General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I was having a great deal of trouble finding the cause of a misfire on my no.1 cylinder. I change the coil pack twice for know good ones, checked the injector was firing properly, changed both the coil and inj connectors for new ones, tried a different spark plug but still the misfire was there! I then had a look at my relocated PTU and the 7 pin side had been getting water in to it and had rusted up plus the loom connectors were green! A quick clean up and the misfire had gone :thumbup: Need to replace the loom part that's corroded and re-think my location for the PTU (on inner wing next to batt) but I call that a result.

just found this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/300ZX-Z32-parts-AUTO-MANUAL-GEARBOX-CONVERSION-KIT-/380306809797?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item588c0d63c5 Anyone after one.

is there any reason as to why the control covers change the gap that the screws have as it appears mine seam to be smaller than what was on the origanlly

Hart Lane around 16:30 - 17:00

any ideas on why the factory fitted LCD clock in my 93 nissan keeps resetting itself to 01:00, its getting to be that every time i get in the car it needs setting to the right time, which it then keeps until the car is next used ...

Looking to buy one of these - any tips on the best/cheapest place to get one? I''m a bit dubious of trusting a name I dont know with that kind of money - there's a few on eBay for £550 or the cheapest I've found using the shopping search on google is £385? :confused1: but I've never heard of the company name - Link. Any recommendations? Also - what else will I need to buy to fit this to the car? Or does it come with a universal fitting kit? Cheers, James

I'm on the search for piping (preferably blue) to re-route my PCV system but I'm not sure what diameter of pipe is needed :/ Anyone have a good source for it and T-piece style connectors? Any help would be appreciated :) Mark.

Hi all, Has anyone got a leader gear and pinion fitted to their diff? If so what oil do you use? Thanks Dan

HI All, I've had a Leaky drivers side T-Top for a while, Just near the front window corner. As a stop gap i tried to plug it with Blu tack but it hasn't really worked. I'm sure i seen somewhere that you can get something like a gel to expand the rubber slightly or something? not too sure if i dreamt it lol. :stupid: However, i really don't want to go replacing seals just for this tiny leak so any help will be appreciated :thumbup1: Peter

hi mate, any news on the front splitter lip for the 99 spec bumper .....?? im sure im not the only one waiting in the wings for this to appear cheers Steve

..i have last night recieved some update pics from Jeff ....the car is sprayed in its new coat of lexus mattador red mica metalic the wide arch kit is fitted and looking so so sweet .....its so close now i can hardly wait ....with all the heartache and issues caused by one ex member ( not the car - never the car ) and the wasted two years when it just sat being neglected in his garage ...i am at last getting close to being able to drive it again ...... things left to do as far as i am aware are ..fit the new big brakes, fit the rebuilt forged motor, remove the hicas , remove the Air con, do the plenum water bypass , remove all unnecessary bits , carbon can , etc etc …

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who owns it? how can you work it out? theres a fair few 1989 cars on here be interesting to see whos is the oldest.

I've been replacing vacuum piping on my spare engine getting it ready to go in my beast but I can't work out where this pipe goes? The vacumm diagram says it goes to the throttle bodies but where abouts? (photo 1) Also, I took the other side off to replace and found a metal restricter in the end, I can only assume that this is a mig tip. My old zed that the engine came from did boost off the scale and didn't have any after market boost controllers, so I did think "boost jets". I this right? Oh yeah, I forgot. Where do the two oil lines that come out of the oil pan go to? (photo 2) Cheers Dave

was sat in my office and heard the unmistakable sound of the zed's V6 rumble. sounded same when it zoomed off as mine did with the powerflow zorst! one day i will have another :( the sound made me very jealous lol.

Found this whilst trawling on the tinternet

Was with lynbrooke but made a claim cause someone torched my car. Now they wont quote me on my replacement where car i go ive a 1994 tt jap import and want an agreed value. any ideas. im 46. with lynbrooke my insurance was £325 fully comp cheers. john. or laid up cover as i dont use on the road during winter cheers again

Hi, Are the exhaust for a n/a and the turbo the same from the cat back I mean? Thanks Mark

how bout a spot the zed in the media thread (club sites etc dont count!!!) heres my first off the gt5 site

After nearly two years this little gem is finally running like it should do. I cant thank Jimmer and John dixon enough for finally bringing my zed back to life. At times I wanted to give up or break it for parts especially when I had done all the work and the head gasket had failed. Its now perfect and like a dream come true. I went to Bristol today to jimmers Garage and I cant believe just how nice the guys have it running. Im real glad it is no longer a pressure cooker and John managed to sort it out with a base map before it goes off to be tuned. Its going to be quite a car!!!!! Its quite something the free reving engine easily goes to over 8000 rpm its mental. …

is there any reason as to why the control covers change the gap that the screws have as it appears mine seam to be smaller than what was on the origanlly

i have removed my rear wiper today and motor ready for the boot flush on wednesday and noticed a weight mounted to the opposite side to the wiper motor? i have removed it but whats it for? a counter balance perhaps?

i have spent some "more" time in the garage today and have managed to carbon some carefully choosen interior parts. I plan to cover the blind holder and a rear panel from either side so will post up when i do. Gone extremely well and have now after a full weekend of applying this stuff i have burnt of my finger prints.

Today , Sunday 9/1/11 @ 3:45 pm . Going around the Duke of Wellington Place / Hyde Park Corner roundabout . Black , high spoiler , it looked great on the move . I didn`t realise this superb-looking car was a Zed for a split second , I see them so rarely , and I was watching the lights to shoot across the road on me Boris Bike ! Great example .

Hi guys, got a set of used alloys which I want to fit to my 2+2 ZX and want to have them refurbished, at the same time I thought I would have them widened to the outside. They are 18" 8J 40 offset for the fronts and 18" 9J 35 offset for the rears. Was wondering if I have them widened by an inch (25mm) to the out sides would the numeric offsets be reduced by what is being added, ie front offset would now be 15mm and the rears 10mm. If so would these now fit without tyres catching? I have stock springs. I am looking at 235 30 18 fronts and 275 35 18 for the rears or maybe 265 for the rears would be better. Thanks for any advice.