent. But! I just fitted a drift iridium boost gauge because the stock one was off the scale and in mm of mercury. It shows 17/18 psi. I fitted a Selin dual MAF and Hardpipes but it shouldn't be that high. How can I turn it down is it possible without buying a boost controller? (I will get one at some point) also…

Last weekend I went from standard wheels to a set of 18. As soon as i put them on it sounds like I have a washer machine in the boot. Am I right in saying its the wheel bearings?

As per title, does anyone know the thickness of the shim needed to allow the starter gear to properly mesh with the flywheel ring gear? Research suggests there is a shim plate available but does anyone know where from? Alternatively, I have seen it suggested to use some washers as spacers - but how many / how thick? Thanks!

Hey Guys, Been having this issue intermittently ever since i got the car. Its very strange as the missfire is always on the last right cylinder next to the firewall. Its completely random, most days its fine but every other week it comes back and then i get rough idle and popping sound from the exhaust. I am really stumped as to what this might be. Just had a service done so new spark plugs and oil change etc. I changed the coil packs over and its still the same so not that either. I hardly know much but from all the reading and advice from people, its coming back as either the fuel injectors or the PTU? Any help would be great as I am a complete newbie.

Tomorrow will see me starting on the tranformation of Bob's slicktop from a fast road car to a much more extreme track car. As with the original project to create the car i'm delighted to be involved in this next round of modifications. Bob brought the car(as a rolling shell) to me on Saturday and we spent some time discussing the work to be done. I also took the opportunity of making a start on seat mounts/position while i had Bob to trial fit.:smartass: Being securely located in your preferred driving position is an essential part of quick lap times. The brief for the revised car is to create a competent track/strip/sprint/hillclimb 300ZX. Many of the events …

I have just noticed some play on the left rear wheel, as I go over potholes and small bumps at speed.. and was wondering what that could be due to? it seems to be so minor from the outside. yet while driving I feel like it is going away to the left, and then comes back on direction as usual. anyone had similar issue? it is not a loose wheel. checked nuts etc. jacked the car up, and it seems to have some minor play. not sure of it's origins though. any ideas?

How usefull do you think these could be,seem a good idea on our cars http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TURBO-INTERCOOLER-AIR-INTAKE-TEMPERATURE-GAUGE-i-Drive-Turbo-Meter-/120992948313?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Model%3A300+ZX&hash=item1c2bbde059

for popping around this afternoon and giving some advice while we were fitting my HKS EVC 3 :) you'll be pleased to here she is boosting happily at 14.5psi, ecu is mapped for the job, and it loves to break traction all the time now :taz:

Here goes: I have flushed the radiator, cheked the thermostat. I used grey silicone gasket when putting back the thermostat housing but still managed to get a small leak. So the quiestion : - Is there a gasket that is supposed to be used?

is this guy having a lough or what http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-NISSAN-300-zx-Twin-Turbo-Fairlady-BLACK-/300790186041?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item46087e0039 we all now what nissan agents are like

just noticed some zeds have different boost figures on the stock oem boost guage. some are +7, some say +14 is this a uk/import thing? i thought stock boost was around 9.5, so why the difference? the above reads -7 +7, mine are -14, +14 someone put me out of my misery :)

just a quikcy what is the tps please

Hey guys, Z not behaving as she should. Last I took her out was a couple of weeks ago when she was running perfect boosting great. Then I remember on the way home I gave it some foot and it boosted and straight away I felt a jerk and then I eased my way home. But something did trigger a problem with that jerk I felt. Then today I took her out after a couple of weeks and it wasn't boosting right. Basically, upon putting my foot down, the boost kick in point is fine but it doesn't hold boost and it lags and car kinda gradually gets its speed up. Also when it starts to lose the hold on the boost, I definitely hear a loud whooooshhhh sound coming somewhere from the …

anyone got the petrol pipe guard the covers the rubber petrol pipes mines got a hole in it

Is it possible to remove the motor with the auto box still fastened if the car is jacked on blocks high enough and is there any other way to put slings on with the plenum removed??

Hi guys. Been getting a bit of det under high load at low revs (higher gears), I know I'm running lean but just thought I'd double check the timing as well. Base timing was at 20 deg so I reset to 15 deg. By trial and error I've found that I can tighten the top and bottom bolts of the CAS without affecting the timing but tightening the middle bolt causes timing to advance by 5 deg. The CAS doesn't move at all when tightening the bolts. Not sure why this is?! Perhaps it's not on straight?? Not sure how this would be possible though considering it sits on a gear and inside the cylinder head housing. It looks straight enough. Time for a new unit?? BTW, just fitted …

this any use to anyone... i just found it on the Oz forum...