General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Blast from the pasts for sure !! Jeff

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/used-car-buying-guides/used-car-buying-guide-nissan-300zx I was pleasantly surprised in how many accurate facts this writer was able to produce (however 'grey' imports are not a bad thing, they are really a good thing) And then I scroll down and see a familiar name, James Thomas. Good job on this fine article autocar.

So, got a call last week from a man who found out I had a few Zeds:innocent: Said he was clearing out his sheds, that he had a few Z32 bits and would I be interested in taking the lot off him:whistling: Called over on Monday to have a look and been debating whether or not to spend even more money in the "World of Zed" Anyways, here's what I found..... 1 x Red Jap TT manual, has tall spoiler, needs dash, carpet, full interior and an engine rebuild, as it has a knock. 1 x UK red rear bumper with fogs fitted. 3 x TT rear Subframes complete with diffs, drive shafts, hubs etc (can't recall if they've calipers attached). 1 x pair front calipers with GTR discs a…

Am I right in thinking that only the swb had a rear washer bottle??

This tip will without doubt help everybody who has to replace the heater matrix pipes at the rear of the engine, Sadly I had to try to do this rather confined job last week, I was not able to, hands are too big to get down the back of the engine, even extra long ,long nosed pliers did not help, So, plan B, call in the Genius I know as dad, What resulted is pictured below, A very very simple tool which enables to hoses to be effectively put into position and then pushed home onto the Heater Matrix barbs on the firewall. I suspect it can also be used easily for all hoses in confined spaces, The only thing that is not self explanatory is that you twist t…

Hi I ope some one can shed some light on this, I went out tonight running fine as always, on the way back I lost all turbo pressure if I put my foot down about half way the gauge moves up to 0 any ideas ???

Hooray!!! I've just had the call from Jim to say that my 300zx is ready for collection. It's been with Jim for almost 2 months and I've had good new and bad news along the way (had to charge the aircon 3 times before fixing all the problems). I'll be doing a full write up after I've collected the car but for now I just wanted to vent my excitement on the prospect of getting it back soon.

I was looking for a while before I decided to get my current car back on the road (its going to Jimmer's on the 29th next month) and I've wondered a lot about this car. I haven't posted a link as I don't want to promote the sale inadvertently(but I'm sure everyone knows the car).....just wondered what anyone thinks it'll go for ? It looks very clean but am I right in thinking if it achieves its guide price that'll be a new high mark ?

Had a nice drive down to powerzed yesterday in my uk zed to drop it at jimmer for a full service,we had a right good chat:) then I collected my impul from him that's had a full service with cambelt and pully's done, she was a pleasure to drive home bearing in mind she's been of the road for 10 years. Cheers jimmer :thumbup:

So after the disappointment of failing to fix my first red zed, I came across one on ebay a while back. After a bit of haggling, I was the proud owner of a rusty, smoking red zed! First thing was get it welded, My welding friend is a wiz, so he spend 3 weeks welding it up, making sure it was perfect. He has worked on these cars before, so knew exactly what to cut out and repair, he then waxed it, oiled it, protected it, etc. As long as I am careful, it should be good for many years he said! Next bit was getting it to quit smoking, as a smoker myself this is not easy! After buying several 50g bags during a Spanish holiday, I set to work. The block was fine, the h…

Hi all. It's been a while, over 3 years infact. However I have finally secured myself another zed. Alot has happened in the last 3 years including a beautiful baby boy who turns 1 tomorrow. Collecting a tt auto targa top this Sunday. Looking forward to spending some time back on this awsome forum. I'll have to familiarise myself with the forum again aswell, I've forgot how to upload photos into a thread :confused1: and I'll be resubbing :winkiss:

I was looking at replacing my filters and have the standard boxes. With the view of doing some mild tuning in the future 350-400bhp, are the standard boxes with K&N filters fitted good for this or should I look at going down the cone route?

Only caught a glimpse as I drove past.... Just see it was silver... No reg etc

Hi guys, Was out for a blast today and had issue. Was giving it some beans 6-7rpm in first and had Loss of power and a back fire out the exhaust. The car stuttered and yo yo' d with power cutting in and out, The car eventually died was chucking loads of black smoke out both exhausts. The car fired straight back up but won't idle . The car bogs down until about 3k then revs cleanly. Weird thing is I left the car for a bit (45mins) when I started it idled perfectly. As soon as I reved it up , it went back yo running like dog shit again. So far I have cleaned all the plugs as they were fouled. Cat started straight up and idled for 2 mins perfectly, …

Went to meet a few petrolheads in manchester today Coopd brought baby Alex with him . Shes a zed girl for sure.

Just looking for a bit of advise, went to see a 95 TT yesterday but there in no boost gauge,is that normal or possible? Also the dials and controls look like my previous 92 & 93 cars I've had in the past, should that be correct? Maybe I'm just being a bit over cautious. Other than that the car looked pretty standard and maybe worth a punt. Cheers, Mike

Anyone know which are the correct ones to get? The liners are completely off the car at the minute. I'm guessing the majority of holes take the push type fixings. Many thanks, Lee

Well after 3 years with no trouble from my heater, last night it decided to spring rather a big leak. (Forcing me to bypass it by the side of the road to get home). The usual routes haven't show up any for sale so was hoping someone more inlightened could point me in the right direction Thanks Jay

If anyone local wants to meet up, I will be there with my son for a couple of days. Was supposed to riding my bike for 2 days on track, but the circuit have cancelled the weekend trackdays due to expected 60mph winds and extreme weather :-( So I will be coming over in the zed instead, as the B&B couldn't be cancelled.

Just got a quote for insurance on the car full com and break down £172.44 per year sweet

Hi I,ve found out one of the fuses in front of the Driver under the bonnet, a line of 5 or 6, Has blown, its the one for the fuel pump, its a FLN-30. Does any one know where i can get them from, apart from USA and China... Thanks

I just want to know how to do the wiring of ignition source iwant to start with the ignition on Sent from my G8142 using Tapatalk

Hi All, I fixed a squeak on my rear brakes and took the Zed for a spin to check my handy work. JOB DONE! So I popped to a local meet for a tea and a road test. On returning to my car there was a pool of rusty water under the car with a hefty drip coming from the rear of the plastics under the car. Long story short, I topped it up, drove it home, checked again and topped up the water, ran the engine for 10 minutes then went for a spin..... No drippage?! Went for a drive to road test and spotted 6 Classic Minis, 5 Mustangs, 4 GMC Day Vans, 3 Camero's, 2 GT3s a series1 RS Turbo van. So jollied along with them who jollied along to a convoy of old cars just w…

.....Re-created....!! Some of you might recognise this - but where from, I hear you ask. And I don't mean the geographic location.....:wink: Suffice to say, re-creating this photograph has been on my "to-do" list for sometime.....

I mentioned this weeks ago on facebook.I had a phone call from John Evans a well known and respected motoring journalist.After discussing just about everything 300zx with him,He will be publishing the article in next weeks edition.John was a fan of the car and lucky enough to test drive one back in the early 90s.The article will cover pros and cons of ownership.what makes a good model and why the 300zx is a worthy classic now :thumbup: