General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Evening folks, today I fitted 350z Track discs with caliper relocation brackets and 300zx calipers.The discs have been skimmed, but the brake pedal pulsates when braking and the car shakes if braking from any sort of speed.Can the discs being the wrong way round (check out the grooves in the photo, drivers side) cause this, or could it be a sticking caliper?.Braking was fine with old setup by the way. Going to get a dial gauge on them tomorrow, just thought someone might have an idea if the discs are 'handed', left and right.

Multi job zed in today including the regular cambelt change, all standard change until the lower belt cover was removed. Previously someone had fitted a new pulley bearing to the belt adjuster, unfortunately the wrong one! the pulleys are not interchangable and this one was sticking out too far as can be seen in the slightly blurred pic. Problem, maybe not, but then looking at the bottom cover and the contact damage the pulley had caused, in fact much further it would have punched right through and goodness knows where the metal would have gone! Bad mistake that must of made a right racket when first fitted, cannot believe it was left like it..! another lucky e…

Well the tax is due again on my Z and my other car so two in one month that did not work out right. Thinking the other day i wonder is i could reg the car in Eastern Europe as they dont seem to pay car tax.

Hey mate did you still want those headlights? I havent had an email from you about them? I have them reserved for you but someone else is asking about them? Could you let me know? Thanks Craig

It is very nice and were would you see another one. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3806357.htm

have been working on updating the interior and am wondering what do people use in the centre of the door cards to hide the material joins??? still got a bit to do but its looking better.

how easy is rear pad and disc replacement can someone give me some pointers please

when i had my decats a few years ago we pulled them out and just straped them up under the car. Now i have all the dash out and i can see where they run. I want to cut them and get rid of the black box in the center off the car. If i do this will it affect the car in anyway? Will i have to remove the bulb from the dash??:alien:

ahhh look at these to love birds kissing :) mine the red one with danz300zx's new ride :) Kids love them ;)

ok, so ive installed my electronic boost controller on the engine side of things now. Its a Greddy profec B spec II But either 1 of 4 things is happening. OEM dump valves have the dreaded goose honk so are not coping to well with the increased boost. my lock up solenoid fault on the gear box is having a detrimental effect and not putting the power through the torque converter properly. Or my waist gates are opening to soon. Basically with the OEM set up, you could stick your foot to the floor and apart from the goose honk, everything would boost well. With the electronic boost controller installed, you stick your boot to the floor, i…

How can do remap for my zed. I know steve in fctunning can do but he charge £450 plus £60 each hour on dyno. So thats comes rufly about £550. So that quit a lot. Does anyone knows other places?

What seems like a minor mistakes when working on engines can all to often end up with serious consequences, sometimes though early intervention can save the day. Case in point, a zed in today for a straight forward cambelt service, early on I noticed the engine had clearly been rebuilt with lots of new parts and the block and heads all painted different colours, as it was stripped I wondered why we we doing the belt? What ever the reason it was a lucky day for this zed owner, when the build had been done a new Nissan belt had been fitted as it should be and all tensioned correctly etc. but quickly it was discovered something was very wrong. The cambelt was …

As the title suggests, I'm after a replacement clutch for a 1992 UK Spec TT Z32. It seems a real minefield out there with the variants, but I'm just after a standard spec clutch kit to fit my car. Also any pitfalls when removing the gearbox would be much appreciated :) Thanks in advance.

Got round to fitting my adjustable front control arms, camber arms and tension rod bushes.......would have taken more pics but my mitts were covered in crap and was pushed for time :) Once again thanks to Lee Dent of L.A Autorepair in Shrewsbury for the use of the workshop :) Also fitted a chromed balance bar(cheers zx-tt) and a chromed bonnet catch the other day :)

Guys Going to decat the na auto what are the seperate pipes coming off the exhaust are they egr valves and do they get blanked?

i have no idea what's involved in changing a 1990 NISSAN 300ZX TWIN TURBO gear box is it just take it out and bolt the new one in or is it alot more (please help me)

Hi does anyone know the typical temps that a turbo down pipe would reach? The reason i ask is because im thinking of wrapping the down pipes again for my 2nd attempt! The wrap ive bought this time is rated to 540C (1000F) compaired to what i bought before that was rated to 1400F The price is more than double to buy and dont want to be wasting more money. Thanks Dan

Just got my new alarm delivered (TOAD Ai606) but now I don't know whether I should Install it myself or get a authorised dealer to do it? I am capable of installing it but will this invalidate the Thatcham approval with Insurance companies? What have you lot done with your TOADs?

Hi Looking at the japspeed site and they state that the decats for an na won't fit an auto is this right ?I'm surprised

Hi people...... I urgently need to get in touch with Mark, can someone pm me his number or I can pm my nymber to you to forward on to him. Need to contact him before 11AM. Cheers Alz.

Hi All just wondering if anyone can tell me what BOV's these are thanks

Thanks to Groover and those who responded to my questions regarding earthing out the ecu wire to the neutral switch on my manual gearbox. I decided to take onboard the advice given and went down the path of checking my engine timing and setting to 25 degrees btdc. It was actually set at 27-28 degrees meaning that it was too advanced. It seems a little less fumey now, however it still smells like it's running rich still. Obviously my idle speed has dropped as I have retarded the ignition a few degrees, but still purrs nicely. ANY IDEAS ON WHAT MY NEXT MOVES SHOULD BE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATED ????????

The engine is nearly ready to go in the S14 but for the turbo to clear the steering rack the perfect solution is to fit a passenger side exhaust manifold on the drivers side, so 2 questions 1) Any performance/running issue in this? 2) How easy is it to drill/tap 6 new threads for the bolts as the are opposit to the orifinal ones? Before anyboddy gets confused this is a TT engine into the S14 body.

Hi there, just tried to search for answers...but it wouldn't let me. I'm getting the 120K service done soon, timing belt etc....But I'm getting a full service as well. I Have a 1995 N/A automatic 300zx so.... a) what the best oil to use for full oil change? and how much 2 litres? b) best coolent? again how much? c) Spark plugs? I don't think they've ever been changed? 62k on clock, worth changing? d) k& n oil and air filter? worth doing? e) rear brake pads, coz at the last mot they flag these up as needing changing at some point soon. any advice gratfully received, Adz

Ok here goes. I managed to get my plenum off today after a mind blowing task so i was just wondering do i get rid of all the pipes underneath as im going to do a water bypass or are there any vaccum hoses there.