General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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…

its going to be a busy few months, as ive picked up my manual conversion (cheers Alex/Hollowpoint :) ), and thats going in the week after next with my Hicas eliminator( with n/a powersteering pump and pot, all pipes removed) all being well.Then its coilovers and suspension arms and possibly dump valves, lose the aircon,egr valve etc, powdercoat the plenum, get bits chromed,lose the rear spoiler, wiper and aerial get the holes welded and then finish off with a respray (and to think i told the missus i wouldnt spend as much on this car as i did on my last one!!!).Will stick up posts and pics as it all comes together :)

I made this little video with iMovie as a bit of fun. I think it work out pretty well so I thought I will share with everyone. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsnwbJjidz0 Remember, please like our Facebook page for more future update:

Sorry if a repost. I thought I was quite good at cleaning cars and never really knew how much there is to it. Have Just been looking around at various sites regarding detailing and was wondering what does everyone here use and why? Stages and the cleaning product.

As it's Julia's birthday today, I took the day off and we went to Twycross Zoo. "Which car should we take?" I asked this morning - "The Z of course" came the reply..... Yes!! ......and what a great day it was for giving the ZX a blast up the (almost empty:wink:) M40; twin turbos certainly love the cold dry air. Plus a TK3 blue ZX looks even better in the sunshine!! And to finish, we have a taxi coming in about an hour to take us to the Thai restaurant down in the village..... Richard:cool2:

Ordered my Meisters yesterday afternoon, wasn't expecting them until Friday or Monday, they JUST turned up now on a courier van! That's what you call service! Thanks guys.

iam thinking of changing the turbos to t28 turbos, does anybody know where i could buy downpipes to fit the 5 bolt turbo, any links or help just weighing up how much it cost, cheers

So how many of you have people in the know? I don't wanna lose my zx but I need help doing it. Do you know any welders, painters, fabricators who could spare some time to get my car sorted. Here's hoping. She is a 2+2 in ford electric orange. I need some welding done under body kit at back wheel arches I want to install my iPad into the dash and also build a Perspex/wood speaker unit in boot. Oh and I have to get new rubbers. I'd love to repay her. The idea is to make her like the fast and furious supra. Thanks all

How many pins does your OBD plug have? Mine has space for 14 but only 8 are present, is that normal? What's the small dial on the front of the ecu with the flat head screwdriver adjuster?

Now ive got rid of my series one daily runner for a BMW diesel.. i thought with the cash i'll be saving on fuel, im going to treat myself to a 99 Spec Type R as a fine weather /weekend car I love the looks of the 99 spec and the interior, so the only thing i will be changing is wheels and exhaust, with maybe a few mild mods, boost controller etc.. the one thing i dont like is the new heater controls, does anyone know if the series 2 controls fit the 99 spec? and last but not least Who is a good reliable importer in the UK? ive heard so many horror stories when it comes to importers Cheers