General Discussions - 300ZX Related

......think this guy is taking the rarity of a convertable a little to far price wise http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEXY-RARE-UNIQUE-Nissan-300ZX-SWB-TRUE-Convertible-/270644363707?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f03a941bb

Not the hardest of mods to do but it works and you now have the choice of controling your brakes all by yourself or having abs do the hard work. I went switch crazy and fitted one to my wideband sensor so i can turn the wideband sensor off when the ignition is in the on position and im not planning on starting the car which leads to a dead sensor, having to warm itself up for no reason. Fitted a switch for my A pillar pods so i can switch them off completely at night to stop the glare which is dangerous, it really made it hard to see at night down those dark country lanes with the constant blue and red lights flashing in my eyes.

just wanting to see what the general concensus on this is when going for cat back systems or and after market exhaust do you prefere twin exit or single i think i like the 2:2guns:

sorry if they're a post on this but could anyone tell me what the diffrences between the swb and lwb models exept for size that is

Anyone heard or seen him lately, just hoping he's ok as I pmd him and got no response and he's usually very on the ball but then thought he might have gone away or something

For a long time now I wanted a SWB TT manual I now have one:dance: Got the plane over to Stansted with my son and met the owner of a 93 series2 swb tt he had owned it for 6 years doing very little miles and garaged in winter.It is in very standered form except it is chiped and jetted to 350 bhp and UK Nissan alloys on the rear,58k timming belt done by Jeff?(along with chip jets and uk clocks)New Nissan shocks and clutch remote locking and immobiliser and fitted tracker, interior is like new everthing works as it should and feck can it go:w00t: 2nd and 3rd gear is sooooo fast it scared me but I think I will get used to it:lol:. After buying the zed we went up to see Jeff a…

what years of manufacture of the p10 primera can you use the matrix out of for a zed . dont fancy buying the wrong one. cheers in advance for your replies andy

So here we have a technical fault that was dealt with in the workshop recently, thought it may be interesting to see what you guys would make of it and see if maybe we have a budding technician or a right good guesser among the membership!! I can tell you this is a weird fault with a surprising conclusion, read it all through before making any conclusions. So let start with some background first, a standard non turbo running well with no major issues that developed a small water leak, the owner with some tech help from Jamie here and some pipes removed the plenum and replaced the offending pipes, the work seem to go well but once all back together the first start u…

Bummer dude, not sure if it's the wet or.... tried cleaning the maf and it started first go, then went back to it's normal thing... It starts first time after a day or so leaving it, then after about 5 mins of normal throttle and driving, it starts losing power. Example: When you put your foot on the pedal it near enough dies, so you let it off quick before it stalls at a roundbout or something and you get whacked lol. Anyway.... if you feather the throttle really really light it will very slowly accelerate, once it's got above about 1000 rpm you can treat it as you want, but as soon as you're back on the 800rpm mark and sitting again, you darn't hit that pe…

Was that you i saw at 16:45 Rich or have you sold the zed now?

Been busy Saturday with the rear lights. Having already had some clear indicator lenses bought a while back from Medallion Man (Gerry), I then saw a thread the other day where Gonzo was selling his that he had made up himself. The penny dropped and I decided that was the way to go for now as the full led conversion from zedwizz is still under consideration. Firstly take everything and interior panels from the car Now a picture showing them apart, not difficult to do this, just take your time and NEVER RUSH. The best advice is to keep slipping the complete unit in and out of the oven, just a few mins at 90 or so degrees is enough to keep softening up The two …

yesterday after driving for about 10mins, i pulled up at my destination to find that all of my coolant was escaping from the car. from underneath it looked like it was coming from the back of the engine. haven't had chance to look under it yet, but its going on a lift tomorrow. hopping its just a split hose. was well and truly gutted. Anyone no of any prone places to split in the engine bay?

hi everyone, i took the zed out for a ride to llangollen today, and was taking it real easy all the way. i decided to open her out on a nice straight, but it wont rev past about 5k???? if you kepe your foot down its as if all power has died untill the revs drop back down to about 4 the it picks up for a little bit up to about 5 again and stalls again! the only thing i should mention is that its bloody wet everywhere today! could all this water have anytihg to do with it???? any advice would be greatly appreciated :-)

Just thought i'd post a couple of pics of the interim install on my Slicktop. I will update the amp and sub at a later date as and when funds permit. The amp is running the sub and also the Hertz co axials up-front. I also have JL components in the rear Bose boxes. The amp cover and false floor are still to be carpeted, and i'll probably cover the sub as well, most likely in acoustic cloth. When i do upgrade i shall build a box (maybe 2) out of 18mm MDF that'll be scribed to fit in the corners taking a 10" sub. This will do for now though and if the spare is needed its a case of unscrewing the two wires from the sub then just lifting that o…

Ta for the help last w/end mate with the fitting of the air ducts , will get some pics up soon got them of Carmad and they fitted well and look good

for anyone who is interested here are a few snaps of where im up to on my restoration/customisation. ive mainly focused on the engine bay as that is what im doing at the moment engine bay was taken back to bare metal, this is just about the last of it pas pot has been moved to here to here, hicas has been removed, inner wing deseamed/smoothed. all holes have been welded up (except a few that i still need) same goes for this area too, there will be nothing here except the brake servo/clutch master cylinder Alot of work has gone on in this area, the battery tray has been removed which revealed a few holes where the battery ha…

I've done a few jobs on the zed including; replacing 4 of the old injector connectors (they were just spade ends pushed on the injectors!!) with new Nissan ones, swapped the balance bar for a chrome one, replaced the seals on the BMC and changed the CC unit in the engine bay for a much cleaner one. The problem I'm having is that the engine is vibrating the whole car really badly now and is idling very rough, almost cutting out. I've checked the MAF that was fine, the connectors I changed were soldered on and checked. I've cleaned all the connectors with contact spray. I did have a split pipe on the back of the balance bar, which when I pulled it off the ca…

after suffering a damp carpet for a while and a greasy windscreen the matrix went big time today . gave it a blast down the road overtaking a couple of cars and my daughter shouts "dad theres water squirting all over my feet ". dont you just love zeds . another job on the list for the cold months ahead

Hi, I have a set of fx-r bixenon projectors wich I want to put in my headlights replacing the stock halogen projector. So I've been doing some research and come across the HID light mod in the faq area: http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=117007 It describes a nissan blue relay, and from the photo in the how-to document it looks just like a regular spst relay with a normally open contact? Like the ones you use to wire up auxiliary lights f.ex. No need to buy a new nissan relay if I can use a relay I alreay have lying about in my garage...

just a quick one.. is the rear spoiler only glued on?

hey up everyone! ive got a real bad vibration under braking, more noticable when im braking down form higher speeds. i was just wondering what i should be looking for when i get the wheels off. will there be any easyily visable signs as to what is causing the shaking? or am i not going to be able to do anything without replacement parts? the lad who i bought the car off said the brakes had just been done, so maybe not done right im guessing?? any advice will be greatly appreciated 8-)

Hi Guys i spoke to Jeff at zedworld yesterday to get a quick progress report ..my zed is in the body shop the wide body kit from luke at zedcentre has arrived and its beeing fitted up ...my coil overs are fitted and poly bushes etc ....i feel like at last the car is being looked after as it should have been ....im not going to post any pics ..other than a before ....one during the time it was at another zed specialists :cursing:.and the after once jeff has worked his magic on it..:tt1: still lots to do and i am so gratefull to those on here and the other site who offered support and words of encouragment when i was ready to give up ...so glad i havnt now .....will …

Jimmer is a man on a mission at the moment, my heads have been pressure tested and re skimmed. They are AOK, had some lovely machine work done on the mike smith manifolds for the exhaust gas sensor. Had an Air temp sensor fitted to the plenham. Also seems that whoever fitted parts of my old suspension put them around the wrong way (not me only few bits that are original). I dont think it should be to long before she is purrrring like a kitten and then I can post some videos of it up. John Dixon is putting an Emerald system in then she should be ready to be run in. Jimmer said that the head work and internals are mind blowing with lovely machine work and oversiz…

anyone else unable to go on site?? or just me lol

hi there can enyone shed some light !!! iv got a 300zx non turbo after geting the heads done the car still dosnt fire ! timing is ok i got the car as a project never had it running yet ! the car had been of the road for 8 month ! plug,d it in on the computer and it come up with the knock sensore ? plus on a 1990 importdose the key have a chip in it ?? thanx