They definitely was one of mine I've always loved em and the spec that Ricky's got here is the one too have, I remember back in the day tho these got quite a bad rep for being unreliable and hard to work on, so ppl used to scrap em early 2000s I remember seeing quite a few in the breakers, but they are so over cool with the targa
Mr Sensible. "I'm going to change the belts and fluids before trying to start it, seeing as it's been stood 14 years" The excitable enthusiast. "throw a battery on and let's see what happens" 😁 I've always liked these.👌🏻 Next video, engine out so you can iceblast the engine bay... 🤣
I had a 300zx tt 2+2 UK spec with full leather back in 2004, I rebuilt it with wiseco pistons, pe 850cc injectors forged rods and a gt28rs turbos kit from z1 in the states lots of other bits too she used get squirmy at just over 600hp. I've still got all my pics, including when I was building it back up with a brand new wiring harness. I still have the original hard copy of the workshop manual, too.
In case you don’t know, that’s a U.K. market car and not an import. They’re getting rarer now so if you can keep her mint she’ll be worth a premium. Get yourself on the UK owners club and we’ll help you out as much as we can. Owned my Z since 2004 and will never sell it. Gimme a shout if you need any help with her, happy to offer any advice FOC. Good luck
Had one of these in manual back in 2000. Fantastic cars. Get the cambelt complete kit from Courtesy Nissan in Texas, they use to supply to the UK club. GTR R33 4 pot brake fit the front with no mods. The GTR throttle flaps fit as well and are larger. Quite a lot of people for some reason did a HICAS lockout. By the way majority of 300ZX were T tops, slick tops are the rarer, and the rarest are the SWB Turbo (2 seater).
Mint as usual, just willing it to fire heart pounding in my throat. This takes me way back keep it up gents, hopefully you get some time off over Easter
I bought one of these new in 1993 a manual in black I think all the UK cars were targa tops as I recall the option list for the car was almost non existing . I had the car until 2001 and only covered 31000 in it I did enjoy the car and only sold it as it did not get much use. The values were not that good when I sold it but have increased in the last few years. A very rewarding car to drive you will enjoy it.
Those pipes in the boot are brake lines. The ABS unit is under the trim over the drivers rear arch. The HICAS on a 1990 is hydrolic. There's a ram at the back and two lines run under the car on the passenger side to a unit in front of the power steering reservoir. The rams like to seize up, so you can get a delete kit which is a solid bar that replaces the ram and you remove the lines at the front and loop them. Fuel pump you can replace with a Walbro 255. That's a UK car ( front headlight washers, sidelights at front, dummy units on the edges of front bumper) not a JDM import. On the UK and JDM car the downpipes don't have cats, just the midpipes. The US cars had cats in the downpipes so their downpipes are longer so don't fit UK/ JDM cars for info. Also you don't need a ODB reader to read codes on these. Under passenger footwell pull up carpet, unbolt the ply wood and you'll see ECU. Turn key onto position 2. Then on side of ECU there's a LED and a screw. Turn the screw fully, wait 3 secs then turn it back. The LED on the ECU aswell as the EML on the dash will then flash codes in sequence in a loop using long flash for 10s and short flash for single units. If you get 5long and 5 short I.e. 55 that means no faults. Whilst in the ECU diagnostics if you start the car and run it at 2500rpm the EML will flash in time with O2 fuel trims I.e. on and off for rich and lean. This will be one O2. If you then turn the screw back and forth you'll swap to the other O2. You can't map the stock ECU. However you can get a socket fitted and a pre programmed tune chip. Or you can get a Nistune board which can be mapped with Nistune software. Or fit a stand alone ECU. Fuel pump relay is in drivers footwell. Fuelpump fuse under hood by firewall. There is also a Fuel pump controller behind rear trim. There is a relay for ignition in the fuse box on strut tower. The CAS will also stop you getting spark aswell as the PTU located on timing cover, they are common issue.
