General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Are there any upgrades available or is the standard one fine for hight power. Also do ebay ones do the job or not, because some of them are cheap as £8 i think whereas the nissan part (from nissan) was around £35. Im not going to pay £35 for a fuel filter but if the ebay ones are the same quality ill go for one of those. Cheers Mark

Hi guys, I am just going through how to change the fan belt myself. Is there a tensioner for the fan belt? thanks vic

looking for some advice on a strange fault , 93 300 zx auto tt, driving to work this morning , i noticed when accelerating that my boost pressure was down. pulled up at the tolls turned engine off , paid the reaper , started up set off, again, immidiately noticed full pressure was being achieved. Then this evening headed home and strangely the same again as in couldnot developfull boost pressure ,so again i pulled over , turned the engine off then straight back on , set off a lo and behold had full boost , what on earth is happening and why, any ideas, how can i stop this

Cant decide which look for my car suits it more so its on a poll. I like both looks but a 3rd option would be to get a smoothed nose panel and paint that and the bonnet black what do you think As it was or with the carbon. Or colour match the Carbon to the car????? If I cant decide ill prob just put the carbon stuff up for sale at a later date if i need to.

maybe a stupid question but not seen these before, my make has them in his shed, They worth anything or just clock fascia replacements???

Guys My car never leaked before it went to the bodyshop for a respray, now the water leaks straight down onto the seat both sides and runs down the pillars and comes out of my pillar clocks. its not from the holes in the top under the targa as they drain out underneath the car. It seems that since the bodyshop put them back they are not working properly. Had a chat with MJP and he said that certain parts need to be stuck down can anyone give me any pointers on how to fix this. I would like to take the car to zedworld on saturday but cant in case it rains at the moment as it literally pours in and I dont want to damage my pillar gauges etc.

Just saw these and i love the price!!! http://www.alloywheels.com/product.asp?P_ID=1606&V_ID=133934&strKeywords=5x11%204%20et35,5x114%20et37,5x114%20et38,5x114%20et40,5x%20114%20et42&Make=Nissan&Model=200%20SX%205%20Stud&s%20trSize=18%22&strSort=Low Will they fit ok with regards to offset etc? Cheers peoples, i am lookingto treat myself........ Just dont tell the missus.... :slap:

Started off a jump pack and seems to be running as I remember it doing although there is now a fairly noisey ticking noise coming from near the top of the engine. Do you think its just a matter of letting her run for oil and water to circulate to normal operating temperate or something more sinister? There is a small patch on the ground underneath the engine so could just be a matter of topping up with oil?

I have just got a set of new 18" BBS alloys and tyres for my mates twin turbo series 2. The rears fit ace but the fronts mis the nissan engraving on caliper by a fag paper. I was going to get a couple of spacers say 3 or 5mm but wanted to check that was OK and wouldn't cause any stress on studs. What would be the max spacer also?

Does anyone have this intercooler? is cheap may be is just a piece of shit? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-TWIN-TURBO-FRONT-MOUNT-INTERCOOLER-GTO-/220353528976?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item334e180490#ht_1060wt_1139

Not sure if there are or how many old original ZX members there are on here, but my first ZX was in 1995 I think, it was a UK Manual car is yellow which was 400bhp built be a company called skeet motorsport. It was a max power issue car also back in the day. Some old pics, quality aint great as I didnt have a digital camera back then lol

black z following a subaru p1 in kilmarnock on sunday 30th jan

Just got myself a n/a auto 300 zx that was on pistonheads seems well looked after runs smooth and quiet . Very happy with the purchase do any of you guys know of it?http://pistonheads.com/sales/2455222.htm

Is this really true? I've not been around long so just intrigued really. Seems like an awful lot of people, where have they all gone? Was Mikey waving around his ban smiley all the time?? Don't think i'd be able to keep up if that many people were on here. I'd love to see it though, more the merrier i say :yinyang:

having lots of cooling problems lately had the metal water pipes on back of engine changed when sprung a leak, but now week or so later (maybe 100 miles) steam from under bonnet again, when filling rad and squeezing top hose can hear what sounds like a leak round no.2 clyinder so i was going to try a plenum bypass but more i read and see more confused i get.seen pics showing 3 hoses from back of engine to (i think ) the turbos and somewhere else( yes i am this lost) but have aslo seen and read that you can block the small pipes off and still be ok .as i'm not sure this is the cause of the leak just looking for a easyish way of testing to find out. cheers

I would like to recomend this polish as it is very good for black or dark coloured cars:thumbup1: I polished my black zed two days ago and tried this polish and it performed very well I put it on with a slightly damp cloth and buffed it of and is the best polish I have used to date. Sorry about the pics of the zed it was to dark for good pics but might give some idea of the finnish And the white specs you see is two days of dust:no:

hi all, when i come to a stop say in a carpark, foot depressed on brake and at the same time i press down the clutch, i hear a strange squeak and the brake pedel seems to depress some more? almost like a pressure leak? what can i look at to fix this.. cheers all.

Targa drain issues have been covered here many times, I did a tech on the passenger side one some time back, but as a good example of a drivers side one came up today I took some pics along the way. So targa drain issue in general is due to disconnected pipes and the result is wet carpets on both sides but in addition on the drivers side damage can be caused to the fuse box and / or the connections. So as per the Nissan style getting to the problem is the biggest part of the battle, removing the seat, knee pad, heater ducting and fuse box access panel is just the start. So the targa pipe was tested by dripping water down the targa channel and …

I've discovered that one of my injectors is knackered, the one at the front on the passenger side. I was considering swapping it using the dremmel method. It looks like quite a lot of material would have to be removed from the plenum. I wondered if many others had done it this way as i'm scared of scrapping the plenum. I was just after some reassurance really!

Im looking at getting a compression tester and wanted to check what ones people have bought as with the V configuration i need to make sure it will reach. Links please :) Marty

if i lower me zed do i need to change anything else apart from the springs, i want to lower it about 40-50mm ///

Hey guys, First of all, Ive not been on here in quite a long time due to one reason or another but its great to see the site is still as alive and kicking as ever! :clown: One of the reasons Ive not been on here is because my zed has been dead... :thumbdown: The first issue was the turbos and then when i replaced them, the engine just gave up. If i remember correctly something was wrong with the #6 piston having a tantrum and the valves not seating well in #1 cylinder. :helpsmilie: Ive been saving my pennies for a while now while Ive been planning the best course of action. (Heres where I need some advice from you guys). What I plan to do is buy another en…

I have a Jap import zed and was wondering for insurance purposes will that be a Fairlady Z or a 300ZX? They have both listed on the comparions sites :/

Just fitted these from the USA, great quality and fit and only took 3 days to arrive http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120662739649&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

hey guys, can anyone point me in the direction of some decent hids? cheers