General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Can some one give me the weight of the nissan 300 engine with all the anc/ fitted . ta ,Shaun

Got a £560 Quote and thought it was good but then i reliased i chose EU spec Import. Now i know that my car is a Japanese Import but what defines a EU spec import? A car that is EU built or a car imported that is accepted by EU standards? Seeing as they are pretty much the same car minus a few details would any Jap cars come under EU import? I thought ALl of the zeds were imported one way or another anyway?

Anyone know the size of the nut on the downpipe to the exhaust. Should be 3 of them. Thanks. http://www.300zx.lv/catalog/?gr=C&sec=200 part no. 20602

Sounds like tappets to me, but im new to these engines. Ive had a look on youtube, and i can only fear the worst, its similar to all the engne knocks on there. Someone please tell me its not. View My Video This is a cold start by the way and it was not doing it yesterday. And I barely drive it hard as i cant afford the petrol.

Hi guys, i cant believe how difficult its been trying to get plugs for my tt? I tried MJP Mike said he does only the standard plugs, ive spoken to 6 people all saying they have bought 11-B of him before, Im yet to try DTA Premium phone number which i cant do from here, Is there anyone who has a set i can buy off them please, they need to be Decent ones??:cool2: Thank you

Im glad I had the engine compression tested before committing to taking the lump out for a turbo refurb, 1,2 and 3 are fine... 4 and 5 are down 40% 6 is down 45%!! I cant afford to get my engine rebuilt, so im guessing my only other option is another engine then do the turbo rebuild... it looks like the engine's gotta come out anyways! :crying: Does anyone have an engine for sale?? *sighs*

Im looking at adding aftermarket guages boost/watertemp/oil pressure etc, can anyone recommend any good ones, id like blue backlit prefferably. Id love a set of defi guages but bit to costly at the mo i did see these on ebay and thought they look ok and would go well with my plasma dials, or would it be too much???? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380243570368&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT any help appreciated Craig

As i still getting to grips with my Z I wanted to know when does eveyone else check there oil level? if i check it from cold its about half way up the mark but if i warm it up then check its reads full, so i left it for 20min and still reads full.... which reading should i be working off? cheers

Hi, well I thoght my zed was not as fast as it should be?, friend came over at weekend and we did as much testing as we could and the max boost I can record on my greddy in car system is 5psi. He thinks it may be the actuators? I do remember when I bought the car some 4 years ago it had new turbos and a partial rebuild with 555 injectors put in to cope with what I was told was an engine upgrade (no paper work at all on what was done sorry). And I do remember being told that the turbos would need adjusting after 2-300 miles or so to allow the engin to bed in or something. That adjustment has never been made so it may be something to do with that. Any ideas guys p…

Spent a couple of hours earlier today, washing, waxing and polishing the zed. Then went for a spin into town to see the local League of Ireland football club Sligo Rovers actually beat Everton 2 - 0 (Ok they were probably the Everton reserves !). Anyhow afterwords it was getting dark, went to drive the zed home and no dips, rear lights, parks or illumination of the clock clusters. I guess I blew a fuse when I was reconnecting the rear fog lamp switch (probably incorrectly) after I had been swapping clock clusters. I had to leave the car in town, so will collect it tomorrow in the bright. Assuming its a simple thing of the problem being a fuse, can anybody point me in…

Shouldn't be too hard, but how many can you see? Mine and Andy's are obvious, obviously!

Months of not working on the zed, what with new baby and doing up the house. Had a play with the zed over the weekend and now runs on 6 and sound sweet. Not yet put on the exhaust and have noticed oil coming out of the manifolds, nice puddles on the floor. Is this engine rebuild time???

Spent the last two weeks doing a diy refurb on my alloys they came with my zed from Japan and are about 15 years old and starting to show there age so with plenty of wet and dry paper started to sand them down.removed all the bolts first and thought about spliting the rim but they are 3 peice and didnt want to break the seal with the tyres so did not split them. Give them a good sanding with a medium then a fine wet and dry paper then polished up with metal polish they ended up ok but will need professionally done over the winter as the inside of the cross spokes were very hard to do and still look untidy anyway first two pics are how they used to look and the rest after.

