General Discussions - 300ZX Related

wise, any recommendations i guess rolling road req :helpsmilie:

I'm currently advertising my zed on ebay as a classified. To cut a long story short, the guy (matt lewis racing) (mattyzx) wanted me to pass up another swap I was going to do, and sell my car to him for my asking price. I said how do I know you're genuine and won't nit-pick when you arrive? He said he already has a zed and knows the score with these cars, as long as there aren't plumes of smoke from seized turbo's, gouges in the bodywork, rust etc, he will go ahead. He paid me £200 deposit on the basis that none of these things (or equivalent) were present via Paypal. (No auction had ended, no offer was accepted on ebay, so my ad was still running). He turned up satu…

next on my list of things to do with my zed is to change the pcv valves as i have a bit of smoke at idle from the passenger side bank which appears after a couple of mins of idling . can the old valves and pipes be cleaned up or do they need to be replaced . if they need to be replaced can anyone recommend a place to buy from . also is it an easy enough job to do .

Good idea? Bad Idea? Waste of time? Comments and CC appreciated as ever :2guns: These just need wet flatting then clearcoating. Not selling - made for my own amusement. :smartass: FEEDBACK: :taz:

Who was it? blue colour TK3 300zx? Oviously noticed me as i pulled up beside you then in infront of you? You took the braehead cut off?

First of all..................Perfect weather for the zed!!!! Well i was away in perth today golfing...........while driving there, went to have a blast off one of the roundabouts, tho the car spluttered (if that makes sence?) anyways thought best just sit and take it easy so i did. Went and played some golf in the nice sunshine, enjoyed it even with a high score.lol. Back to the zed on the motorway heading home. my friend pulls up beside me in his rx-8 and all the zed could do is sit with him, was spluttering again, didnt feel like the turbos where going what-so-ever and it showed as i could not pass him when i should have been able to easily do it. …

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_175876_langId_-1_categoryId_165727#dtab looking at getting these but are they ok? failing that,,,,,,,,, does anyvody have some i can borrow? :(

Hi As you know, have been rebuilding/chroming/polishing everything in the engine bay recently, and now want to balance out the bling with some colour (RED of course) and some carbon fibre. (BTW thanks to Andy/Ant et al for sharing there inspiring builds). I have fabricated my own engine skins (amongst other things :punk:) and they are now 98% final fit; rather than paint these the body colour - I am thinking I may re-make (using the current as a mould) in cf or kevlar. Now as my car will either be RED or BLACK when it's completed, I am more inclined to go for cf as that will go with either nicely so... HELP & ADVICE BIT: Here are a couple of shots o…

hi every one do i really have to remove the whole rear subframe to change the rear break lines??? any help appreciated as its new to me and this is the last job for the MOT

as above i am looking to do my interiora sort of light cream colour and to do my seats the same but with blue piping. can anyone recommend a DIY kit? i would prefer leather or imitation but then again i can see J1mmytt's interior is suede and also looks good. going to a specialist at this stage is not an option and would like to keep the costs down by doing it myself. sort of liek this effect but a bit light and blue piping (optional on the piping) cheers :)

If anyone uses the new version of firefox (like me) you can get a Z32 persona (skin) for it here: http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/32027 Not sure i'll keep it... but a bit of fun for the moment

Right i am completely baffled by this smoking business. i have searched here and there, on you tube, google. in the library, and even the archived sections. and so far not one post or anything has come close to describing what my smoking is like. I'm still yet to get a compression tester done, but from what i know it could be one of 3 things. 1, PCV valves, but as I'm yet to get down to the car long enough to get them off and see if they are clogged. and that the pipe work is ok. 2, Head Gasket is on the way out. but no compression tester to check the compression on the cylinders. 3, Too much oil in the engine, though this is hard to tell as the dip …

Hi Guys, I purchased Nap,s rare Border spoiler and when i remove the original one willl i need the perspex strip ? Cheerz Chris

Guys Have a few questions that I would really appreciate some help with. 1. There is a pipe that comes out of the fuel rail on the top right hand corner where does it go? 2. I have monster front pipes, do they look like they are in the right position? also I dont seem to have any mounting points or rubbers. Should their be something here on the back of the gearbox?. 3. In the wheel arch filled behind the battery there is an old coolent top up bottle, it looks like the pipe used to feed into the bottom of the stock rad??? do I keep this and put the pipe into the outlet pipe just under the filler cap on the new bigger rad?.

right there has been a couple of threads with regards to the durability of the powertrix upper arms. now i thought i would tell you my story. i have had squeaking and clunking coming from my z for a LOOOONNNG time from the suspension on the front. its passed 3 mot's so far because at the time it wasnt making the noise, i was unable to duplicate the clunk or squeak when stationary so trying to source the problem was a long and tedious task. well last weekend i decided to check my upper link arms. (i regularly check them and grease over them to stop them from rusting up. to my suprise when i removed the arm (still in the main bracket) the arm was stiff to move. a…

Hi Guys, after lowering my TT I need some adjustable camber arms, are these any good? or can you point me in the right direction to get some decent ones. Thanks in advance :thumbup1: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250597461129&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

just had a text off Kim saying there is a feature on Berrica's zed..fantastic looking car and the previous owner being Steve-300ZX who spent ££££££'s on it:cool3:

seeing as I have just fitted a new rear trim, I am thinking about getting a Fairlady Z sign for the nearside of it. Have seen these on ebay but they are only 73mm long, so to me thats a bit small and out of proportion, 100mm will be better. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200459869974&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Any views on that and some pics of yours at the back will be gratefully received. :wacko: thank you, andy.

ive just had my hsd smoothie coilovers fitted, and now after the best tyres to get. any advise on the tyres? my mate has avons on his scooby tyre r, so might go for them! any suggestions

Just a public thank you to Stu, aka sussexstu. Car running a whole lot better now you fixed the air leak mate. Well done. Barry

Any ideas on what this front bumper is? Thanks a lot, tom.

the engine??? there is no hook/brackets to attach rope/chain! Can i attach around plenum??

Hello there all members,, im looking for front discs and cant afford a brand new set at the minute, as out of work, so has anyone got any used discs...poss or no where to get them rite cheap,,,pls help if u can thanks all...

Opend up the zed up this morning on the motorway didnt realise i was still in 4 i bounced it of the rev limiter in 4th then changed to 5th .When i pulled of the slip road a mile or so later i noticed it was running on 5 cylinder thinking id killed it ,when i noticed a coil pack plug had jump off put it back on all fine appart from high tickover .It aways idled fine before around 800 rpm now its 1500 even when hot any ideas thanks taff.:cool3:

Why did i start this:sweatdrop:...is there any little hoses or conn lurking behind engine by firewall that people like me [engine removal virgin] miss when pulling engine out......i am nearly there i think:wacko: