General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Castrol magnetic 5 /30 semi or Castrol magnetic 5/ 30 fully sim i have uk tt man average comprestion and origanal 85k no leakes but new tubs?

Saw it parked outside a rather nice house this afternoon whilst out on my bike ride. G*** PAH

Just fitted an after market led plasma tachometer but having a problem with the data. Powers up fine and does a self test but no signal from pin number 7 from the ECU which should be the tach signal. Also tested the signal wire with a multimeter and measures only in mA. Any advice lads?

Just wondered after looking at the average zed owner tread, It seems that quite and few of you guys own more than one Zed. Now i understand 1 might be for parts or a donor but why do some of you own 3-4 Zeds? and some of which seems the same spec i.e 3 N/As etc. i dont get it. and as for the donor thing surely its more convenient to just buy the part needed as the spare car your breaking is never likely to have all bits working anyways? share your views

right after a few days of fighting it again... i got the cylinder head off, and it dont look good, i was expecting there to be oil in the cylinder, due to either blow valve piston ring, or turbo... and there nothing like that help # the cylinder on the left is the one thats not firing, i dont know what it meens but compared with the good 2, its dryer, and generally more brown, looks almost burnt i dont know what it means, but there no oil in there? so can it be piston rings or valves?, im very confused...

I'm not a regular contributor but need to say what an excellent job I had done recently at Zedword and I'm probably repeating what a lot of you know anyway. I had a good local (old boy) garage that sold up and had to start using one in town with the best reputation. 2 years and some considerable cost later I took all the car's little niggles that no one seemed able to fix to Zewword. They changed all the brakes back and front, fixed a petrol leak that has been slowly poisoning me for the last year, fixed a stalling problem that has been driving barmy for at least 18 month and tuned and serviced the car within budget and spotted a couple of other disasters performed by…

Just received my stillen lip and im really pleased both with the item and service thank you Mike

Don't want to repeat previous discussions on this, but have read all of the posts on the subject and would be grateful for some answers to the following questions: - I currently have a NA Manual; - Always used standard supermarket fuel; - no issues with performance. If I decide to use V-Power: - will it make any difference and if yes, how long will it take for me to notice anything, i.e. instant or after 1-2 tankfuls? - how big a difference is it likely to make? - Is there any benefit is waiting until my current tank is empty or will a 50% mix be useful? Thanks.

saw you sitting in layby in town. went round roundabout to come back and see who it was but you started moving as i was on the otherside. i waved from my work car and saw you waving back... having a browse i think its Taff?

just skimmed my R33 skyline disks in work they are to within 0.02mm on the lathe so there quit true, now when i fitted the passenger side the disk was missaligned against the hub and got trapped in the caliper, so when i bolted up the caliper with the extension brackets it has pulled my disk over :hammer::hammer: when i took the zed out for a spin there was huge brake judder even came through the brake pedal!! is it possible i have bent the disk slightly, i know there cast and im lucky it didnt crack :bored: any thoughts gents

i borrowed a brake bleeding kit from a mate to bleed my brakes and non of the adapters fitted, so any1 know a kit that will fit the zed, as in the end i had to do it the old fashioned way and it gets depressing :thumbdown:

Can the headlights be taken out with the bumper on? Also, I recently had the bumper off, and there was one bolt on each light that I just couldn't seem to get to! I'm sure you know which one it is, any tips? Cheers guys...

waved at me from a blue Z... :) My first spot in Wales..lol..

this one was between jct2 & jct3 at about 9-10pm ish. had bonnet lifted and looked like a rover parked next to you. i was heading opposite direction. hope its not a major problem with your car

black G reg clockwise m25 by jct21 M1. very nice looking car and had club graphics in rear side windows

hey ,, i have a G reg twin turbo manual with 49000 in charcole met grey targa top white aftermarket avs alloys on it in white bit tatty not like some of these beauties , any idea ? cheers rob

hi there this car has a lazy lifter it comes and goes , please how can i cure the problem without opening the engine :helpsmilie:

Collecting Zed from the garage tommorow but it still has eratic temperature issues, any ideas what might cause this? I am going to change the water pump (that and the Alternator are original to the old zed engine). It has a Nizmo low temp thermostat in and has a 56mm Rad. And a zirgo 3000 cfm fan. Apparantly they said it will run at a normal temp then jump right up and come down again? They did say that they have had a hard time bleeding the water system as well so im hoping it could be as simple as an air lock? Any help would be appreciated, how can I trace the problem?

I'm jut about to order one from them, but it doesn't mention shipping or duty anywhere, only comes to 15 quid for the panel and invertor, has anyone ordered from them before? what's the crack?

Hi does anyone have or know where theres a write up on removing the series 2 air bag steering wheel? ive done a search on here but found no info for the air bag steering wheel any info greatly appreciated cheers si

a workmate spotted you yesterday. Ferrari rear light conversion as well?

If you don't mind that is. I'm admiring the look of the wheels you have on your car in your signature. The one thing I don't like on my buggy is that the wheels/tyres don't fill the arches properly so I'm considering a new set of feet. Yours is just about bob on in my eyes so can you tell me what dimensions your combo is please? Wheels - Diameter/width/offset Tyres - Width/wall depth. As always, thanks in advance. :thumbup:

....this is pretty good value IMO! I'd consider it if I had the space on my driveway! Nice little project and wouldn't be hard to make nice. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1994-NISSAN-300-ZX-TURBO-MANUAL-WHITE-/230487649536?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item35aa226d00

does anybody no a peter jelf that owns a z?

Since I've had the car it's vibrated noticeably on the motorway. Nothing to do with the road surface. I've just had my wheels balanced at a place that came recommended to me and I have to say, meticulous isn't the word. What a place, and what a nice bunch of guys!! Thy even gave the suspension and brakes a bit of a health check while they were at it and it was dirt cheap too. They even do 4 way alignment if anyone's interested in the Bristol area. (Turns out my car has HICAS. Didn't know that!! DOH!) Anyway, to my point. The vibration, while much better, is still there. Any of you guys got any thoughts on what else it might be? I was thinking prop' bea…