General Discussions - 300ZX Related

My 93 jdm had never had any issues with emmisions as my tester would never probe it. Today I had my mot done to be told that next year I would need a cat as the legislation is changing regarding emissions testing. Any testers on here can confirm this? My tester mentioned that some of his customers with newer, decatted cars go to him with an mot map, does any1 on here have to do this?

Any chance you could nip out to your engine store and measure the length of the bolt that goes through the pulley on the PS pump for me please? I sorted the bracket but now can't find the right length bolt for it :blushing: Cheers bud PS. don't go while your bidding on something :lol:

Ok the zed refugees have started arriving victims of the volcano eruption, caught mid engine swap with bonnet left up slightly and disaster .......the windscreen and panels even damaged from the flying pumice! :tongue_smilie: Some cleaning up here to do and thats for sure!! open injector manifold, open inlet fuel lines....open everything, do you think the missus will notice if I use her vacuum? Jeff TT

I take it I can splice into the drivers side loom for power to the passenger seat controls?

I will be looking to buy one of these in the near future. I wanted to know the best one to go for and how much i should pay for one? also ill be looking to get the car remapped and rolling roaded once boost control valve fitted. Is there anything else i should upgrade before doing this? i will be doing boost pipes and rad pipes before doing anything. Thanks

As title, i know i wont be popular for doing this, but are there any decent sized steel rims that fit the ZX TIA Mark

Got up 7am with the intention of having my front discs off by 8 and then get on with the day... Calipers are off, 7:15, looking good for time. Now for the spacers... Wait a min, what are these strange nuts about - shouldn't be too much bother, get the old socket on them. 4hrs later, 2 nuts rounded, a desparate trip to Andys, and a new socket set bought at Halfords... and eventually the spacers & discs are off!! Lesson learned today - if you ever see someone using these odd shaped nuts instead of a standard nut, punch them square in the face.

300 zx twin turbo It’s 1989...you’re a Nissan zed car fan. You have watched as the once great range has ‘evolved’ further and further from the lean, lithe sportscar the 240z, stood by and observed as it has put on weight, its sharp edges became blurred as the 260z, it put on more middle aged spread as the 280zx and ultimately became a car for second division football managers and retired publicans in the z31 300zx of the eighties. It was sad to watch, like a fighter struggling to make the weight and moving up the divisions, becoming slower, less agile, less sharp, and more worryingly, not carrying power up with him until ultimately he becomes a gatekeeper, a fight…

My autobox is not quite what I think it should be. I have gone down the auto-to-manual route once before and am considering doing it again. The question is..... Would it be difficult/expensive to drop in a 350z box ? They're 6 speed and designed to handle about the same power and my old 350z had a lovely change - short and positive. I'm guessing that at the least it would require an adaptor plate but I wouldn't have thought that was too onerous ? Actually taking it a step further - would an engine/gearbox swap work ? Has anyone done this ? Any thoughts ? Mark

lets just say , I was to offer for sale , a silver jdm n/a manual , been off the road for a year so no mot or tax , but does run and is in mint condition , lovely straight through exhaust and more mods (not sure yet ) ! standard exterior , and nice retrimmed white piped z engraved interior ! how much would it be worth ? place bear in mind the economic mess ! but I would need to buy this car and have it gone within a week or 2 , so I will be offering at a bargain price ! if I can pull this of I mi gh t be able to keep mine !

had my mot today, Failed on a few things i knew it would but i'm a bit unsure of couple of the items on the list, can anyone help... 1.Drag link end ball joint (is this the stabaliser links?) 2.Drag link end deformed, is this the same part was on the same side Also, the park brake is only 14% where and how do i sort this, is it just the rear discs pads? as these need replacing anyway Cheers for any help

We all know the Zed is a potent beast - but how many have kept your foot in all the way until it runs out of puff in 5th? Please do not tell me where or when you tried this - I shall assume it was on a private road / airfield / race track - or in Germany. Irrespective of where or when - what's the fastest you have been in your Zed AND what's the fastest you've been in any car?? The fastest I've been in my Zed is 145 (ish). The fastest I've ever been was flat-out, at an indicated 165mph, in my mates R33 GTS.

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Im reading time and time again about people having to sell up due to money worries, i kept thinking, its a shame, and thinking about my own money commitments. I wont bore you with the long story, but im owed around £16000! Some is from here, as ive let people pay weekly/monthly for things. At the time i could afford it, and its with longstanding members on here i trust. Thats all going well so im happy with that. The most of it, is from family. I haven't been paid for 8 weeks due to money waiting to come in from jobs. We've just had the call to say the big job, we had all our hopes on, isn't going to happen:no: I dont know when or if im going to get paid f…

Many thanks to Jimmer for removing my old Hicas and installing my Hicas Elimination Kit this evening, he did an amazing job (my god those ball joints are a nightmare to remove!!!!!)

Evening ladies and gents, She starts quite happily from cold and runs fine but when she's re-started when the car is still warm she try's to cut out. Doesn't last for long. After a min or two of driving all is well again! Can someone shed some light on this for me? Cheers, Dave

what the hell........ any ideas as to what this may be? car doesnt boost anymore, lotf of oil in the exhaust and plenty of white smoke on idle and drive. it runs awfully too, sounds like a subaru or an old VW beetle. :no::no::no: help meeeeeeeee

ok done a little search about missfire have a little missfire that seems to come and goes and its around the 1500>1800rpm with little load its on the drivers side engine bank as i can Hear & Smell Fuel when its missing on that side ( exhaust ) now its had new coil packs/cables/plugs about a 2 years ago and i have just fitted some new NGK Iridium Plugs now if it was the injector that is failing would i smell fuel ? as thinking its unburnt fuel me thinks its a coil pack thats does the inlet manifold have to come off to unplug/take out the injector ? Thanks

I`ve been a busy bunny this evening, done round 1 of my brake test with intersting results, been on the beach and took some photos and done a few video`s too!!! Anyway, important stuff, Brake test results 30mph.... test1. 30-0 5.7 mtrs test2. 30-0 6.3 mtrs test3 30-0 7.2 mtrs test4 30-0 4.5 mtrs...........after 15 min cool down test5 30-0 5.0 mtrs 40mph... test6 40-0 13.60mtrs test7 40-0 13.70mtrs my mates 330 bmw @30mph, amazing how quicker its stops than the heavy vert test1 30-0 3.8 mtrs test2 30-0 4.2 mtrs My mates e55 amg.. test1 30-0 6.3mtrs a few people were starting to get a bit nosey s…

Sorry to bore you lot, I know you`ve seen it before but I took some pics of my car tonight as it was a nice sunset, so thought I would share ,god, I love that car.

I can't remember how the bugger goes back on :stupid: It's the little square cage like thingy I'm confused about :wacko: I've looked at the blow up diagrams but still can't work it out. Anyone have any pictures of how it goes?

had a nice cruise with a red sx on monday morning on the a40, then seen a clean black sx parked at brunel university today.

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I know this is the furthest thing from yer mind driving a 300HP supercoupe but just wondered what kinda mpg you guys get from your zeds