General Discussions - 300ZX Related

On the way back from the MOT on Saturday I realised that my mileometer is not working. I looked under the car and I could see some loose wires and I also know my reverse light has never worked since I converted from auto to manual. Does any one know of any decent photos showing which wire are what on the manual box and what the connect to on a auto to manual conversion? Thanks in advance, Andy

Ive finally got my manual conversion done :-) now i got a deeper problem i left the car on tickover for 10 mins or so then it revved missed black smoked then blue smoked and just before it stopped a tapping noise under the bonnet. Now when i try starting it its sounds like a whirring when it turns over and wont start but fires anyone got any ideas what i should be looking at?:helpsmilie:

well have taken the zed away to belgium for the weekend and well what a week end the car did not miss a beat absolutly brilliant and driveing all the way back was just the best feeling ever absoultly fantastic shame about the weather but sunday was dry all day really glad i own a zed cant beat it

my new sticker :) any comments ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3166641.htm yer right :wink:

Im not happy with it, help :( Everything on the car is brand new and on some bends i get a twitchy bum as if it wants to come round. I dont know if my set up is to good and the back is to grippy, you turn in the you feel the bum turn in like 4wd (got no hicas) The car has been on hunter system so it is set up properly. can cambers do this, i have 2.3 degree on the rear and 1.5degree on the fronts. I was wondering about slighly streched tyres. i have 265's on a 10"wide rim. the rear pressures are 34 psi and i was thinking of putting them down to 28/30 where i have always had them. so i can get more tyre on the road Problem i have is i cannot change…

Well, what an afternoon, only 4 of us turned up, but what a giggle and some really nice :biggrin:Zeds and a little red FTO helped make us up to 5. Thanks go to Martin, Steve, and Ian. Thanks also to wifey (in red FTO) for taking some nice pics. Good food, good location and fun............brilliant. I see I cannot post pics as my subscription has not been sent....ooops sorry. I will sort that out today. If anyone wants a pic please email me at barryj_schofield@yahoo.co.uk and I will send them to you!

Looks like it's over, could do with a little internet diagnosis to confirm it! Last week on a quick motorway run I had a nice friendly chap in an Evo come by to tell me there was something wrong with my car. I slowed down and then the temp started to rise, so put the heaters on full and it dropped, a mile or two later I'm on the slip road and drop the window slightly to here a rattle which I figured was the other car - it wasn't! Anyway the rattle (can only describe it as diesel like) would disappear at certain revs. Anyway, got home and popped the bonnet to see some oily residue on the fuse block (pass side above the headlight). Next day I tried to put som…

I have owned two zeds now for just under 2 years and today was the first time i've drove a zed with a normal shifter. When i mean normal i mean a normal manual with a standard oem shifter. My first zed was an NA with a short shifter and my TT was originally an auto but when doing the conversion i put a short shifter on as thats what i was used too. Well i was having some issues changing gears with the one fitted so i decided to hunt out the normal shifter i got from vody as part of a conversion kit and fit that instead. What a differance - simply couldn't believe how smooth the gears now change ! i took me a good hour or so to fit the oe…

I need to get a leaky oil pipe replaced on the z It comes from the diff to the oil cooler, metal pipe, the one under the cooler. Is there a specific name or part number for it? As if i go to my nissan dealership, im going to be there for days trying to explain where it is. Thanks

This could be a good Z for someone. Be great to see more pics http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300ZX-SWB-TWIN-TURBO-MANUAL-ONLY-1-OWNER-/170688191861?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27bdcf1d75

Took the Z and MOT yesterday after being SORN for ages and my God!! I forgot just how exciting these cars are to drive!! Any way she's back home and up in the air now with a list of jobs to complete before JAE. Just thought I'd share my excitement! :clap:

Where do I find /mm pin stripes to do a '99 spec rear light conversion???

getting code 54 on OBD scantech nissan, i take it my autotransmission ecu is buggered?

jeff have you got any pic's of a mani swap mainly the drivers side..do i need to deattatch the stearing rack completly? thanks

On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being that a cack handed spanner biff could do it, 10 being professional mechanics only) 1. I've got a 95' spec fuel rail with Nismo 740cc injectors fitted in the LWB and I was wondering, how easy/difficult would it be to do a direct swap (on my driveway) for the stock rail/injectors that are currently in the shortie'? 2. Forged internals and turbo/s swap is an engine out job, no alternative (yes/no)? 3. The AEM EMS that I have, used to be fitted to the same zed that the forged engine came out of, Could I fit the AEM EMS to the shortie' before it's driven up to Protuner for its re-map or should it be swapped once up t…

For anyone interested in the 'nismo' (I'm skeptical as to whether they are a genuine item or not) here's my home made versions using the stock ones, admittedly they're not carbon copies, but this cost £10 the other ones from the US are looking closer to £90 with shipping and probably more after import tax. these can be seen here at CZP: http://www.conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=1072&Car_Type=300&UID=2011082711150890.216.226.222 You only need a few bits really, the indicators themselves (tend to come stock :) ) and some tinting spray. In all fairness this is essentially just diluted black spray paint and you can use just standard black pa…

of the fuel kind! :chef: 20 litres of Shell's finest to use in my truck whilst I change the engine :tt2:

Ahhhhh, its my own stupid fault for leaving it so late, but today my car insurance ran out, its bank hols and the office is closed, I have an online reference number and It won't work :((( any ideas how I can get on the road, do insurance company's have a grace period, so I may be still insured, stupid me :((

.....matter which way round the connections are? Dave

after the car being off the road since 1st June last year, the engine rebuild is finished and we put the engine in this morning, looking very good, just need to spend the next few days plumbing it in and she should be running again, to say im chuffed is an understatement, its taken so long to get to this stage I never thought it would happen lol Ill post some pics up when it stops raining long enough for me get out there. Heres one

Just a thank you to the two members that helped me out with this and a plug to boot. I got the Polished Aftermarket Radiator Bracket from AlanZ and the bespoke 'SLICKTOP' plate from TwinTurboRich, I am going to rivet the plate to the bracket. Both just roughly offered in place currently as my new radiator will be fitted after JAE Thank you boys here is the pic

Hi guys, everytime i drive my car after rainfall or a wash it gives me a huge jolt and almost like a fuel cut or something, stopping me driving into the revs, this got better as the journey went on. I was almost certain that the maf was to blame, but only because water was getting on it, and i thought that the journey dried it out as it went. Today i found this in my filter That was at the end of the run, i dread to think how much was in there at the beginning. Its an apexi power intake, not a cheap one i believe. Can i clean this and are they prone to letting in water, or will that be the paper gasket used to blame. Thanks guys Mark

Hi all just drove down to cornwall and noticed that under accelaration the temp gauge drops quite sharply, it doesnt creep down as if more air throgh the car would be cooling down it moves about the same speed as the rev counter any ideas dont know if its always happend or just started ive never noticed it before. Oh and i dont know if its related but about 3 hours into the jorney i had the cruise control set and we started up hill almost got to the top and it felt like it started running on 5 cylinders so i slowed down and it cleared and was then fine for the rest of the jorney :s im shittin myself the the headgaskets on its way out. Any help would be great and as …

Hi saw this interior pic and wondered if it belongs to anyone on here? if it is , drop me a pm, got some questions about it. Ta