General Discussions - 300ZX Related

how much mileage should i put on a newly built engine before i can drive her on ???:stupid:

Car goes in first week of january for prep work ready for bodykit and full respray. My question is whats the best paint protection and polish, Iv always used and swear by the meguires stuff, But i want this to come up in a fantastic deep shine. The car is black by the way. What would you guys suggest. oh i have used search and this seems to be a vary varied subject. so dont :gun_bandana:me if im repeating it please Cheers Craig

Hi My original autobox in my 1990 NA burnt out in June and I replaced it with a recon box from a Skyline, put in by a crowd called Transmission Centre here in South Africa. That box lasted about 30km and then there was a bang, the car sort of hopped or tripped and I lost reverse and then the whole box. The garage who did the work first tried to blame me for hitting something, then eventually conceded that one of the valves had got stuck open in the box. They replaced the guts of the box again (Skyline parts again) but this time put in two valves and that effort lasted about 200km. There was a failure to change up to second even in redline, a horrible grindi…

Does anyone know where to find the full pictures of the Modified Z in the Adrian Flux ad banner at the top of the page?? :drool: Ive been toying with the idea of Wheel arch extensions rather than go for the wide arch kit ( strosek ). Thanks Richie

Well as the title suggest's when it rains, i get a squeaking when the wipers go, now, i thought,"Hmm... new wipers i think", So off i went..well you can guess the rest, tried them out after, and still the same squeak..so, i've got a mouse trapped somewhere or my screen is squeaking, any one tell me which it is? (and if its the screen squeaking, (which i've never heard off) ho do i fix it. Rich

Hi i read a lot of threads on hicas and the general opinion seems to be that its better to be without it!! Can i ask why,? is it rubbish, does it break easily, etc someone will know. Rich

I hope that JJD doesn't mind me posting a pic of his car, but i am trying to find out what sort of spoiler this is? I really like it. :drool::clap: Anyone out there know anything about it? Thanks in advance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBy-ywxPU2k&feature=related :w00t:

it is now a full year since the purchase of my zed and i have loved every minute of it (apart from the first month where the autobox went bang) but my wallet hasn't. here is a list of the few minor changes and additions i have made this year:thumbup: scarab front bumper crystal clear indicators crystal clear side repeaters fog light intercooler ducts deep dish alloy wheels. 8.5j front. 9.5j rear kaminari rear spoiler full respray in nissan red red illuminated rear 300zx panel polished plenum chrome bonnet stand chrome readiator brackets polished hardpipes chrome balance bar red covers for fluid caps greddy side mount intercooler…

Guys n girls I have someone interested in the leather seats from my UK S2 TT that i'm breaking, has anyone ever fitted these seats to an NA fitted with non-electric seats, I am gonna pull out all the looms as best I can, but any input here would be appreciated. The electric seats I have are fully electric, front/back/tilt electric movement if it helps. Cheers John

Hi guys; I have HID lights now for 2 years, and only 1 is working, they are ok on full beam, i had this prob before but it sorted itself out, Question ? Can i put normal bulbs back in without removing the HID,s ? and what are the brightest ones available for a Jap spec and what fitment is it for a Jap spec ? Cheerz Chris

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i want to get rid of the hicas and clean up a bit but would like to get rid of the TT pump and change it for a NA pump, can i just remove the tt pump and all the hicas pipes and gubbins and put a NA pump in? do i need anything else apart from a NA pas pot and a NA pas pump and bracket? dan.:)

hi,which is the best HID conversion kit to buy there seems a few available but i`m unsure of what to go for :confused:

On the way home from work this evening my dash and headlights gradually grew dimmer and dimmer the only warning lights that had come on were my hicas and antilock warnings, when I accelerated the engine was stuttering and when I turned the engine off there wasn't enough life in the battery to turn the engine over, however when I went out and tried it again about 2 hrs later it fired up straight away. Anybody had this or any idea's what it might be.

Evening folks, so I was careless and just went ahead and plonked UK spec front and rears on my Jap Z .... and now :) .... now I'm learning about wheel offsets :D See attached image. Can anyone tell me whether 20mm spacers would do it? Original front spec is 225/50/16's, 7.5J with 45mm offset replaced with 245/45/16's, 8.5J with 35mm offset Would appreciate your views. Many thanks, Alex

I have done a search on here but found nothing conclusive. When I pull off there is a sort of grinding/vibration noise, once moving it's fine. Then sometimes when I accelerate in third from a slow speed the noise is there to. Any ideas?

Hi Just out of interest, came across a Z (online) with a plaque reading; " Nissan comerates 26 years of the Z car 1970 to 1996 123 of 300 Was it just a plaque they added or are these 300 different in any way ? cheers Maz :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lake-Golf-ball-Nissan-300ZX_W0QQitemZ110466865452QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportsLeisure_Golf_GolfBalls?hash=item19b856992c one for the golfers or just to display what you think?

I have read through some of the topics on this and then the clock fix on: http://www.twinturbo.net/ttnettech/clock/clock.html In the steps to fix the clock in the link, it looks like that clock has 2 boards that need seperated? However my clock/board is one complete piece. So are the steps just the same minus the board seperation? Also wondering is there a fuse for the clock and if so which one is it as I dont see it listed in the hand manual or any of the fuse box covers? Its a UK car also.

Basically i was wondering if this was an easy task. Because i see alot of NA good condition cars go for peanuts. When i say easy i mean i know ill need alot of kit, probably a donor car, but is the engine removal precedure reletively simple. Ive only worked on renault 5's and e30's so no engines as big as these. Will it devalue the car alot also? Thanks Mark

Silverbullet has one side almost done :D Just got to sort out the inlet piping..... ooo notice the solid engine mount :D

.... dam that stuff makes a mess and potentially screws up your alternator! Having serviced and cleaned the PAS pump I decided to AN the pump fittings and thought I would post in case anyone wants to do similar. Parts used on the pump were: 2 x Banjo adapter M16 to -8AN 2 x M16 x 1.5 Banjo Bolt (I could have used the originals) 4 x 3/8BSP/M16 copper washer Here are a couple of piccies... Also changed all the connections on my PAS POT to AN -8 Finally I still need to weld a -8 female bung into the PAS feed pipe so that it is completely leak proof :hyper: Then refit, re-plumb - Job done forever I hope! :)

..... without just sticking them on top of the dial pod!!! Does anybody have some pictures or suggestions of where/how to mount any rectangular shaped controllers for stuff on the Zed without shed loads of custom work? I am about to have a Tein EDFC controller fitted and will be getting Racelogic TC in the new year with the digital controller and I already have an HKS Turbo timer. All of these have different shaped Rectangular controllers that need to be mounted neatly somewhere. Round dials are no problem - rectangular ones sem to be a nightmare! I want to avoid the "pile of controllers taped to the top of the dial pod" look. Does anyone have any pictures or ex…