General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Silver Zed driving past Lee and Turner (Peugeot) on Waterton Lane about 10:30.

Hi Just wondering if anyone else had problems fitting the plastic under the car/engine when installed aftermarket bumber and fenders? I've got a blade front and viper fenders.

Do zeds have an iso plug for the stereo wiring?

after 2 years of ownership i finally got round to getting a Zedworld chip upgrade done today . Truly Awesome is the only way i can describe it . on start up she sounded smoother and a bit quieter . ran her around for a few minutes to get her warm and then gave her the beans on a straight bit of road . the difference was amazing . she absolutely flew , i nearly shit myself and the mrs squeeled like the time i came home from work early and caught her sitting on the washing machine . every zed owner should have one of these fitted . i thought she was quick before but i reckon she must be at least a second quicker to 60 now . go on boys treat yourselves . thanks j…

Boost and air leaks are a way of life for us in the workshop, but occasionally even we see odd ones that merit a photo or two. So to start with the leak was too large to build any pressure in the intake system and this makes it harder to locate as there is no sound, so we insert a smoke bomb into the afm intake and then when we pressurise again the general location of the leak can be seen as the smoke is forced out of the leak point. So having done the smoke test the general location was at the passenger side towards the back, so following a quick battery removal there now was more access to check it out. So with the extra access we again did a…

The old one is knackered and proper rusty underneath, quite amazingly the bootlid is almost completely rust free :sweatdrop: My mate started up his own bodyshop a few months back so did my spoiler for £30 as I wired up his booth for him, its gonna be the shiniest bit on the car, but I think it will prompt me to get my Z resprayed - he's already quoted me £500 for that. Anyway heres my new spoiler, its a D-Speed one, similar to the OEM one just a little longer :cool2: Off to get some tiger seal or equivalent tomorrow and get it fitted, more pics to follow.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1991-NISSAN-300-ZX-2-2-Black-/200655187882?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2eb7fb2faa thought i recognized the plate on the rear, then see the photo of when it was silver, and its the same bloody car. lol :) These pictures are from when i had it just after id changed the engine.

Anyone use Castrol Edge 5w40 fully synthetic? :)

I'm talking about his zed obviously.... In their latest edition Jap Performance mag have run a full length feature on TOTB X. Just behind the green Scooby of Rob Wakelin, in the background, is a white zed just wondered

The plenum off my other engine is polished and powdercoated and to be fair it's a pretty good job (what is it they say about polishing a turd???anyway I digress...) What I want to do is change the colour from the current silver powdercoat to a shade of blue similar to that of the SAMCO hoses I was wondering if anybody could tell me, what would be the best course of action here? does the plenum have to be sand blasted and then re-powdercoated blue or would a simple rub down and re-spray suffice? thanks

Not really a kick in the nuts as I was going to upgrade the rad on the shortie' anyway I saw a similar issue highlighted on a recent thread where the top connector on the stock rad had deteriate over time and eventually had gone brittle and broken away. The piece that's broken away on mine is still in the stock upper radiator hose so it won't be causing any dramas later on down the line I was in the process of fitting my new SAMCO hoses, then figured that if I was going to have to replace the rad anyway I might as well hold fire on fitting the lower radiator hose (still need to fit jubilee clips obviously) What I wante…

Probably a dumb question but why do the rear sill sections on the 300 ZX cause so many of us problems with Rot, whats the cause and how can it be prevented any ideas

on startup the engine idles around the normal 850rpm. after a long hour's drive to work, the revs sit around 1500 to 2000 and doesnt seem to drop off. not sure if this is right for a zed or not?

How do i remove the battery tray. As the person who owned the car before me as let acid keep dripping from battery and its rotted the underneath and inner wing thanks

Silver shorty at the meet last night. Are you on here bud?

I am on my holdays this week and saw a zed behind a garage, well nice. Just wondered who it is???

Sure I saw it recently for sale, got boot tub, lip spoiler, aftermarket front on? H reg twin turbo manual. Anyways met the new owner today who came round for a chat, its got a forum sticker in the window and I know I've seen it before, just cant remember where?

hi my aircon belt has snapped see other post due to the small pulley seizing up is it relativly easy to free off and is there a correct order in which to replace the belt is it best done from under the car with the splash shield removed or do it from the top and remove the fan and shroud can anyone help please

Ok I've spoken to Greg (Protuner) and the shortie's off up to Redditch shortly Greg's gonna' put the shortie' on the dyno in it's current guise so we can see what figures we are starting with Currently the shortie's stock apart from: Single intake (Blitz I think) Straight through de-cat full exhaust system *possibly boost jets fitted??? Now the 'Tzech' :wink: engine has to be rebuilt which will obviously take some time and money (it's confirmed it does have forged internals :sweatdrop:), therefore in the meantime I want to utilise as many of the bolt on parts as possible and cross deck them onto the shortie' It looks like I'm going to ha…

Following on from my prepping the zed for paint thread; I've taken some pictures of the dent on the pass side rear qtr. I could fix it myself with the worlds supply of filler but that would probably only end in tears. lol. I'd much rather that a body shop pulled it out as much as possible and then filled whats left. How much roughly would I be looking at to have this pulled and filled by a bodyshop? I don't need it painted as the car is getting a respray. Or would it be cheaper to cut out and replace with another rear qtr of a breaker? I'm thinking that it would be better to replace the dented sill with a new panel anyway. The door…

Will a LF Cluster trim fit right right hand cars ? i see the warning light units are on oposite sides .. but this should be a problem .. thanks Mark

have just found a broken belt under my z looks like it drives the air con pulleys what else does it drive and is it a big job to replace car is a uk spec t turbo 1994 can any one help some diagrams /instructions would be helpfull please

Right Searching is just giving SOOO much conflicting data.. What is the definitive cheapest but reliable way to replace the ever so weaping bushes? OEM? Poly? New Arms? Thanks

Only when engine is running and up to temp ive got an oil leak at back of sump. Pretty sure its not rear crank oil seal as this is new, Is it engine out job or can it be done in situ???? any advice Cheers Craig

I'm in the middle of prepping my zed for a professional spray job. I'm doing all the prep myself, except one dent I can't fix, to save some money. The problem I've got is knowing when to stop..lol Should I just sand and fill the little dings etc, then primer on the repair. The rest of the bodywork will get a key/sanding for the fresh paint. OR should I do all the above and primer the whole car (primer will be a decent rattle can quality). I would then flat it all back ready for paint. The main dent is on the pass side rear quarter and will need to be repaired by the body shop that does the paint job, it's far beyond my abilities to fix :( So I won't be touchin…