General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I've got a weird tappety like ticking sound that seems to be coming from the back of the engine. The noise goes away above 2k rpm but is quite loud below this. I was thinking that it might be a problem with the vvt springs, but that's just a guess at the moment. Anybody have any ideas? Being a bit of a tight git I haven't any way of recording the noise :blush:

I ran a diagnostic test about 2 weeks ago while my car has been off the road and came back 55 no problems. Today i have been out in the car and thought id check the timing which was ok so thought i would just double check the ecu codes. Came back with this!! CODE 00: ENGINE STALL (83 STARTS AGO) CODE 00: ENGINE STALL (209 STARTS AGO) CODE 00: ENGINE STALL (244 STARTS AGO) CODE 7E: (67 STARTS AGO) CODE 4D: (0 STARTS AGO) CODE AF: (22 STARTS AGO) CODE 48: (85 STARTS AGO) CODE 32: EGR SYSTEM (1 STARTS AGO) CODE 40: (131 STARTS AGO) CODE 6D: (209 STARTS AGO) Doesnt make sense. Has the ecu fried someh…

Hi people, I have changed my plugs to Iridium 7's and she runs sweet under load, but having some issues with low idle and stalling on tick over. I swapped back to NGK 6's and she idles just as bad, but runs rough, so back to 7's and all is fine except the low idle/stalling on tick over. I went to adjust the base idle and I can hear a hissing sound from the valve itself. All the pipes have no air leaks. If I remove the yellow connector the hissing stops, and she stalls. I connect it back and the hissing starts. Any ideas people....... Alz.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rear-spoiler-nissian-300zx-z32-low-level-/160792388535?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item256ff923b7 Dont recognize this rear spoiler so anybody out there know what make it is?

Managed to drop the car off today to get the rims refurbed. For those that missed the last thread, I'd managed to find someone that was willing to split the rims, powder coat the centre a nice gun metal grey (match the car quite well) and the lip a nice shadow chrome. He gave me a very pleasing price to the tune of £300, so as you can imagine i was rather excited to drop it off and to allow work to commence. However, after been back at work a couple of hours i received a phone call telling me its not going to be a easy as once thought, turns out at sometime in their life, somebody has actually welded the seal around the split, as well as siliconed it. So he sa…

Hi guys, converted zed to na rear diff and subframe, and speedo is really out. Seems I'm going along in the slowlane at 100mph. Either that or ka's and lorrys are getting a bit fast lol. It's not so bad till around 50mph sat nav being few mph out, but has the speed gets up it's around 15 to 20mph out. Got a standard ecu on for the moment and Consult says it's limited to 115mph, but on a private rd limiter kicks in at just over 130mph going by clocks. Is there a way of fitting na speed sensor, or a known fix don't like speedo being out with all these yellow boxes hiding around here. Thank you.

Anyone running 350z Brembos know where I can get a pad fitting kit cheap in the uk?.only need the 4 pins and Nissan want £104+vat for the kit :(.

Last night I eventually sat down and worked out what jobs need doing to be ready for Japfest. Some are pretty straight forward 'drill hole and tighten bolt' type jobs but some I haven't done before and might need professional assistance: (1) Re-fit brake shoes (2) Re-fit and bleed all brakes (3) Replace clutch (4) Fit prop (5) Drill holes and bolt in cage (6) Drill holes and fit harness bolts for passenger side (7) Re-drill holes and adjust drivers seat rail (8) Remove exhaust front pipes and heat wrap (9) Re-fit whole exhaust (10) Plumb in oil cooler hoses (11) Re-fit plug for bov (12) Plumb in fire extinguisher nozzles (13) Re-fit side li…

How many meter is needed for full 2+2 interior, front and rear seats. door cards and all other panels?

What do I need for replacing TT steering pump to NA? I got na pump na pod all brackets but what about belt? belt it is different , so does NA steering pump belt will fit on normal TT pulley ?

