General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Mikey borrowed my engine crane to get his car sorted before JAE and I borrowed his mechanic abilities whilst he was stood on the drive :lol: Had a nightmare with one of the downpipe bolts, I had to go out and buy a torx socket as some knobhead had changed the bolts and the nut was rusted to it! So between us we finally managed to get it undone which means I can carry on taking the engine out! he also told me some secrets to getting the engine out quicker, seems I go the long way round with some things lol. cheers mikey! :thumbup1:

Well came home today to find that my delivery had arrived. :lol: Some of you may recognise some of the engine/parts? its come along way from North Wales and I am really looking forward to stripping her down :blushing: I know it's going to be a long journey and an expensive one, but will be worth it eventually. :lol: I will start up a thread up in the "Journal" once my engine stand arrives (hopefully by the end of the week) and then I should have some more pictures to share. Until then :thumbup1:

Hi guys. I've fitted a new turbo kit but unfortunately it's designed for the US market and the oil feed lines do not allow for the stock oil pressure sender in the stock location. On US cars I believe it's fitted to the oil filter tree but having just slotted my engine back in it's pretty obvious that the steering rack gets in the way for RHD cars :-(. I've had to remove the sender again to get the engine in. I don't really want to fit an aftermarket gauge or sender, ideally I'd like some kind of adapter that would allow me to fit it back onto the LHS turbo oil feed where it comes out of the block, a banjo union with an additional 1/8 NPT take off would be ideal. Doe…

Saw you whilst parked on Blatchington road, Hove yesterday about 5.45pm, high level spoiler, and quad lights. i was in the silly white micra with paw prints on. (girlfriends i must add) there goes my street cred................. Nice rumble.

I understood that a re-gas on a Z32 will need some extra work to run on the newer type gas, but I also read the new gas should be in vehicles post 1994 .... so would my JDM 95 model just need a straight recharge or a complete overhaul ? Is it easy to access ? (ok maybe thats optimistic :p)

i know this has prob been asked hundreds of times before but is there anywhere online which has a detailed instrution on removing the air con as i dont want to balls it up and ruin something on my car which would involve yet more work being done any help at all will be greatfull :)

Last Thursday on the A11, passed me in my girlfriends Focus heading towards Norwich. Looked nice bud. Did a 4 hour journey from Crewe to Norwich and was the best car seen on the journey! : )

Hi everyone does anyone have any idea where I can get repair panels ( rear sill, rear arch ) for a shortie ? I can find them for a LWB but not for a SWB. any help as always greatly appreciated Maz

any ideas/ suggestions on how to fix the cigarette lighter? i don't smoke but i do want to plug a couple of 12v devices in now and then, mobile charger, and service light etc. from what i can tell their is no power to the socket, (have tried 2 sockets) is their a fuse is so which one? is their a common fault? if no fix can i take a new 12v supply from anywhere round their? thanks in advance

Wonder where he is?? He seemed to be on here all the time and then became a trader? not heard from him for ages? hope he`s ok and ck300z (Chris) where`s he aswell?? wheres everyone gone??? :scared:

As above i have recently fitted Japspeed stainless manifolds and i have the common issue of the O2 sensor blank in the wrong place, ie> its designed for the left hand drive car and so i now have some slight scoring on the steering shaft. There have been a few members, Slick pete and Hellraiser to name a couple that have fitted these and i wanted to know how you got over the problem. If im going to take a hammer to something, will the manifold crack? bend the steering rod? Before i start searching, would be good to have a definitive answer. Many thanks Graham

HI Will be leaving Scarborough at 4 P.M. on Friday, will be travelling A64, A1, M18, M1, A14 or alternatively A1 all the way down! Any one travel about same time who wants to run together give me a shout! Cheers, see all at weekend. Dave!

It would appear that I've started to buy everything that I sold last year all over again!!! Anyway my question is: What are the pros and cons of using a set of quality sillicon pipes (eg. SAMCO intake pipes) over equivelent hard pipes (eg. injen) and vice versa same question for radiator pipes and upgraded smic pipes cheers fellas

hi dose anyone know how much to change my 91 jap na from auto box to a manual supply and fit might be an option in the future :excl:

Weird problem on the way home from work tonight. I set the temp to 40 on the aircon pod and normally i would start to feel some heat after 5 mins of driving. It was only blowing c.old air. equally to that my internal temp guage was sat on the C and didnt even budge!! Gave the car a good rag and still nothing. when i got home i lifted the bonnet and felt the rad and it felt only luke warm... any ideas?? Thermostat possibly?? Car running fine apart from that!

if you are running with hubcentric spacers the spacesaver will not fit . i learnt this today while refurbing my wheels . done the rears fine but when i tried to swap the fronts over i found out they wouldnt sit on the hubs due to the spacer bolts . ive never gave it a thought before but tomorrow im out for a can of emergency tyre repair to carry in case of front puncture until i can get some shims made up that fit over the spacer bolts .

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/92fairladyz/parts/nosepanels/ab-flug.jpg is the about a good idea,seeing as i have a Front Mount intercooler that blocks the intake :(

I've heard a few people talking about these recently and I'm a bit confused. How does a full throttle upshift in a 3 pedal manual work? Do you keep the throttle pinned (I'm assuming so) push the clutch and slip the next gear home and then...? What happens next? Its not possible to engage the next gear without the engine speed dropping (unless the car has sufficient power to instantly spin the wheels to match the engine speed)? It all sounds a bit harsh on the transmission to me? How do these fancy ECU's match the transmission and engine speeds without putting undue stress on the gearbox and shafts etc? Also how much of an performance advantage is gained from such a s…

Daft question, do you need to be a subscribed member to post pictures up? looked but cannot find a way of doing this, but I havent subscribed.

Is the interior light in the middle of the roof not the front map reading ones .The same as a targa top also is it fitted on any other nissans as mine is cracked and brown .thanks taff.

what are the different functions between the uk auto box and the import box can anyone help please

Ive been sat at work all day making a list of things i need to fix on the car in the next 2 days before MOT on thursday and I really cant be assed with work i just wanna get home and get cracking on the car lol.

Hi All can anyone answer this i have heard most Z`s when converted from KPH to MPH are unrestricted / Delimited during this process, so how do i know if mine is didnt want to push it to hard as i here the limiter when you hit it is a bit violent to the engine and dont want to break it. cheers Simon

My shortie' is currently still fitted with the original small Jap spec oil cooler. It appears to have worked fine this summer but with a few choice mods on the cards shortly I want to upsize the oil cooler as a precaution. At the moment I don't really want to be fitting sandwich plates, relocation plates etc and am looking at the simplest way to fit this cooler (below). The braided hoses fitted to it are huge, AN12 or AN14, and I want to plumb it straight into the stock oil lines/hoses. The braided lines are obviously screw type whilst the stock rubber hoses slide on and held in place with a jubilee clip type fastener. - Does anybody know of a connecto…

okay so i realise im nearly 40 but what on earth is going on with certain modified cars, why do people feel the need to tie a kids cuddly toy to the rear bumper , whats it all about ???