General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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…

hi,i know this has been covered before but can anyone post a diagram of were i need to connect my electronic boost controller.i`m having trouble trying to work it out from previous threads:confused: any help will be very much appreciated thanks milly

Pie in the sky at the moment but this question has been on my mind and i know that your rep is good on engine rebuilds. Have you ever done an rb26 or 2jz conversion and would you take on such a project, or are you better off having a stronger VQ engine built to match the reliability of the other two. Say a target of 500hp at the wheels, would the swap be more exspensive than a standard big power rebuild. Im serious with the question because its a possibility for me in the future. Thanks Damien

Whilst doing some unrelated checks I noticed the exhaust was touching the petrol tank on the zed pictured below, now it did not look too bad at first but even so a bit of hanger adjusting and there was a nice safe gap, however as you can see on the closer shot the tank where the exhaust box was rubbing was quite concerning and certainly would of been if left for much longer. Worth checking out any odd knocking sounds under the car sooner rather than later. Jeff TT

hi everyone, the standard rear spoiler on my car has been removed and replaced with a carbon fibre fin (not to my taste) looks like it belongs on a f1 car, whoever did this has also removed the perspex strip aswell, now i thought it wud just be a case of putting the standard spoiler back on aswell as the perspex strip, but iv seen quite a few spoilers that seem to cover over were the perspex strip wud be, and also a few were the car has both on, can anyone help me by telling me if i need both or just the spoiler please? the cars a 93 tt fairlady import, iv only had her a week and as yet dont really now much about them except ther bloody quick! thanks very much.

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