General Discussions - 300ZX Related

whats required and where do i get one.... iv found 2 in japan..... why is there sod all info on them???

Hi guys im trying to get rid of my z:sad: but after trying for a while im having no luck, now i know im never going to get what i want for it but i still aint going to take pennys for it. im just woundering if its worth the effort braking it and having the hassle of selling and posting all the bits? i know i will get more in parts than i would if i sold it. some addvice from the expert brakers would be nice. Thanks nick

Well after almost 6 months of ownership ...... I had to go to town today for a battery for my garage door remote, so I also paid a visit to the kosovans and paid the customary fiver for a hand wash. They do a good job, but I prefer Meguiars to their bulk buy wax, so brought it home, waxed it up, and FINALLY got some photos of my car. In my rides section if anyone fancies telling me why my spoiler is different to other UK Zeds I'd appreciate it :D

Hi all, bought a second hand exhaust today off a good lad from this forum:thumbup1: My 93 TT SWB existing exhaust's back box is hung on the coventional style rubber mounts, (L bracket style and push fit, 2 per box) The new exhaust i aquired today was mounted on a single soild rubber mounting, flat plate on can and bolted in place, 91 SWB TT. Are they 2 types of mount on SWB or is one a custom jobby? cheers James

Following on from a comment Mikey bean said, it would be interesting to see what the out come is on this one. so get voting lol

anybody used these adjustable rear arms on eBay item 150561873713 Adam wanting some and these seem a good price Rich

Rather than hi-jack the deadzed thread, I thought it might be interesting to see the cars everyone had leading up to their zed. I know this has probably been done before, but still.. I'll start, mine are in order, apart from cars in NZ because I've lived there twice - Aug 2005 - Mar 2006 and Nov 2007 - Feb 2010 Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia - 17 Ford Capri 2.8i V6 - 18 - 21 (Although off the road several times) BMW 325iSE - 18 (Bought while the capri was off the road) Jaguar XJS 5.3 V12 - 19 (Had overheating problem, also had steering problem, it saw a petrol station and turned left! So it went elsewhere.) Toyota Mk III Supra 3.0 Turbo Auto - 19 (Eventually died s…

Will a brand new standard clutch be ok with 1 bar boost exhaust filter mods etc .Can anyone recomend a good cheap pattern one thanks.:cool3:

Hi Chaps, I've just found this site after doing some research on the ZX 2+2 Turbo. I've been looking out for one as I've always liked them, and a friend passed on some details of one that's going into Anglia Car Auction's next sale and they aren't that far from me either. Admittedly there's not to many details of it on the site - link here - but there are a couple of pics. It'd be appreciated if anyones got any tips for buying these - can't wait to see it when it comes in. :cool3:

Driftworks site today has a link to this - in car footage of some touge drifting in a (slicktop?) Zed! particularaly liked the single lane stuff from 1:40, the mashusive slide at 4:00, and nearly loosing it at 5:25...

Some might know I fitted this last week but not really happy with the finish. So Today I thought I would tidy it up and an idea hit me! (groan!) Was getting some guages so I thought why not mount em' in here as well!,didn't want a 'flat' panel so I used 3 cheapy pods and mounted them at an angle for better visibilty,first was to trim the surround to get the pods in,they are then Superglued to hold em' until the Bridge filler goes in! Then a bit of filler front and back,they are now solid! The finish filling started,not getting any better at this! LOL! This shot shows the mounted angle..... Getting there........ And a quic…

got a call from the guys at the body shop ......its done !!!! thats the big step over , wide arch conversion done , respray done , all extra bits done ...my only concern is the rear wheels catching the beautifuly crafted inner lip and ruining it but im sure jeff and the body shop guys have thought of this and its a worry too far onmy behalf .....anyway the zed can now be given back to Jeff and Jamie and the crew to refit the built engine and do their hocus pocus on it ....roll on the next few weeks ...Jeff get some piccies posted up mate :)

