General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I started the rather unusual task today of putting an auto gearbox into a zed that was originally an auto but had a manual conversion. I removed the manual pilot bush and was left with this. It seems to be the right size for the auto shaft, but is this the correct set up? I ordered an auto bush from CZP but as you can see it doesn't seem to for anywhere! Seems to be the same internal diameter as whatever is on the crank at the moment, and fits on the torque converter shaft. Oddly CZP and Z1 seem to have different part numbers for this bush. So am I missing something?!?

I think I'm correct in suggesting that 'G' is Charcoal and 'C' is tan. Can anyone confirm?

Hi this is dels wife I've kinda managed to get into his account (oops) anyways I thought I'd post as my husband has just sent me a text a very strange one at that so after a little call I'm a bit unsure so thought I'd post on here see what others think. My husband crashed his car about 5 years ago and within that time the aim was to rebuild and make it his own however we had 2 beautiful kids in that time and between money and time he has been on and off with it. We got into it a while ago thinking yes were gonna get stuck in its been rebuilt to a point that we have a few things the car is going to need such as front bumper and sills, air filter, both front and b…

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-100-ORIGINAL-NISSAN-300ZX-SWB-SLICKTOP-TURBO-1994-Auto-TT-/192214410220?hash=item2cc0df23ec:g:8W4AAOSwCkZZPaG1 Thought it worth a mention.

Need some advice on an issue a garage has had my car on and off for 2 yrs not run right since I had an engine from garage within a couple of days took back told me had washed bores and turbo smoking ,so had to have rebuild and two turbos recon so a few thousand later got car back and it was over fueling to extent of £20 to do 30 miles call straight away to inform them ,so took back again to find chip in ecu had dislodged,(according to mapping specialist) so did one journey last year to Coventry been back there since late November I think been that long ,so yet again had to have bottom end rebuild a had to pay for parts again got that done another nistune ecu car went to …

hi peeps so im getting together my parts ready for the rebuild. can anyone tell me where they source the head bolts from. been onto locally shop and they dont list any. been onto nissan and it £9.90 x14 . bit steep i thought. after all i can get them in states for $80. steve

so part of my overhaul was removing gearbox so gonna replace the spigot/pilot bush and have a new original bush and the nismo needle bearing any thoughts on whats best? dan.

Hi dude. I have a Momo Millenium Evo steering wheel but I don't have the horn. So I bought one. Anyway, I don't seem to be able to get it to work so I'm after a bit of help. The car has HICAS and I'm pretty sure it's the correct HIcAS boss. There's 1 wire that's connected to the boss that I believe connects to the horn button, the button then grounds itself on the wheel. I'm assuming what's going wrong is the the boss is not touching whatever it needs to to send power to the button. Can anyone tell me what needs to connect or touch what to get it working please? Or tell me if I'm missing a component. Here's some photos of the wheel:

Hi everyone, I haven't posted since last year as the next post was to be number 10K so wanted to make a thread. Anyway, felt it was time to make a return. Most of you are probably on Facebook anyway so may have seen me on there. Anyway, a bit of an update. Black Zed Following the knock it had, I put everything back together but made the choice to buy a new shell as it felt like the all round best, and safest option. The welding it needed meant the engine would have had to come out etc anyway. So I bought a very low mileage car which many will know as NED the ZED. Note the name won't be sticking!!! The car only has like 54k miles on it. Rust free etc…

I'm wiring in a feed to flash the hazards with remote central locking. I need to wire in a positive and a ground. Does anyone know which 2 I need from this lot?

So I followed this - http://www.zhome.com/ZCMnL/PICS/detonationSensor/detonationSensor.html I tested the sensor side of the connector and my meter showed '1', which was the default display on my meter when selecting the ohm settings. There was no movement, nothing, as if I wasn't testing anything. Doing the same ECU side of the connector, I was getting 560 Ohm, which I believe is ok, what I should be getting. Then I stuck a 1k resistor in the ECU side of my connector, I started her up and lo and behold she ran far better, revved without stumbling or miss-firing, super smooth compared to before! However below 1000rpm wasn't good, without providing gas th…

I've inadvertently mis-threaded a spark plug, thought it was in further than it was :censored: How do I recover from this act of stupidity? It is only the top two threads - I think. That'll teach me to be more careful!

My silver tt has developed quite a coolant leak following a spirited drive. It seems to be coming from the underside of the plenum at the left hand side at the back corner. I can see a rubber hose which appears to be the place where the leak is coming from. The question is, do I need to remove the plenum to change it?

Hey guys, what combination or what parts can I use to make up a SWB manual propshaft?? Are there any other Nissans (Terrano etc) that might share propshafts with the Zed??

hi ok a few of you have been following my rebuild via fb group i think. so story goes. had a leak oil into water. taken her to a good mechanic i met. very genuine guy. well heads both off and scholar to skim 4 thou off both .cambelt done and a load of deletes . well im reunited yesterday. great i thought. nope go to start her and hydraulic lock. plugs out balance bar off and yup water in plenum and no.6 looking like a home for my fish. guess that head gasket failed. well to top it off i now have5 working cylinders . yup no.6 has decided its comfy where it is... so its back to garage monday . now im looking for your help on a couple of things 1…

So got this tool kit and its been great so far but now i'm putting the valves back in its hopeless to get the keepers in. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251417186160?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Anybody else recommend a guaranteed tool or hack to get them in ?

Hi All, I've fully deleted the HICAS but just wondering from those that have done the same, where have you neatly put the following: Because of the way that the pipes route, it doesn't want to lay flat easily, I'm assuming most people make some sort of bracket to secure it to existing solenoid mount? Any opinions or pictures from others would be appreciated. Cheers James

As downpipes seem very very hard to find and I have a set in bad condition and incomplete, I think I'll use the flanges and re-do the pipes. I'll need help so I can get the 2 missing parts fabricated. If anyone could be so kind and post a picture or a draw with the measurements and depth of the following part:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300ZX-Twin-Turbo-swap-completely-INSTALLED-engine-/162547367455?hash=item25d893fe1f:g:v54AAOSwvjdZOm4O

Am I right in thinking I cannot reuse the locking washers/collars that fit around the Japspeed front inner tie rods? Since there is now a 4-5mm spacer, the washer doesn't seem to collapse back over the new tie rods.. Do they become obselete? Thanks

Is this the 300zx with the biggest miles. UK Z with 225,000 and still looking great. Do you know of a 300zx with bigger miles? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-K-NISSAN-300-ZX-3-0-TARGA-TWIN-TURBO-UK-MANUAL-2DR-/272707316171?hash=item3f7e9f69cb:g:HxYAAOSwnK9ZOKoP

The time has come, unfortunately, to say goodbye to my precious Zed :( (can't fit three children in the back...) Not having been on here for a few years now, I'm rather out of touch with the current Zed market prices and wonder what people's honest opinions are on how much I should be asking? Realise you can't say much without seeing it in the flesh, but any guidance would be appreciated. The car is a 1993 UK LWB Manual Twin Turbo. Notable features: genuine '99 spec' front bumper and rear lights, fibreglass replica '99 spec' rear spoiler, polished OEM wheels, Mongoose quad exit cat back exhaust, black 'tweed' interior in excellent condition, original blin…

I am replacing my rear lower arms with driftworks ones. ARB libks mounting point is slightly off and if installed like this it will be on tension all the time, anyone ever dealt with this before? Any ideas?

Well Cured All the leaks from the car then sunday a new 1 appears i cannot see were it is coming from thou, any1 any ideas before i start pulling stuff apart

Red zed. Looked kitted around 5 pm tonight on the cannock Road in sunny wolves.