General Discussions - 300ZX Related

SORRY I MEAN BHP ok, now im getting my car back on the road next tuesday im looking at cleaning the car up inside the car and inside the engine bay. looking to remove the engine next year and make engine and bay look pretty and upgrade a few parts should i get hold of parts seperately or get the Z1 powerpack from the US? if i get parts seperatly what should i get? i'm guessing, New Loom, boost controller, Twin exhaust (decatted), Injectors,? will i need pistons and Cometic Gasket? trying to gauge what i need to loan next year to get a decent upgrade

I've got a 1989 jspec TT and wanted to change the front and rear speakers. I've looked at a few threads and it seems that 6.5 inch speakers should fit in the doors. I wanted to check if this is definately the case as I've measured the cover and it's only 8"x5.5". I didn't want to take the door trim off till i'd ordered and got the new ones. Thanks in advance.

What the best substance to remove all the green corrosion from the conectors, some are really bad like injector plugs? cheers James

alrighty peeps looking into buying a 300zx tt its got no history other than a recipt for exedy clutch and 18 inch alloys the car has done 70k so i have to assume its not had the cam belt done so gonna have to do never done one on a z have done a few belts on 8v and 16v last being a celica what other things are best to change when you have the belt off ? new tensioner water pump ? anything else just trying to factor in the cost of evrything

been a bit busy today and started doing my plenum as i couldnt find no-one else who would do the work (even offered good money) i can see why no one else wants to do it though but here are some pics so far.......... as you can see i still got lots to do and still got to use paper with more grit than 240. (got various grades up to 1200) but i am excited that it is coming together :)

Been painting the removable panels of my car this weekend and had a problem with the top coat all was fine on the door untill i put the last coat on and ran out of clear, quickly mixed some more and then carried on on the panel. suddenly i got a reaction and the clear coat wrinkled a little. not sure but i think it may have messed up the base coat. using 2k clear over a metalic black base. i know its my own stupid fault but this is my first spray job and im learning. im going to flat it down and polish an area tosee if the metalic is effected. Am i best assuming it has reacted down to the base to flat it off and give i light base coat followe…

at about 6:50 am going down Mersea Road, Tried to flash you but ended up doing allsorts like indicaters. flash and wipers trying to find the main beam switch :wheelchair: lovely looking zed you have there

Hi all, I've currently got the boot totally empty as im working on something else, but whilst I'm here I was thinking about the rear speakers. It does have a titchy set of ovals (4x6??) at the moment, and I can understand why, as the space is very limited with the current speaker bracket. So I was just wondering what people had done to over come this, are there brackets I can just buy and fit to enable a 6x9 set up lower down for example, or have people made their own boxes/brackets? Photos please! Cheers Sky

Hi folks, Just bought a 1996 TT auto and wondered what the box on the left is next to the ecu ? My zed doesn't have cruise which I thought this box could be, Any ideas?

I dont think this is the worst of problems but i thought id get a heads up from you guys. I Think my dampers are either going or completly gone, what i have when going over pot holes or fast round a corner where the ground isnt level my car sways from left to right and somtimes i get a weird sensation my car starts crabbing for a second when i go over some, anyone have any ideas? Many Thanks, Hollings.

Last friday morning around 10:30am, Silver M Reg, driving through the Garrison on Catterick Road. :)

i was just browsing through zeds for sale, (as you do) and seen this one on PH. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1893753.htm i cant imagine why anybody would do a single turbo conversion? surley it would cost alot more due to intake issues and custom pipe work, plus re-mapping etc.. its very high powered by-the looks of the dyno, but still, why? i can only imagine thatitwas a N/A and that he's slaped one turbo on it?? what do you lot think??

Seen this today, should it be connected to something?

Need to get some rust repair done on the ns sill and rear arch and on the os rear arch. Can anyone recommend anywhere/anyone to do the work? Preferably in the south (I'm in London) but I guess most importantly, I want to be able to trust the workmanship and not get ripped off... Need to get this done pretty soon too... Cheers guys

Finally got the engine bay painted and would you believe my neighbour looked over after i,d painted it and asked what colour i was having it :headvswal:headvswal:headvswal I,ve deseamed the front section of the innerwings and modded the O/S to take a different P.S pot . Gonna try and get the engine and box back in next weekend !!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=120595835083&view=all&tid=588630714002 Thats the link, its from a store so they'll have loads of them. £36.99 all in.

sometimes when i come out and drive my car it goes great boosts well and pulls like a train other times you drive it cuts out then goes then cuts out and some times wont start for ages if at all the rev counter seems to go daft when it does this it last happen yesterday but today i drove it 80 odd miles and it never missed a beet its a uk spec tt manuel no faults showing on the ecu you do always do have to wind it over for a bit to get it to start its driveing me mad any ideas guys? no smoke out of it and its not useing any oil

Swadee Krupp! My Zed has had a bit of attention spent on her lately but she has this slightly irritating gearbox issue. She is a N/A with and Autobox '1990 but when I boot it a bit it sounds like the limiter is kicking in and sometimes she wont change up the gear? Has anyone any solutions? I have changed the plugs recently, and shes had a service at Nissan. It seems to be worse when shes warmed up?

Saw a red zed yesturday on the A14 towards kettering. Had a big black wing on the back. i was going the opposite direction

http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1074796#post1074796 Just reading this on the Aus300zx site and thought I would share some good advice dont drive on with a flat tyre and stop as soon as you realise its flat or else you can say goodbuy to it, plus check out those 20" Zen alloys they are BIG:thumbup:

went down to bexhill last night with my other car club called street elite to attend uk modded fast car magazine help the heroes which they call cruze for heroes started at 7.30pm on to midnight about 600 cars attended and guess who one best of show :rockon: i get some night pics up later once my mate has put them on the site

Ok anyone who has a series I knows how frustrating it can be that the heater vents are automatically controlled so you have no choice where the heat comes from. Series II models have a different set up and have direction control on the vents, series I can be converted using the later parts (ecu and control switching) but can be hard to get hold of and costly. So this in mind for a few ££s and an 30 mins work a little known work around and you now can have fuller surround heat in the Winter months with warm air option at the centre vents. All you need is a small two pole swith and a couple meters of 0.75 mm cable and two connectors. Fit the switch wh…

had my timing belt changed was told by garage fitted wrong tooth out but having had belt changed pinking still there?

While trying to work out how to wire my electric fan controller, http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=141436 i stumbled across this, an interesting tutorial on relay operation. Hope it may be useful to somebody http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/faq-emporium/117895-faq-relays-how-they-work-how-wire-up.html

We had some epic rain the last couple of days here in Exeter and when I went to drive my car today it come up with warning lights for the lights, mission oil, and diff oil. This is not what I need when I have to get to work on Monday... Is it possible that all three of these things would go simultaneously or is it likely to be some problem with the electrics? I checked the lights and they were all working I think, couldn't check the brake lights as I was on my own and there were no reflective surfaces :( I'm going to try again in the morning but is there anything I should look for that might be the cause?