General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Mr Parcel man just dropped this off at my work :tt1: Well impressed, feel like fitting it tonight although need a few things done to go par and par with it ! I've got a polished plenum on my NA that i tried to fit but for some reason it just wouldn't sit flush and it caused so many leaks all round. Hopefully this one will fit better or i'm back to the drawing board. Big thanks to big_jim for giving this to me at a bargain price !

Question was, with larger turbos, will the 15psi duty rate of injectors still be allplicable. ie can you run biig turbos at 15 psi safely. or will boost need to be lowered. as turbos flow more air, and therefor 15 psi becomes lean. AMMENDED; for future referance.

Can you bleed your clutch on your own or is it to difficult?

can anyone please tell me or show me a picture of where the clutch fluid goes.:confused1:

Hi guys, Longtime fan of these cars, and a major Jap import fan (owned several Supras, Celicas some Mazdas over the years) but first time poster. As per the title really, looking to buy a budget 300ZX to use as a daily driver for a bit. Live in Chiswick, which is fairly central London and commute up the M1 to Watford, so preferably an auto. Ive seen what appear to be very clean cars for not much more than £1k. Looking at N/As as I believe them to be generally less trouble/ maintenance than turbos (Supra experience talking there!). Also like the idea of the targa roof panels. How reliable are the cars in general if were being totally honest? There are some ha…

Working towards getting a manual conversion done next month so starting to gather together all the bits needed ! first off my radiator was busted at the top end as the plastic hose connection became brittle and broke off causing a bad leak so decided to get a new one and while I'm at it also an uprated oil cooler to go with. First bits bought turned up today : As a few of you know I've a fair bit of bling in my engine bay so not wanting to break from tradition I'll be needing a new chromed balance bar as the one that's currently on is for the auto and is missing the connection bit at the left. So who's up for a trade, not be needi…

What have people done with the oem gearbox mounts when they fitted the Japspeed decats? Reason I ask is that they are missing the mounts completely. Being about an inch or so above them :confused1:

Wouldnt have noticed me i was in a renault 5. Saw it just entering dunstable from the downs side. Looked alright :thumbup1:

Bah, things been running too smoothly lately - then boom!! Driving back from work at 30, I put the foot down a little to progress slowly to 40, but it gives 2 small judders then carries on. I notice then the speedo has dropped to 0 and isn't working (though all the other guages are working fine). Then I notice that every time I get above a guestimate 50mph the PAS stops working (then continues to not work once below 50mph, but starts again when the car is turned off/on. This suggests to me it's an electrical fault, but it's anybodys guess as to what it could be. Thankfully, I'm hoping anybody happens to be reading this :D

Ok as the question was asked I thought it may be of use to show how to check and if required reset the balance on your throttle butterflys. When we do ConZult checks and set up this is by far the most common issue we see, in fact at JAE 2009 we logged that of all the zeds we checked more than 70% required this adjusting, in part I think it is due the adjuster been mistaken for the base idle adjust which of course is at the rear of the engine but unfortunately wrongly adjusting the throttles will raise the idle tickover so you can see how the mistake can be made. So to start off you will need a small screw driver and a pair of pliars or similar, the engine can be…

ok well i thought id post this on to show you what i bought my husband (zerocooldel just incase ure wondering who i mean lol) for his car for when he gets it painted the colour he wants as he has been working alot and thought he really deserved it but thats me probs skint now lol steering wheel gear knob pedals hope he likes them when he gets back!!

Have had some problems with my car today which is typical as its a nice day here :lol: Basically I went for a drive today and the car was running fine and then I noticed it was a bit hesistant when I stopped for junctions etc. Just as you press the pedal the revs seemed to drop for like a split second and then fine again. Anyway thought I would come home and investigate and then it would't start again. Just turning over on the starter but not firing :cry: checked connections, maf and no warning lights etc and everything seems fine. Its started now but doesn't sound right like its missing. Any ideas??? Its a non turbo auto

as above got new turbos, and need new gaskets. tried Zcentre, but they dont sell them.

ok did look but didnt find .. how doing a auto > manual conversion but the wires for auto dont fit the manual .. does any one know the pin out for the Temp Speed Reverse Timing i understand that the timing one its to be connected to gether so the engine ECU dosnt think its in Idle ( 5* ) all the time Can any one help

Hey Guys, Weird but when i was driving around town being a hot day etc and so was going around without the roof :). However for some reason i could feel hot air coming through the gaps near were the trims join the middle dash. (fans were all off) It felt like engine heat was coming through into the interior. Is that normal? or what might be causing it. I felt like being grilled alive in the car!!!

Hey Guys, Was wondering many people out there claim their z's engine was rebuild. However how would you be able to tell if an engine was rebuild or not, when your buying a z??

if i replace my fully adjustable dampers at rear, would the shock spring fit standard dampers or will it be to short,im not aware its been lowererd but has fully adjustable dampers all round with springs and im thinking the springs may be lowered with the package?

Now not sure whats going on here, but this is the only car I've had where people seem to butcher the electrics. My first zed seemed to have butchered front light electrics which caused a live feed problem to the head lights. so had to run a separate wire from one headlight live to the other to rectify the problem. The second zed i had, also had a issue with electrics where the wing mirrors had been snipped at the mirror end. third zed i owned has a problem where someone had wired in spot lights to the front bumper, with that much cable that by the time id removed it all and got the engine bay back to what it looked like, i could of rewired a 747 with what w…

Been working on these for a while now and finaly got them finish. Big thanks to Joely for testing them out for me. The units use 80 (40 per side) 10mm bright white LED's with an output of 290000 mcd. Pictures taken this afternoon and bearing in mind it was a nice sunny day im very pleased with the results. I'm looking forward to getting some nice night shots soon. Let me know what you think... Off Side Fog some more from a distance

having received my 99spec today and tested the look of it im actually very impressed with the results of what it looked like so instead - Vote time lol Spoiler on spoiler off

Hi I'm thinking of changing the orange front wing indicator repeaters I've seen the 'smoked' version of the same type for 20 odd quid I've also seen these LED alternatives on ebay which are cheap and they claim will fit Nissan 300 ZX Silver 8-LED Tri Side Repeaters Upgrade And also some ones like that which are Oval And they are only about £9 Does anyone have any other suggestions I may look at that are a bit more 'flashy' than the stock ones, My previous Zed had chrome ones with four horizontal 'bars' and 'Twin Turbo' across the center with a small orange bulb embedded - looked rather like BMW M3 style - but I have no idea where they …

all i have x 1 yokohama 255 - 50 - 17 tyre which is used but would do someone a turn if they are stuck / skint. Also i have a mid level rear spoiler ( originally purchased from Bantam Bunny) its Grey / silver in colour, Both items are FREE as long as they will be used by the collector and NOT sold on at a proffit if no takers ill skip em at the end of June Neil:w00t:

would it be possible to fit the trim that goes behind the seats in a swb into a lwb with the rear seats out. I know it wont just fit in but could i custom fit it as im doing an ice install. Plus can someone post a pic of it in a swb

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-NISSAN-300-ZX-TWIN-TURBO-BLACK-/160596164635?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item256447001b Great info for a new Zed buyer.

If i do as picture below says do i need to do any modifactions? Or can i just block and bin un wanted AIV's etc?