General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Well after 5 years of Z ownership its time to leave im afraid. All through those years I have had fantastic help from people on this forum, read things that have made me laugh like a drain and read thing that have made me spit feathers. The forum moderators have handled all issues with tact and diplomacy most of the time and I thank them for that. People who deserve a special mention from me are Bigman (paul is one the nicest, most helpful men I have ever met and has become, through this club, a lifelong friend). Mikey Bean (what a character as you ALL know). I also have a lot of time for the time effort and help given to me by Saz and Andy. I was really saddened how that…

The names have been changed to protect the Slow-coach. Seen going out for a blast in a RWD car he wants to sell for many thousands cos it's snowing here (only a few mm) ......but going sooo slow at a round-a-bout that the speedo wouldn't have registered it. But I obviously do hope you make it back home with a car of the same value, Mr C. --oooh and your blue lights looked real nice against the cascading flakes!

Hey, Just got the z back from the test centre, Shes Failed on a Few things: 001...front windscreen wipers not working-Cured this with new 15A fuse 002offside rear tyre-ive got one just needs fitting Rear brake pads down to the metal-need some more goes without saying, prob why the handbrake dont work and the lights on all front to rears brake pipes need changing as corroded-this is the biggy,dont know where to start with this one tbh offside front body chassis has excessive corrosion-this is the other biggy, i dont have a welder or any scap bits of steal to sort this, testers marked it in chalk for me though.gonna have toring around see …

i managed to shear 1 of the 8 bolts that hold on the flywheel and having trouble getting the remaining part of the bolt out,question is will it be ok to just use 7 bolts to hold flywheel on?i have a spare engine there but iam not sure if its possible to remove the section inside crankseal (not sure what its called) and replace it with another part?thanks guys http://s1092.photobucket.com/albums/i403/ciaranz/?action=view&current=photo.jpg

that very tastey looking lip on the bottom of that 99spec fasica is a 20 quid part available through seat maindealers! ok it probally takes a little fettling. looks awesome though. what im now wondering though is would it fit on the scarab bumper

ive orderd a fibre glass spoiler and need to remove my old standerd on how many fixings are there and is it stuck on round the edges has anyone got any advice

Hi, Has anyone else found it hard to bolt the diff to the subframe after fitting Energy suspension bushes. I can't get the diff to align with the bolt holes.(bracket end) For 2 nights now trying different ways. The bushes sit against the diff on the rear. I'm guessing this is the problem as it makes the diff sit about 3-5mm to far forward to allow me to bolt the bracket to the subframe. Really starting to piss me off as its not an easy job getting it in place and messing around with it. Any ideas? Thanks Dan

Just to say really Thanks to the guys that helped me choose the right turbos and Pushing me towards new ones ... Smithy Jimmer Anthony :thumbup::thumbup: GT2560R Supporting 600HP ( pair ) Received my Fitting Kit from the states Zink Plated with New Actuators and Uprated Oil seals ( crossed link ) Plus Both Clocked Correctly to fit the car Cost me a Total of £2050 with UK warrantie/support to buy the setup from the states would of cost me $2900 inc shipping plus any Duty/vat costs so i say around 400>700 saving ... ) plus my 5 stud Downpipes only cost me £70 .... Thanks Mark PS any one free to lend a h…

i need to remove my standerd spoiler how hard is this, any one got any pics to help me out

hey guys, im gettin car back on road now and i think i mite have some wonga spare providin it dont catastrophicly fail the MOT, ive got alot to do still but thanks to some guys on here i should be able to do it with my tite budget. my mates looking at gettin a TT after seein mine and hes found the red one in the for sale section, with the red and black interior. i really like that lol, so i phoned up a local up holster place here and they reckon not including the material. £80 each? thats not too bad is it?

I need to do an active stationary test on my HICAS, is there any free software out there that can do it? I have conzult free, datascan unregistered and OBD scantech, none of which will let me unless I buy the full version. Also, my neutral switch isn't connected after my manual conversion (by choice), so it wont go into the onboard diagnostic mode. So, I either need some software, or, another question, which pin on which plug on the old auto connectors in the engine bay do I ground to temporarily activate neutral for the ECU? Cheers, Tudor...

