Hi,

 

I joined the club in 2006 but mostly lurked in the background. My old username was Mr Matt but I only posted a few messages. After years of not really visiting the site, I feel like joining in a bit more and changing my username at the same time.

 

If anyone is interested, my name is Matthew and I'm a physicist working at the University of Manchester. Met my wife at uni here 14 years ago and we have a two year old son. I've owned my gunmetal grey 300ZX TT since 2006 when my dad gave it to me. Best Gift Ever! He bought it new in 1990 when I was 8 years old so it's been a part of the family for most of my life. Hopefully I'll be passing it on to my son one day.

 

Here's a picture from a recent drive in the peak district:

 

 

This car always brings smile to my face. Even if it's just catching a glimpse out of the front window. I live on the border of the peak district so the car only really gets driven on fast, twisty roads. My favourite is the Macclesfield to Buxton road early in the morning or late evening when there is hardly any traffic.

 

When I got the car, it had done just over 32,000 miles and it's now at just under 50,000. It had lived outside for a few years before I got it so I've had it's super absorbent sponge of a spoiler replaced, both rear arches replaced, sills fixed up and some of the sun bleached plastic trim resprayed. It's got stock wheels all round but the front ones are uk rears. It might be in my head but I think this cured some understeer. I'm on my second set of these since the first ones went porous and flat every few days. Looks like these ones are going the same way... It's got an aftermarket, stock looking exhaust and an induction kit. I've just got the car back from Jeff at Zedworld, who replaced the brakes with refurbished ones with all new brake lines since the original set had seized. What a difference! The car nearly killed me just before this was done. A few years ago some hit and run driver crashed in to the passenger door so this has been replaced. Everything else is stock, including the broken cd player and buzzing old speakers. As far as I can spot, it's rust free except for a bit of surface rust underneath on things like the suspension arms.

 

I got my car back only a few weeks ago from an extended stay with Zedworld where it had a brake system rebuild and a new cam belt and sod's law would have it that number 1 injector failed almost straight afterwards. It has gone open circuit. Fine when I stopped it and broken when I next started the car. I've checked the resistance of the others and they are all 12 Ohms except number 2 which is failing at 30 Ohms. I'm now considering taking a dremel to the plenum and replacing these two injectors myself. Anyone know where I can get two replacement injectors from in the near future? I really miss driving it!

 

TLDR: Hello, Love my 300zx!

Hi Matt and welcome back, lovely looking zed and a UK TT with low miles :bow: we have some members breaking zeds and some traders with used parts, so you should have no problem replacing the injectors.

 

Injectors on 1 and 2 are pretty much the easiest to access and by 1 and 2 you mean the front two looking at the engine i take it lol

Hi and welcome back Matt.....

 

.....And that is indeed a nice looking UK spec Z you have there...:bow:

 

Richard:cool:

Thats a great story Matt and a lovely UK Z :thumbup1: Welcome to the club

See what i did there, hehe !!!

 

See what i did there, hehe !!!

 

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Thanks for the welcome.

Groover: I'll search/ask about the injectors. Yes, I meant the ones at the front. I'm pretty nervous about attacking the plenum with a sensei though! I'm also thinking about doing something more expensive like having them all replaced with some 555s, chipping it, boost controller, remap?, decat etc. Whatever I do though, I think I'll replace the injectors with stock ones asap because I miss driving it.

Phutumsch: I scratched my head at that for a minute! Never seen that before, good one :)

Hello & welcome :)

Welcome to the club Matt! That's a lovely example you have there and a great story to accompany it. I wouldn't bother with 555's, once the car has a clean bill of health, get yourself a manual boost controller to up the boost and get the car mapped to suit (we have a specialist trader on here who works wonders with this). This should see you with some very respectable power for relatively little investment. To make use of 555cc injectors (to a point that exceeds that of a stock injector), a few pricey supporting mods will be required. I'd recommend to see how you get on with a mild power upgrade to begin with as you might be surprised.

Hello & welcome :)

 

Speak of the devil, this is the man you need to speak to when you're ready to go ahead with the power upgrades with regards to mapping.

Edited April 30, 201510 yr by Joely P

Thanks for the info Joely P. I'll take your advice and speak to Noz.

Welcome to the club Matt, very helpful bunch.

Nice to meet you today Mathew I hope the injectors do the trick so you can get back to be join your car.

Hi Ian, nice to meet you too. I really enjoyed having a look at your cars. Once I've fitted the injectors, I'm taking my car to Lee in Shrewsbury as you suggest. See you around, Matthew.

Welcome bud!!