General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Nice to meet you both Big thank you to Santa as always, my son was dissapointed that you didnt have your red coat on. Cant thank you enough. Good luck Andy P with all JJ

I have fitted an AMS rad to my car. Do i need to re fit the expansion tank as it is cracked and don't want to fit one if i don't have to. The car has been left to run on the drive but has never been driven on the road and does not over heat. http://www.z1motorsports.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_526&products_id=2454

Hi All I'm new here so hope you don't mind me pitching straight in with a question but I recently bought a 300ZX and I have found the performance to be adequate but a little less than I was expecting! The engine runs fine, no smoking or misfiring but she does seems a little bit slower than I would have expected from a 3ltr V6 twin turbo which has a reputation for going like sh*t off a shovel! Can any one suggest things I can check out - maybe a turbo problem? Thanks in advance MickLaw

Hey folks im getting ready to put my shell in for a respray in black and i have quite decided what to do with the rear of the tailgate. The OEM spoiler has been removed and ive been throwing a few ideas about. Do i go with smoothing it down and fitting a perspex panel on its own, fitting a tailgate skin, or something else or a combination of the other two. Comments and pics appreciated please. Marty

got home from work on friday night and parked outside my house didn't go out all day saturday, went out this morning to find a dent behind the drivers door, presumably someone drove into it. whats really anoying is they would have had to drive down the pavement and then swing in to my car no note left, neighbours didn't see anything :(

red zed on blackheath saturday @ 5pm was parked outside what i imagine are flats. looked standard car but i could only see vaguely as was driving on a parallel road

Are these any good or should i get Nissan original ? They have the back flow thingy :D http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/K-N-Racing-Oil-Filter-Nissan-300ZX-/180484778517?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a05bb2a15

After just over 3years of ownership the Zed is finally gone, to someone who really loved it and has such high hopes and good ideas about what to do with it! I do wish the new owner all the luck with it and a pleasant and trouble-free time with his new 300! I have told him all about this forum and hopefully we should see him some time soon on here posting away!! The last picture of the car before i let it go :( Happy Days and I will keep on the forum just to add my input to whatever is thrown in the mix :) Steve/ Munny975

Hi i filled my car up today full with the shell fuel save stuff, my car is pinking like mad?? They have changed my usual V power stuff over, :hammer: How frightening and boost went down to virtually zero, I have spent last few hours with a neighbour syphoning car out, let it tick over untill empty, went tescos with a jerry can filled up with Tescos 99, took it round block no problem at all???? Is it a coincidence?? cars fantastic now, i didnt put diesel in, Should i tell Shell or ??:gun_bandana::gun_bandana:

As above!! Once again Jeff and Jamie have done good. I collected my car today and, as usual, am very pleased! I had the a/c compressor replaced 5-6 weeks back but sadly one of the a/c pipes sprang a leak a couple of weeks later. So another trip to Zedworld was needed; and Jamie cut out the bad section and fabricated a new bit for me, then had it regassed (again!).... Plus I thought I'd have the auto box oil changed and the tension rod bushes replaced whilst it was there. Well the a/c is so good that even set at 21 degrees on the way home I was too cold (and I'm not one to feel the cold - I wear short sleeves in winter FFS!). The steering felt more pre…

Met up with the Japanese Performance Magazine photographers this morning for a four hour shooting session on my car.They traveled down from up north on a shooting tour.Very pro couple so should be some great pics.Dont know yet which addition the article will be in yet so will post up details as an when.

Heading towards the coast about 10.30am, looked smart

I have a Jap spec car and since I have had it the indicator on left turn did not cancel. :mad2: I have off ebay bought one and it was advertised as a UK spec but it was very cheap and thought I would give it a go. :winkiss: I have included two pics, the Jap one on the left pic as an extra 3 pin multi plug that the UK one does not, so obviously I cannot connect the wire from the car if there is now nowhere for it to go!!! Tested everything and all seems to work perfectly :cool3: My question - Why this extra 3 pin on the J-specs??

Just won these on the bay..... At last i can get my front brake upgrade progressed. Been watching evo brembo calipers for the last 4-6 months, waiting for the pair to come along at the right price. £162 delivered, not too bad me thinks. New paint, lacquer and decals and they will be fine. Al.

sent 2 pm's to people the other day.sent them again today as i can see they are online but no reply.either i have a pm problem or they hate my guts not really bothered about the latter but please can someone let me test my pm with them ??? thks Kurt :clap:

Hi all, Ok I had some dead bushes in my front upper wishbone, bought two replacement bushes to replace every bush in it and turns out that I actually need four... excellent. So I got angry and bought some adjustable upper arms and eibach springs I've been wanting to do this for about 5 years now so to say I'm excited is an understatement. From memory I can get enough adjustment for the camber on the rear using the stock arms. My car is currently stock suspension wise apart from KYB AGX shocks, but in the future I plan to upgrade the roll bars. Should I do that before I have it all set up? Is there anything I've forgotten? I'm expecting setting the camber an…

Yep, that's right I have finally sold her. :cry::sad: chris-e has just picked her up, and I'd like to wish him and his girlfriend all the best with her and a long and happy time together. :punk: Now that I know she has gone I'll be putting some nice choice items up in the For Sale section.

dropped mine off earlier and saw yours :) stunning!

is the number plate bulb fitting the same as the side light fitting?

spent most of yesterday replacing the turbo hose that runs from the back of the passenger turbo only for one of the heater hoses to then fail when the pressure was just starting to build, i rang mike at mjp at 4pm to order the heater hoses to get the zed back on the road and they turned up this morning now thats excellant service just means another day of losing skin off my hands lol

Nice standard looking Silver LWB travelling on Bath Road at 19.30 going through Corsham, Wilts. :thumbup1:

would 3" decat pipes mate directly to 2.5" downpipes or would the downpipes need to be 3" as well?

Zedworld!! Finally got round to booking the Zed in to get the missfire checked out. Turns out the 'free' diagnostic offer to members ended some time ago, but Jeff offered me 20mins free of charge, then the normal £30 p/hour after that. pretty excited really, like a little school kid again haha I'll let you all know how me and the zed get on. I'm hoping it wont be an expencive thing to put right, but knowing my luck (owned 2 weeks and already had a new clutch :( ) its gona be a biggy. Fingers crossed! Wish us luck! haha

PICTURE ADDED I have a 91 slicktop. It's a tt Auto. Love the car but really want a manual. I've seen a couple of 2+2's on here that are manual and the right sort of money. Do I sell mine and go down that route? Or do i bite the bullet and do a manual conversion knowing i'll never recoup the outlay? Nothing against the 2+2's but personally i think the shorties are so much better proportioned. What do you reckon guys? Another pic post 26!

After all this time sitting at my car the past Year i have decided to bite the bullet and put some money to get the car done by a specialist and get it all done and back on the road. Going tomorrow :thumbup1::thumbup1::thumbup1::thumbup1: I seriously cant wait to get this car back on the road and enjoying it again. Will let you know my experience with the mechanic i use after, i have all faith in the company and look forward to doing more business with them in the future :) Can't hardly SLEEP!!!!!