I've got a 1992 jap import N/A Cheers

since i got my car the passenger door central locking has been a bit hit and miss, because i dont use the car all week normally the battery can get a bit low and it used to be then that it wouldnt work. the drivers door would lock but not the passenger. after a drive it would then work again. this got worse over time and now i have to maually lock it. the key or the button work to do this. im assuming that the connection that send the signal to lock is corroded and has now become too corroded or detached to work. it does by the way unlock via the central locking. ive got some free time this saturday morning so in spirt of the fact its minus 3 here atm i dont wanna be outs…

If does anyone will see power enterprise turbo elbows(downpipes) and straight exhaust please let me know. Yesterday its been stolen. And i cant find to buy the same elbows. Does anyone knows where i can get them? Its got 5 bolts, 2.5 inch does anyone know whats ganna fit on pe1420 turbos?

Anyone tried this yet? Having looked at the $75 for the RS232 bluetooth dongle + the lead it seems alot but for diagnostic without wires it's an ace idea especially working with the phone next you in the engine bay and no silly laptops! :clap: http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306974 Search for NikoZ on your android market place, no iphone version i'm afraid

Anyone know which flat red gloss paint would be on my motors. I have a 89 JAP TT and a 92 UK TT both red. I am trying to order some paint and most searches detail AJ4 as the colour but I'm pretty sure that this is not as 'orangie' as I need. Any help appreciated as usual.

Has it been removed and if so why?

A friend of mine has seen this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ECU-Master-Digital-Ecu-Tuner-III-MAP-Sensor-/290656283043?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item43ac76e9a3 He's looked into it & seems quite popular in Poland where it is made. £158 including a 4 bar MAP sensor!! Anyone seen or heard about these? Hes probably going to get one for his Celica GT4 so will be interesting to see how he gets on! Bargain if it works well

I went to pick up the shorty and despite being a little worried about driving it with a wobbly drive-shaft back 30 miles it performed admirably :) We swapped the seats over the other day so i could get the standard leather seats to pablito on Saturday - they do look a little out of place with the standard dull grey tweed interior but i'll get the rest of the panels out mine tonight when i get back and take advantage of an empty driveway. I've got a few big plans with this one but ultimately lookswise externally it'll be staying the same just with a few modest enhancements :) I was out on the drive last night at 11pm emptying the rad and putting in a couple …

Got in the car this morning and the seat was bloody freezing!, miss my Calibras heated seats......so have any of you guys that have had your leather seats re-trimmed had heat pafs fitted? :)

hey guys, my z has been in my mates storage for the last 3-4 months, ive finnaly got a lil bit of cash to get it on the road, went up to get it tonite , took my new HID kit with me cos the lite wer crap anyway, after filddlin around with the flat battery, shoved another one on for now...i plugged the hid kit in and they wer flashing like strobes, figured i got a bad earth, so ive ended up having to earth each bulb to the body with a spade connector some wire onto the rad bracket. then only one side was working for some unknown reason, i think its because the h3 connector on the harness im only using the live from it, as ive earthd to the body so dont use the second s…

at the end of the month,I am going to get some bits and bobs for the zed,these are a boost gauge ,but i was wondering should i go for one that shows the pressure in psi,or bar? and where would i get a good chip for the ecu,my car is an auto,so would i have to get an auto specific chip? so this month I will be busy,with the chip,boost gauge and the series 4 spoiler from jap.slapper,I take it there is no difference between the lwb,&swb spoilers?

I was just wondering, how many engine re-builds the average zed owner has: (a) carried out by themselves or (b) had carried out by a garage/specialist and what the results were

After taking on a contract some distance away and handing my hire car back last week, the Z has been pressed into service for some serious miles over the next 8 weeks. 140miles a day, 3 days a week. After hopefully sorting my smoking exhausts out (oil weep from sump plug washer) I've got a new one, the Cat overheat light. Problem is the car doesn't appear to be missing and seems to be running fine, although it does feel a little lumpy at idle, but never when driving. I've had this issue before but before I could track it down it went again. Car is returning an average of about 23-24mpg so fuel economy isn't horrific but I'd hoped for better sitting on…

Well as most of you know we have been panning for ages to design one. So it was down to my old man to do, to go with the bumper he does. Sooo this was well over a year ago. people kept asking me about it and i kept going on and on about it to him. he just kept say yeah i will get around to doing it. Yesterday i was having a clear out and i found it again.Said to dad ive had enough of seeing it and im going to do it, so he said yeah ok :wacko: So ive started it. We took a shot of the bottom half of the 99spec bumper so I can work with it. Anyway one day on and the lip is well on its way :) Pic of some random lip made up and screwd on Next w…