Have a zed in for some serious welding and upgrade work and one of the reasons we had to recover it from the owners home was due to brake failure. When it arrived we soon established the brake master cylinder was empty and the pedal went to the floor, so a quick top up and bleed at the abs unit just to give us some brakes to safely move the car about went ok except the front o/s calliper was jammed. So look at the picture below to see how bad a caliper can get when its seized solid, a real mess and although rebuilding is possible this zed is in for some big brake upgrade so we just fitted a good used one and bleed it out again and now we have brakes albeit temp…

Some small changes :) Hey all, As most of you probably know my Zed is sorned at the min and has been for a while now, however i have been making some small changes to the look of the Zed while its been off road and just wanted to share the pics and get some feedback, nothing to major almost a spot the diffeerence front and back lol! here is a pic of the front back in 2009... before i went to the haigh hall wigan show This one is from when i first got the car (slightly before the above) although not as good a pic The front now> and from the back, should have moved the fiesta really :/ …

After an enjoyable with my son at the fleet air museum in somerset, i was travelling back to wales, when crossing the severn bridge........ BANG my first reaction was a blowout, doing about 70 mph i braced myself to control a spinout. looking in the mirror to see how soon i could pullover while hitting the hazards all i could see was smoke. managed to get over to the hard shoulder and switched engine off to go inspect the damage. no tyres gone, got back in and started engine, it made a horrible noise and a load of smoke came out of the bonnet, thinking it was gonna catch fire i got us both out as quick as i could and retreated a good 200 yards up the road. lucki…

Seems Mike has left Zworld now..........Mmm......still not happy though :thumbdown: Jeff TT " Re listed due to listing error - apologies" http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-300-zx-Twin-Turbo-Targa-40k-miles-NO-RESERVE-/230587156264?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item35b010c728

Boost and air leaks are a way of life for zed owners and making sure that your engine is not drawing air or loosing boost is vitally important for correct engine performance and acceptable fuel economy. However sometimes the cause of leaks are self inflicted and one such mistake we see many times is pictured below and refers to the balancer bar. The bar has a bracket on the drivers side which sit on top and is secured by the same fixings that hold the balancer bar itself down. A common mistake is for the bracket to be fitted in-between the bar and the plenum rather than on top of the bar, the outcome of this is a substantial air / boot leak. This leak can effec…

Been to B & Q Baz? I was just out for a run and saw you at McDonalds roundabout was gonna run over and knock on ya window :)

The mobile camera vans.....Im pretty sure they cant get a reading on speed if they are mobile, is this true? Many Thanks, Hollings.

Hi, I bought my first zx about 8 months ago and its time for a bit of an overhaul. I have read around the forums and im sure my propshaft centre bearing and rear gearbox mount need doing, plus my gearbox is noisey and not great getting into second. The zed is a 96 NA import manual, ive been looking around for the best price for gearbox mount, prop bearing and redline mt 90 tranny oil, any advice where i can get these for the best prices? also.. is it worth changing the gearbox oil filter? and what engine oil would you recommend? I just noticed a new centre bearing sold for £50 on here a few weeks ago!! cheapest ive seen is £150 :blink: Pic.. cheers!…

Well, ive just failed my MOT... nothing bad really, just need to do some welding on the quarterpanels and sills and stuff, standard affair really... However, since this will push the total bill since i got the car to around £5000 (£3k car, then £400 tyres, £600 clutch, £300 misc bits and bobs, then £700 welding repair) im feeling a little skint and sorry for myself. So... as a bit of a group sympathy session, does anyone have any horror stories about sizeable chunks of wonga consumed by your zeds? Anyone spent a whole lot more than me and still going strong? but then again... if you had 4 grand... which would you buy? This... :no: or this: …

Hi, I`ve just noticed today that I`ve only got full beam lights? If i turn the switch to side lights I get nothing and then switch again to the main lights its just the full beam and the blue dash bulb lights up, I pulled the stalk back and fourth and nothing happens, any suggestions? Daz

I seem to remember you being the one with the pictures of the dash warning light lay out for both the S1 and S2. and if so can you post um up please, need to find out what bulb ive unplugged and why its lit lol

Hi, does anyone know if and where I can get my grubby little hands on a haynes workshop manual for my 1990 zed? The only thing I can find online is one covering the older models upto 1989 and also the freebie one to view online. Cheers.

Very fortunate to now own these and wondered if anyone recognised them? Regards Dave