General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Malpas Road in between Newport and Cwmbran yesterday at 23:15 Swear i seen a 300z on the opposite side of the road looked in the mirror and you cant mistake those lights.

dark blue z on the a13 [dagenham] towards central london around 10 at night [13/10/09] i waved to ya was in a white z looked nice and tidy

Anyone know who sells nice stuff to put all your wires in, this lot make heat resistant conduit that is slit so no need to go removing and re joining the connectors. Might give the wires longer life but im really not sure if it looks cool or like something from the Dr Whos prop department. :rolleyes: What do you think? http://www.agriemach.com/default.php?cPath=81

In short, I have a complete, brand new exhaust system to install. Do I absolutely, categorically, 100% need to remove the engine to replace the exhaust manifolds? Or has anyone done it with the engine in situ before?

Spotted a blue wide arch z, at hayling island holiday park. M-reg, anyone on here?

Remove the centre panel,, once this is done you need to seperate the parts. There are 4 x small screws securing the top edge, remove and keep safe. Using a hairdryer, you need to heat up the entire edge of the panel, to loosen up the black glue. Once done, remove the '3oozx'' logo paint, it is raised on the inside, i used a stanley knife and scrapped away the paint to reveal clear plastic. Next i sprayed the inside rear panel chrome to match the rear lights. Now using a 12v El Panel, i got this this from ebay and is availible in all colours, the thickness of paper, and comes with a 12v convertor, it needs to cover the inside of the 300zx logo, …

Here is a little gem, guy from the US is over here for 3 years and had his zed transported over at a cost of $2,500 needed it modded to pass a UK MOT, some very subtle differences but had to take a photo of the seats belts, double retracting and double length!! had it explained to me that the reason its so long is so you can get in and out without unclicking the belt.....or maybe other reasons ;) Sure Funky si has seen many of these on his US travels :hyper: Jeff TT

at the bottom of snatchwood road coming from blaenavon. Thought someone had nicked my car as it was just round the corner from me but it was a series 1 nearest I've seen one to my home who is ya

Hi everyone. Taken my zed for MOT today and it has failed on 'Nearside Rear wheel steering connection has excessive play'. Can anyone translate to me what this means? I.e. what needs replacing and how much is it going to cost me? :wack: P.S JeffTT if you read this - been phoning Zedworld to try and get a quote on how much you could do this for all day but had no answer - if you read this contact me via this thread. Cheers, James

As usual since owning this zed ive had it in bits :D anyway got it pretty much how i want it for now, still a few its to do but had to use the car to visit a customer today near kirkby lonsdale. Weather was nice, roads were dry and clear so had my first chance to give it some welly :dance: I'm a very very happy bunny, couldnt run it at full boost as i still have this leak but even running at 0.5 bar its bloody fast and with the spanking new toyo T1R's it gripped like a 50 stone man onto a mars bar :) Forgotten how well these cars can handle with the right setup and rubber, was getting upto silly speeds on some really nice camber bends, all within the speed …

Hey folks sorry to start another thread on aston martin brakes but seen a set of aston martin db7 brembo calipers going and wondered if these can fit the zed. Ive seen a few posts on the vanquish calipers and DB9 but didnt know wether the DB7 ones will fit as well. Would mounting brackets need to be made and i presume it is 355mm discs i would need cheers Marty

Just changed my insurance over to lynbrook. £238 fully comp with a £250 excess :) Includes breakdown and legal cover and also covers trackdays :hyper: Cant get much better than that Very happy bunny Mike

Little bit of help needed please! I am getting some vibration from under the rear/middle of my manual LWB TT, had it on a ramp last night and it looked like the rubber part of the center bearing has separated for the bracket the bolts to the floor. The vibration starts when accelerating hard or when I go over 60mph, I was kindly given a reconditioned shaft with new bearing but have just remember that it was of a auto which I take it will not fit? I am now thinking of buying the following and want to make sure I am ordering the correct item, for example is this a complete unit with no extra bits needed. http://www.z1motorsports.com/product_info.php?cPath=…

Had the Z on the ramps and noticed the rear shocks have 4 settings. It's 95 model import, anyone know what the settings are? 1-4, they are both currently set on 2. The car doesn't have a Sports/Touring switch in the cockpit, and the front shocks also have 1/2/3/4 on them as well - are they adjustable too? I tend to drive slow and comfortable when the wife is around, then a bit manic when she's not. The front feels a bit soft... many thanks, Alex

I am having heat issues with the car and in traffic I can't stop it running to hot, if the bonnet is up it is ok. With the single turbo conversion the viscous fan is gone as is the oem radiator and electric fan. In it's place are two smaller rads and electric fans, I have just wrapped all the manifolds and intend to fit two vents in the bonnet to allow heat to escape. After doing some work this weekend I think the fans are not wired to flow the air in the correct direction for the best cooling. This is the current layout of radiators xxxx engine xxxxx xxxxRadiatorxxxxx fan is sucking airflow \/ \/ \/ direction xxxxxxFanxxxxxx xxxxxxFanxxxxxx …

I have an aftermarket steering wheel, the indicators dont turn themselves off when you go around corners. Is this because of the steering wheel and boss kit or is something else borked?.

Just completed my first long run with the family and thought I'd do a write up as I'm sure there must be a number of people interested or wondering what it's like. I've done a number of 200 mile round trips in the Z ON MY OWN but this was the first 500 mile round trip AND with my wife and daughter (5 year old) in tow. First the facts: - Car : 1993 NA 2+2 Manual, 98,500 miles (claimed). - Average speed : Can't say! - MPG : 28 over 480 miles (Basingstoke to Yorkshire and back) - Ownership : Since June 2009 although lusted after one since 1990! Considering I usually do this journey every 3 weeks in an E-class (one of the best motorway cruisers aroun…

OK, i have some det issues above 15psi, and have been advised by JD to have a Fuel Pressure Regulator fitted to see how the fueling is going. My delimma is what one to buy??? Seen some on flea-bay, but not sure what is good and what is a waste of my hard earned cash. If you have one, what have you got? Don't want to go mad, but want good quality that will last, and does it need a gauge? Many thanks people, Al.

Is it true that you can lower the engine to replace the turbos ? or is a full engine out better?

is there a difference? im trying to source some disks and pads for my jap spec while waiting the engine, or are they the same, I've had a look about but im still confused, someone said yes and someone said no, its got standard calipers on it

im going to install some base into my beast and would like to know the best way to run the red lead from the battery into the car please, pics would be great , did have a ickle search but didnt find nowt.

i know these won't pass the MOT so i am going to pick up new ones from MJP. how on earth do i do it by myself?

want to do an MOT asap but my drivers side O2 sensor is lazy. been told its better when warm but there is always the possibility of failing. Mine still has cats in.............. is there anything i can do to get it through MOT? some people reckon it could still pass, other say to unplug second O2 sensor and the ecu will try to give it an average reading in its place and others say to undo a pipe on the balance bar. ooooohhhh errrrrr. is it hard to change an O2 sesor on the driver side?

being a woman i havent a clue what they are all about and was wondering if someone could shed some light into their purpose and are they a good thing to have on a TT thanks

first off, i know nothing about wheels except they should be round one of my valve caps is stuck onto the valve i went to a tyre place to get the valve replaced, however they said i will need to source the metal right angle bit as all their valves stick out the front of the wheel and mine come from the rim behind the spokes these are my wheels: they say rays in the middle is this true? where would i get one? what other info do i need to know in order to get one?