General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi guys. Just got a crappy car related phone call. Ive had the zed almost 10 years now and have slowly made it how i want it. Over the last year ive had an engine built. Nice bit of power and a pile of shinyness (is that a word? :)) I recently had my original engine removed and stripped back the engine bay, After finally choosing a colour it went off to the bodyshop, ready to be smoothed and sprayed. The plan was to have the bay done, fit the engine, then full respray. So, back to the crappy phone call. The bodyshop lifted the carpet to remove the loom and found that the passenger side floor is rotten. I suspect ive maybe had a leaking heat…

I have just spent best part of an hour change my ride so that its all up todate to only find that it will not save. Can you please explain why and also tell me what I need to do so that I can edit my ride please :cursing:

So when my car goes in for the respray and welding next year, what color shall i have it

Right well its that time again when I need to change a few things and what better place to start than changing the colour of the car so its bye bye to the gold look and hello to a white look. Plus thinking of changing the headlight panel, the bonnet and maybe the rear bumper and for the inside fitting the zcentre 350 gauge pod and all the digital gauges including the main dash cluster, And im sending the wheels of to be referb painted and polished so all in all shound look like a new car next year

First of all, my top pillar gauge pod fills with water, so water is coming down the a pillar somehow. What is the most likely cause? I've already changed the seal around the door and targa hole but still getting in somewhere. :thumbdown: Had to save my HKS gauge before it got water damage! :sneaky2: Secondly, I went to refit my plenum cover today and it wouldnt push down into position at the back, had a look and found that the fuel pressure regulator (I think?) has been bent somewhere between the engine being removed from the past car, sat in the garage for 6 months and then refitted into this car. Would this cause me any problems? Thanks for any inp…

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Landrover-rangerover-7-x-16-steel-wheels-/160700360943?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item256a7ce8ef#ht_500wt_1202 I know ive probably asked before, but i cant find a thread. I know the stud pattern for the zed is 5x114.3 http://www.carlsalter.com/wheel_fitments.html This website says that the landrover is the same pattern but the freelander doesnt. Ill ask the guy but i just know he wont know. Thought id ask the gurus :donatello:

Guys, I'll finally have my Z at the end of the week, and have already bought a couple of bits for it (throttle cover strip and grounding kit :clap:). My priority for this particular Z is bodywork, including spoiler removal, bodykit and some smoothing. Once that is finished i'll be looking to move on to the rest. There's plenty i'd loke to do and the shopping list is getting bigger each day, but wanted your collective advice on whether there are any essential mods, or mods that i should be giving priority ?

I have an old Alpine TDA-5635 ,it is a tape graphic equaliser thing.i have been trawling the internet looking for fitting diagrams but to no avail so is there any old school ice experts who could help me out ,I know that it is compatible with Sony head units but thats all i know Thanks in advance

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Im after some ideas if possible? Ok i want to plumb a balance tube to even out the pressure before the throttle bodies as ive installed an FMIC. My problem is where to install it as i have no room on the pipe work close to the throttle bodies. I was looking into using alloy adaptors that you screw in to the silicone pipework but i cant even do that. Old pics here but gives you an idea.

A long shot but am hoping. Is there anyone on here thats a bit of a whizz when it comes to sorting the electrics out on the z32?. I am at,a standstill and am without a car so really need mine on road asap but am having problems with the electrics and car wont even try to start. So if someone could spare some time to help i would be very grateful. Thankyou.

Seen a few threads on this, but nothing definitive, Andy Isherwood mentioned the manual is wrong, so i drew up a quick image in paint, for those who have installed one before, does this look correct (and no laughing at me diagram, took me 5 mins to do that)

Hey lads, long time, no speak. Merry Christmas and all that to everyone. My career ended and so did my marriage but I've hung onto the Zed. :thumbup1: The wheels are looking a bit tatty. I was thinking of getting them refurbed. They're 'Ace Turbines' - polished alloy outer lip, painted inners with plastic centre caps and there's plastic fake bolts round the edge of the painted bit (fake split rims I guess). The alloy lip and painted inner aren't too bad but could do with improving (scuffs and light corrosion removing and re-finishing). The plastic fake bolts are looking tatty and I suspect can't be replaced or easily improved. Would it be possible / a …

Since about the end of October I have been storing my Z in the garage, perhaps once every 3 weeks or so I am starting it up moving it out of the garage to put my other car in to clean it, once done, starting my z back up and putting it away again. Could this be causing damage to the engine? Thanks, Dan

as promised matey, pictures from when i had her, might want to check over a few things as i mentioned on the phone and its not a pretty picture of her here but she was in the process of getting sorted out when i swapped her for a black TT. More to follow

Well after nearly 4yrs rebuilding the zx it was finaly ready to try turning it over for the first time, but no...... the damn thing didnt even try. Think its something related to the immobiliser. Have removed soo many things that was plugged in that i think its not allowing the immobiliser to work properly. So more delay in getting it done.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300ZX-TWIN-TURBO-AUTO-400BHP-TARMAC-CHURNER-/330658359287?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4cfcc627f7

ive seen an auto box controller on an auto nissan largo ( supposidly the same auto thats on the zx n/a) and i was wondering if anyone knew a way of holding the box in gear so i can get the car mapped? ie hold the car in 3rd and floor it without the car kicking down?

These appear pretty cheap? What are your thoughts, do you only get what you pay for or are some of these discs as good as the bigger named brands http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300SX-300-SX-Drilled-Grooved-Brake-Discs-Front-/110461509545?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19b804dfa9#ht_1971wt_956

The Episode of Top Gear where Hammond buys a ZX and May buys a Capri is currently on iPlayer for the next few days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lvf71/Top_Gear_Series_13_Episode_5/

can anyone tell me if the door window switches are supposed to be illuminated or not nrver really noticed till now mine are not

I’m not a great DIY person, but in my quest to remove my "table top" spoiler on my 93 zed, I need to remove the plastic internal side boot lid trims, but before I can do this, I believe I need to remove the hydraulic strut arms ? I don’t want to guess at how to do this and beak anything. Does anyone know the procedure to remove these arms ? I know spoiler removal has been covered before, but it always seems to be for the earlier glued on version Thanks, Tim

Just been doing some research for when I start my Z project and it seems i'm going to be needing a Boost Controller. After a few searches I can't seem to find which is deemed to be the best one. I've read a bit about the Greddy E-01 models which seem to be a whole box of tricks, but was just wondering if there's any others I should be looking at? Any recommendations from people on here?

Trying to get a hold of Groover to get some help but since I´m not Vip user can´t pm him Groover or anyone could hand him my email? or if he shows up on this thread? fj.twinturboz32@gmail.com

Hi there, Merry Christmas one and all... Quick question, I have a 1995 N/a in red. It doesn't have the normal 'table top'(?) spoiler, it has the lower foam one. This is cracking all down one side. The rest of my body work is in great condition. I was thinking about removing it and having nothing at all??? Obviously I get it filled and resprayed etc.. Just wondering what people's thoughts are??? And are there any pitfalls I should look out for during this process? Many thanks for any advice, Adz