General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi, After alot of thinking and your input, Iam not going to swap my n/a engine for a TT. But Iam going to keep the n/a as it was cheap and the body and engine are good nick. I know with it been a n/a there wont be much room for improvement, is it worth getting a chip if so which one, I wouldnt normaly chip a car as I like a custom map but with it not been a turbo motor a custom one may not be worth the money. Any specific exhaust ect? What is the maxium the engine will put out 250hp? Thanks for the help. Mark

after jeff and jamie had a tinker with my car at JAE i drove home with no hesitation issues at all . cheers guys andy

Any ideas if it's worth completely removing the ABS for track use?

i need to tune up 300zx but dont no where to go any1 help me thanks

You past as I was heading home from JAE I was on northbound side, you must have past Shrek too as he was not that far infront of me.

I was lifting the front up when the car jack slipped and the car landed on the front of oilpan and damaged it :( Also think I damaged one of the hoses for the aircon. bet it a bit. The engine did not sound good when I started the car for a brief momemt. The oil pressure was 5-6 bar. There was a metalic sound coming from about where the oilpan was. Did not take the chance. Hope someone can shed some light on this. I have never taken the oilpan of a 300zx... What can cause these bad sounds? :hang::shock:

hello everyone. not really been on here since i joined, still not got a zx, but hoping that will change in the near future. anyway, saw this on ebay and decided to have a bit of a bid at it- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180556447819&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT not expecting to win at all with my measly £600 bid but the end is near and i am still the highest bidder. problem is it's a fair old distance away and i'm now struggling for somewhere to keep it! To be honest, i cant see it selling for £600 but if it does do you think its worth the 3 hour drive to collect it? and any ideas what could be causing it not to start? i will be doing a…

Just been looking over the JAE pics and I'm so upset my fav 300zx has been turned into one of my least fav. The wheels and bonet have ruined for me what was almost the perfect 300zx.

hi, started early - auto box off but i cannot shift the auto pilot bush for love nor money - i have not gone mad but i have tried for about 45 mins tapping/hitting the outer edge with a hammer and chisel trying to "coax it out but it does not move - any one with any great tips as i do not want to damage anything would be much appreciated dave

hey there ive been driving my na 1990 zx for about a month now and i love it although i cant believe how much fuel its using ? Ive had 2 other v6 engined vehicles before that wasnt as bad as this one, ive had a 194 bhp 3.0 v6 laguna and a 205 bhp 3.2 v6 frontera which i was gettin about 25 mpg . IN the 300zx i put 20 quid fuel in took me from the red to just over a quarter and its got me 91 km ?? which is pretty crap, does my car need a service or are they juust reli bad on fuel ?? and i dont drive it fast most the time im below 3000 rpm ?? thanks dave

Hi, i have just started the prepping for the attempt at the manual conversion - i have removed the cover hiding the fixings for the clutch pedal/booster assembly and there is a large wiring loom from the alarm going through it - the wires go everywhere so does the large hole have a air tight seal when the clutch system is in or can i enlarge the hole (like a v in the bottom) to house the wiring loom as well - hope that makes sense - otherwise i will have to cut the wiring loom and rejoin about 30 wires - many thanks dave

Why dosnt everyone just pop the pics in one thread Dam site easyer to look at :innocent:

Well, I have not long got home from Jae, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the whole weekend, even though I'm shattered from all the running around I did prior to and over the whole long weekend.The weather started off quite poor on Thursday and Friday with Rain, but it didnt seem to dampen anyones Jae Spirit. but luckily the Hot sun cam out to play for most of Saturday and ALL day today. we had over 20 Zeds on the stand at it's peek on Saturday which is always nice to see. yes more would have been better, but so long as the members who showed had a good time, then I'm happy. We had some Regular Jae attenders as well as some Newcomers. it was nice to mee…