Such a cool car! I listed after these for years. The first one I ever saw was a red one in Skegness as it pulled up & Roger Marshall the motor cycle racer was driving. Unfortunately by the time I could afford to buy one & after trawling through the old auto trader magazines the 6 I went to look at were all knackered 🤦 Really looking forward to seeing how you get on with this👍
That is so nice - what's not to like with twin turbos, manual, 4WD, 4 WS, and the interior looks mint. Fingers and everything else crossed its not like the Noble under the surface.
Stunning motor. Used to own a 100 NX, as with all Nissans they were very reliable too. That had the targa top too and you would put the panels into fitted bags to keep in the boot.
Ricky having owned a couple of these nissans do yourself a favour upgrade the injectors get rid of the waterlines on the throttle bodys and get a wiring specialtys engine harness these are the common problems with the 300zx turbo engines and most of all replace the timing belt but that said nice find that might not be a 'SUPER CAR' per say but it will always put a smile on ya dial when driving it nice car for the lad cheers from down under
Beautiful car,i owned a 1986 300 zx manuel 6speed non turbo unfortunately ,but it was alot of fun.I do know that nissan had a recall on the fuel injectors and rail, they replaced it all for free in 2005 ,unfortunately the floor rotted out and i sold it for parts. Alot of good memories with it in my younger years.😊
Very different indeed and takes me back many years when I went for a very fast drive in one off these , fantastic 👍👌 great car and let’s hope one off these projects get finished 😂😂😂
that 300Z was top of the line back when they share the same gear nob as the BNR32 they are available shifts will be faster more frequent the manual shifts feel was part of the appeal on the turbo z>r
Love these. Seen one a few months back in yellow byy moms house. Maxpowered drifting days. You have a new follower. Look forward to seeing more on this car
Oh, and what you found in the boot with the lines is the ABS pump, not the HICAS 4ws pump. As and when you bleed the brakes, the ABS pump has a bleed point on it. HICAS 4ws solenoid is left front of engine bay infront of the power steering res
Rick when this car is done and mint you need to take it to Swindon in MEXICO for its first run!! Sad to see the last R8 off the production line last week... REJAP Performance coming soon 😉
Now that the Skyline has a proper transmission, the Z is NOT way cooler...lol And I love those Z cars. We sorted Steve Yeagles (that had spent it's whole life at Stillen). It ran 10.50 on street tires...about 650hp...in 1997.
Liking the new wheels and am hoping for an OEM+ refresh? On your next, next, next...project I saw another tubers video (Rob Dahm) and thought "this is a bit of Rick". Motorbike based Radical track car!? Have you ever crossed paths with any Radicals? Could this sway you one day in removing the rust pile in your workshop?
That is a beautiful find your very lucky to come across that one of my favourite cars and the Toyota supra 3.0 twin turbo I’d love both of them in pristine condition in my garage to go with my motorcycle’s great video hope all goes well
Aftermarket alarms back in the 80's/90's: Clifford: You had a few quid Cobra: You wanted a Clifford but couldn't afford it Toad: You wanted a Cobra but couldn't afford it Moss: For when you just wanted a remote fob with your keys to slap down on the table in the pub
Make sure that all the little rubber hoses on the block are good. My mates one had two engine rebuilds by a nissan dealer due to them. Their excuse for the first blow up... Oh you didn't tell us to replace them .......
Very cool car, although this episode reminds me never to part with my Hawkeye sti or leave it in a garage to be fixed, these cars deserve to be driven hard
The warning for asbestos is for the brake pads. The pads had asbestos in them at the time of manufacture where as now they don't anymore do to safety of the environment and us squissy humans .
What a find, will be a fun car, but when you were installing the battery and said negative first I thought I hope someone doesn’t take that seriously, every tech knows it positive first because if you short with a wrench to ground nothing will happen.
