General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hey got a prob with my aircon pod, all the features work eh aircon heater hazard switch wipers etc but none of the button backlights are working?? anyone had this before? will take it off tonight and chech connectors. thanks Craig

A simple autobox replacement a couple of weeks go went wrong from the offset, the customer wanted to supply his own unit he had purchased on ebay and packed into his zed and set off . However with his limited gears the engine was revving high for the relative road speed and soon an additional problem with a leaking water pipe forced him to stop and call the AA, they dually recovered the car off to us the following day. However when we removed the replacement gearbox from the boot we were shocked how someone could sell a gearbox in such a bad state. All the external sensors where missing, as was the dipstick, the shift lever assembly, no torque convertor an…

got another zx now and this time i got it next to nothing ... had it mot cheked in my garage nothing wrong no bearing problems etc etc all in good shape and engine sounds great the left side turbo is new i have problem with the right hand side turbo oki now its smokey ive checkd it and will bee looking to doo it do i have to take the engine out or is there a way of doing it with the engine in ... i dont mind struggling abit, i have the ramp facility with me and loads of special tools for small places

I'm about to by some fuel hose from the bay. How much will I need to replace all the rubber fuel and water hoses on the engine? i.e. will 2metres be enough. And will I need another size other than 8mm? i.e 6mm cheers dave

No rush, but when i get to the next step in power upgrades, what is the best thing to do re turbos? Ive been told today, that a place can recon the turbos, to hybrid spec etc, for £300 each. Does that sound about right? What power/boost level would they be limited to? Cheers

...unless my eyesight is starting to play tricks on me... click here to go to the feature, then click on the picture with all the cars, then zoom in. right-most column, 2nd yellow car from the top.

Well after buying my 1990 Manual TT and having a lot of bother starting from cold etc. I'm contemplating trying to get the winter out of this engine (If she'll prove reliable enough to start through the winter) and making a visit to Zedworld for a replacement engine. Pretty annoyed to say the least after paying the money for it and it to turn out to be as unreliable (contrary to what the seller made it out to be) but the car has to last me roughly 4 years so I suppose it's a piece of mind as well to have a good engine in. To get to the point what I'm asking here is how much am I talking for an engine/fitting from Zedworld and I'd probably be looking down the lin…

Hi Does anyone know whether z31 turbo front discs fit our n/a early z32'. They are both 280mm diameter and 26mm width. I urgently need some cheap early n/a discs to get my car through its MOT. thanks Mark

after not driving the zed for three weeks i drove over to zedworld this morning to get the rest of the new matrix install finished . there were a few things i couldnt get right so off to jeff and jamie . after a nice couple of cups of coffee from linda and an hour or so later i had a lovely toasty drive home . thanks guys for the technical help and thanks linda for the refreshments.

I am rapidly loosing confidence in driving the Z. [1990 import TT auto]. It has been driving great for the last six months but now things are different. On Monday this week she cut out on a dual carriageway doing about 40mph I managed to coast into a lay-by. I turned the ignition off and it re started first time. I carefully drove the couple of miles home and it stalled on the approach to a roundabout. I eventually made it home with no more problems. I rechecked the likely loose connections I have seen mentioned on the site, cleaned the terminals etc. I have recently noticed gauges not working for a while and then suddenly coming back to life [oil pressure, boost a…

Hi guys, Thanks to Vodkashots we went to his tyre place in Wellingborough. The other tyre place i went to did not line uo the 2 spacers on the n/s front wheel and not balanced all 4 wheels properley What a bunch of w.....s eh So big heads up to Ian and NATIONAL TYRES OXFORD ST WELLINGBOROUH. You know where to go now fellas if you are in the Northants area Cheerz Chris

Can anyone who owns a 99 spec Z please post up the measurements/distance from the bottom of the rear window to the start of the foot/upright on the spoiler. I've bought a 99 spec spoiler from car.mad but am unsure of the exact place to fit (obviously on the boot) as I've never seen a 99 spec up close only in pics. I want to fit it as it would of come out of the factory. Thanks Matt

