General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi, my engine on my N/A Zx has started making a light knock/ tapping sound. The sound is coming from the top passenger side of the engine under the plastic cover. Taps at tickover then goes when the engine is reved and returns for a moment when tickover returns. There is no noise at all during driving and doesnt effect performance in anyway. VVT springs has been a suggestion? how do i check these.

Anyone on m4 westbound? Stuck in membery services with a broken alternator belt that Rac can't fix as I've got 2other belts behind it on the Z. *£240 to recover me home so big drink for anyone that can give me a lift?!! Tools and spare belt in my garage, but only key on the keys I've got here so can't get lea to come get me either!!! Call me 07818 607568..

A routine whilst the owner waited job revealed more work as we removed covers etc, now this is not unusual but to leave the newly revealed issue we felt was a tad shortsighted. So the original job was to replace the two water hoses above the water pump as one had split, there was a slight show of wet oil at the cambelt cover edges, but when removed the amount was extream. The oil was dripping right through the area and was pooling in some areas where it could. As the owner was waiting we was able to show the oil leak in its full glory, unfortunately due to time and other constraints the owner requested the water leak be done with the oil issue to be dealt with l…

Ok typical job of propshaft vibration, in fact a particular acute one, however when we removed the prop we were surprised to see a recent centre support bearing, however a closer look revealed a little more..... over to you guys. Jeff TT

Is this correct, making reference to this Gumtree advert: http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/nissan-300zx-twin-turbo-manual-uk-spec-black-beauty-only-252-made-in-uk/89904894 Not sure where the info is from but thats pretty cool if its right. I've got one and had 3 UK manuals.

As I travelled back from slough down the back roads, a ferrari 360 came out of a juntion just infront of me. As he put his foot down i was expecting to wave good bye, but im pleased to say the zed kept up nicely....up to 25mph. In all seriousness, as we then drove on to a private road, i was on his tail right up to a tonne. Very pleased :)

Hi guys, Hopefully someone can shed some light on this. Driving along the motorway last week and everything is running nice, then while in 5th gear and relatively slow speed (50ish) I start accelerating and hear a slight pop and a little miss! It only happen once and then everything goes back to nice. It then happened again this week. Exactly the same situation, only at slow speed in top gear and trying to accelerate, then back to normal. I should probably have changed down, but it has never happened before and doesnt happen in any other gears :sad: I have checked obvious things like leads connected etc. Could a sensor of some sort be on its way ou…

I've got an oil leak that seems to be comming from the front of the gearbox underneath. The oil leak has become worse over time. So now I might have a chance of finding it. Just now when I started the car up noticed that there where air comming from the small hole in front of the gearbox. Could this be caused by the seals between the engine and gearbox? I'm pretty sure air is not supposed to come out from the gearbox:whistling:

I've been thinking about this for a while. As the tint is so dark there is a clear boundary between the front and rear of the car, which doesn't look right imo. I think they go well with the look I have at present with the dark wheels but I really want to change these to a lighter colour. Most probably silver with polished lip(very original I know!) or maybe white/gold with polished lip. But for now, what do you guys reckon on de tinting the windows?

I was on way to cardiff when i see a white zed with body kit. i was in my red zed.

Mmm.. well the latest breaker sold with a good engine but needs turbo`s was not well described it turns out, smoking like a b*tch and running only on 5 cylinders was a possibly a turbo issue but following further investigation today Jamie quickly established all was not as it should be.....oh well. Compression value of around 15psi on surprise, surprise cylinder 6! Jeff TT

ill start off saying tis was an impulse buy but it really helped in the morning when i was tring to creep out the street without wakening everyone the feed back and interferance throught the stereo was horrific but got one of these and its worked a treat you might think its a jumped up grounding kit but she starts better idles better and all feedback and leccie interferance has dissapeard http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250900846342?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Please can somebody advise me of the best way to degrease a plenum prior to powder coating? (without a paraffin parts cleaner)

A have a spare rear centre panel I bought off ebay (cheap!) that appears to be a genuine nissan illuminated panel, as it came with a nissan inverter and on seperating the two parts it has a proper cut-out for the wiring connector etc.the reason I seperated the two parts was due to the fact the el sheet doesnt work and I want to replace it. Does anyone know of anywhere in the uk that can supply a new el sheet of the correct size (approx 50mm x 300mm) that illuminates red?.have looked on ebay but the el sheets on there arent the correct size.did find one from the states the right size but they dont ship to the uk! :( Any help or advice would be appreciated :)

My 300ZX shimmys between 50-70mph, I have had the wheels balanced twice now and installed spigot rings to my spacers. Any ideas? Could the tyres be out of shape? Could it be down to worn suspension components? Thanks, Dan

i need help, ive put a new engine in my zed, its a vg30 dett im stuck on all the little vacum lines and where they go, can some one please show pictures of all the lines and there positions on the vehicle your kindness will be mutch appreciated

Right guys, as some of you may recall I have deleted the JDM parking mast from my bumper. I still have the button on the dash though obviously. Soooooo, i've been thinking!! As I mostly listen to music via my ipod/cd and hate the look of the raised aerial. Is it possible to rig this button up to raise/lower the aerial only when needed? i.e. when listening to the radio. As you know i'm a dumbass so it's probably a stupid idea and impossible, but thought i'd ask you clever lot on here. If it is possible surely it is a genius idea :innocent::yinyang: Any help/advice greatly appreciated :thumbup:

....of satisfied Zedworld customers :yes: Just a quick 'Thank You' to the team for looking after me and my Zed. Cheers guys. And the wine from the Zedworld bash is finally chilling in the fridge lol. I thought the posty had enjoyed it :sneaky2: Thanks again guys, and i'll be in touch with regards to the future improvemnts. Daffy.

For a full respray changing the colour both door shuts, boot shut, top of the inner wing and replacing my rear arches with the metal replacment panels i bought a while ago, also rolling my arches all for £1300. Or just doing my re arches and spraying them same colour £400 his other work

Hi there all, Going to buying some DriftWorks suspension parts and have a question. Does anyone know if they come with replacement bushes or are the old OEM items reused? I'm getting front and rear camber arms and front tension rods. Cheers, Rob

Really nice looking red tt on a38 (tamworth) about 3pm... anyone here? :D

Being super hi-tech, i made a front bumper on paint . :) What dya reckon??? best to stand quite far back from your screen lol

Hi guys more questions lol, sorry. Replaced rear shocks new nissan, old ones didnt have no gas in them they just pulled up and down. and replaced inner and outter hicas joints, No wonder the car handled like crap,state of joints and shocks. Well its now a differant car handles great hits bumps without throwing car all over the road, But its still not like my last z, it seems really noisy by that i mean road noise and wind noise, Took it out tonight and give it a run on a private road, and anything above 100mph is to be honest horrible all you can hear is wind and road noise,theirs no wind coming in the car you can just hear it, Theirs …

Hello, I'm Rob (New member) :biggrin: I understand that this is mainly a Z32 site, but it seems some of you have or have had a Z31. My problem is: I discovered that the sidelights have been moved to a toggle switch on the dash by a previous owner . This is because the stalk does not put the side-lighs on, just clicks round to headlights. I was willing to live with that until I could get it sorted, but I tried the full-beam, left works, but the right one is out. I checked the fuses and the right light fuse seems to have gone. (this is where it get weird.) I took the RH fuse out and the headlights still work ! I would like to get the stalk wo…

For sending back my car cover mate owe you a drink bud cheers