General Discussions - 300ZX Related

when traveling above about 35mph if i dip the clutch to say coast up to traffic lights or that the revs will fall right to zero and the car will die then kick back in when the clutch is lifted. my mechanic seems to think that there was some sort of deflector plate or something infront of the air filter and maf to stop the air shooting straight in he recons its been missing after the bodykit was fitted would this cause this or is it something else?

Here's a scenario: Bloke gets caught for drink driving (2nd offence) and gets a 3 year ban. After ban buys car (crap) and pays huge insurance for two years. By this point it's 5 years since the crime-does he no longer have to declare the offense when insuring or is he bound to declare it forever? Does anyone know the actual (factually based) answer to this rather than opinion?

Hi chaps. How much will a new/ good used 2nd hand crank cost to get? cheers

just a thought, im sure ill be shot down but here goes its widly thought that you should not exceed 80% duty cycle on an injector most people will not go over 15psi boost due to the injectors reaching 80% duty cycle- correct? limiting you to around 380bhp however it has been my previous experience that side feed injectors as fitted to the 300, and for that matter the 200sx are quite happy running up to around 95%- perhapse because they are better cooled. has anyone ever tried running higher than 80% and for that matter has anyone ever had a failure due to this? theoretically you could reach 450 bhp? what cc are gtr injectors? it would …

Shes finally gone! Ive just waved off the new owner.....i felt a bit sick seeing somebody drive off in my pride and joy but hey, needs must and all that I think id definatley get another one day as im already missing mine:cry::cry::cry: Anyway i hope the new owner (LeoE) gets as much fun and enjoyment out of her as i did:duffer:

In a word without being slanderous i have tacken my tubs of and had a garage strip them whilst i was making my mind up of whicth route to take.whilst this was happening i found someone on here who could do the same work on them for over half price, So i rang them up and offered to pay for any time they had spent on them, no no problem well pack them up in a sealed bag and promply send them back. of which they did ,so paid for the post and got them back. Since them got them back and sent two sealed bags of parts of tubs to person on here then tonight got phone call. SEAL PLATE RETAINING CIRCLIP x2 SHIM FOR OIL DEFLECTOR X 2 OIL DEFLECTOR GUESS WHAT X 2 ? Whats …

In a word without being slanderous i have tacken my tubs of and had a garage strip them whilst i was making my mind up of whicth route to take.whilst this was happening i found someone on here who could do the same work on them for over half price, So i rang them up and offered to pay for any time they had spent on them, no no problem well pack them up in a sealed bag and promply send them back. of which they did ,so paid for the post and got them back. Since them got them back and sent two sealed bags of parts of tubs to person on here then tonight got phone call. SEAL PLATE RETAINING CIRCLIP x2 SHIM FOR OIL DEFLECTOR X 2 OIL DEFLECTOR GUESS WHAT X 2 ? Whats …

Boost / air leaks are often an issue when engines are changed or items removed when not enough care is not taken with all of the ducts and pipes, take a quick look at the photo below of a squashed pipe that had been mullered into place following some work done at a non specialist garage :x: the pipe had to be replaced as it could not be trusted. Jeff TT

Hi mate, Can I get the injectors, cant reply as my subs have just run out Will sort them out now

Finally did the unthinkable and stripped my Z on Saturday. Senor Dixon came over and between the two of us (and with the occassional spot of help from my old man!) we took off every single part that we thought could prove useful be it mechanical, electrical, exterior bodywork and interior seats and trim...nothing was spared. In a way I had something of an emotional attachment to the car...it was my first Z32 which I imported from Japan about 8 years ago. It was also the car I'd originally planned to put the V8 into however, after initially getting it looking to my eyes pretty good (stillen skirts, modified 99 spec front end, smoothed rear end, de-locked, de-swaged an…

my mate has just bought a 53 plate xkr. even once my zed is running right im a little woried his may be quite a bit quicker. Tell me im wrong

Taking this of my car at the weekend and putting in the sale section but have no idea what its worth second hand i know there over £140 new sorry dont have my own pic on the car so borrowed this pic from Zcentre as its were it was bought from. whats it worth????

saw you this morning on the red road Camberley, nice red zed you have there.

