General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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

Its up for sale with "Cylinder Head Damage" - dunno if they mean just gaskets gone, or belt broke etc. Its currently in Germany not too far from me, just wanted to know if anyone here knows anything about it before I answer the advert. Cheers.

Just out of interest where do you lot go for repairs like cambelts, servicing etc? reason i ask is because me and brother have a small garage in the rhondda and we have recently done a fair bit of work on my car with no problems and if there was enough interest maybe we could sort some sort of club discount out for fellow zeders? let me know your thoughts as i know zed world are the boys but there not exactly 5 mins from us unfortantlly!

I have managed to pick up a pair of leather seats for my Z with electric drivers side, but my car being a 95 model has manual seats. There is some wiring under the seats, but I presume this is just seatbelt sensors and doesn't have a live feed, or if it did wouldn't be man enough to supply juice to the seat motor ? Were would be the best point to take off a supply for them (I presume I only need a fused +ve feed and can earth on the seat rail mounting bolt) ?

right how to explain this one jimmer suggested lower steering knuckle seized as car been stood for the winter so not totally ruling that out just yet but after other ideas/input so when the car is staionary i can turn the steering lock to lock with no issues or tight spots all the problems i am getting is when the car is moving, when turning a corner the steering does not come back to centre i have to manually do that, now heres the strange bit steering feels tight/heavy sometimes when steering left, sometimes when right never both at the same time and the speedo reads correctly, also getting a feeling off oversteer on sharper corners it like i steer in and have to put a …

i canny wait emdy else gettin exited

Hi, I want a jap rear bumper asap, can anyone help? Thanks, Dan

can falty relays behind the fuse box cause temp fluxuations thanks

how would this compare to ARC uprated side mounts? I do prefer the look of a nice big front mount intercooler, this is the one I mean - I have ARCs at the mo and I know they are supposed to be one of the best, would the above FMIC be similar in performance? sounds ok: thankZ for any input :thumbup:

A sad day, just seen it on pistonheads. :crying: so much time and effort gone into that car, lets hope the new owner enjoys it :detective: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2749518.htm

...in the Slicktop :) Last time was 2 years ago, for a very brief test drive, and its not been properly on the road in about 5 years, since before I puchased it as rolling shell. I did have all sorts of concerns about wether I had tightned every bolt up since I basically stripped it back to nothing and fully rebuilt it....nothing fell off though LOL but....wow :D I Loved it! Its sooo responsive ! It feels so alive compared to a stock Z - Its about 250kg lighter, with Lightweight pulleys, lightweight flywheel, one piece prop, 4.08 Rear Diff......and it all really does make a big difference ! More than I expected. :devil2: I've left it on 7psi, bec…

Right been meaning to post about this for about 5 days now, but since the hot weather kicked in, ive had a strange fuel smell in the cabin when ever the car has sat at idle for a while, when moving it slowly clears. Now when it happens, if i pull up and open the bonnet there is no smell from the engine bay, just in the cabin, and if i stick the A/C on, god its like im sniffing the pump at a petrol station the smell is that bad. In fact its kind of worrying due to having the kids in the car as well, ive checked all pipe work under the hood and cant for the life of me work out where the smell is coming from. this happens once the engine is warm. so in shor…