General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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Well when I bought my car, I bought it on Ebay. The car was in Milton Keynes, I was in Doncaster, the price was right and I didn't have time to go look before bidding. Allegedly the car had just had a 70K engine fitted (This could still be true, I know the engine was replaced for several reasons, one of which was I could see his old bottom end sat outside his garage), it also allegedly had uprated turbos in it, which we've now found out to be false, it has Automatic turbos in. Mikey squeezed his head up into the engine bay from underneath today and read the numbers on the turbos, so not impressed there, that also explains why I have what appears to be an automatic oil dip…

I'm trying to send this to Paul, but he is no longer able to receive PMs. Hi Paul. I know it's a while ago now, but I've only just got round to fitting the Series 2 Pod and aircon ECU, which I bought from you. The pod is obviously an S2, but the ECU is definitely an S1 because it does strange things when attached to an S2 pod, but works fine on the S1 pod. I just wondered if you still have an S2 ECU around anywhere or know of someone who does? Thanks, Dave

Wheel spacers are used with no issues for many reasons, from allowing non model designated wheels to be fitted to just making the wheel track look nicer. Of these the hub centric spacers is the most expensive and the most well considered one's as they reinstated the hub connection rather than relying on the wheel nuts to centre the wheel on the hub. However not all spacers and wheels are compatible and this must be checked thoroughly, a case in point is shown in the pictures below. The spacers were fitted to the front wheels only as they offset needed to be altered to ensure the wheel spoke missed the calipers. At this stage I am not sure if they were supp…

This should be a no brainer really, Nissan oem all the way for something so important to the running of the engine. You can buy blueprint or Gates, but for peace of mind i would use OEM. The reason for this little mention or warning, i went over to a fellow zedders house to fit a new timing belt, but he bought this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-3-0-TWIN-TURBO-90-94-ENGINE-TIMING-BELT-/160508157955?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item255f082003 It looked like had had been fitted to a car before with the way it kinked in the areas where the tensioners are when you held it up and it was described as brand new. The other main flaw for me and…

Silver zed... Anyones from here?

Right, i have a good condition spare passenger seat, is there anyway i can swap the seat part over to the drivers seat while keeping all the electric adjustments on the drivers seat frame, I've had a look but with out stripping the leather off its hard to tell if its even possible, don't want to start unless it can be done with out ruining anything.

I've removed all the unnecessaries from my plenum and got some replacement hose, but I just need to someone to confirm that I'll be bypassing from the correct pipes lol :sweatdrop: From red to red, and yellow to yellow on this pic? close ups, left and right does that look correct? thanks in advance for any help. :thumbup1:

who has one? are the loud.... got any sound clips, saw one on you tube but it was for an N/A

Does anyone know if there is a right-up for bleeding the brakes on a 300zx tt?:helpsmilie: Better still, if not, would anyone be kind enough to post one?:flowers: I have just finished refitting new rear lines throughout and I am now finishing up fitting the fuel tank so will be looking to re mot soon.:biggrin: Thanks in advance.:thumbup1:

Well this is my feeble attempt at painting some parts for myself, just to trim them up a bit nicer and try to stem some rust. First the discs I bought from Liam months ago and still haven't fitted to the car, that is being rectified atm though with the suspension being fitted etc. Then the suspension that Mikey (As in Shrek Mikey) sent me the other week, now finally going to be fitted to the car. These are Tein Type HR coilovers, which I've read are pretty good, if a little old. Eventually I'll replace these with some brand new ones, but I needed to get the crappy ****ed up ones off my car quick. Then finally, the rears of the same set, which ar…

how the hell do thay come off .... all the others i can get off except these as the clip look different need to know as started stripping my engine out

after buying the mani's wanted to fit them myself but coz of work i dont really have the time..anyhoo took them to a exhaust place not gona name them but iv never had this response from them his exact words were wouldnt touch that with a barge pole..i was stunned this is a place thats been featured in mags and built exhausts for colin mcrea and the guy with the fastest skyline in europe i dont know if it was because theyve never done a 300 before or it was because i didnt spend money on them fabricating it themself anyway really dissapionted with them

The Lightsd waning light came on in my car, checked the bulbs, looked OK, so to be sure I swapped them out but nothing from all 4 lights (rear lights come on OK). Searched the forum and the little black box that checks for bulb failure may be the problem, but have a couple of questions: a) I have an LED eye level brake light on my spoiler, some of the LEDs have blown but 5-6 still come on when the brake pedel is pressed. If the box has failed would these not work as well? b) Were is this box, on the drivers side ? and can I get to it from the inspection panel at the back of the lights or do I have to take the boot trim off ? c) If it is this box, does…

You weren't hanging about going past Lauder/Carnegie College. Was in a Sharan so didn't flash. :(

Hi all, Had car off road for the winter. Just started her up today, which she did on the first key turn. However she's a missing!! Checked with Datascan, had no fault codes but found that no. 2 cylinder is not firing. I had a quick prod around but before I get going on it tomorrow i though i'd check for a few pointers where to look 1st. There were no problems before winter break. Still got series 1 PTU but would that show as a fault code? Thank Nick

well since nobody seems to want my carcept front bumper was thinking i could just repair the cracked bit and paint it red and stick it on my new car. how hard is it to paint and look half decent?

... I have no idea what these are called, but basically the gasket type thing that goes between the top of the suspension strut and the suspension mount? I have a second hand set of Teins ready to go on the car (Nearly, need to wait for the anti-rust stuff to dry and then a couple of coats of paint to go on) and I need these I think to do it properly.

Hi I need a set of standard alloys refurbished and have heard that the two main techniques used are either paint or powder coating. Does anyone have any advice as to which is the preferred approach? Lepsons - http://www.lepsons.com - in Swindon is pretty close to me - has anyone any experience to share? Cheers Paul

i was going along the carriage way a24 sussex,when i cought this orange flash drag racing by himself,thought to myself,he/she must have done some work on it and was testing it out?so while i was flashing and watching you i missed my turn off and had to go all the way to the end to the roundabout and turn round,then flashed you on the way back..sounded nice tho.......

Another one! Been building it up. Heres a quick peak.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/nissan-300zx-standard-alloys-/150608828319?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2310fc579f just seen them on ebay thought they seemed quite cheap?

Hi. I fitted a replacement S2 climate control ECU and display pod today, but when I press the button to direct the air up to the windscreen, the Auto button lights up too. This doesn't seem normal to me. Also, I can't seem to vary the blower speed - the display doesn't change either. If someone could explain how the S2 system should work I'd be grateful. Cheers, Dave

after changing my belts for new ones, i have come to realise its the water pump bearing that makes a slight squeeling sound in the zed, its not loud just that i can hear it on tick over and its annoying, a slight squirt of oil will cure it for a few days maybe but it always comes back, is there a way to get rid of the sound? :taz:

under normal driving its fine, but at higher RPMS for long periods ie 100mph/ hard acceleration, i notice that the temp rises... anyone else had this issue? TT manual also how do i solve this issue?