Going to start this thread for members to post up what they did each day to there zed. I will start with getting my MOT this morning. So what did you do today on your 300?:cool3:

Braved some pretty icy roads....to drop her off at Kraftwork .....she's having the 99 spec spoiler replaced with her new OEM Series 1 spoiler ....... :clap:

 

Looking forward to seeing the results Gary.

 

Braved some pretty icy roads....to drop her off at Kraftwork .....she's having the 99 spec spoiler replaced with her new OEM Series 1 spoiler ....... :clap:

 

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Very nice car mate. like it..

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This picture just goes to show, how handsome a car a totally stock 300zx is. I'd never put mine back to stock... but that 89 spec nose looks perfect, so do the standard "skirts" and OEM back bumper.

Timeless!!!

+1 for the OEM look. Can't beat it imo. Nissan nailed the design from the get go.

 

 

 

+1 for the OEM look. Can't beat it imo. Nissan nailed the design from the get go.

 

Couldn't agree more!

 

Yes, yes, yes!

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I drove it :) probably it's final run of 2017. I'm going to do an excitable tale of grinning wheelspin, so if you will indulge me...

 

 

Stick "Speedway at Nazareth" on ^^^ and skip to 3.03 :biggrin: that was very much the feel of the drive.

 

The engine started sharply but did it's normal thing of burbling stiffly while cold, the engine feeling like it's taken a massive, hyperventilated-lungful and is slowly relaxing down from it's awkward high idle. Red and blue lights went out on the dash, needles centralised and the suspension suppled; the brakes began to bite as did the clutch, soon it was time for 50 litres of 99 Octane and a touch more air, in the still track-ruffled rear tyres.

 

I barked out of the fuel station, turned left where the world was turning right and settled into a quickening pulse of lunges, long dips of throttle in 3rd and 4th. I'd found some room and worked with the car to simply 'delete' the 150m straights, one after another. My eyes 'pushing' ahead and mapping the dark slick wrinkles of tarmac, my ears squinting to measure to the split, between wheel speed and road speed.

 

The still exciting NA ratios suited the roads perfectly and gears were a simple choice of 3rd or 4th, corners or straights. A succession of confidence building curves, filled in the gaps with all I needed to know about grip levels and throttle response in the day's cold air. That's when I found myself at the start of the local hill-climb. Two busy miles of two narrow lanes, hedges, chevrons and SLOW painted white.

 

I had reached that Zed heaven, of revs singing high and smooth in 3rd, with ever shortening intervals between big throttle and big braking. The final test was the local dodgy corner, most of a hairpin but long too, half worn shell grip and chevrons to be taken seriously by the scars and paint dragged across them. Pointed squarely at it 100m out I managed to hit the floormat in 3rd, then braked hard, kicked the revs up as I took second with the car stable a 1/4 second before a large armful of right, the cars nose still a bloodhound to the apex. From there 1/3rd throttle rode a steady 5000rpm VG gargle for about 50m away from the corner, 110' of left hand lock but tracking straight. The car floated there, calmly, before I straightened up and shifted up, letting the momentum wash away through a bobsleigh-run of calming long bends.

 

Then that strange moment, where you once again become aware of the interior of your car, the guitar melody fades back into the scene, as if it had been turned off seconds before and you find that you are once again, just travelling, rather than driving.

 

I really love my Nissan. It is worth all the pain, no other car could do that for me, it's the car for me :)

 

Edited December 15, 20177 yr by tomfromthenorth

Exhilarating read Tom :thumbup1:

I’ll raise a glass to them one Tom [emoji482]

Breathless reading! One for you:

 

:Biggrin: it's a good advert that one :)

 

Do you guys drive your zeds like that??? What do people like to do with them? I'm not a polisher, or a poser, or a racer. I don't care about high speed either. I just like to scurry about and wrestle with the car.

 

I don't nail around like a dickhead, but I do use the performance if I find a bit of alone time on the road. I'd never have the car out of shape across two lanes or into the unknown, but some twisting with throttle takes place on a lot of corners.

 

I like to think it wouldn't be eye catching if anyone saw it, unless they knew cars.

 

If I've done a drive right, no one will remember the car, in the context of "this red car was close behind me/ over took me/ came flying past etc..."

This picture just goes to show, how handsome a car a totally stock 300zx is. I'd never put mine back to stock... but that 89 spec nose looks perfect, so do the standard "skirts" and OEM back bumper.

Timeless!!!

 

Yup - the Z32 was indeed so right, straight from the factory....:thumbup:

The one part of the z32 300zx that could of been better designed is the wheels. They look fine but they are just to small.

