General Discussions - 300ZX Related

so you lot of clever dicks ,,,,on my uk zed why do the rears run 45s and the fronts run 50s,,,im guessing its because the rears are 254 and 50s may rub the arch ,,what do you all think

It felt really strange to see my car being driven away today after 8 years of ownership :crying::crying: , looked and sounded bl00dy lovely though :thumbup: I,ll let the new owner introduce himself if he wants to but needless to say i feel at ease that he,s going take good care of her as he,s a real zed enthusiast and it was a true pleasure to meet him . I,m still gonna pop on and see what,s going on in the world of Zeds as i,ve met so many nice people on here , your not getting rid of me that easy ! lol. Cheers for now .

Well the S14 now has a VG30dett in the engine bay with the gearbox one and all bolted in place. Turbos also on along with p/s pump, alternator, intercoolers, rad and fans. Decided on the paint, painted over most os the original dark purple, I will keep and polish the roof and bonnett in that colour but went for matt white on the rest, What do you think.....

On the intake above the dump valves??? Is this part of the old recirculation??? If so what are these meant to be blocked with??? Mine are just open.... Must have been like that for a while.... No wonder it stalls on braking at times..... Thanks.

i have put these on the car now and after looking at it i think it would be a lot more practicle to put a vented nose on but which one there is so many top vents,bottom vents,side vents what will be better please...(i hope the pic comes through)

does any one have a spare or not using an electronic boost controller could borrow me ... please i need to rule out a few things still having a little problem controlling my boost .. both controllers i have original and new one have been tested by Blitz and have come back saying fully working i have vac tested my car and i can pressurize up to 25psi with out any problems cheers Mark

I've been playing (!) around with my brakes today and contemplating buying some replacement calipers in a worst case scenario so I was reading the For Sale thread offering some calipers and realised that my calipers are not the same as those in the For Sale thread....mine dont have the 'fins' like those in the picture and also mine are bronze coloured...albeit covered in brake dust etc. They still have NISSAN on them so I'm sure are factory. My car is a JDM '95 Series 4 I believe so can anyone tell me what brakes I have ? Or are they in fact the same only cosmetically different ? Thanks Mark

is it possible ? i do want to fit aftermarket clocks that are not designed for nissan and want my power steering to work :) how to do it ?

....sometimes I just want to put a match to it !!! Failed the MOT - needed rear tyres and rear brake pads. Getting the alloys off to replace the tyres resulted in shearing THREE studs !! Rear brake pads went in ok after managing to remove the sheared studs and replacing with factory supplied replacements. Actually getting the discs off was looking like an impossibility until a neighbour pointed out the two little threaded holes on each disc that you screw a bolt into thus pushing off the disc. Attention then on the front pads......drivers side no problem....passenger side caliper one piston stuck solid ! AAARGH !!!

At the MOT station the mechanic suggested I should invest in some new pads. Got the pads and removed the old ones but I cannot get the new ones in as one piston is jammed solid !! I have tried everything I can think of but it's not moving ! If I can get the caliper off the car can anyone suggest how I could extract the piston ? I would then rebuild the caliper using a rebuild kit on both calipers. Thanks for any tips. ps the brake line nuts are also absolutely SOLID and attempts to undo them are simply rounding off the edges of the nut :-( I've liberally applied WD40 ! Cheers Mark

Thinking of buying a cat back Mongoose exhaust, Will this restrict me with regards to what type/make of headers and precat pipes etc' that I might be able to add at a later date? Last thing I want to do is restrict my options further down the line.

Red LWB I think with at least an aftermarket front bumper parked at the side of the A59 accross the road from KFC. Nice to see a zed!

not happy i want to keep my oem wheels but there 16s,, seems theres not to many companys do 16s for my rear and if they do its silly money or they cant match the running pattern for the fronts im after 245/45/16 for the rears and 225/50/16 for the fronts anyone know of a match set and what make i can get them in also at a good price ive been told i should change to 17s or 18s :angry:

Someone, literally 3 mins before me purchased perspex strip on ebay off breakers! Who was it!? What a fook is going on today!!!?? LOL

Anyone got Jeffs mobile from Zedworld??

Is this your rear spoiler?:biggrin: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4032403.htm

Hey, sorry cant send pm's. Did you ever get your Ace Turbine wheels re-painted? What did you do with the plastic bolts around the edge? Thanks

Hi Guys whats the main difference and how do you tell if one is a JDM version?

Hi all, this was a thought I just had. What if we were to have a sticky thread, (I'm talking to the mods here I guess?) where side views of all our Zeds could be uploaded to allow people to see various wheel styles on different colour cars etc? Not to load you up with more work but obviously it would be better if a mod were in charge of it to keep the thread tidy....? Just although as its hard to find good examples for wheels nowadays isn't it.... :) Just a though........ Discuss :D

Silver N/A outside unit 8, I did pop in to say hello but you were'nt about.

As per the title. Ideally I need to replace most of the coil pack connectors, a few injector connectors and a couple of other randoms. How long roughly am I looking at to replace all 6 coil pack and injector sockets and the two randoms ones? Depending on how long it will take I might be better of putting those hours in at work and getting the loom, what do you think? I've priced a new loom at £360 all in. Does anyone know of one cheaper. It's for a '91 TT Manual. Cheers

Hi all, Can someone confirm what the measurements are for the rear brake discs on a 91 plate NA? I've read a few posts on this site that say that TT rears fit the NA version and I bought some yesterday but the seller of the discs (M-Tec on eBay) are being funny about shipping them to me and wanting me to confirm the size. They are saying that the discs "must be swapped like for like". Big thanks - really appreciate help with this :) S.

Not often seen up for sale on ebay! Brand new 99 spec front bumper and new JDM rear spoiler http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300ZX-turbo-Z32-model-1990-96-front-bumper-JDM-special-edition-new-nissan-/280915088212?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4167d81354 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300ZX-FAIRLADY-GCZ32-standard-rear-bumper-new-genuine-nissan-/280915088210?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4167d81352

Check out some of these runs. Listen to the Russian Evo 3 and there are some serious motors being set up. There's a few zeds including mine :) I defy anyone not to enjoy the sound of the evo http://www.facebook.com/advancedmotorsportengineering#!/advancedmotorsportengineering/videos

My rear break caliper came loose last night, one of the bolts had actually come clean out. It was just swinging on the disc. had to tighten the remaining bolt with a pair of pliers and limp home. Finally got round to changing the disks last Monday so its obvious its because its been disturbed, so I think some lock-tight this time round is in order. Has this happened to anyone else before?