General Discussions - 300ZX Related

it never ends for me .. looks like a may of blown a piston ... soo its forged time looks like but gonna be off the rd for a little time and going to miss some shows looks like :( any one got a good bottem end with forged parts they want to sell ?

Hi, Nearly got the money to do the bottom end rebuild Jimmer explained to me.. At a guess I will have to take one of my bottom ends down to an engineering place to see what size pistons need to be got after measuring up. Question is... How much will this check up or measuring cost me do you think? I'm hoping they will tell me what size pistons/bearings etc I will need before ordering them and not doing it the wrong way round. Anybody else done this? I'm going to Bailey & Liddle's in Faversham, Kent

As above cos if you look on the Z1 homepage at the blue shorty it is on the right which i thought they were all left.

took the zed out just to drop my sons friend and take my son back to his ma's only a ten minute run , but just to put a smile on his face , well got to a roundabout and the car cut out , would not re start , alarm was going off and cars were stacking up behind me ...3 guys in a van behind pushed me off the roundabout and down a small side road , big thanks to them , unfortunately there was me trying to steer through teh open door , and the car , picked up speed as it was down hill slightly i had to jump in the car with it moving but to late and teh front off side wheel hit the curb,,,taking a nice 6 inch gauge out of 1600 pounds worth of image split rim grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…

right sorry mods if this infringes on rules(im not trying to sell these parts iv got an engine with bottom end damage whats a reasonable pric for n/a all in good working order and clean coil pack 6 of injectors fuel rail cylinder heads alternator aircon pump sorry again mod but im asking for advice not selling(on here) thanks

wheres the best place to get a chipped ecu? or is it best to socket and chip it? im confused anyone care to expand?

Hi, Just moved from Wanted section to here. I was given scheme on how to blank "unneeded" vacuum hoses ( cheers to vodkashots). I got few questions: 1st - what is unit in picture below to which pipe connects (circled) *** And secondly - if i am correct in my readings - i have to blank pint 1 and 2 on this pipe and point 2 on other side? Also where does pipe 2 goes and what function it serves? What if i dont blank pipe 2? I know its a lot of questions for Saturday afternoon ... :)

How many meters of fuel hose will I need to replace all the metal fuel pipe?

anyone no who sells aftermarket gear shift/stick,there used to be razo but i cant find any. anyone no where i can get a new one? thanks jay

Anyone ever taken there zed to wilton house classic and super car show near sailsbury was thinking about looking into it but dont want to be the only zed there.

Well, with only a month to go until the dreaded MOT, I thought I had better tackle the rear outer ball joints. So far I have managed to get the passenger side out and will hopefully remove the drivers side tonight. My concern is, how do I go about getting the new ones in? If I drive them in, (well greased) I am worried I may break the flimsy shoulder off, and if I warm the arm up will I cook the grease out of the joint itself once it is in position. What would be the best way?

hey mate was wondering if you are about tomorrow afternoon to get that bumper didnt notice my subscription had run out to pm you lol need to wait till i get paid to re sub.

Had the custom sump made for the S14 transplant, 2 questions 1) Does it need some baffles, the capacity of the reserve is 3ltrs and I will run an accusump so will possible track oil starvation be a problem without any? 2) How much oil to run in the car, sump reserve holds 3 ltrs and would like this to stay as full as possible so how much extra to put in to allow for oil circulating through the engine/tubs while running?

Anyone guess whats different about it?

Re-trims booked in for Monday, so i'm stripping all the panels out over the weekend. Is there anything I need to watch out for? I've had the door cards off a few times before, but not sure if they split or not. other than that the only parts i've managed to take off has been the bits under the steering wheel. So as always any tips or advice would be great. Regards Steve

Seen around 8:30 this morning

how do you like it ? :)

Anyone know of a company that can do a removable towbar, so that I could tow a small trailer to go on holiday etc, but then not have the thing spoiling the look of the car for normal use? There's a company near me that have quoted just for a normal towbar, but they can't do a removable one, but there was a chap on here that had one (Chris C I think, don't know if he's still about) so I know they exist (or at least have done). Thanks, Phill

I had the day off today so set to work on my pearl white NA, mikey very kindly offered his services. :yes: The last engine failed resulting in a nice hole in the block... that lump was removed last november, the car has just sat there since then. The old autobox also had a fault apparently so thats come out too. After a day's work the new NA engine and manual TT box are in and fully plumbed in, just need to get some oils and finish a couple of bits off tomorrow then it'll be ready for starting! :clap: Mikey commented on the spacious engine bay in the NA's, loads more room than the TT's. This one is especially clutter free as its had several items reloc…

I've been playing with the graphing functions of this unit over the past few weeks and normally one good boost in gear looks like the left-hand side (when graphing boost), but more and more recently I've noticed sometimes when I'm belting it that the boost graph looks like it does on the right of the picture - performance is slightly but noticeably reduced while boost is scattered like this. I think it normally does it when the wheels are spinning (i.e. in 1st or 2nd), but could it be a sign of a slipping clutch or something else? It tends to do it in third gear mainly. If this happens, I back off and then reapply throttle and all is well again for the next few goes. Anyo…

I have a pair of doors off a 94 ser2 UK car . They are off the car and I need to power up the window motors directly off a battery . Can anyone point me to a diagram to which colur wires go directly to the motors?? I dont want to damage the door cards or the top pillar cover. Thanks

Hi Dave, I've just had my renewal through and it now states that my car is not covered for theft or mallicious damage between the hours of 10pm-6am if it IS parked at or near my home????? What's that about? I'm about to stick some modifications on so I'll need to phone up for a re-quote anyway...but if I'm not covered for theft at night time at my own home then there's not much point to be honest

Well I was tootling along my local M65 and I notice I was catching something different, thought straight away Datsun and I was not wrong.....a 180B :thumbup1: Now I didn't take a picture and regretted it :no: Then 2 hours later, coming back on the other side and practically in the same place, we was catching it again, I couldn't believe it and got my camera out to snap :biggrin: never ever seen it before or since in an uncanny kind of way :thumbup: Some say a thread is no good without a pic, so here is said piccy - enjoy!!

Been doing abit of re trimming inside this is how it looks so far, not bad for a first attempt i dont think

does anyone know a website where to look at deep dish alloys, why is it i can not find deep dish alloys? and not ebay lol