General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Come up really nice - so glad I rebuilt my zed!! :tt1:

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i know this is a common thread so i apologize, my new zed runs rich and im trying to work out why, she has a good idle and no black smoke, however she smells of fuel and the exhausts sooty. i know obvious ones like boost/ vacuum leak but the id say the gauge reads about right. she ran low on fuel the other day but she was running rich before that, not sure what else to try, she's going to zedworld for a cambelt/ service at the end of the month, just wondering if anyones got any suggestions until then?

now and then when i press my brake i can hear a clicking sound around the Autobox gearbox, it only happens now and then like its shorting or something and obviously feels like it wants to cut out.

well since i got all the manual conversion stuff out the old car for jjr last night i can turn my attentions to mine. to do today - -finish cleaning up the coilovers i got from andy -give them some new paint -replace the split turbo oil feed -get the slow puncture fixed -sort the insrance for the car -fit the coilovers -fit the touchscreen and dvd player -fit the guages from the orange car to the a pillar of the new one -wash the car to get it ready for knockhill tomorrow suppose i better start lol

found this on pistonheads tonight :mad2: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=23616

I've been following this build on Driftworks for a while now, and spotted it a few months back in either Banzai or JP magazine. Sadly the guy is selling it and moving on so might be a nice new project for somebody to take on. A very, very rare SWB Z31....if I had the time and space I wouldn't mind taking this on myself...but not gonna' happen I'm afraid. To be fair, it looks a lot tidier than a few Z32's I've seen recently http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-cars-sale-private-sales/146238-88-z31-300zx-turbo-swb-2-seater-supa-dupa-rare.html

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-NISSAN-300ZX-/120722625373?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c1ba1135d My god.... Some people

seen a gorgeous bright red one tonight at the Jap meet at the Halfway house in Basildon I was waiting to meet the owner for a while but never spotted him Anyway great car:winkiss:

Unfortunately I've been bogged down with work and as such been both idle and anti-social when it comes to getting some pictures up of what feels like my new baby :) . I've only had it a week and got a list as long as my arm of project's I want to do so I figure the best way to make up for it and keep track is by starting a journal. This will also be backed up with a few extra pictures on Flikr for anyone interested: So to kick things off I'll start with a few pictures from the day she came to me: Following this the first thing I decided to do after much debate was remove the canards and wing, however looking at the pics no…

Or did a 17 year Old get a can of spray paint?

out of intrest and to check according to the 300zx oil pressure gauge what should it read on start up warm idle and on boost

First Day! Second Day! - I Cleared away abit so you could see the top of roof! lol Sterted it it cracked up straight away no probs!, just wouldnt move onyl went sideways on the drive! lol Did end up with a little pool in the passenger footwell!

Im back from holiday and not sure if anyone is going to Japfest now from what i have seen. Anyone on my route wanna meet up and go in convoy? i will be leaving from Cambridge area and will be doing M25 then M4 i believe it is if your on route give me a shout havent decided on a time yet gotta wash the zed in the morning :) Marty 07917646890

done a search and cant find it someone suggested a glue/athisive from B&q any help just wastet about four hours and the spray glue is sh$%e

When are you going to put your artistic talents with fibreglass to the test and make me the beets abflug wide body kit.

Saw this in Widnes around 5:00 o'clock tonight, was having a look when the owner returned to his car. He isn't a member of the forum as yet, but I left him a club card, his name is Chris, and he is from St. Helens Merseyside. Nice black TT auto UK spec.

I've got a few HKS gauges to get fitted and plumbed in, but not sure exactly where/how to get the senders located. First one is an oil temp gauge, I know they usually fit into a sandwich plate above the oil filter, but this one has a small bit of pipe and a clamp so must have been clamped onto somewhere?! Other one is an exhaust temp gauge, how am I supposed to put this into an exhaust? do I need to get something welded in place, then the nut on the sender screws onto it clamping in place? Thanks for any help, btw they came off a Z :thumbup1:

Well given up with official software after it kept moaning that the cable wasn't plugged in so switched to the trial software, (yes it's a conzults reader/cable it's got it stamped on the big Gray box thing down buy the connector) anyway the trial gave me a fault codes and monitoring and not much else. Car is a Uk spec TT, suffering a smoking issue similar to what artztogo's is like, smokes from idle, and when you put your foot down a bit, but then clears when crusing, only to smoke again once idle, and the gear box only uses 2nd gear and reverse. And flagged up codes 34 for the det sensor And code 54 for communication to auto transmission gear box faul…

Hi Mate, which one left or right or both? Right hand is from the rockers too, but you said screw/bolt and that threw me a little, will get it out to you tommorrow Daz:thumbup1:

Been a couple of years since I crashed my Zed and toying with the idea of dipping my toe back in the water but should I be expecting a massive kick in the teds on insurance this time?

Hi all, I need my seats re-leatherd. I know people have had it done in the club but could you please give me a heads up on who to contact and who to recommend. Cheers

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=23616 One of the things we like more than anything else on a good Shed of the Week candidate is a decent, well-written advert. It shows that the sender cares enough about their motor to give it a proper sell, and generally (we reckon) that they're an honest enough sort. We also reckon somebody punctilious enough to bother about a spot of speeling, punctuation and grammar (as well as a well-crafted ad) is also more likely to be the type to bother about a spot of regular servicing, care and general maintenance for their motor. We have no hard data to back this theory up, of course, but shedding is all about …

Well im on my way to do a auto box swap on Saturday, and was just wondering why the auto fails so much? and why its a waist of time getting it sorted out (im on about professionally and not by some cowboy who says they can do a gearbox rebuild but only changes the fooked part and it ends up going again a few months later down the line) What im interested in is, does anyone have a walk through, or is there a walk through of a auto strip and rebuild to do with what parts do what inside? Its about the only item i haven't taken apart to have a nose inside off. Seems to be a few posts scattered around and all of them, when the gear box goes in varying degrees,…

See you flying past me getting off at M32 bristol 11pm, 12/5