General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I went to the warehouse today to start on what was supposed to be a complete brake overhaul and some paint prep. It turns out that I have a bit of a larger problem with rust than I first thought.............. Drivers side Passenger side What do you think then, repairable? Or should I just break it and sell for parts? I'm gutted as I had it on a RR in Feb and made 376bhp so I know the engine is good and having bought all kinds of bits and pieces an the last 18 months it could all have been a waste of time.:cursing:

pickie from a track session yesterday

Must be getting old does the earth bolt onto the gearbox with bell housing bolt.....sure it does but double checking:thumbup::thumbup:

very interested to no who this is as you are the first 300zx i have seen in manchester. i may bring mine up to fallowfield before the end of the month.

Afternoon all, Just interested in knowing the dimensions of the standard front and back speakers. looking to update them, nothing silly just bring them into the 21st century :) Recommendations are always welcome also! Cheers, Dave.

I have aftermarket pillar gauges fitted and recently there has been a load of water/liquid coming from the oil pressure gauge. Now now my initial thoughts are leaky roof, so the water is running down the pillar into the gauge units. But I noticed the water is a bit dirty earlier on so I thought I would ask the question how the oil pressure gauge works? Is it electronic (i.e from a sensor) or is it hydraulic (hence why I'm getting pumped a load of water into the cabin). This is what I have:-

Well just had rev1 here listening to his engine tap, its coming from his gearbox, and goes when he puts his foot on the clutch, engine is fine though. Anyway my misfire, had his PTU off his car and put it on mine, same problem, so can only be the wiring loom now. as when playing with the cable with the car running and his PTU the engine cut out. So anyway, put my PTU on his car, and his was running perfect. Looks like I'm going to have to strip back the loom from the PTU and see if there is anything untowards going on :( unless there is something else I'm missing..... Arrggghh

anyone on here anyone else on here from staffordshire

on taking a pic of the electric seat switch i thought i would pop off the sill plate and look if the '300zx' can be illuminated somehow, turns out these are already the ones, not connected just had two loose wires. i cannot get any life out of it though, i will have another fiddle but wonder if they can be fixed, mainly you graham? :helpsmilie: the condition of the sills are very scratched, don't know how the hell they have got like that!! :oops:

Right engine back in, but my concern is i cannot remember how the loom was ran to the starter!! I lifted it out of the way when cleaning engine bay now wherever i run it.....it seems very close to turbo!!!! Dave

hi can anyone tell me what the hicas warning light on my dash is?? i never got a manual with the car and even tho car is off the road it has been annoying me cheers

Thanks for the help with the boost guage issue. Another question now. The car i test drived yesterday was pulling 25mph per 1000 revs in 5th, is that right? I thought the gearing was taller than that? Engine redlines at 6700 doesnt it? So that would mean 167.5 potential top speed - right? Its not really the kinda thing you can do in someone elses car, I mean if someone test drove my car and redlined it, they'd be walking back to their car.. Gotta show a bit of respect! Its not like I intend driving flat out anywhere, but could indicate a different gearbox from a N/A or something. I'm sure you guys will know, its not another series specific thing i…

Just a few piccys what happens when a 70mph 300zx has an argument with the central reservation on the M6...no prizes for who won...Oh how i wished i'd taken the shogun...

Im confused.. Do all TT have factory boost gauges built into the speedo? Have seen a couple of cars M/N reg that do not have the boost gauge. Is this correct? Were later models sent off the production line without these pretty important items? I was thinking that the cars must have started life as N/A motors with TT fitted retrospectively. Or have i just failed to realise what everyone else knew for ages? Please help as I've seen a decent car, but was put off by the above mentioned fact. Was starting to worry about origins of engine (good/bad donor) and whether the install had been done correctly. Need to know by tomorrow dinner time as up in scotland …

Found a jap video to show how to do your own illuminated rear panel, there is a few of different lengths, showing each process of the work. Might help others. will add this to the DIY rear panel pics that i did a while back.

As well as the sills and bumpers, the nice guys have done some extra work free of charge. The tyres, intercoolers, intercooler ducts, silencer, fuel tank, front splash guard, horns and numerous other bits :cursing:. Spent yesterday afternoon getting the worst of the overspray of the front end. Is there no pride in workmanship anymore?

Guys, Can you confirm if your okay for tomorrow in northeast section please?

Hi all Complete newbie post here!.... My name is Andy and have been a jap fan for a long long time! Signed up to this today as I bought a bodykit today for my car (a MR2, dont hate me though, ive had a few Nissan S14As before so im not all bad!) and noticed this at the workshop. The owner gave it to me to modify and fit to my car as they didnt have the right bumper for the kit i picked up (helpful.. not!). But this is clearly going to be far too much grief getting it to fit on to my car so am going to Ebay it instead. Wondered if any of you guys could help me with my listing though as I dont want to describe it innacurately. Im guessing its a Veilside type rep b…

I have been looking for a UK 300ZX for about 3 months now, and I haven't been able to find anything that's right for me, so I'm thinking about looking at imports instead. Obviously my insurance will be more expensive, but if I can counter it with a cheap car, it should even out. After some research, my insurance will be around £2000-£2500, so I will be looking to spend £1000-£1500 on the car itself. My question is, what kind of car will I be able to get with that kind of budget? Since there's no rules on how to price a 300ZX, it's hard to tell which ones are good and which ones are bad. As I say, I've only been looking for 3 months, so I need a bit of help!

What do you guys recommend??

Right The first thing to let you all know is there are dump valves on the car and i dont have the original EGRs so refitting is not possible..... When the car starts it sometimes sits about 1500 RPM other times its lower. (Cold weather or Hot) The tickover seems a little irratic. if you lightly blip the throttle it sometimes sits high for a sec then settles or drops low then settles. When you brake from hard it stalls. I have tightened up the dumpvalves and it helps on the deceleration stalling but is still awful. If its stationary and you give it a 6k rev it also shows the symptoms of trying or actually stalling. I have checked the TPS? I think th…

HELP! just put tt injectors on my N/A and it wont run. got the injectors from zworld and fitted a chip that i got from DTA. it starting but not running. checked the soldering on the socket thats holding the chip and think its ok so what could be the problem? the injectors were used but were tested and fine. any help on this will be greatly appreciated!

Hi folks ive got the steering wheel off at the moment and was trying to work out which wire is the horn positive. Ive got a green wire and a yellow wire but in the circuit diagrams it says green and white???? Cheers Marty

On the pump do you simply remove the pipe that feeds the Hicas unit on the inner wing and replace the Banjo bolt with some type of capping bolt to seal the outlet pictured ? leaving just the one powering the rack ? Ta !

K reg I think, silver, spoilerless rear end, factory alloys in Morrisons car park in Airdrie, around 3.00pm ish this afternoon ? Alan.......