General Discussions - 300ZX Related

about 12:30 today, spoiler less... parked on a driveway.

just checked all the steering + suspension components on the zed,checked lower ball joints (as suggested by jeff tt) these are all fine,track rod end are all ok, did notice the passenger side wheel looks to be towing out (noticbly by eye) even though when i have had tracking checked they say it's only out by a small amount and not enough to cause the issues i have,but advised me not to pay to have the tracking done till i replace the rear steering arms and do the lot then (christ a nissan dealer offering good advice!!!) anyway purely by accident i found it, with the steering in the centre position i have a knocking if i sharply move the steering wheel left to right and i …

Okay, I've yet to confirm it, (have borrowed a gastester), but I strongly suspect I've a blown CHG. I'm currently girding my loins for the impending onerous and no doubt costly exercise of having someone remove my engine and attend to the busted components. It may already exist, so apologies if it does but I couldn't find a comprehensive thread. So I'm after a list of jobs to attend to while the engine's out and, (where appropriate), any 'how to's' that might be available and a list of parts I'll need to buy in advance of the 'operation'. NB:- The timing belt and all associated stuff was done about 8 months ago at Zedworld. I look forward to colla…

Do you talk the talk? or walk the walk? http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v617/steveburns/?action=view&current=walkingthewalk.mp4 First ever Z Car drag eliminator in the UK at an official drag race meeting North Weald 8th May Organised Head to Head Z races with the winner going through to the next race until One is left who then would be Top Dog and truly Walks the Walks Why not come along and take part in this for if it is a success the strip organisers at North Weald might let us do the same each year

Fell across this site http://www.fuelly.com/about/ and (as you can see from the little widget thing in my sig) signed up. It's free. It's a nifty way to keep track of your mpg and get it in your sig! Plus it does other stuff as well, there's a mobile site so you can update live. The one thing they haven't got right yet is they put both Z31 and Z32 300ZXs in the same model. If you decide to open an account a) select other for the model and then write in 300ZX Z32 and b) email the organisers to point out that Z31 and Z32 should be kept different! There you go - an easy way to respond to all those posts which ask about mpg! http://www.fuelly.com/car/nissan/300zx

So what is for sale then?? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/300zx-Z32-Part-/270740208270?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f095fba8e

silver z heading towards Brentwood at 7pm looked like reg was k8*****

Saw one !!! Black with a higher level spoiler .

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-NISSAN-300ZX-3-0L-TWIN-TURBO-AUTO-Z32-FAIRLADY-/150591960965?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item230ffaf785 JeffTT it has a zedworld sticker on the chrome slam panel, does it have a history at yours?

Does anyone here have lightweight wheel nuts and what kind? I was going to get some D1 spec or Rays wheel nuts in black but wanted some opinions first. Some people say they are a bad idea being aluminium and can be dangerous. Any info appreciated

Hi, going to be getting a clutch off Jeff shortley, but can not be arsed fitting it myself on the drive lol, any body know of anyone close to middlesbrough who can fit it and good on price? cheers lads. Mark

where can i get them from in the UK and do i need to change any belts as well?? is the japspeed one any good?

.....do you need to fit a lightened pulley too. Not sure if I'm imagining being told this?? If so, any links for one? Thanks.

For those of you guys on here running on MeisterR's I was wondering what your personal damper setting preferences are? I understand this is a personal choice but i'm having a play with mine at the minute and wouldn't mind trying some of your suggestions. After all it takes all of 30seconds. I can even change the rears from the drivers seat as I have the damper extensions :thumbup1: All suggestions appreciated guys :yinyang:

So, I had my mate (who owns Restro Restorations - http://retrorestorations.vpweb.co.uk ) round yesterday who is going to help me restore my shortie over the next winter, and we had a quick poke around the car - and it isn't looking good. In his words, there is nothing that he can't fix, but he thinks it might be more viable to look at re-shelling it. So, ignoring labour (we have an arrangement - I do all his valeting and help with prep work in exchange for his hours) what sort of costs should I be looking at for doing a re-shell? This is waaaay more than I would usually take on but I do love my Z's and this way I would end up with a good solid car, built to my sp…

Found this very helpful diagram for the ECU cable pin out thought id share.

Just too the Z out for a wash and clean down and took the roof out for the first time, but cant drive it yet as I need to register it lol

not sure its been posted before but i just found this very helpful link for the zed :sorcerer: http://www.z32photoguide.com/

Hi all, just installed a blitz turbo timer, , all done correctly , however no ignition, removed the adaptor harness block and returned to normal and all was well, when comparing the harness connectors with the adaptor block it seems there are some differences, ie wire position , can anyone help , is it a case of moving the wire position , if so can anybody explain how best to do it, ???? my car is a 93 tt jap import auto thanks Neil

As son of u know i hav a shit discovery 2 td5 and i have changed the engin mounts today a the car now viberates like hell. Is this due to them been new and they hav to bed in?

Took zed to tyre exaust garage today they were going to put my japspeed de cat down pipes on ,up on the ramps they noticed a snapped stud they said they couldn't do it as they would have to drill it out,the guy from the garage behind said he could do it for £200 sounds like alot of money, what would be a reasonable amount to pay?

as above? ive just swapped the OSF calliper for a reman one as it was badly seized and made such a bad juddering under heavy braking. the NSF was pretty sticky too but not as bad as the other, but the calliper i was sent had had the mount holes fettled with to the wrong thread! as the numbers in the castings were the same i can only guess they drilled it out for some reason. but anyway, my brakes were very very poor, and they overheated after just a couple of hard applications, im not using decent pads though, what are my options without spending huge amounts of cash though?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-NISSAN-300-ZX-TURBO-RED-/140538755254?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20b8c338b6

Finally got it painted , it,s come out quite well considering i used a £40 spray gun from Screwfix ! lol Just need to get it polished , back home and then start putting it all back together :dance::dance: A few pics

so having had a look down there a few times ive noticed that when i got mt new engine i gained a aluminium pulley. was that always there? is it standard? i assume its ali, im very used to looking at ali and steel and spotting the difference at a glance and it looks like ali to me