General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Yesterday the Zed did a 800km trip without a single problem. Started in Andover, then via Basingstoke arrived in Dover. Quick trip over the splosh and next stop was home, Gutersloh in Germany. Purred all the way there, only problem the fuel gauge goes down quite quickly LOL. On the down side there's still smoke from the right hand exhaust :censored:, only on idle and not every time, very strange !

Spot on recommendation by Marty (Gonzo12c) to go with Lynbrook on a classic car policy for the SWB TT. I was expecting a quote of about £300 but they came back and offered me £194 fully comprehensive, needless to say we took it which is a bargain if you ask me

to de clutter the dashboard. as some of you know i run a ipaq pda with ecu talk software to give me extra gauges fed info direct from the ecu it also allows me to run basic diagnostics on the car without carrying around a laptop. now as i was using a windowscreen holder i didnt like the cluttered look, having a little brain wave and seeing others putting single gauges in the door vent i decided to see if i could squeeze the screen behind that. now rob came to the rescue when i advertised on here for a spare one and the sod wouldnt accept any cash even for postage!! cheers dude your a legend! anyway i have been messing about with it over the last couple o…

Having had my wheels painted the other day, I had a close look at the rear tyres on the car. They have worn absolutly bang on the money evenly but they are getting close to the wear markers. Now I cant be bothered to go and look but I am 95% sure they are 275/35/18 on the rears - problem is the cheapest I can find per tyre around £200 (some cheap brand), and I cant find Falken 452's in that size either at any price. But I can find 265/35/18's Falken 452's for £142 each. Will I be ok to have this slightly narrower tyre fitted? I'm aware that it will have a minimal stretch but its hardly the dangerous VW scene is it?!

Black H reg with what looked like a smooth rear end and smoked rear lights. Parked in a small car park off Landaff road

Right guys and girls, I am seriously considering selling my Slicktop. For no other reason than I fancy something else. Something with a retractable roof :biggrin: So I would appreciate some advice with regards to how best go about this. Firstly, is this in your opinion the best/first place to advertise? My feeling is that most people have Zeds' and are here for advice/help/parts/banter, not looking to buy. Secondly, if it was your car would you spend money making sure everything was 'perfect' ? In that I mean refurbing a wheel if it has a 1" kerb rub etc. Thirdly, and this is my Zed specific, would you offer any potential buyers a couple of bodywork optio…

OK...any sugguestions would be gratefully recieved... Please bear in mind I am not a mechanic or a technical expert. As I look at the engine, the middle cylinder on the left hand bank is not firing. So far I have... Swapped coil packs around and the same cylinder still doesn't fire. Swapped spark plugs around and the fault remains on the same cylinder Tested the resistance on the injector..it's 12.7 Ohms Tested the resistance on the coil pack..it's 0.7 Ohms Tested the voltage on the injector feed...it's 13.34 Volts Tested the voltage on the coil pack feed...it's 14.06 Volts (The coil pack connectors are brand new) The engine was replaced a cou…

can anyone shed any light on this for me bought a second hand nose cone in black off the forum preped and sanded as normal to respray in white as soon as primer is aplied and left to dry paint cracks have used filler to patch cracks and plastic primer and tack cloth but to no avail it still cracks any help please

Hi, How much Torque does a standard TT manual produce? Mark:-)

Mid afternoon on Sunday 10th July. Would've waved but I was driving my Shogun so it might not have meant much to you. You had the roof off and A TOWBAR!! :shock:

well im due to renew in about a month now but my 25th birthday is round the corner in september. how much impact will turning 25 actually have on insurance prices??? and what should i do in the mean time?

Went out this Saturday to pick up my brushed aluminium dial bezel from Maz and he let me drive his shorty N/A. Lovely car to drive, completely different to the TT. I think I'd have a shorty N/A, so long as I had a TT LWB :D Then headed over to Wakey to see JohnnyBoy, who gave me the little plastic clip thingy that I needed to fix Roses drivers door lock and a radiator cap cos mine's buggered, plus also a couple of hours of quality conversation :D Haven't stood and talked to anyone like that for ages, so cheers Johnny. Both Awesome members and if Johnny goes through with selling off his convertible as well, I only hope he stays in touch, would be a real shame to …

getting my auto to manual conversion started on Monday so I thought i'd get started on the centre console bits, found a nice leather set on flee bay and gave a go of fitting it today Also got a new plastic surround for the front bit of the assembly as I managed to break the clips on my last one.