Right seeing all the photos and posts going up i thought that i would post my own thoughts: Well the night before going my gearbox decided to pack up so i was gutted that i wouldn't be able to take her there, so the weekend started poorly, On top of that we got stuck in traffic on the way and ended up doing about 2 mph for some considerable time. My mate, me and his two teenage kids finally arrived and had a bit of a laugh trying to put up our tents in the windy conditions. We cracked open a few tinnies and went for a walk. I was still gutted that the car couldn't make it but wandering over to the 300zx area put a smile on my face again as i saw some old fr…

got back from jae earlier today and i must say i had a great time and am already looking forward to next year. met some great people and had a right laugh. big thanks to kim for doing a great job with the cooking and sorting everything out and well done to jason farrow for winning best car in show for the second year running. link to yassa jnr.'s facebook with all the pics on http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=692712115

I missed out on JAE last year due to working, but really pleased i could be a part of it this year. The weather started off a little wet, but when youre there, youre there, you just get on with it. It didnt dampen the sprits, good banter, most enjoyable. A good turn out and atmoshpere, a plentiful supply of food and coffee,many thanks to Kim for hosting this event, a great job as always. A great size marquee to sit in later on in the evening. Of course doubled up as a garage for Jason's Beast, to keep it looking spotless for the show and shine, and gave us a nice light and sound show lol. Lots of news to come in follow up threads, with lots of pics too. A …

liek above. my car never smokes on idle apart from the morning when its a bit steamy looking. I have noticed that when i decelerate in second gear and start to apply a tiny bit of throttle again i get some blue ish smoke puff out the back. but on hard acceeleration its not there. Is it unburnt fuel because my car does smell of fuel from the exhausts?

hi, wen i bought the car the owner said it had been remapped and the injectors replaced with bigger ones, out of curiosity iv just checked the ecu and its called a spl computer brain racing team, now that didnt mean a great deal to me so i went on to google and according to that its a tuning part for the skyline r32 gtr, does any1 know anything about it or know if ther any good? and wot sort of injectors will i be using? cheers, craig.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160477337057&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT really wanted to buy this myself and paint white but would seem such a shame since it looks so nice in red and someone on here will really appreciate it :ninja:

Is any one free soon to do a test on me car near sussex

Just a few pics from yesterday ( Sat) given the uncertain weather it all turned out to be a top day, well done to ALL of the guys involved in running the 300zx stand, the atmosphere was great, relaxed and friendly. Jeff TT

Just wondered if anyone has done the full works so far i have relocated battery to the boot deleted aivs,egr, carbon canister and hicas relocated fuse box to under nose pannel going to relocate fuel filter to under wing metal work wise im filling all holes, removed battery tray, smoothed strut tops/inner arches/chassis rails. basically the only thing i want in the engine bay is the engine and brake servo. has anyone done anything with the loom so it is simplified was thinking of relocating ptu to under nose (should help keep it cooler) temp sensor wires to come from under throttle cover reroute the loom that runs along the sides of…

Having had swb's and lwb's you'd think id know the answer to this one, but I don't! Are the targa panels different on shorties? I've just caught a glimpse of my swb through the window and the T tops look odd - one sits flatter than the other. If they are, this could be one reason why they leak so bad! Anyone know? Cheerz :)

Hi guys, hope everyone is well? - its been a while since i have been on here as i sold my last zed and went travelling up the east coast of Australia - absolutley awesome i tell thee! however i have returned to beautiful sunny all the time England and first thing on my list after getting a job was to save for a new Zed! That plan worked as it is sitting outside on my drive now- a twin turbs jap import - 2 previous owners and low milage needs a few jobs doing to it and will most likely have loads of daft questions to ask in the coming weeks, just relised it is still very early, i work nights probably not many on here at this hour anyways just a message to say hi to yo…

I've just sawn mine into four pieces and thrown it into the bin (couldn't get it off without removing top rad pipe which I didn't want to do as I'd only just replaced it last week) and then managed to get one of the fan blades stuck inside it, lol!). I'm running a Koyo. Can I get away without it, as I notice some of you have also gone shroudless.