General Discussions - 300ZX Related

hi there, ive done the turbo the only little problem i had with the engine in the car was the oil cooler gasket and finally ive got that done and have started the car its still smoking but not as bad and now im thinking howmuch should i drive it for it to clear out? and how ? remember its an auto :D

as youall know my car is being done at the moment in Tamworth by Jef and Jamie and the crew at Zedworld .at the moment it is being prepped for the wide body kit and it has been totaly stripped down .....ok here is my dilema i want to keep the car RED .....but would like to go to a metalic or pearlescent red ....not particularily nissan red as at the moment it is a 50/50 mix of audi tornado red and porsche gaurds red. what colours do you know of and on what cars that are a nice red ...?? if you can please post up some pics ..need to make my mind up very soon and would welcome the forums help on this thanks all steve

Just how on earth do you get to the det sensor with the plenum off !! heard it can be done but how ?

As you can see the wheels are in a bit of a state, mainly because they are laquered and water has got under it! The good news is they are save-able with a bit (lot!) of work,this is the first one,240 grit to 800 and bloody sore fingers!:sweatdrop: Just started to buff it tonight but got too dark -if they all get to this stage I'll be chuffed as I love the rims.Oh! and I Won't be laquering them!:wacko: Only three more..........................:surrender:

I have been having vibration issues lately so jacked the car up today and checked for play in any suspension components at the front. I have discovered when holding the wheel at top and bottom i can feel play something but is so difficult to see or feel what it is when you need both hands on the wheel to make it clunk backwards and forwards. I "think" its coming from the large joint with the rubber cap which covers the upper castle nut. can it be re-packed with grease or is it a new component? Its either this or the upper camber arm as i can actually see the movement in this but i feel its not this thats giving the movement.. has anyone else experienced thi…

Guys looking at replacing my standard d/pipies for some nice divorced s/steel ones. After looking at it from below, looks like (f***all access this way)and talking to Andy (Ish) I have been told that it is doable from attacking it from above and the underside. Has anyone done this with the engine in place? if so apart from growing arms like MR Tickle, could anyone give any usefull pointers. If it helps I will be removing the plenum later on so that should be easier right? :hammer: thanks H

Hey guys don't know if you can help but my car is having troubles again she won't fire up at all I have done a code check and it has come up with 55 when I turn the key just to the on position and you can hear a buzz in the engine bay just wanted to know if anyone knew what it was.

Stupidly i just thrown out these hoses as they were damaged, what i never checked was if the hoses contain any restrictors or valves inside. Can anyone tell me if these can be replaced with straight hoses or not ? Heres a pic of the covers with the missing pipes in the middle : Cheers Lee

Well, stripped the front end down to day trying to find this water leak, well i can now rule out. Front intake pipe's Rubber hoses connecting intake pipe to engine. The water pump is leaking dead bottom of its seal. but I'm having trouble getting the lower cam belt cover off, due to the fact i have nothing to pull the bloody cam pulley off with lol What am i going to need to pull the bugger? may as well change me timing belt as well while im there i suppose as its now open to the elements. So she is officially off the road again lol

Thanks to the guys at zedworld for sorting my sick z yet again,it was an enjoyable drive all the way back to runcorn,(forgot how fast the old girl was). The new straight through propshaft has done the job, glad i went with your advice guys. I will be taking it of the road now, to do a few jobs, (boot build being one)and decide weather to have full respray,so once again thanks to Jeff,Jamie and of course Linda.

