General Discussions - 300ZX Related

K reg Silver Convertible on Ainsdale beach, Southport 1pm ish Common as muck these verts :wink:

Need to get my Z back on the road for next summer so looking around for a trimmer. How much are decent cow hides as one guy I met last week reckoned he would need £1500 up front to cover the cost of materials :wacko: Apart from the hides, replacement foam and thread, I can't see any other materials or am I missing something???? Vijay

just incase you might be a member. have seen you a couple of times you have the stick on quad lights :blushing:

Just wondered as i havent been on for ages would like to see some pictures aswell please :flowers:

....we me as his owner. Just thought I'd let people know that the Z passed with flying colours, the only thing was headlight aim! Not bad for a 16 year old car! It makes me very chuffed! Just a quick question, the car's now done 61,000 miles. Time for timing belt change....The car is pretty slick and going well, so should I do the half parts change or go the whole hog and do all water pumps, etc etc...Advice please? Cheers, Adam

Its just one thing after another.. Car mad a sound as it was tried to tbe started and then after that all that happens is all the dash lights go out and you get a load of wuring sounds from the car. Not like a grinding gear. More electrical interference. It carrys on for a while even with the ignition off. It sounds like the starter motor might be the noise and maybe the solinoid is shorting. the car bumpstarts fine and drove fine (Until the alternator belt through its self. Ill get on to that) So the RAC came out and said the earth has a high resistance and although is a bit better is not great. Could it be just this or is it still gonna be the starter???…

I have the kit and the car but still not sure if i wanna go for it or not. I am taking out the forged tt lump with headgasket failure and fitting a new little 500bhp unit :rockon: but shall i wide arch it at the same time.Also has anyone got a wide arch with a 99 spec front ? thanks :thumbup:

The place that is going to map my car told me that I had to remove the apexi safcII because there would be a problem with nistune ånd safcII. Is this true? If it is how do I change to Doolz with 2 maf sensors in nistune?

We've just put my engine back together after doing the upper and lower plenums and the car is running better than ever before, super smooth and sounds much much happier (There were air leaks in the plenum, because of missing threads, hence the need for a change of plenum), but now I have my stalling problem back. Obviously my TPS and AAIV are now way out from where Jeff set them at JAE (Thanks again for that Jeff) and I'm back to stalling at junctions and roundabouts and things :( If anyone near Doncaster has one (I'm happy to drive a reasonable distance to get to you) I'd really appreciate borrowing it for half an hour to set the car back up :D

hi gang, I'm after a bit of alternator advice. I have stripped my alternator to have the casing powder coated. I've had to drill out the bearing. I thought it would make sense to have the alternator reconned. Does anybody know anywhere that will do this? Or, is there anywhere that sells reconned 300zx alternators? Hopefully I could send down the casing and they will send back a lovely shiny alternator. :) Or, can I buy a recon kit? Thanks

Starting to get a bit irritated by this now, seems like most of the time the engine is at operating temp the fan is roaring stupidly loud when the engine is revved. I thought it was only after being parked up due to a bit of heat soak maybe but today I noticed it was roaring away even after a motorway drive when I shifted it to 2nd on the exit ramp. Can I assume that the viscous coupling has had it? Is there a test I can do?

wanting to change these for braided items ive seen, but as usual will take to a garage to do the job. simple question are each relatively easy to change? and yes i do have water bypass fitted already.

Can anyone help and tell me if there is a guide for replacing the clutch master cylinder please.

I know a lot of people have changed the nuts and bolts for nice clean shiny ones, but has anyone here ever made a list of all the sizes of them that they would be willing to share on here?. Am now onto the stage of rebuilding the top end and would like to fit as many nice clean bolts to keep it looking as nice as i can, so any help on this would be hugely appreciated.

we all like to tinker with our cars im sure, but lately its turning out to be almost be an obsession. got home at 4, straight out to the car and have only just come in due to lack of light. todays project.... finished installing an alpine subwoofer in the boot. will spend the next few hrs reading up/looking at this website to see what i can do next. if i cant think of anything then i'll just have to wash/hoover her again tomorow.

I'm about to put some split rims back together after powdercoating and polishing. Does anyone have any idea of the recommended torque for the fasteners? They are PIAA split rims with 25 fasteners per wheel. Each fastener is M8. Any advice appreciated.

If I keep the car, Im thinking over winter im gonna refurb and refit the rear subframe and buy new Meister R Coilovers. Anyone completely polybushed their car?? whats the ride like?? ive seen some threads about front tension arms being weaker but believe this issue has been resolved by manufactures. it wont see many track days as im scared of breaking her but thinking lots of shows and maybe Nurburg ring next year. This is the setup im thinking already have ready to fit: Japspeed Front upper strut brace Japspeed Front Lower Brace Japspeed Rear stut brace Diftworks full Hicas delete Japspeed front Adustable Camber Arms Japspeed Rear Adjustable…

Had a run up to the Nissan factory at Gateshead yesterday to watch the final round of the British Drift Championship. Bumped into Lee, (sorry Lee don`t know your user name), Lee was at JAE this year and managed to get his Zed to the Nissan factory. Any way to the point, while we were proding at the engines we were approached by the publisher of Total magazines and he asked if he could feature the cars in Total Nissan, which we obviously could not turn down. Many pictures and poses later, of the cars not the drivers, lol, the cars where captured!! We`ve both got to e-mail specs, pictures, history etc for a write up, which of course will include the mention of 300zx.c…

as ive never seen a standard exhaust will my Japspeed downpipes fit standard centre sections with cats in? did a search and cant find the answer

Hey all, Once paid this week, I'll be in the position (hopefully) to be able to buy a second (or third) hand Zedworld chipped ECU. I've a '93 UK TT with an Apexi induction kit and a Mongoose rear system. Other than fitting the ECU and boost jets - what else needs done to ensure that the whole setup runs ok? Does the timing need altered? Does the idle speed need raised or lowered? Answers on the back of a postcard.........or here......please :wink: Andy

Saw it tonight, G reg 300zx twin turbo, looked an absolute pearler. Anyone on here? :bow:

I always see a great looking Zed parked up on the A12 just before the A127 junction, now for the past week he has a second wide Arch one parked by the other one. Lucky person !!! :wub: I'm not sure if it's anyone on here :confused1:

Can someone please advise on the correct size and where best to get all the belts for the vg30dett engine. please bear in mind i cant be spending a morgage on them at the minute,lol. Also need the water thermostat valve( already got one but would prefer to fit a new one) My crank pulley is a lightened one and water pulley is from a import. Thankyou.

I'm planning on replacing most of the old hoses in the zeds engine bay with new I just wanted to confirm that this SAMCO kit is actually for a zed, the advert seems to suggest that the hoses pictured might not be? I don't want to be forking out on another set of turbo hoses that I've already got. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samco-Silicone-Blue-Turbo-Hose-Kit-Nissan-300ZX-89-/180619677321?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a0dc58e89 cheers

I went to fit a momo wheel to my 95 NA instead of the stock airbag wheel and i've come across a problem......... wheel removed........ wheel with what i believe to be a hicas boss for a TT...... hicas bit removed........ wheel centre fitted and bolted on, all seems to fit nicely......... then wheel fitted...... however , when i do the centre nut up nice and tight the steering is very heavy (almost like the car is not running) and there is no response through the wheel and it is just as heavy to turn back to centre after a corner. so i loosened the centre nut a bit and the steering feels bette…