AndrewG

Another sherry vicar?

Not sure what you're getting at... Cars were brought into the UK in late '89 to support the Motorfair 89 event and were also registered on G year plates (which covered 2nd half '89/1st half '90) for motor magazines. An example of which was Car magazines review in March '90 in which they describe the review car as "pre-production". Up to July 31st '90 any new cars sold and registered after the launch in April would also have been on G plates.

With 2014 marking the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Z32 300ZX, here are photos and videos from key events around the world as Nissan launched the new car during 1989. Chicago Autoshow - February 11th-19th 1989. The show attracted over 990,000 visitors. This show was the main launch event for the US, Nissan's most important marketplace for the new car. Katsuo Yamada, chief designer of the 300ZX project for Nissan Motor Corp, stands next to the new 300ZX Turbo model just before the opening of the show. For the US, the NA 2+0 went on sale (shown above as a 1990 model for marketing reasons) from May 1st 1989. The NA 2+2 went in sale in June 1989, followed by the Turbo (2+0 only in the US) in September 1989. The new car started a $27,900 rising to over $35,000 for a fully equipped TT model. Toronto Auto Show - February 1989. The show had around 300,000 visitors. Tokyo, Japan - July 10th 1989 Nissan announcement - All model types (except convertible) go on sale in Japan. In Japan, the new model sold better than any previous Z, with Nissan and the dealer network selling 2,000 cars a month in the first six months. Prices ranged between 3.2 and 4.5 million yen (approximately £12,500-£17,500 in 1989 money) were high by Japanese standards. Frankfurt Motor Show - September 14th–24th 1989. Over 1.2 million visitors attended. This show was the main launch event for the European specification TT 2+2 car (the only model homologated for Europe). The car went on sale in Europe in the spring of 1990 and in the UK from 1st April 1990. (The 300ZX segment starts at 2m39s and lasts 22s). Tokyo Motor Show - October 27th-November 6th 1989. The show was attended by well over 1.9 million people. (The 300ZX segment starts at 54m26s and lasts just under 2m). London Motorfair Show - 19th-29th October 1989. (The 300ZX segment starts at 1m10s and lasts just 2s!). The new 300ZX TT 2+2 went on sale in the UK from 1st April 1990. It had the distinction of being the most expensive (as well as fastest) Japanese car ever offered, starting at £34,500. To support the role out of the new car. The Nissan Shatai factory started producing the new 300ZX cars in late 1988 along side the run out Z31 model with production switching over completely to the Z32s in July 1989. From the revised and accurate production figures published in the book "Nissan 300ZX 350Z. The Z-Car Story" by Brian Long the Nissan Shatai factory produced 4911 Z32 cars in late 1998 with 4859 exported. For 1989 the figures were 57,449 with 34,478 exported, and for 1990 39,745 with 22,339 exported. Production was set at 5,000 cars per month. N.B. I'm sure that there are other pieces of information lurking out in the Interweb etc waiting to be discovered on the events that took place nearly 25 years ago to give us one of the best performance cars to come out of Japan. But this is a good start I hope you will agree and I'm looking forward to the 25th anniversary in 2014!

Congratulations Simon! Best wishes in your new role.

Halfords fitted a HID kit for £17?

Alternatively, rather than split the headlights you can use this method: http://www.zcar-owners.net/cgi-bin/diy_bbs/cbbs.cgi?mode=al2&namber=25&rev=&no=0 You can also clean the rear of the projector lens using the same technique.

I've attached the circuit diagram for '90 models. This shows the ECCS relay, together with the IGN relay. If you look, they are practically running in parallel, both switched by the ECU pin 16, and +12v fused unswitched supplies. I did come across a post on TT.net, which the author was also missing the EGI (aka ECCS) relay. That leaves the factory merging the two, or possibly a previous owner did the modification. You could also check that the switched terminals of the EGI relay socket hasn't been bridged with a small piece of wire. efec-13.pdf

Is this of any use? http://item.rakuten.co.jp/carboutique/300zx_of2/ Google translate: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fitem.rakuten.co.jp%2Fcarboutique%2F300zx_of2%2F

That relay provides +12v to the ECU (power sections), CAS and AFM. The EGI relay is also shown as the ECCS relay in the FSMs I have. What year is your car?

Mike @ MJP in traders section.

Unfortunately, what the seller thinks it is worth may not be the price he eventually sells it for...

Congratulations!

Quite possibly, back in her heyday:

Looks like the wide arch that used to belong to Buckaroo Banzai aka Croeso is back up for sale. http://r.ebay.com/utIhci

Out of curiosity, where are you looking to install the bottle?

Enjoy...

Don't forget the difference in torques between the NA and TT - "Torque gets you off the line, HP gets you over the line" For stock MT cars: 222bhp at 6,400rpm vs 280PS at 6,400 (figures for UK/Euro TT cars, 1PS = 0.98bhp) 198lf/ft at 4,800rpm vs 275lb/ft at 3,600 So you get a big increase in torques in TTs over NAs and peak torques arrives 1,200rpm sooner.

I'm well thanks. Yes, all the machining is done and the calipers just need to be painted and the whole lot fitted. I'll do that over the winter. The hub you gave me was invaluable for the project. BTW, I have a Conzult, so when you are ready we can plug it in and see that all is well with your new cars electronics.

Terry, it will look great! The Audi folks are going nuts over it. Look forwards to seeing it in the metal.

Personally, I would only be interested in owning a TT, for me that's the model variant that defines the Z32. See if you can find someone who has an NA to let you drive it, if only to get that out of your system! As I said before, just bide your time, the right one will come along for you, particularly with your 5k budget available. BTW, it would help if you subscribed, if only so that members can PM you when good cars come up for sale. You will get an email notification that you have a PM, so you can respond quicker.

I remember seeing them at the Hammersmith Odeon years ago. Got in on a free ticket I was given, but arrived late and watched the concert standing up at the back. They played LOUD! There was row upon row of seated fans headbanging all the way through the set - just brilliant! Have a great time Mike.

Steve, best wishes on your birthday and throughout the coming year. Enjoy your day and keep smiling! -Andrew

That EGI label/position is for a relay.

Haha!

When you say "engine fuse box", where is it located - inside the car, down by the pedals or by the brake servo?