Evening guys.. Just out of curiosity has anyone seen my old car around?..I sold it a year ago or 2 now and i'm just wondering how the old girl is doing,would love to see her in her new home.. this is how she last looked: Cheers Rob

Just found this plug down the passenger side of the plenum, just below the dipstick. Car was running fine before I put her up on the axle stands to swap the IC's, and I've only removed the CC and haven't (KNOWINGLY) disconnected anything else. So I am assuming that this is some redundant system. Probably nothing to worry about......I hope. cheers, H

Went past at Mickleburgh Hill, I was working... I was in this road: Ivanhoe Road :cool3: I would of said it was a SWB Slicktop, black fuzzy haired man driving it

What does this mean guys, I got the impression that because its got a high performance clutch its been fettled with and someone didnt grease the bearing when putting it back together, but ive searched on google and its saying its a disaster in the making?

who has what? ive been doing some reading etc on the subject today and it seems plently of people have boost jets but plently of people dont reccomend them? so lets discuss. bang for buck or buck to prevent bang? say we would like to achive 12-14psi safely without bankrupting another highstreet bank and without destroying a perfectly good vg block, whats the sensible route

Hi, I need a Big favour pretty please!!! Any chance someone could do me a quick sketch and some sizes of their 1 piece slam panel , be as accurate as you can, Thanks in advance Daz :flowers:

its a thought that keeps poping into my head, amougst the things i want to get done is an manual conversion. I think it will really give the car a funner edge and better driving experince. Im aware that zed world offer it as a service for a cost and taht is possibly an option, but whats the price difference doing it yourself? Ive done plently of clutch replacements so im not to bothered about the nuts and bolts of it. just the electrical side of it. im assuming i would need: manual gearbox manual gear selector flywheel uprated clutch(standard is crap?) clutch and brake pedal manual master cyldner? what else would i need and how much would should i expe…

I want to get some cream alcantara in material form so i can do some covering with it. anyone know where to get it? I've done a google search but just comes up with forums about people discussing it.

Ok here is a fun one for you, customer removed his own gearbox when rebuilding his engine, was surprised to find the damage you can see in the pics, so he replaced the front gearbox section ( the new silver bit) when unfortunately the box was removed again ( another issue) he was disappointed to find the damage had occurred again, so hence we ended up with the task of finding the cause and the cure, so ok guys get guessing. Will add more details / clues as we go on. Jeff TT

Recently had my fronts replaced and now time to get my rears done. I'm having Falken 452 all round. Had them on a previous car and really rate them. However, just wondering how you guys are finding prices at the moment? been quoted £120 each for 265/35/18. Is this good? Thanks for any input. :yinyang:

Has anyone ever taken their Z out onto a track? Toying with the idea of buying a trackday car but dollars not stretching to a dedicated track toy so wondered if I could take the Z instead? Just wondered if anyone had taken a Z onto the track - how do you find it? Are greasy/damp tracks a worry with rwd?

C'mon everyone, put up your most fave fave pic of your zeds, past and present. So many cars on here I haven't seen that I'd like to I'll start - nothing you ain't all seen before but Zedward is still the most handsome Zed ;) Lush! Ps - please not let this be another why are you selling up sesh! Have said loads I need a practical, cheaper to run RELIABLE daily driver so I can be a student nursey soon. And I am a mummy - not good with SWB!

Gear selection problems can be caused by many issues but one that seems to rear its head occasionally is pivot ball failure. For many years now up-rated ones have been available and usually come part of upgrade kits, we always advise fitting these as part of any change upgrade or standard as its not worth the hassle later. So here is a classic pivot ball failure with a little twist in the tail, the ball head breaks away but is often kept in place by the retaining clip, as a result the breakage can go unnoticed for a while however every time the clutch is depress the ball head is mashed in to the remaining pivot shaft until the lever arm slips sideways. In this case …

my zx was imported in 2005,is it jap restricted,if so how do i de-restrict it?

Hi ..people are probably getting used to seeing my probs on this section of the club..sorry! lol I just wonderd how i go about changing the gearbox fluid on my car.. its an early model ..registerd on a 1989 (G) and is a non turbo. think is the fairlady. I heard there is no drain hole on these? its a matter on removing the sump and letting the fluid out? Am i right ? looking at doing this tomorrow so any replies like i said before are much appreicated..thanks everyone for your time!..have a nice evening Matt