General Discussions - 300ZX Related

right just want to confirm what i think is already wrong with this z the car drives and boost fine but when the car i warmed up and on tickover it burns oil out the exhaust i am guessing this is one of the turbo seals failing is it not? 11 feb 05 it had a 69k tt engine with turbos fitted am i right or could it be a whole host of other things dont know mutch about these motors have worked on celicas before not had on nissans

hi,has anyone had any experince with the e0-1 boost controller?i bought it 2 years ago but it has only just been fitted,i`ve had my car at the rolling road and when they tried to set the boost anything above 8psi it was just serging or spiking upto a bar and spinning the wheels.the people at the rolling road have now said its the boost controller not holding its cycle it varies from 98% down to 2% what ever that means.just woundered if there was something that maybe their missing settings wise or if anyone else has had this problem. confused and gutted is not a good feeling plus i have a bill for £320 and the car is still running standard boost.

Good job I love my Zed or I'd be selling her on right now, she's a bloody naughty handful! Still haven't sorted my headlights - its an electrical fault, some idiot has messed up the wiring of the car, but I digress... Twice now this has happened. Go for a drive out. Its warm, its humid - stick the air con in (well on econ as it needs regassing) - then there's a horrid squeal from under the bonnet and the engine cuts out. It happened again today and I broke down in the middle of the A66 :mad2: It was only when I managed to limp off the road that my boyfriend realised this only happens when the interior cooling is switched on. Common fault? Never heard of it? Pos…

Lost the key to my Zed 1995 300zx SWB no key code that I can find and of course its an import. Nissan local garage say that they cant help......can anyone shed any further light on the situation?:no:

Ok guys, this is a problem I've had since I got the car. The sidelights on the corners in the indicator unit don't come on with the sidelights? They do however come on with the corresponding indicators. Left indicator left sidelight, right indicator, right sidelight? Anyone got any ideas? Is this common to z's or is it just mine? Cheers peter

Once the prop is off how do you change the centre carrier bearing, not sure how to get it off the prop?

Some one has kindly manufactured an air duct set for the Godspeed intercoolers :) looks like they ship to Uk also, you just have to email them for a price, i have done so already just waiting for a reply :) look here: http://www.kroffts.com/kke/gsicd.html

Hi need some help in clacton Essex. When I drive my 91TT turbo In a straight line the rear snakes left or right when going over bumps or change of road surface, but is fine when cornering. Is it the hicas joints,fluid or pump. Would I be better with eliminating bar? Thanks bjorn

im a big fan of the safety aspect of run flats but not a fan of the teeth rattling ride they give . is anybody running these on their zed . my concern is when you take the suspension give away from the tyres is it likely to ware other components in the cars suspension . has anybody had any issues with this . cheers andy

Had the window down today and as i was braking i heard what sounded like the pads and shims moving as i braked? it stops fine and theirs plenty of meat on the pads,do they suffer with the pads slopping about in the cailper as i know some cars do? I plan to take the wheels off the weekend and pull them apart for my own peace of mind. any thoughts?

Hi guys, sorry to post such a closely related question to my weekend query. Both I and my mechanic friend assumed swapping the actuators would be any easy enough job. So it was, for the passenger side, but the driver's side appears to be impossible without removing the turbo/pulling the engine. Can anyone advise the 'easiest' (ha!) way to do this, preferably avoiding an engine pull? Dropping the cross member and raising the chassis perhaps?? I guess an engine pull wouldn't be the end of the world, I've deleted pretty much everything that isn't needed in the engine bay including aircon, standard solenoids, plenum water hoses, EGR, AIVs, PRVR, det sensor etc …

I don't have a change to check under the car now as I'm offshore. I'm thinking about replacing the Z1 DP and TP because of a lot of rasp and buying Alloy Toyz from CZP and was wondering if there would be easier to replace the DP with the gearbox on or off?

Any one got any links to alloy rads for z32 can dta still get these thanks,:cool3:

I was told that my car was tunned by abbey motor sport in surry a couple of years ago. so i gave them a ring and they were able to tell me that in 2004, they fitted a Greddy BSpec 2 boost controller (which is still there now) and that was all. they said that it was runnin 260BHP at the rear hubs. this sounds a little low to me. is the standard 276bhp at the fly or at the hubs?

guys, any ideas whats causing this, the car has stood for a year ive had missfire prbs all resolved now its firing on all 6, at start up a very loud clicking noise its constant after that also its now starting to backfire , it bangs then theres a sort of air sound do you think its reated or do i have 2 problems any help much appreciated ps many thanks to geordie liam for the the cable tie solution it worked a treat on the coilpacks

Any recommendations? One that knows their way round the Zed's fiddly trim bits, preferably. Ta.

Just looking at getting the most from what I've got at the mo.. I'm currently running Blitz induction, An upgraded ECU and Japspeed cat back system. I'm not sure if the boost has been tweaked as i don't have a boost gauge. With this in mind what's the optimum octane to run on? I always use 97 ron minimum and occaisionally 99 when its convenient. I can't really tell any difference between them. Certainly nothing like the difference in performance compared to running the Zed on a cool night, rather than a hot day.. Obviously there are plenty of ways to boost octane levels further with fuel additives, but I wondered if it would be worthwhile? If my car has bee…

Got my mint uk spec clocks today a must mod for any jap motor. Very pleased and also pleased with the advice given to me on servicing my brakes and the free bleeding pipe supplied to. Also seen Richards car looking nice and a very nice white zed with cystal rear lights which looked very good. For the price there a great update on the standard zed lights IMO Damo j:thumbup1:

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hi all . the zed has started idleing a little erratically . it seems to be hunting a little and after a while she cuts out . starts again straight away but if left idleing will cut out again . on the to do list are ; change fuel filter pcv valves . poss fuel damper ptu for a series 2 when i can get the sub harness is it possible that 1 or more of these could help with the problem . another problem that she has is hessitation on initial pull away but none whilst driving . any advice or pointers will be gladly recieved . cheers andy

hi there ,whats best intake air temperature (after intercoolers ) .?

Does anyone know of an easy way to bypass whatever stops the key from coming out unless box is in park. Sometimes mine does not release and can take me ages to get it to. Great idea when its working. F*****g frustrating when its not working. Always does it when I'm in a hurry to get out. Thanks guys. :thumbup1:

Hey all, just wondering possible causes for an irregular idle could be..? Most of the time it idles fine, but sometimes its at around 2k.. this isnt just when its cold either, I was in traffic, at some points the idle is 2k 2 minutes later its normal..? Is this anything due to the fact it has a viscus fan and the engine was hot? (never had a viscus before) I did have some issues a few days ago regarding some bucking and juddering when driving normally, but these stopped during the same journey, I have since cleaned the airfilter too, but in an attempt to take it off sheared one of the 4 bolts (the fixings are all horribly rusty in there), so its possible its recievi…

just noticed that others cannot post in my journal and that i cant post in some other peoples, is there a setting that i need to change or is that just the way it is?