General Discussions - 300ZX Related

with fully adjustable sus all round and cheap tyres lol sus five years old and maybe at its stiffest would this cause ass end to bounce as if back end to tight?

After twenty two months off the road :ohmy: my Zed is once more on the road :clap::clap: I took it off the road in July 2009, as it was going to fail the MOT on excess corrosion - holes in the floor and rotten sills :no: I've had to open up the sills on both sides (front to rear), cut out the rust (outer and inner sills) plus some of the floor and fabricate/buy new panels. The rear arches, both inner and outer, needed replaced. The area around the fuel filler was completely shot, so that all needed cut out and replaced. The rear lower quarters were also rotten and required replacing and then a couple of small holes in the front inner wing and the rear panel …

Can anybody inform me what bhp the bottom end will go up to before changing pistons. How much for forged engine bits and head?

This started a couple of days ago, and is doing my head in. Until I turn the stereo up anyway. The noise is like a whiring coming through the little vents behind the map reading lights in the car. Any ideas chaps?? :helpsmilie:

Changing from standard setup to meister r (zeta-s). How much should it cost for a garage to do or is it an easy enough DIY jonny?

cheapest i could find insurance for my new zed was admiral multicar 1000 for the zed and 600 for the lexus so took it. phoned footman james today and got the zed on a classic for 256! result well happy so cancelled my admiral as its within 14 days :rockon:

What ngk plugs do i need for tt running 1 bar boost which is avalible in uk searched the forum its seems a mine feild 11b 11c etc 7 heat range 6 heat range thanks taff.

Ive just been for my speed awareness this morning and as we came to discusing where you should be doing 30mph theres a bright blue 300ZX parked up on the video they show you. It seems to be somewhere in Birmingham.:ohmy:

Does anyone know what front bumper this is ? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120722625373&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

sorry about a what's it worth post I'm pritty happy with my 300 at the moment but have been offered a 300zx turbo targa top full leather in pritty good nick with 136k on the clock runs spot on has no tax and failed the mot on drop links it's grey has a patch welded on the seal and front right wing is rippled I would only buy it to sell on how much would I expect to sell it for ? Thanks

Ok..can't figure the embed bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwhnHEMey5U&feature=youtube_gdata So, although i didn't know it at the time, I was in front of someone who was video'ing. ignore the erratic/twitchy driving style... it was my first time out in the Zed on the track and was testing it a bit and also looking to find some sideways action when I could. ;) shame he didn't keep up... the next couple laps I really let loose ;) **Anyway... any thoughts on the Black puffs that come on heavy boost?? coming from the Left bank... Places you can see it the most: seconds in - 1:30, 2:29, 3:12... and then the pass I make at 3:25... …

me in my vert thought some of you would like to see it :rockon:

I`m sure some of you have seen this video a fair few times, but I thought i would start another thread to see how many videos we could get together with all the old top gears and other car shows which the 300zx starred in, please post away as I`m eager to find plenty, One particular one I`ve seen but cant find is one with Steve Berry testing a 300zx vert sometime in the 90`s http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=2170880578449028520&q#

is there anyway i can just get brighter bulbs?, or do i have to get a HID conversion?, i live in the sticks and nearly about killed myself with the standard lights, my phone torch nearly gives better brightness?

First time ive been able to say that since ive been on this forum! Ive had 5 zeds in this time, and not 1 has properly been on the road. Until now that is! Faster than i expected. I was expecting to be disapointed when i finally got on the road, ive built it up in my head for sooo long. Now im in a zed driving, im a happy man! Should be in the bodyshop this week making it look nicer too. Shall i go white???

dont get to drive 300 much,but noticed rear end very loose when i do get a ride,i have adjustable struts all round and on way to japfest a load of supras came flying up so i fancied annoying them as they wouldnt let me be ahead of them so like a wasp i kept leading them and annoying them it came to a head on flat part of m4 nothing in front but had to ease off as rear end seemed like it was bouncing around which scared jesus out of me,255/40/17 on back not best tyres have to admit on the rims? its like coming off a bend or roundabout alittle beans and back end bouncing

got the coilovers from andy isherwood needed a bit of a clean up so all done ready to go on this week BEFORE AFTER TRYING TO DRY THEM QUICKER LOL

is the na engine forged?

Just a note to say it was nice to meet you again to talk cars and all,car will look even better when you sort your wide arch kit.Oh yeah easy on the chips!

Quickie Can i jack the rear of the car up at the central location just behind the diff, its got fins and a square plug, thinking of putting the trolley jack right under this plug Rich

Been a while since one of these polls were done. As these cars are getting older and petrol prices so high, curious to know if people are shifting more to having them as Weekend/2nd cars, rather than Daily drivers. Daily Driver/Commuter ? Weekend toy/2nd car ?

Just for research purposes, I`m going to attempt a brake test from stock to uprated, only on my vert but it should shed some light on how much better/worse the upgraded set up should be....so at the moment I have good stock brakes on all 4 corners and next week I will have evo8 Brembos with grooved and drilled disc`s on the front and grooved/drilled discs and red stuff pads on the rear stock calipers..Oh, and all new braded hoses too So my test will involve braking hard from 30 and 50 mph and see how long in seconds it takes to stop and the distance travelled, I would like to do some sort of brake fade test aswell, not sure how to do an accurate test on this without doi…

saw white zed m40 towards london this morning 8am'ish think reg was g818?????????

Hi, Just about to buy myself a 300zx TT manual and ideally i want to Drift/Track it ( aswell as have it on the road ). Now iv done a few searches and i know they can have problems with oil starvation and also cooling issues. Now the question is what can be done about it?? Would a baffled sump be enough? Also i plan to ditch as much from the engine bay as possible, As it stands i will be ditching AIV, EGR, A/C, HICAS. Is there anything else that can be ditched? I do plan on still having this taxed and tested. Cheers in advance