This weekend, giving it bigones at santapod, looked well mate:-) also a red zed having ago on the quarter looked nice. Mark

ive put some pics on photobucket . how do i get them from there to on here. idiot proof instructions please

Having just got back from a nice week in Cornwall, i went to the zed today, just to make sure she is good. Having started on first turn, i look through the windscreen to see loads of paw prints on the bonnet. Looking closer its not just paw prints, but due to the fact the zed has loads of polish on her, it is very clear that the cat could'nt grip, And has slid down the bonnet, leaving some lovely scratch marks the length of 3/4 the bonnet. Poxy animals, dont get me wrong, i love all animals, but some pussy cat is going to be spoken to by two dogs, if i see it near my zed ever again. FOOKERS!!!!!!!!!!! Dont know if you can make these out, but it gives an idea ho…

Hi matey, Am i right in thinking you have evo front calipers with 350z discs? If so, did you use the original evo brake lines, they fit to the 300zx brake attachment end (if you know what i mean)? Cheerz matey, Al. (Tried to pm you but you are a registered user)

i have a uk spec 300zx and it seems to be overboosting and cutting out untill i lift my foot of a bit then it will stay going only seems to happen if you floor it ive removed the 1.2 mm boost jets that were fitted by last owner and its still the same ive done a search on here and it seems 300zx dont have fuel cut if you over boost or do they? is it possable its my afm that buggered?

Coming out of the hole in the ECU housing was a wire with a switch on the end?? I pulled it all apart and found the aftermarket chip that had been wired in by either Apache or whoever he bought it off, (I didn't even consider that it would have been installed within the ecu..) and this switch was wired in on three of the terminals, but I have no idea what its likely to be used for.. What is this? could it be for turning off the chip? or switching between two modes maybe? or could it even be used for turning on mode 2 on the ecu without having to pull up all the boards and carpet, and just look at the engine light for the code....? cheers Sky

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-BLACK-SWB-2-SEATER-300-ZX-TWIN-TURBO-500BHP-/170524323800?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27b40aafd8 Just emailed him asking for his extensive upgrade list. 200mph+ he has got be kidding lol

Hi guys ... just a check over me zed this avro to see what needs doing for MOT, basically its gonna be: 1x Head light bulb 1x Rear fog bulb 2x pair of rear pads 2x rear shocks 1x rear wheel lug 3x new wiper blades all round 2x new front tyres (groan) I suppose the tyres are ok for time being as I'll just put me stock wheels on whilst I source some new tyres for my alloys & get them refurbed, but I've had this tracked twice and it still pulls slightly to the left which is probably where the excessive wear on the inner side front passenger tyre has come from, suspect it's been toeing out, so gonna have to get the geometry looked at properly, tyre…

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In about 2 months i should get the all clear from Physio to drive a manual again, I just had a auto box and had it fully reconditioned, so will also be up for grabs or PX etc.. Anyone here want to do the job and can supply etc... JJ

what are my options to make them look a little better? i know new ones can be bought, but what are waiting times like, i'd also assume i'd be better fitting them before a respray. anyone had them sprayed? how did they turn out? anyone removed them and had the gap smoothed in? pictures would be nice for a real idea. this is there current situation [/img] zooms not that great, but you can see the chrome shinning through, and the targas look even worse. all oppinions appreceated!

I don't want to break or warp this roof trim on the slicky but have looked and please will someone tell me how these come off. :huh: Have removed the end bung and I am still baffled. :confused1: I will be having autoglass round and I want to prepare the car in readiness for his or her arrival for a replacement windscreen. :thumbup1: They also need a coat of paint and I want to clean in the roof channel where they sit. Thanks in advance, Andy. :wink: