General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Why oh Why

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.

was told by aa man who recovered me home that head gasket was gone (he did a sniff test which changed colour) was then told could be heater matrix(heater not working inside damp window wet on inside) .tried a matrix bypass starts fine no oil in water or water in oil but has a leak which comes out around gearbox after running for half hour or so (keeping water topped up) steam comes from back of engine (back right near battery) turned off and could hear bubbling and steam but could't see a thing.anything i can check or is head gasket gone?

Hi all another question. Im sure i see a thread on how to make an N/A pump fit a TT engine using the TT lightened pulley?? Am i right in thinking the TT pulley will not sit in the right location? I havve the N/A bracket im just under the impression the pulleys wont align right? Cheers Dan

Hi Has anyone got a picture on how the front ABS cable is attached in the wheel arch. Ive started fitting the coilovers and brakes and cant remember how and where the brackets go to insure the cable doesnt get cought on the wheel etc. Thanks Dan

can someone help, every time i boot the car the temprature gauge goes down and when i ease off it goes back to normal,any ideas:no:

Bearing in mind I have no mechanical knowledge whatsoever should i attempt to replace my standard airbox with an aftermarket induction kit? Is it an easy job or should I let someone more competent do the job? Just finishing off my sub enclosures and enjoying working on the car so wondered if i should give it a go. A link to a 'how to' would be good!! :tt2:

hey everyone, i was wondering what my options are for mounting my front numberplate as support thats on it now it broken :-(

was just wondering if anyone has dump valves on the zeds, if so whish ones,

is it possible to get rid of the air con. If so can i remove pump and all the other crap?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250751383242&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3AFSEL%3AUS%3A1123

Not mine, but a cheap bargain http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1992-NISSAN-300-ZX-/160529509604?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item25604dece4

Looking to get myself some vented wings and wondered if any traders do them on here ? The ones i'm after are like on zcentre : http://www.zcentre.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.pbv.tpl&product_id=299&category_id=83&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=7 I've also seen a set on ebay : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220711015281&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Just wondering if these are the same as zcentre and does anyone know who the seller is and are they good quailty as there hell of alot cheaper. Cheers