General Discussions - 300ZX Related

New front bumper I've been spending weeks working on...

Hi Guys, Any of you know if there is a garage that knows about these cars in the Maidstone area. I have a garage that I use and they are good but I am not sure they know these cars. I am waiting till Tuesday for an Idle control valve that I will fit but if that does not sort it I need a garage to take a look. Cheers

Now you see it ... Click piccy

Working on the dash and dropped a screw under the seat so tried to fish it out with a long screwdriver and found three yen coins a Jap receipt and the screw:biggrin:I love JDM finds

im going to be dropping the car by around 25 to 30mm at the front, its been suggested that i could do with adjustable front camber arms as it will throw the front camber out. dta used to do a packer kit but obviously they are now out of buisness. anyone got any suggestions cos £150 for cheap adjustables is a bit steep considering how small the drop is.

We went to Silverstone on Saturday and had a great day. Pete came and helped me tinker with the car as needed and he even had a session as passenger in the afternoon :) The car ran really well with just a couple of teething problems which were sorted on the day. I was running with standard road tyres and didn't bother putting the toyo 888 on as I wasn't looking to push at 100% this time around and anyway they are pretty crap in the wet lol. Here's a link to my very first session of the day and I will upload a couple of wet laps a bit later :)

Ok guys, just went to move the car and the starter motor is making clicking sounds coupled with ignition lights going out when it would be cranking. Sounds to me like the battery is dead/flat. First of, does anyone know the correct battery for the Z, and were the cheapest place to buy a reasonable one is for worst case scenario ? No-one I know nearby has a charger I can borrow, so looks like I am going to have to spend again :( What do I need to look for to ensure I get one man enough for the correct battery ?

hi all does any body know where the bost conrol solanoid is or do they run two of them as i am thinking of puting boost controlers on thank's

I have a strange intermittent buzzing noise coming from rear of the engine, would the Idle air control valve make this noise if faulty. Paul

It,s been the first time i,ve driven it properly for nearly 14 months a by fook did it feel good :dance::dance: Pulls like a train and that,s set up on standard boost ! , gonna be fitting a Zedworld chipped ecu and wind the boost up :whistling: let the fun begin :devil2::devil2: LOL The only trouble now is i,ve got to wait for the first of next month to get it taxed , that,s 12 bl00dy days :crying:, I CAN,T COPE HELPPPP.

In a moment of (what I thought was) clever thinking, I removed the green relays out of the small fusebox under the bonnet whilst I was on holiday and the Z was sat outside trying not to get stolen... lol :sweatdrop: Anyway I went to start it up earlier and couldn't for the life of me think why it wouldn't fire up, I used the throttle a bit as I was trying to start it before realising what was wrong lol :w00t: So I refitted the missing fuses after I struggled to remember where I'd put them, and the car started after a bit but is now running poor and sounds like a 3 cylinder :blushing: would I have flooded it maybe and is there a solution for this sort of stupidit…

http://www.cablecraft.co.uk/ProductGrp/000a00100002 bit more bling your you lads.

Hi boffins !!! I have spoken with Groover about being offered a new V8 engin. I am considering doing the conversion but have little mechanical knowlege. But I want to do this as a project. My zed has a good working engin and gearbox on a 1994 UK manual TT with good turbos and uprated injectors to 555. (327 on rolling road) I may as well sell these as I cant have two engins in same car.......(mmmmm.. could I ) nope, not worth considering..lol. I am getting the full speck on the engin (no gearbox with V8) and will look at cost before I finally make a decision. Is there anyone in the South of England who has done this and who may be available for a chat please…

Hi just wish to thank Sussex Stu for his help with my lovely zed the other day. Cheers mate, you are a star! :thumbup:

A problem has started with my windscreen wipers today. They won't turn off no matter what postion the switch is in. It is a 1995 uk model. This is what happens in the various switch postions: Switch postion - Wipers Off - Low Speed Intermittent - Low Speed Low Speed - Low Speed High Speed - High Speed Please can you give me any advice, many thanks, Jay

can I make a suggestion twice now you have wasted my time by wanting to buy something you obviously cannot afford. In future may I suggest you make sure you have money on paypal before buying, because disappearing for weeks at a time or using the excuse that you didn't get to the bank in time is just rubbish. Rant over

Does anyone use this during an oil change? On the way back from Zedworld the taxi driver who claimed to be a mechanic was talking about using it to help prevent oil being burned off. any comments?

Silver Jap TT. Single exhaust. Around 5pm today (friday) Looked clean, and i saw you drive off. Sounded lovely!

OK so lets update. Car went to garage had reconditioned gearbox fitted. I've had the throttle bodies cleaned Ive had the connector to the idle control valve changed over to spade connectors as mine was very green indeed.. It still tries to stall sometime not as much as it did originally. - Before I could not even drive the car down the road so there is massive improvement. I can at least take her out. Took here on a 20 mile trip. Stalled once when breaking gently behind cars at lights. Then going about 45 - 50 mph just cut out. Bit blooming dodgy in the wet. Pulled over - put her in P and started again. Now I do get the POWER light come …

made a start on fitting me coilovers but could do with couple bits of advise, firstly do i need to use the upper plate off the old front suspension for the new ones? 2nd despite fitting the rear shocks and matching the same distance on the coilovers the drivers rear is about the right height but the passengers rear is right up in the arch and rubbing the wheels! wound it up and it doesnt make that much difference! thought they would both be the same distance apart if you know what i mean!:confused1: dan.:sweatdrop:

Does anyone know a place in london that can fix a small carbon fibre crack on my bonnet? Haven't been able to find anything :no: Cheers, Jo

Sailed straight through - 1 advisory of low rear tread on rear tyre - thats it :) Happy chappy.

LMFAO, I LOVE this video!

anybody know where to get a single exit exhaust from? seem hard to find

Afternoon Just tryin to find someone to mot my zed, but the back tyres are always bald on the inside. Garage told me he can only adjust camber etc if I give him all the settings. He also said : 1. Its modified so he needs to know what suspension has been lowered. 2. Its got spacers on rears.... this will affect it 3. Not standard wheel widths.... He says nobody can even begin to look at it until they get all the settings for my complete setup. Another garage pretty much said same, cant keep replacing back tyres every 1000 miles. Anyone know anyone local (Sheffield) who has adjusted a modified car... Also any decent mot centres about...…