General Discussions - 300ZX Related

There was a member / ex member on here who had a stunning British racing green zed that was featured in a mag. can anyone remember who it was? think his name was Steve but not sure on his forum name. lovely looking car was interested in seeing it again.

Hey guys, got a big tach (we're all allowed a little bit of chavviness in our cars ;) ) and have instructions, wondering what wires under the dash I can splice from. Here's the instructions: red - 12v ign black - neg/ground green - tach terminal yellow - light switch Cheers muchly :)

ive got an n/a but becoming almost compulsive over a tt,i really want one have to be honest maybe its a mid life thing lol i look at mine as today sitting there in garage and get all exited sorn be up this month yesssssssssss,but then think tt i now the mrs loves me but with two small kids and very small budget its a pipe dream and would be two expensive to alter (converstion):sad:

whos got the red zed in stoke????? looks sweet

Is the PS cooler really needed, or is it another Nissan over engineering thing? My one is basically a pile of rust, so I was thinking about deleting it and then joining the two little pipes on the PAS pot together. Would this be ok? I've already ditched the HICAS so the PS fluid is only working the steering.

For weeks now, ive been looking at the zed, all neglected, un loved and un driven. Mot is out, and tax. Today so far with no girlfriend around, and no kids, i got cracking. To start, i needed to establish the extent of the rust. SO angle grinder in hand, off it comes. stretches from the rear drivers arch to nearly half way to the door. A couple of hours later, and ive removed whats needed. I had spare inner and return sills, thanks to a member on here. Once these were fitted, its time to tackle the outer. I got some 1mm zintek sheet from a local metal guy for nothing. As i cant source outer sills, i made my own and did the fabrication. Only trouble was getting the…

hi guys , finaly found a set of wheels , there currently fitted to a skyline but the guy doesnt know the offset . he is currently running them with spacers. for witch he is prepared to do a deal on prive without them . but he does not know the offset of the wheel . he reckons they foul the caliper on his skyline !! could someone pop around and try one on there zed for me ??? he sounds like a really nice guy with loads of toys for you to see whilst your there :) heres a link to the wheels !! http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/149727-starcorp-impuls-18-x-9-5-j-excellent-falken-452s.html

Ok so I have got datascan and connector all wired up, port is on 1 on device manager and on datascan, speed is 9600 on both, but when I run the find ecu it takes ages and i gave up after 20 mins of wasting fuel idling :P, surely it shouldn't take that long ?

My Z has started making a clicking noise when turning round left corners, had a look under it and all I can see that could be the problem is the R/H steering rod, the inner boot is split and grease dripping out of it. Could this be related to the clicking noise? :sweatdrop:

about 8 oclock between J21 & 22 PJ#####

Am not a experienced person in bodywork, but i dont mind giving things a try after all it is the only way to learn. Have spent hours filling and blending side skirts in, but when painted i look at it and just say 'ERRM NOOO' its still not how i would like it to be. Doesnt look bad, but no. Dont want to put car in a bodyshop as that would defeat the whole purpose of what im doing. But would like some help (not to do the work) but more to just in situ and give advise on where it goes wrong. So am thinking more like a little get together hands on type day( also stripping everything out of engine bay) and with a bbq for dinner and a laugh to maybe get the bodywork …

Anyone got one of these fitted? eBay Link Or can anyone recommend a better product/price? Not looking for anything special/too expensive really as mine seemed to run at the right temperature with the standard rad but it has started weeping a bit from one of the bottom corners where the rows join the end tanks and I'm about to up the boost :) Thanks in advance, James

just a quick one really been trying to work it out and trying diffent things but no luck yet. ill give you the basic story, my old engine let go at about 90,000 so saved up and done the engine swap with some turbos from a friend that had no play in the spindles at all, one was a little tighter then the other tho(near side). finaly got it running at the start of the week on the ramp all run up fine no smoke no rattles, changed the oil and filter after i ran it up just to be sure. then iv taken it to get moted all was fine till i got there about 8miles away and it started to smoke quite alot on idle (white smoke),after it was left to go cold it was moted and was fine no smo…

Saw you twice now (both times I've not been in mines). Dark blue with a Nismo sunstrip and what looks like the Japspeed catback system on it! Looking good :cool3:

Having put semi new pads on the front, im now getting a lot of brake squeal under light to medium braking. Also when im driving along and give it a bit, i get a nice exhaust spell in the cabin, regardless of if i have the roof off or on, or windows open or closed, any idea why this could be? exhaust isnt blowing near the elbows from what i can tell.

As above. The wheel is 8" wide apparently. Currently has 235/40/18's on it. Do yas think that's the right tire?

Well I found the fault of my brakes not working loss of vacuum as the clutch master cylinder is leaking is it repairable or do I need a new one?

Hi, Has anyone got a base map that i can use to try start the car so i can queck for faults etc Thanks Dan

now waiting for mot

found some 350z alloys at a good price , will they defo fit ? and also the tyres are 225.45.18 will they be ok ?

Hello all, When I drive at around 60 mph, the rear of the car begins to vibrate, this goes away at 65mph and comes back when the car does about 90mph? I replaced the propshaft and purchased a new one together with the bearing from Nissan and paid over £1,100, so I can count this out. The car is on an N plate and approaching 100,000 miles on the clock. Can anyone please tell me what this could be, or what to look for/replace? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks Saif

Thought with your hawk eyes you would of snapped this up UK spec clocks bargain :) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220766230185&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123

will these do from z centre? need to do mine as it start smoking badly if left idle for 5 mins or so. http://www.zcentre.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.pbv.tpl&product_id=123&category_id=72&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=7

Gents i have fitted R33 gtr disks and still using the old calipers, i have refurbed the calipers, changed the brake fluid, bled through thoroughly, done the seals in the master cylinder, at first i thought the brakes were warpped so i had them skimmed but when i brake now its like there braking on wooden blocks if you get what i mean, there deffinetly not safe at all there mintex pads i think oem spec from mjp one other thing i have noticed is when braking slowly is the pads stick to only part of the disk kind of on off on off braking strange, any suggestions anyone i was thinking of going back to standard disks and decent pads, any recomendatio…

Hi has anyoe had any experience with AEM software? I can link up with the ECU with my laptop now but i cant find the map that was ment to be saved on the ECU. What do i do to find it? Or has anyone got a map i can use to start the car? Thanks Dan