General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi Guys, I need to remove the stock boost solenoid in order to get to the turbo water pipes beneath it. How should I go about this? The bolts on the bracket mounting it to the chassis don't seem to want to move. I have no idea about the little screws holding the solenoid itself onto the bracket and I'm a bit wary of trying to disassemble the solenoid anyway. By the way, what is the chunk of machinery it shares the mounting with? cheers chris

when i bought the car the orrigional stearing wheel had being removed so therfore the cruse control unit was also missing. assuming nothing else has being removed (how would i check if it had?) how big of a job is it to install the unit in the dash?

Hey everyone! as my new motor is completely standard, what would you all recommend i do first? Ive had a look for a thread about the best path to take from standard, but cant seem to find one that answers my question. i think i would like a bit more noise outta her, as my mera GTi was loud as hell, and i cant get used to the quiet running lol, so i was thinking dump/blow off valve, back box and air filter. im not too bothered at the moment about extra power, as ive just stepped up from a SR20DE to the Wholly Awesome VG30DETT. with the mera i had to eek out as much oomph as i could lol but i dont think thats an issue here :-) Cheers in advance :-)

I haven't seen one in ages, then two in a day..A grey g reg coming from little paxton + an l reg going out of eaton socon in the dark silver? ..

hi guys sorry to ask if anyone has another pic again but i have fitted my bumper today after getting a pic and im wondering if i can see a pic of spoiler removed too, i can find pics of aftermarket spoilers fitted but just want to see what the boot looks like without a spoiler but cant seem to find one, ideally if it looks good i will bust mine off tommorow. :taz:

hi there guys my hicas joints are worn suspect on the balljoints by the hicas rack, are these the arms i need seen them on ebay quite a good price too http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-INNER-TIE-ROD-END-Set-NISSAN-300ZX-89-95-/320432741915?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM

http://www.hawkcaralarm.com/LCD%20alarm.html can anyone recommend this? looks the nuts and has a turbo feature for cooling down. Im guessing these are near on impossible to install myself? my door lock turns 360 degrees so door card has to come off for one door anyway

Yay , finally got round to dropping it back in with me old mucker Mantav8 , looks a bit messy as i,ve stuck sticky back plastic all over to stop and scuffs and scratches :smartass: Been trying to get things done but as you can see i aint got a garage and the weathers been 5hit just lately so i,ve treated myself , i don,t care what it looks like as long as it keeps the rain off . Where else can you get a garage for £150 ? lol

Got a Turbo Timer in my car which was their since i bought it but disconnected as the last owner said it mucked about with the Immobilizer and cart wouldn't start. Does anyone know where i should connect it up properly?

silver tt heading north on the A120 today around 16:50 or may have been 15:50 lol looked like it was a standard car on a K plate and was between Stanstead and Takely

Went to vegas in june and seen loads of nice cars, got some pictures of them. I know its abit late putting the pictures up now but hey ho better late than never. this is the 2 everybody would be intrested in. Funkysi maybe able to put a name to the car. Spot on our way to the fashion outlet mall. What is it you ask? ( this picture is zoomed right in, i was like an eagle spotting it.lol! A 300zx:D!!

hi guys, today sold the car, finally. its been in the garage/off the road since i built it/re-shelled it since november! was nice when had the origonal, but when i wrote it off & took months of sorting problems & getting thro the MOT just lost intrest. thanks to Anthony D for all help, Legrath, and Jeff TT. really needed the forum! PS Baz i sold it for same price paid you (but cost me about 500 quid to re shell etc) ive moved onto the Supra if you dont know tho :)

Pikes peak footage with a Z going up the hill, a couple of mins in.