Saw a nice red zed tt(i think) A259 near climping beach area today. lokked like Hreg but not sure as it was raining and couldnt see to good in my mirror.

A mate of mine has just bought a 90 TT Manual Ive a had a look and the drivers side is blowing alot between the turbo and downpipe its making the car very noisy, and its running very lumpy, but no smoke what so ever. wheres the best place for new gaskets or does the old cornflake box and gum gum trick work. any help would be appreciated Cheers Craig

can someone please tell me what the oil pressure should be at idle in a 1990 twin turbo????

Before i carry on... When i refer to used i mean 2000 miles old. Have of which was running in miles on the dyno in a controlled enviroment. These are not the parts the garage were meant to be using for my old build. The engine failed after 2000 miles due to a pulley snapping off the front of the block. I need to check condition of parts and everything will be sold with the buyer being aware of the engine they were removed from failed. So i would advise they get everything checked before using. I will check parts for condition before listing and take detailed pics. the parts are as follows. JWT R4 cams (Wild) JWT heavy duty valve spring…

Arrgh! Help! It's driving me nuts! Can anyone (Groover? :bow:) help me figure out why my HID's are flickering? Not been driving the Zed much recently because I've had to use my bike to commute to work (no parking on site for us lowly contractors :mad:) but hit a stone or something going round a roundabout recently and smashed it up :( Since using the Zed again, the HID's have been flickering badly (i.e. like a strobe!) and sometimes the left one cuts out entirely. I thought that I had sorted it this weekend as I heard arcing coming from the cable on the output side of the left hand ballast, taped it all up again and the arcing seemed to stop. The strange th…

Just off the phone to Thor racing and they are reporting that the mapping is going well and everything will be finished on Thursday morning. They have only ran it up to about 8 or 10 psi at present and are getting good power from that. He asked me what sort of power figures i thought would be achieved, but i have got no idea! So, I would like to run a small guess the power competition! The member who guesses the closest to the final flywheel power figure that is achieved by Thursday afternoon i will donate £20 to a charity of their choice. All the engine information can be found on my rides page. Good Luck!:D

Hi all, have been having a few problems with the ol' z lately. If I take my hand off the steering wheel the car will pull to the left. I took it for tracking when I first got the problem but that hasnt really solved it. On its previous mot, there was an advisary on the front left boot but would that cause the car to pull. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

...so I was a bit of a pratt last night and pranged my bumper on a rather large rock-like kerb last night whilst pulling a hasty u-turn! End result is a rather mangled front left corner. I also had ducting from the front to my brakes which seems to have been ripped off (and I presume left somewhere on the road!)... ...so does anyone know of any decent fibreglassers, preferably in the South someplace, that might be able to help me out??

I have seen this around where I live, and I was wondering if anyone on here knows who it belongs to and if he/she is a member of the site... ... also I wasn't aware Michael Knight owned a Z :wack: ahhh! - still can't get pictures to work lol

Just back on the road and while changing the exhaust I find a trickle of oil from one of the drive shaft oil seals. Now spots all over my monoblock. Anyone suggest the best place to find seals please?

been to see jeff at the weekend and he has done a great job of looking over the car and pointing me in the right direction. the dump valves were leaking and that seems to have solved the overfueling issue. however still not making propper power. i realised this evening that none of the boost solinoid lines have restrictors in them. would this be why i have poor power?

I've recently bought an old-skool Momo steering wheel, which is in 'reasonable' condition. Leather is a little faided and is going a little tacky at the top. Now, instead of having it retrimmed, I am going to refinish the leather. Just wondering if anyone's done this before. I am going to buy black leather dye to recolour the wheel so it's an even colour all over using the below (but obviously black) http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Recolouring_Balm.htm To finish off and protect. This is the same lacquer product used in the manufacturing of leather. I can get the matte finish which will give the wheel an 'as new' look. http://www.fur…