About a week ago i could happily wire a headunit and your standard 6x9 and door card speakers as you do, but now i wanted a sub and i wanted to know everything about them from wiring to peak performances and so on. I want a system which is above beginner and one where when cranked up i hit my comfortable sound threashold before it does. At first i was looking at this JVC sub 700 watts RMS, 2000 watts PEAK. http://www.jvcmobile.co.uk/product.php?pr=220 and i was going to use this amp to power it as everywhere ive looked says try and better the RMS wattage of your sub with your amp by up to 125%, and that peak isnt a neccesity. http://www.jvcmobile.co.u…

the interview was about an american writer's take on abama and as he was driving over the crest of a hill what appeared behind him? a red Z looked like a 99 spec frontbumper!:clap: dan.:biggrin:

hey folks bit new to this site just bought my first 300 2 days ago and having bit of a problem already my heating isn't working properly its blowing out air but i cant seem to turn up the temperature please help me

My new 99spec Spoiler arrived yesterday, thanks car.mad! I was going to wait until the spoiler had been painted before putting pics up but after giving it to the guy doing the spray work (who also sparyed my car in the summer) and listening to his comments I thought it would be only fair to put some pics up before the spray job to praise car.mad's work :) When I took it out of the packaging I thought it was a good job but when the guy spraying it told me he was over the moon with the product and said it was a very very good quality spoiler I was even happier :) :thumbup: He also told me that If I'm thinking of changing any other body parts (the cars not my own) …

Should Dazzy McVert pull his weedy little NA lump from the vert and replace it with a proper mans engine. TT power :gunsmilie: All in the interests of research Daz - honest :wink:

Anyone have an easy way of getting the ignition barrell off the zed, I want to take the one off my breaker but I cant see how you get it off without drilling the bolts out?? anyone?? cheers Craig

im looking at changing my bumper over the winter suasagefingaz done me a photoshop what do you think? change or keep as is or other? as is vielside ec1

dont know if any of u watch this program but i have just sent a email to mike asking if he will buy a z32 and restore it. Lets see if he emails me back. I would be great.

a local guy with a NA auto is interested in my TT autobox (doing manual conversion so will have the front prop and all other parts needed) Cheers.

It's not the first time I've posted on this, so just wondering what your thoughts are about this ongoing problem. The chaps at Zedworld fitted the driftworks total eliminator bar to get rid of the HICAS and I couldn't be happier with that. BUT the car just won't stay straight like it should. Let me explain - 1. High speed, i.e. fast, touch the brakes and it will snake all over the place, a bit spooky if I'm honest 2. A bit of judder under medium braking 3. At very low speed, it is sometimes pulling left and sometimes right, not a lot, but noticeably, the steering wheels turns by itself i.e. a quarter turn one way or the other Now, all wheels…

Hi, Just wandering if its safe to grind these lugs from the plenum before it goes to get polished? and are there any more nastys that can be grinded off too?? Thanks for your input :thumbup1:

im getting a really weird grinding sound in overdrive at about 50mph and when i disengage overdrive it goes also when im at low speed between 20 to 30 mph i get the same grinding does anybody have any clues if it is the box or could it be something else like drive shaft maybe ?:blushing:

Thought this was worth a mention as seen a few now. Basically I guess its just a case of you get what you pay for. Have worked on a few cars with ebay I/C fitted where they have been a bit disappointing performance wise. Having investigated have found that the cores on the coolers are partially blinded by bad manufacturing processes so the pressure drop across them is huge. Had an extreme example recently helping out a member over the phone, car wouldn't rev over 1800rpm with no load as the core was so bad!! On top of that, if you pay £200 for a cooler that costs £800 from the likes of Pace then you can't expect to get the same performance, they're just badl…