Doing an auto to manual conversion and wondered if my JWT chip will need replacing or re-mapping? Cheers in advance Andy

i would like to see a pic of this bumper fitted to a 300 before i go and get the toolbox out. if you have one on your car can you let me know so i can look on your profile please? obviously clicking on everyones and looking would take ages and as im semi new i barely know anyone or their cars. :confused1: thanks

got my car in D2 having Manual Conversion but hoping he can solve my main gripe with a second long hesitation that i get doing Wide Open Throttle for more that 5-6 seconds. can;t overtake very well now and is embarrasing. Some people thought Boost leak but quite a few said that it would be present all the time and mine is not. happens only with having foot down hard and is fine anywhere from 0 - 50MPH can anyone else recommend what i should look at. this is very important to me and after having this issue for a year i would like all the help i can get to get rid of this problem before i seriously cry! i am kind of guessing its Fuel related and one of my gue…

Surely no-one's car is 'perfect'... so spill the beans and tell us all what problems your Z currently has - big or small :cursing::cursing: Do not include servicing and basic maintenance, or bodywork issues. We may even be able to help each other if someone has a problem that you've had before, or vice versa. Currently - my gearbox is whining and making funny crunching noises occasionally... I have a replacement sat in the garage along with a Z1 Lightweight Flywheel & Exedy Paddle Clutch ;) My car 'winks' when you flash the headlights, so that needs sorting (bulb is ok) ;) Central locking doesn't unlock the passenger door, but it does have an …

ok a bit of a tuning question... I'm currently running a pair of 2.5" split/divorced downpipes which are supposed to help turbo spool up by allowing exhaust gas to exit faster. I'm upgrading my exhaust to a 3" system all the way through and have put in an order for a pair of matching 3" split downpipes from the same manufacturer as the exhaust. However I've been offered a pair of AMS 3" expansion downpipes which are a bit cheaper (makes no difference) but are also supposed to help make bigger power by their special 'expansion' design, whatever that is... So my question is, which to go for - split downpipes from same manufacturer as rest of zorst, or AM…

The plan was to sell my n/a manual zed (which i am going to anyway) and put the cash towards getting a bmw x5, then in a few years get a real nice TT MANUAL, ive had 3 zeds now, all average condition, 1st n/a auto then TT Auto, Then n/a manual (current one), TT manuals are too pricey at the moment for me, expecually when i want a tidy modern 4x4 (x5), However, a mate called me today and said he'd bought his auntys TT Manual as it got broken into last week and the gits had the turbo pipes with dump valves, the alloys (which were really nice) and the stereo, anyway she had lost her driving licence last year and lost her job this year, and with the recent thiefing i t…

Stumbled across this on the US ebay site,....I always thought they were dirt cheap as nobody wanted them...so this is a suprise:huh: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bose-in-dash-FM-AM-cassette-radio-Nissan-300ZX-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ250682626813QQptZCarQ5fAudioQ5fVideo

getting electronic gauges for water temp and oil pressure but can;t tell whether its best to get electrical or mechanical boost gauge for the 300zx :( anyone recommend what's best and what's easiest to install?

Hi Having removed the EGR and blocked the EGR feed port on the 'manifold'! - I am now looking for a mount hole/point for my AFR - is the EGR port (I assume) too close to the action to be usable for AFR - or any other useful measurement/sensor? I already have changed/upgraded the 'zorst'' up to the manifolds and I will have to remove one of the downpipes and drill it out/weld a new bung for the AFR if the above is a no-no, which I suspect it will be. As a side question - has anyone used the port for anything useful at all? :ph34r:

I've replaced the 4 speakers in my car today. The sound is a big improvement, which was not surprising when I saw the state of the original speakers. It lacks a bit of bass though, which I would think is down to the small size of the speakers. The previous owner had a new boot floor made with a sub in, so I thought I might as well use it. I have an amp and was going to bridge it, to power the sub. The stereo has 6 phono outs. 5 speakers and one marked sub. I assume I just run the one marked 'sub' to the amp? Does this have to be split in two in order to bridge the amp? I hope this makes sense! Any help much appreciated.

can;t decide between the dash mounted triple gauge or a Triple Pillar Gauge set. I often think the Pillars look cheesy and the thought of hitting them with my head made me think the dash V2 from zcentre would be more subtle and look better. What do you lot think would look better? Dash Mounted V2 from zcentre painted to my cars colour? http://www.zcentre.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.pbv.tpl&product_id=155&category_id=73&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=7 or Triple Pillar Gauge set? http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.s-tuningparts.com/shop/images/300zx%2520pod.jpg&imgrefurl=http…

I am having a problem posting on the subscribed forum, I have checked and my subs are up to date. Can someone help with this as I was hoping to put up a for sale add?