General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I'm planning to replace my wiring loom, i have done a manual conversion, should i buy a manual or automatic loom? Will it matter? Also, who can i buy one from in the UK? And roughly how much? Cheers....... Tudor.

Happy birthday mate, hope you have a great day ! :D :dance: :dance:

How do you flush the oil from the diff? Also what fluid do you replace it with? Any help/advice greatly appreciated. cheers dave

Hi all, I noticed the location of the fitment of bovs are in different locations. Some just before the throttle bodies and others on the lower intakes. Is there any reason or pros or cons between them? Cheers

if the new m3 has 400bhp and 300lbs of torque and weighs 1750kg would a zed with 400 bhp and 400 lbs of torque be able to confortably pass the new v8 m3?

Seen some odd corrossion but take a look at the photo, what your looking at is the headlamp washer motor on a UK spec breaker, it Is completely rotted through to inner windings...weird. Jeff TT

Due to heat soak I need to reduce under bonnet temperature so may need to fit vents into the bonnet. Any opinions on types?

Hi all, Today i managed to get one of my 300zx turbos running. I bought it from a guy who rebuilt the engine but never got it to run (4 years ago). I found loads wrong with it. However, its running now but the turbos are not boosting at all. I have checked them and they're not seized so it has to be something else. Whats the score with the little egr valves on the sides os the turbos? Is there any way of testing them? Has anyone else come across this problem? :headvswal

I was looking through some american car pics and thought I'd try the orange sidelight approach, what do you lot think? or doesnt look right against the blue tint of the HIDs? help me out, I wanna know if its cool or not lol.

i have an engine been built with ross forged pistons i have taken it to pieces and was looking at rebuilding it the pistons are in great condition so was gonna get new rings and reuse them how much roughly would it cost to rebuild and what would i need and what could i re use. rings [get new] bearings[get new] gaskets[get new] water pump[get new] timing belt[get new] oil pumps in good condition could i re use it [have 555 injectors and reconditioned stage 2 turbo technic turbos] bigger side mounted inter coolers if did rebuild it what sort of power could i get from parts above

Si where are all the bloody pics from your trip! :slap: Get em posted sharpish will ya :D

Its something that I have been wondering about for quite a while, so finally I'll ask the question. I assume that the fog lights on a UK Zed are incorporated into the rear light clusters of the Zed. On the Jap spec, they are not which results in the add on rear fog lamp under the rear bumper and it looks crap. If my assumption regarding the UK rear fog lamp is correct, would it not be simple to transplant the light clusters and rewire? The above is probably totally wrong from assumption through to suggestion, but please enlighten me. Its something that I always wondered. I hope I have this in the right section (I believed it to be a discussion questio…

Who has the oldest & newest z32 on here? Mine is an import TT auto from 1989- chassis number 502236.

I lost my standard oil pressure indication on sunday so i'm looking to put aftermarket gauges in while my zed's tucked up for the winter. I've been looking around and found these: http://www.zcentre.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?products_id=465&osCsid=97a5b2de3ca0c5959e5806cf6148cf9f Anyone had any experience / running these gauges? I think they seem moderately priced so thought i'd find out if others have them before i buy a set. (Boost pressure, Water Temp and Oil Pressure)

Does anyone know where i can find a photo of the vaccum line i'm supposed to fit my boost guage too, spent 2 hours getting it through bulk and now im sick , just dont want to cut the wrong pipe...i have no clue at all which one.:(

Well just to let you all no,the car is going for its M.O.T at the weekend,so look out for my tears or my smiles.

would a skyline gearbox fit in a 300zx? if not do any other gearboxes (that i can find) fit?

Im looking to get a engine hoist and engine stand but dont know what size and capacity to get can anyone point me in the right direction???? Cheers Craig

OK, turns out it's not the cam timing, it's the cam grind that's off!! Lesson learned: With this sort of valve train if you decrease the base circle of the cam then you have to increase the valve stem length too or the rockers fall off!!! Hence the low power reading, only 8 inlets opening! New cams and 32 extended valves on order now. Bugger. Bugger. Bugger. At least the rockers didn't jam something up and snap the timing chains. One did come through the top of the rocker box though!

Noticed this on pistonheads there.; Link Removed due to receiving a Complaint. I previously put this car up as a was it you? post. Drove past this in a taxi in aberdeen when heading to my hotel for my crew change day. Anyways...........It looked quite tidy sitting on the street when i went past, and basically i think this would be quite a nice zed to get especially at that price, could probs pick it up for £1500, just needs some TLC. Real bargain hear IMO.

I need help, some dingbat has gone and broken my aerial - i still have it but it is completely removed from the car and the metal has snapped off completely. How hard is it to replace old with new? someone told me that i'd have to chase the cable all the way back to the head unit!!! this doesn't sound right to me as the motor still works - i can hear it going when you switch the engine off. Help me please guys Ta

fitted profec to both mine and cousins zx i used fuel line he used vacum hose problem is mine seems to do nothing even on highest settings the highest boost i made is 12psi my cousins one works fine could it be fuel line closing up its 6 mm fuel line cousins is 6 mm vacum hose blue stuff any help appreciated thankyou

Last night we got the lump out of the zed, and she's now ready for phase two, which involves cash leaving my pocket. That's gonna take a while, there's sod all in there to start with. The plan is to spend about £1200 on parts, and about £400 on machine work at the engine shop. I'm hoping to get her up to 500bhp by the end of this, but I'd be happy if she ran at standard power, to be honest. I'm doing this with no help, no haynes manual, and no 15mm 1/2" drive socket. This was the end result last night......

Hi all, has anyone changed their clutch master cylinder? The clutch line connects to the bottom of my cylinder but every cylinder i've looked at on the net has the clutch line connect on the side. Has anyone else had this problem?:headvswal

Would prefer one that has its own little fan as opposed to the huge mother on the standard ones. Has to be COOOOLLLL with my engine upgrade to keep the water cool. A few on ebay I have found http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-TURBO-HUGE-ALUMINIUM-RADIATOR-14-FAN-BN_W0QQitemZ350254756841QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item518ccf73e9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-Z32-300ZX-High-Flow-Race-Radiator_W0QQitemZ290279629174QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item439603a176&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14