General Discussions - 300ZX Related

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300ZX-OIL-FILTER-RELOCATION-KIT-19-ROW-COOLER-/110581189362?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19bf270af2

ive now got all the bits to do this job I belive New rad Silicone hoses Thermostat Bracket Anything else needed? Gaskets? And how high should I jack the front end to prevent/vent out any air blocks.

i do afair amoubnt of driving and visting places in my job so this week i thought id share with you all alist of some of the things ive seen. 3 z32s not including mine 1 z31 1 z30?(280zx) 1 superchargered z33(too many normal ones to count) 2 gtos 2 r35s 1 1965 mustang 1 ferrari 360 1 ferrari 458 several astons a police helicopter landed and up close an acoustic testing tank in a mod facity a gaggle of white geese and chickens with fluffy feet and.....................er 2 lamas. theres probally more in fairness taht ive forgotten about.

Is it me or generally a guy thing that shiney car bits like this look so lush... such a shame they have to reside in the crap the roads chuck up, of course not from a zed, in fact they are S14, weirdly they even had a nice smell....oh did I say that out loud? :biggrin: Cannot knock the quality of some of the stuff coming out of China these days! Jeff TT

quick couple of questions for you guys, im not too good with the ins and outs of auto's, but when its in park my idle is quite high about 1200, but when in drive but stationary its about 8-900ish. is that normal? and my other question is can the clutch go on an auto might be a stupid question but how would you tell? on a manual you'd feel it but my zeds been acting a bit strange recently so just wondering.

Just to clarify, will LWB TT downpipes fit dierctly onto a SWB TT? thanks

MAP sensor fitting I've done a quick search but can't find too much info on it I understand that you can do away with the MAF if you go down the MAP sensor route but what does fitting a MAP sensor actually entail?

I'm looking to replace all of the stock vacuum hoses in the zeds engine bay with SAMCO vacuum hoses (blue). I'm just wondering, what size inner diameter hose do I require? There are a variety on ebay ranging from 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6.3mm, 8mm and 9mm thanks

Hi Z mates, i have just resubscribed after being away from the scene for a few years and have moved from oxford to blackpool, can any tell me if there are any z specialist in the lancashire area. thanks

Need a couple of 265/35/ZR18 tyres looking for something like Pireli PZero's dont need to be new can be part worns just need to get through MOT Anyone know any good suppliers?? Who dont cost the earth?? Cheers Craig

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?