The one part of the z32 300zx that could of been better designed is the wheels. They look fine but they are just to small.

 

Very true Gary - especially with the size of those arches!! However back in 1990, 16 inch wheels were pretty big - most family saloons and hatchbacks were running on 13s; and the then-high performance variants barely had bigger than 14s. I had an Astra GTE followed by a Cavalier SRi when they were still current - and they ran on 14s with puny 195/60 tyres.....

 

The Mk3 Supra also ran 16s with 225/50s all round - even the mighty Porsche 928s4 had the same wheel/tyre size combo as a UK spec Z32...:wink:

Very true Gary - especially with the size of those arches!! However back in 1990, 16 inch wheels were pretty big - most family saloons and hatchbacks were running on 13s; and the then-high performance variants barely had bigger than 14s. I had an Astra GTE followed by a Cavalier SRi when they were still current - and they ran on 14s with puny 195/60 tyres.....

 

The Mk3 Supra also ran 16s with 225/50s all round - even the mighty Porsche 928s4 had the same wheel/tyre size combo as a UK spec Z32...:wink:

 

You are right there Richard and I think it would help if the front wheels sat out further in line with the wing as they sit to far into the front arches.

You are right there Richard and I think it would help if the front wheels sat out further in line with the wing as they sit to far into the front arches.

 

Yup - definitely mate!!

The one part of the z32 300zx that could of been better designed is the wheels. They look fine but they are just to small.

 

Very true Gary - especially with the size of those arches!! However back in 1990, 16 inch wheels were pretty big - most family saloons and hatchbacks were running on 13s; and the then-high performance variants barely had bigger than 14s. I had an Astra GTE followed by a Cavalier SRi when they were still current - and they ran on 14s with puny 195/60 tyres.....

 

The Mk3 Supra also ran 16s with 225/50s all round - even the mighty Porsche 928s4 had the same wheel/tyre size combo as a UK spec Z32...:wink:

 

You are right there Richard and I think it would help if the front wheels sat out further in line with the wing as they sit to far into the front arches.

 

And that my friends, forms the very essence of OEM+. Larger wheels to fill those big arches and a slight drop to make them feel at home; a modernised OEM version of itself.

And that my friends, forms the very essence of OEM+. Larger wheels to fill those big arches and a slight drop to make them feel at home; a modernised OEM version of itself.

 

Absolutely!

 

And that my friends, forms the very essence of OEM+. Larger wheels to fill those big arches and a slight drop to make them feel at home; a modernised OEM version of itself.

 

Absolutely!

 

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Yes indeed.....:thumbup:

I have the original sales brochure, funny how they boast about the big, LOW PROFILE tires [emoji23]

 

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Those Technospeeds are one of my all-time favourite wheels Richard. Used to have some on my r33 GTST, wish so much I kept them.

I did a lot today.

 

I swore at it, debated whether I liked or detested the black-painted stock wheels for the umpteenth time (result, inconclusive) despaired over the turd-ness of the paint, opened everything up, tops off, windows down boot open and....

ripped the dash out. Didn't break a single thing, although there's not much left to not crack. It's obviously been out before as half the screws are missing and half of what's left are just crummy wood screws.

 

The wiring around the drivers knee area is an abortion, there's TWO alarm systems that BOTH seem to do things off ONE fob!!?!?! The rear fog had to be un-wired as it'd been wired by drilling through the dash rather than using the MASSIVE hole the stock loom goes through, which was all great as I HATE WIRING.

 

STILL didn't manage to get anywhere near the heater matrix, that's buried under yet more plastic and wire and crud, but I need that thing replaced and to mop out all the water from inside everything.

 

Then I found I hadn't actually clicked confirm enough times when ordering up a new matrix (for a P10 Primera, because apparently those fit) so I've now clicked that and it should be here tomorrow or the day after. Exciting times.

 

Confirmed that the disks and calipers I picked up were 26mm items as expected rather than the 30mm I'd hoped for, but no worries, I've now got a set of calipers I may use or rebuild or sell.

 

Speaking of which, I must now gather all the junk I have and sell it.

 

Grumblings aside though, it is nice to have a day off work, relatively not-terrible weather, outside all day just mooching with the car. I know there's a long way to go, but hey, none of us have these things because they're convenient, it's because we (really really) like them.

 

So, if you need a hand with dash removal, I'm your man. Just don't ask me to put it back in again because I ain't got to that bit yet!

Yeah it's a nightmare. I had to rip everything out and go back to stock.

Began swapping the steering wheel. Couldn't find a torx security bit larger than 45. Shops don't have bigger either, so with delivery times I should be finished some time next year.