General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Right guys and gals, i need your help! As some of you may or may not know having recently tried to fix my Autobox, with little success, i have decided to take everyones advice and go manual, about which i am now very excited :hyper: I got my car towed to Andy Isherwoods in Ascot on the weekend, and we started to clear some space and get a few bits of one of his breakers that we will need, and then we got mine up on some stands. We will be working on the car this weekend (Sat 13th) and on the weekend of the 27th/28th (and then probebly every weekend that it is dry untill it's done!) Unfortunately for Andy i am a complete mechanical novice, so my reques…

hi sorry new to this site. im in desperate need of a second hand tank for my zed im in aberdeen scotland and dont know anyone who has a zx let-alone deals in parts for them. could anyone possibly point me in the right direction? much appreciated regards Matt.

Just fitted my japspeed rad, fitted fan surround but the bottom peice fouls on the air con compressor clutch wheel thing, so didnt fit that peice.Is this going to be a problem also had to cable tie top mounts as the brackets dont fit i know you can get a custom made panel for this but has any one made any top brackets thanks.

Been test fitting the polished plennum and I think I would Like to do a cable tidy while I'm at it ! what i would like to do is split the main harness into two branches that can go down each side of the fuel rails ! doing this would be neat and hide all the cables, is this safe to do ?

This is what this club's all about. I contacted Lee a few weeks ago about possibly sparing some time to come and help me detail the V8. 6.30am Friday morning i heard the rumble of a zed coming down the main road and he set to work (well after an hour of gabbing from both of us lol) :rofl: The results speak for themselves. Mate you're a star and i'll definately get you a pint in when i see you next and let you take him for a spin :D Cheers again for all the hard work, Nick

I must be mad getting another one but popped down to see scatrat on Saturday to have a look at the TT he has for sale and i'll be popping down to pay the last bit and bring it back in a couple of weeks time. JJ is a top guy and it was a pleasure to meet him - hardest working guy ever it has to be said! :) Cheers for the tea buddy and look forward to seeing you again when i come down to pick up the old girl in a couple of weeks. Right back to the V8 again tonight and tomorrow and get it out the garage to get the rover in and give that a tidy up to move it on.....

Hi guys. Was at the dyno place yesterday finally getting the car tuned but got a problem. In short the car runs spot on until I go on boost at which time it misfires. I went through pulling off the coil pack connectors to see if any of these were down and it appears number 4 wasn't making any difference. I've tried another coil pack and also tried changing a couple round, the plugs were brand new but still no change when I pull the plug off. Any ideas what this could be or how I can check??? I have datascan if that helps. Maybe PTU perhaps? This is. Series 1 ptu.

Only thing is the text came from a non uk number and the chap is called Salman Tareq and he wants me to add him as a contact on MSN so we can chat more about the zed there. He hasn't said where about in the world he is but I'm damn sure I'm not adding anyone on MSN after a previous scary experience lol!! Will see if this leads anywhere, am not holding my breath tho...

Right i have my thermostat from my car in front of me, now i know it should be fully closed when cold, but its not, but i have a niggly feeling about it so just would like someone to confirm it lol Fully closed = good Almost closed but not quite = bad

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: