General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I am currently upto getting the timimg belt on and need some advice. On the lower crank there is a dot, but where on the engine should this line up to?. Is it the little cut out mark on the oil pump thats at the bottom right hand side?. Thankyou.

been up the garage trying to fit this lower brace but i cant get it to sit properly in position! it wont clear the lower rad pipe outlet of my koyo rad, anyone who bought this brace fitted it with a koyo/type rad and do you have a pic of it seated properly? dan.:confused1:

trying to change the power steering belt got the adjuster nuut undone but cant get the actual pump to move to get the belt off im working from under the car isthis the wrong way to go about it asm getting frustrated now at what should be a easy job any advice or diagrams will be helpfull please lads

Which one do i need to by pass my det sensor?

have been reading threads on light upgrades i have hid fitted as dip beam but am told they are not recomended for masin beam but to use osram nightbreakers instead can someone enlighten me on this also what type of bulb to buy for eg h1 h4 h7 etc

Ok so yesterday I fitted some replacement standard shocks with lowered springs that I bought off Kinugawa Turbo (Cheers dude, turned up real quick :D). They have dropped the car back down to the height it was when I bought it, before I fitted the nackered set of Teins I bought earlier in the year which were fully extended height wise and made the car REALLY unbalanced and just didn't sit right. The problem is now I have a knocking, but it's like a knocking of something that's loose, only nothing is :thumbdown: I've jacked it back up and checked the lower joint, the mount bolts, the strut brace, everything, nothing is loose, yet when I go over a bump at more than 5 mph the…

Have just dropped my good lady off at work, and her work chums are 'ribbing' her about getting out of "KAT" and calling me Michael Knight... Problem is, I was driving the Pearl Black 300ZX! She now wants me to pick her up later in my company car... I see trouble ahead... Excuses / Explainations gladly received before tonight!! :sneaky2:

going to be changing my radiator today, so anyone got anything to tell me. ive read i should use inorganic coolant, because of the silicone. ive read about bleeding it with the heater matrix open etc, but im a bit worried about doing it ive not done it on the zed before.

just randomly browsing ebay i found this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300ZX-SWB-TWIN-TURBO-MANUAL-ONLY-2-OWNERS-/170703678614?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27bebb6c96 a series 2 manual t/t slicktop shortie

could someone please tell me or do it fo me resize my sig pic to the max allowed i have no image editing s/w thanks in advance

ok after an engine fail i have fitted a Oil Temp and Pressure gauges Oil using right now is valvoline 10w40 now what i'm wondering is what is the Max Temp the oil should get to when booting it .. as its peaking out at 105c normal temp seems to be around 85>90c but the other problem i'm getting is when it is up to temp and when the engine drops back to idle or gets around 700/800rpm when pulling off the Pressure will drop to about 10psi and set my gauge alarm off .. but normaly around 30psi ish but the gauge on the car dosnt drop below 1/4way but very slow my gauge is all most Instent movement when throtteling so the Q is is my Normal t…

I have a spare alloy crank pulley and all belts of the engine i got from Uno, i have removed it but never fitted to my Uk. Does it make much of a difference?. sure its far lighter, but can it make a noticeable difference, what are the benefits.

Hi guys, Think thats what their called mine are dripping slime all over my drive, Whats the best ones to get (anyone got any standard ones) Really want ones that aint gonna pull the front of my car off, cause their to stiff lol, Cheers guys...

Hi Guys, I need brake pads front and back. Seen some on ebay.. would they be OK and would they fit? Or should I go to a garage to purchase. Or Can anyone recommend where to purchase on line. Then I will have a go at fitting myself. Never done breaks before but im sure it cant be that hard. Cheers Dave

I think many of us have seen these Work Equips on Ebay, been on a while now http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WORK-EQUIP-Deep-Dish-18-13J-8-5x114-Rims-Alloy-Wheels-Wide-body-300ZX-Supra-S14-/290614825660?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item43a9fe52bc Only 2 wheels in this auction and very nice they are too, but I want to comment on the dish, an obscene 135mm, that is incredible:thumbup1: I thought my rears had a 'deep' dish at 75mm, these just blow them out of the water :surrender: That's all :wink:

Just a quick question fellas Ref this HID kit for sale on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XENON-HID-CONVERSION-KIT-NISSAN-300ZX-H3-/310213954935?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item483a314d77 I'm looking at upgrading the stock headlights on the shortie' to HID units, now the headlight units on the shortie' ('95 import model) are different to the headlight unit on the LWB ('91 UK model). Is the above kit the one that I need for the shortie'? cheers

Anybody point me in the right direction for purchasins 2nd, 3rd and 4 gear synchros? Also need second gear. The guy doing the work has asked me to source the parts as apparently he has had a nightmare with Jap cars in the past.. Cheers

What tires between these brands would fit better on my Z for summer ride? or basically rest of the year...considering I live in sunny Spain and Z doesn´t drive much... also heard about Pirelli Z....

Had to bite the bullet today and SORN the Z :( Other things have got to take priority for a little while, and work has been slack this year so I've chosen to tuck her up for the winter. On the plus side, hopefully it will be going into my mate's workshop over the colder months so we can do a bit of welding, a bit of fettling (a nice local chappy is going to make a one piece prop for me ;)) and perhaps a little spraying and wrapping :shuriken: Might see if I can get hold of some old rwd shitter to play with on the winter roads in the meantime :clown:

i keep getting a red light on the bottom righthand side of the dash when i press the brake pedal this seems to be intermitant it looks like a fog light warning but it is red can any one help as i do not have a manual to go by

Would like to say a massive thankyou to Lee Dent (member on here) for helping me with my zed today.He sorted the wiring behind my dash, sorted my turbotimer out (cheers for the adapter loom for the ignition switch),sorted my boost leaks out (boosting through pcv and turbo hose leaking) and showed me how to remove and clean pcv valves and set up my boost controller.car now running 100 times better, boosting as it should and holding boost :) If anyone is in Shrewsbury or the surrounding area and needs any work doing I cant recommend Lee highly enough, his work is spot-on and what he doesnt know about zeds and cars in general isnt worth knowing So once again, cheer…

Following on from my bling nuts and bolts question, i was wondering if anyone also has a guide or list they could put on here with all the sizes of hoses in the engine bay(most likely just the ones you can see). I dont mean just 6mm, 8mm hoses, but actual lengths and sizes and what each pipe is for and where. As always, thankyou to all who can help.

This weekend at York speedway the 2nd bit of z drag related history for the year will be set This time it will be a Z/ZX bracket race series that the organisers are allowing to be done defiantly a eight car shot out but hey if another eight turn up a sixteen Z/ZX shoot out would be the icing on the cake Not bad as this year at North Weald saw the first ever Z/ZX eliminator take place with zs going head to head until there was one left standing

I've got me a brand new set of 4 bolt split downpipes. All very lovely, but I need 5 bolt. :( Do u think a custom exhaust company could just cut the end plates off and make up new ones?

Hi, If i dont sort this clutch problem I may break my car it owes me £1200 with buying the car and putting a new fly wheel and cutch in it. question is will i get my money back breaking it as i know its alot of work breaking the car. Its a uk TT which has had the manual conversion done full leather in pretty good knick? shell is not bad under neith but rear arches and sills need doing but you expect that from a uk car lol cheers Mark