I got stock block with some mods and I just want your advice guys, i have chip at the moment made work on 14psi. So do i need better ecu upgrade -remap or i got enough. This is my all power mods i got to help you understand. Power enterprise pe1420 new turbos 555cc injectors Hks intercooler Dual air filter 2,5 inch elbows and exhaust Light weight pulley Deleted hicas system N/a power steering pump N/a diff, driveshafts, propshaft Blitz boost controller And its about 70kg lighter because its n/a body shell and lot of stuff been removed.

2006 i believe

Might be a re-post but I thought that this was quite interesting... http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=300zx%20740%20injectors%20on%20stock%20turbos&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motoiq.com%2Fforum%2Fafv%2Ftopic%2Faff%2F34%2Faft%2F680.aspx&ei=1TidT_uXCqSf0QW357DuDg&usg=AFQjCNHOU3zyMZ7m6Pt6eelYEhN03GrKvw

How reliable is the stock ECU on the 300ZX? The majority of these were built in the early 90's around the same time as the Mitsi GTO. Having had 3 GTO's two of which had ECU failiures, its something I would like to address, before it could happen again. it seems the capacitors used on the circuit board to build the GTO's ECU only had a 15 year life span, which wasnt known at the time of production. Capacitors started to leak, ECU's started to get false readings, start over compensating for things that werent happening, and caused BIG problems in the engines. I know a guy who does stock ECU rebuilds, replacing all ECU components with original OEM spec parts…

HI an going be installing a set of front upper camber arms to my n/a z are there any inssues i should now about and any advice . ie how to install, will also be installing front sway bar poly bushes ..:detective:

Been looking to do this for a while but just want to get people's opinions first ! Just sold my NA and will be using some of the funds to kit out my TT with a full driftworks kit. The full shabang including Hicas, Traction rods, Camber Arms, Toe rods And Bushes. A tidy some for it all but any recommendations before I commit to buy it all.

M54 junction 4 shifnal services saw a red zed with no spoiler. parked next to it for a while in my zed while me and sayers were doing some dealings, but no one came to claim it.

3:o5am anti-clockwise between m3 and a3. looked like deep dish wheels and i think 99 spec spoiler. rear lights were different as well. think reg ended LND, was hard to tell as they rain and spray was so bad.

]Is in a really bad place right now, some c**t clipped my back end yesterday when going round a roundabout which put me into a spin, smashed the kerb & barrier bending my n/s rear under the car @ 45 degrees totalling my rear bumper & rear wing! & i was only on my to MOT it :-( Seriously bad f**kin times. Probably didn't help that the i put the rear wheels on the wrong way round after my last trip to the pod, which may expalin why i lost traction so easily & span :-( As a result i won't be able to make Japfest so 2 tickets plus stand pass for the car available :-(

Thinking of fitting boost jets to my tt. I have full decated exhaust and air filter and stock turbos, i dont want to blow my engine so what would be a safe size to use 1 mm? and what psi would that give? Just want a little more power

I JUST Bought two turbos off an automatic for my manual 300zx and read they are not the same size as mine just wondering did i waste my money

Hi bud, I'm on the hunt for a few parts. Let me know if you have any available. My car is in Glasgow at the mo. the engine has been installed but the jigsaw of putting it all back together has begun. As expected some parts are missing/broken. Intercooler ducts Large intercooler brackets (i have the small ones) NA PAS pump That's all I can think off at the mo, but I'm sure there's more

Does anybody know where to find an aftermarket, fancy looking fan shroud? I have seen a carbon fibre fellow that powertrix sell. Any others?

since doing NA rear swap i've found that rear offside isn't braking as it should. i've bled re-bled and bled again! changed the calipers for my original ones off old subframe ,still only braking very lightly. all my disks cleaned up immedietly apart from the rear offside! heeeeelp please. :helpsmilie:

My first try at carbofibre which sorted of worked ....! but it will do the job. The fan unit is from a pug 206 which was kicking around and I think it's about 150W-180W motor which should keep the Zed cool this summer....! when it come back !