Black zed at approx 21:30 parked on the car park by the coast road. Two people sat inside enjoying the view (or something :sneaky2:)

Hi all, At the last Scottish KFC meet (last Wednesday), I had the opportunity to see the boot area of Ossian's Zed.........nothing untoward there you say. On comparing my boot "boards" it would appear that, what I thought was standard fit - is most definitely not. I have three fairly heavy vinyl covered metal boards instead of the hardboard ones.The same kind of vinyl covered aluminium? is present in the passenger's footwell, protecting the ECU. Then I compared the standard targa covers against mine, again, a custom job. Foam padded , vinyl/leatherette? Lastly, the auto gear knob.....leather stiched? Can anyone shed any light on these items or are th…

Well the old Hilux has gone to a new home and we have a new family member a tidy black 1995 300zx SWB TT manual This shortie' is absolutely mint underneath and is a credit to its former keepers. Quite a contrast to her big brother sat on axle stands in the background feeling sorry for himself. First job on the 'to do' list was to swap over the Nismo steering wheel for the uber' rare, limited edition 'OZ Racing' Personal steering wheel out of the track zed. The feel on this is much better for me, than with its leather predesessor. I was going to change the Momo gear knob over but half way through I figured that I actually quite liked it and …

Hey i have been looking over google and cant find what i need therefore im pretty sure someone on here will be in the trade or know where to get these from. I need to basically put a spacer in between a bracket and the seat im screwing into. There is 10 mm gap to cover so i was either thinking of using something like what you see in the pic which would be best or simply a cylindrical metal spacer. Thread is 8mm and just cant find the threaded pillars in 8mm thread as i only need 8 of them. So to recap the gap to cover is 10mm and the thread on the seat is 8mm and ideal if the pillar is 8mm too. Marty

Seems a popular expression we hear often and I see just as often right here, it is when parts are been requested for and asked if there are any "kicking around" ? Well had me thinking why would we be treating parts like this and if we did would you guys still buy them? I think I have the answer! and by the power of the Internet and some dodgy photo-shop work we have some famous and some less famous sports player`s endorsing our very own Nissan 300zx air flow meters and in the now commonly used term they certainly are "kicking around" :laugh: Jeff TT

When connecting the nuetral switch to Pin 44 on the ECU do you splice into the wire or cut and join the new wire to it? Cheers

Last year I posted some pics of how the lower rad hose can fail internally and gets sucked in, again an example of this is clear to see, I know this is not a new problem but well worth checking, best to check 30 mins or so after a run to see if this is effecting your zed, we all know how serious it can be if cooling issues are left unchecked. Original thread http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=141967&highlight=lower+rad+pipe Jeff TT

Hi My Zed TT developed a hissing noise - this started suddenly last night after a trip to Birmingham - no prob on the way down, when I restarted the car I got this sound that is just like air blowing from a vent (like you would hear on a plane from the aircon vents) it's especially noticable when the car is ticking over or you let of the throttle on gear change You can't really hear if from under the bonnet - with the car ticking over it sounds like it is coming from under or around the driver side foot well - you can't really hear it from the passenger side Car running OK but seems rather lumpy on tickover now with revs lower than usual. Turn off the en…

HI, How much will a decent second hand fly wheel cost me any ideas? cheers Mark

Finally got the thing finished! Took the water temp gauge out and replaced with new 60mm unit - plenty of room behind the facia. A dab or two of tiger seal and it's not going anywhere used the redundant bulb holder hole for cable access - I even adapted the old holder to support the wire (not shown in this picture). Had to cut the wire and put a plug in line which I took from my breakers engine bay.Thanks to Groover for helping me with the wiring in at the ECU and also for supplying some nice 5 way led's. Top bloke! Engine bay all tidied up. New adapted de-annodised and welded in place of old sender, then rounded of and re-polished, cables…

my engine bay caught fire this morning while warming my car up I repaired an oil leak on the front cam seal and changed the timing belt and various gaskets and everything seemed fine took the car to swanage all was fine then blew a coil pack on the way back brought a used one of a lad on hear but the car wasn't running as well as it was drove to good wood exhaust started blowing the this mornin this happened any ideas its the same one I replaced and when I say on fire it was on fire cheers for any help

Looks like my central locking has decided to stop working ! When you lock the drivers side door the passenger side doesn't lock. I've just completed a loom switch for the full front end of inside when i done my aircon conversion but i've match up what i think are the cables and both the old and new loom look identical. Is there any relays anywhere that control the doors?