General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Pulling out of LIDL at Catterick today around 3pm. didnt get the Reg.

Hi all, just noticing little things the more I drive my Z, When I hit the loud pedal with moderate force I get a distinct smell of either burning oil or half burnt petrol, im not really sure which.. but my main issue, is, why can I smell it?? where would likely gaps be from engine bay or exhaust? is it possible its coming through the air inlets? and on top of that, whats the best thing to do to fix the issue in the first place? is it possibly a sticky injector or something so its running richer than it should? i've given it a bit of a rev with the bonnet up and cant seem to smell it then... which makes me think exhaust..?? I really dont know.. anybody elses Z smell …

Hi guy,s, Took the z to the bodyshop today to have my Bomex front bumper fitted and also the rare Border rear spoiler fitted along with spraying the cambelt covers and engine bay skins. Come in Si lol, you have been waiting for this a longgggggggg time haha. Cant wait to see the end result Cheerz Chris

guys, zed had been rattling (topend it seemed) , anyway it just died last wednesday, its at a local garage who say ive got a siezed cam no prices given yet to sort prob, ( garage is macdonald racing) this garage specialises in restoring old morgans so there not that familiar with zeds do you think i should just get an engine swap from jeff at zedworld or does any of the northern guys know where i can get this done cheers

Spotted by my g/f. Using the sports hall / gym at Brinkburn. Monday night.

As above really folks, does anyone know of any good, cheap silicone pipe suppliers? I need a couple of elbows/joining pipes, etc. Cheers :D

All set to fit my Apexi on a N/A auto, and am confused as to what to do with the original pipework. I was all set to cap the pipework on either side where it used to fit into the air box, but upon investigation it looks like there is a branch off of these intake pipes that goes directly into the pipework AFTER the airbox. As I see this, it appears that fresh, unfiltered air is by-passing the airfilter. Is this correct or am I just have a blonde day (or week?). Anyway's, what the heck should I do with the original pipework if anything?

Anyone know what the import duty is likely to be on a clutch from Z1? Total cost including shipping is a little under $700. Need to buy one soon and just pricing up the options of getting it from Z1 (again) or from Smithys....unless anyone knows of anywhere else? Obviously local would be better in case things go wrong...as it did with my last clutch from z1!

So far John dixon ecu and boost jets complete from turbos de cat and stillen single outlet, K&N filter, So would i benefit changing the injectors and why, how much etc, and what else can i do to upgrade. tt auto

My UK Z already has black leather seats. I want to have the seats retrimmed in leather and possibly the material on the doors/dash done also. I just want them done in plain black in a good quality leather... ...what do you think I should be paying? Thanks guys, Dan

Anyone going?-would be good to catch up!:cool3:

Sisters getting married tomorrow and thought I'd snap the zed in front of airth castle !

wheels have been off the car now for about 3 weeks car is on axle stands and im painting all around the wheel arches all suspension etc and going to start the rest of the underneath next week,back to the wheels 120 bolts later and about a days work finally got the centres out from the main rim ,,the 5 spoke section has been bead blasted and now today dropped them off for powder coating in red bull blue,,the rims have been de-anodised and polished to a mirror finish ,and dropped the rear of the rims off today to be painted aswell ,so hopefully next week spend a day putting them back together and then get the tyres back on ,,

Cant make out how fast this is going?:w00t:

I a turbo change a engine out job or can you do it with it in? Thanks Mark

Fog lights..... I bust the back mines, so got a new one (thanks ck300,will sort that paypal out!) but how on earth do I get the wires in without disconecting from the plugs? I don't think they all unclip as only the white wire Has male and female crimps. So am I being stupid and missing something without having to cut and try obtain new male and female crimps to wire back up, I don't do soldering etc so not wanting to remove from the plugd whatsoever.

when driving along and you come to a roundabout the car cuts out,but it starts again but cuts out.sometimes when you start it up it will tick over for 5secs and then cuts out.other times it doesnt miss a beat.any help would be helpful as thinking of selling car because they have so many probs

saw this at tesco in collington you were just going in as i was coming out in my van looked really really nice iv got to say.

I have a question (or two). I have a very expensive Greddy 3 row HG FMIC that has sat in my hallway for over a year! I haven't fitted it yet because I can't make my mind up on a sutable bumper. I like the 99 spec bumper but it looks like only the top row of the intercooler will recieve and air flow therefore providing uneven charge temps. Is this just theorising rubbish? Am I better off going for SMIC's with a 99 spec bumper? The thing is - my car now sits quite low which I love but it kind of rules out deep bumpers and fibre glass bumpers. Help!!!!! Andy

Does anybody know what the legal size is for an imported vehicle number plate?

Just want to quadruple check this, have done a manual conversion some time ago, and set my timing to 25 BTDC, but just read somewhere it should be at 15-17 max?....

Guys as part of my build i am going wide body , the rear apron is a strosek type with two oval apertures and an adjoining "split" i will need to get a new exhaust and would love to get a twin 2x3" back box arrangment .....im not sure how this will look with the rear apron does anyone have a wide body with exhausts they can post up ..i want something that looks right ..sounds burbly ..but not intrusive at speed on the motor way .....any advice warmly recieved steve

Got my car in a garage doing work, Having gearbox conversion carried out aswell as cambelt kit and water pump changed, thermostat changed, EGR removed and any other junk not needed like my Hicas Solenoids (hicas removed) i have been advised by a mate to get the cam seals done as they are cheap and worth doing whilst down there. i already have vac pipes and water bypass kit to be fitted and replaced Can anyone advise me on what else could/should be done that is simple whilst front is off? i can then order parts and send them to mechanic :):red_indian:

hi All back in the fold after a few years....was a fuly paid up member before "Stebbi" never got rid of the zed........BUT basicaly became friendly with a former member on here and agreed as he had his own ZX specialist garage he would do the hi power rebuild i wanted doing....and as he had another forum for zeds i started posting on there ...anyway my car went in April 2008 3 months after its full respray for a serious power hike and internal forged rebuild , the money changed hands as he was just really starting out and needed the capital for the machining etc etc ...i sourced all my parts from either Smithy or Danny Zatt DTA ( great blokes if anybody ever needs anythin…

i have a bit of an uneven idle on the old girl at the moment . have been advised that it could be a faulty water temp sender / connecter . if there is a fault in this area can the senders be tested with a voltmeter . does anybody know what the voltage range is on these as the temperature rises . cheers