They were ALL VG30 engined. That's a UK model with the UK size licence plate recess and rear fog lights in the bumper, and they all had the VG30DETT twin turbo engine. In Japan and America they also came as non turbo versions, which had VG30DE engines. The non turbo versions don't have the hicas 4 wheel steering either. Speaking of the hicas, those lines you thought were for hicas under the boot carpet are nothing to do with it. They're your brake lines where they enter the car from underneath, the ABS pump is behind that trim on the right hand side.
@@REPerformanceUK no problem, if you need any info or advice on getting it healthy again, there's plenty of us who know our way around them in various Z32 owners groups. 👍
This was a dream car to most of us who grew up in the 90's. Great find!
They definitely was one of mine I've always loved em and the spec that Ricky's got here is the one too have, I remember back in the day tho these got quite a bad rep for being unreliable and hard to work on, so ppl used to scrap em early 2000s I remember seeing quite a few in the breakers, but they are so over cool with the targa
Please let that man drive it when it’s mint he deserves it after all these years!
Mr Sensible. "I'm going to change the belts and fluids before trying to start it, seeing as it's been stood 14 years"
The excitable enthusiast. "throw a battery on and let's see what happens" 😁
I've always liked these.👌🏻
Next video, engine out so you can iceblast the engine bay... 🤣
I had a 300zx tt 2+2 UK spec with full leather back in 2004, I rebuilt it with wiseco pistons, pe 850cc injectors forged rods and a gt28rs turbos kit from z1 in the states lots of other bits too she used get squirmy at just over 600hp. I've still got all my pics, including when I was building it back up with a brand new wiring harness. I still have the original hard copy of the workshop manual, too.
Look at the joy on Ricky's face when it fired up 😁
Rare you see a genuine garage/barn find but my god you guys have struck gold with that. Can't get over how original it is. Hope it goes to a good home
In case you don’t know, that’s a U.K. market car and not an import. They’re getting rarer now so if you can keep her mint she’ll be worth a premium. Get yourself on the UK owners club and we’ll help you out as much as we can. Owned my Z since 2004 and will never sell it. Gimme a shout if you need any help with her, happy to offer any advice FOC. Good luck
Thank you. Where is the club? Cheers Ricky
Had one of these in manual back in 2000. Fantastic cars.
Get the cambelt complete kit from Courtesy Nissan in Texas, they use to supply to the UK club.
GTR R33 4 pot brake fit the front with no mods. The GTR throttle flaps fit as well and are larger.
Quite a lot of people for some reason did a HICAS lockout.
By the way majority of 300ZX were T tops, slick tops are the rarer, and the rarest are the SWB Turbo (2 seater).
The asbestos sticker came with clutch and brake kits years back if im not mistaken 😮
Love these barn finds keep em coming 👍👍👍
I feel like this is the stuff is going to send your channel to the next level. 🚀 🚀🚀🚀🚀
Yes mate, I've had my 300 for about decade now, can't wait to see more content!
Love the rampage splitter on the tow van 😍 Now an RS3 4motion T6.1 build would get some views or a simple R32/36 😉👌
Mint as usual, just willing it to fire heart pounding in my throat. This takes me way back keep it up gents, hopefully you get some time off over Easter
Amazing find! Excited to see how this car progresses! 👍
I bought one of these new in 1993 a manual in black I think all the UK cars were targa tops as I recall the option list for the car was almost non existing . I had the car until 2001 and only covered 31000 in it I did enjoy the car and only sold it as it did not get much use. The values were not that good when I sold it but have increased in the last few years. A very rewarding car to drive you will enjoy it.
Those pipes in the boot are brake lines.
The ABS unit is under the trim over the drivers rear arch.
The HICAS on a 1990 is hydrolic. There's a ram at the back and two lines run under the car on the passenger side to a unit in front of the power steering reservoir.
The rams like to seize up, so you can get a delete kit which is a solid bar that replaces the ram and you remove the lines at the front and loop them.
Fuel pump you can replace with a Walbro 255.
That's a UK car ( front headlight washers, sidelights at front, dummy units on the edges of front bumper) not a JDM import. On the UK and JDM car the downpipes don't have cats, just the midpipes. The US cars had cats in the downpipes so their downpipes are longer so don't fit UK/ JDM cars for info.
Also you don't need a ODB reader to read codes on these.
Under passenger footwell pull up carpet, unbolt the ply wood and you'll see ECU.
Turn key onto position 2.
Then on side of ECU there's a LED and a screw.
Turn the screw fully, wait 3 secs then turn it back.
The LED on the ECU aswell as the EML on the dash will then flash codes in sequence in a loop using long flash for 10s and short flash for single units.
If you get 5long and 5 short I.e. 55 that means no faults.
Whilst in the ECU diagnostics if you start the car and run it at 2500rpm the EML will flash in time with O2 fuel trims I.e. on and off for rich and lean. This will be one O2. If you then turn the screw back and forth you'll swap to the other O2.
You can't map the stock ECU.
However you can get a socket fitted and a pre programmed tune chip.
Or you can get a Nistune board which can be mapped with Nistune software.
Or fit a stand alone ECU.
Fuel pump relay is in drivers footwell.
Fuelpump fuse under hood by firewall.
There is also a Fuel pump controller behind rear trim.
There is a relay for ignition in the fuse box on strut tower.
The CAS will also stop you getting spark aswell as the PTU located on timing cover, they are common issue.
Lovely car. I'm envious. Delighted it's found a good home.
Such a cool car! I listed after these for years. The first one I ever saw was a red one in Skegness as it pulled up & Roger Marshall the motor cycle racer was driving. Unfortunately by the time I could afford to buy one & after trawling through the old auto trader magazines the 6 I went to look at were all knackered 🤦
Really looking forward to seeing how you get on with this👍
One of my favourite cars, always wanted one when I was a kid. Looking forward to this one
I see one of these new at the London motor show. I was a kid at the time and have always loved them ever since ❤️. Awesome 👌
Great episode. Love Japanese classics having three myself.
Top man !! Had one 30 years TT manual the 4ish is amazing, on the way to Goodwood last year got a bigger crowd than lambo or McLaren, love it
Back in the day those were always sold at 60,000 miles or less cos the service schedule says part of the 64,000 service is to fit two new turbos!!!!
That is so nice - what's not to like with twin turbos, manual, 4WD, 4 WS, and the interior looks mint. Fingers and everything else crossed its not like the Noble under the surface.
My 300zx aerial works too... love that you want to save this one, I'm trying to save mine
IIRC, you have to jack the front up to properly fill the cooling system. The water lines to the throttle bodies are above the top of the radiator.
Stunning motor. Used to own a 100 NX, as with all Nissans they were very reliable too. That had the targa top too and you would put the panels into fitted bags to keep in the boot.
Loved this video. Oddly soothing. I've passed up the last few videos for some reason, but had to watch this one. Banging.
Ricky having owned a couple of these nissans do yourself a favour upgrade the injectors get rid of the waterlines on the throttle bodys and get a wiring specialtys engine harness these are the common problems with the 300zx turbo engines and most of all replace the timing belt but that said nice find that might not be a 'SUPER CAR' per say but it will always put a smile on ya dial when driving it nice car for the lad cheers from down under
That is seriously cool what a find 😎😎👌👌
Beautiful car,i owned a 1986 300 zx manuel 6speed non turbo unfortunately ,but it was alot of fun.I do know that nissan had a recall on the fuel injectors and rail, they replaced it all for free in 2005 ,unfortunately the floor rotted out and i sold it for parts. Alot of good memories with it in my younger years.😊
Absolute offf the richter coool
These are class and soooo different
Get it tuned mate 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
That was great and Dale seem a good guy! More car rescue's plse :) Happy Easter!
Very different indeed and takes me back many years when I went for a very fast drive in one off these , fantastic 👍👌 great car and let’s hope one off these projects get finished 😂😂😂
That was a Very nice find…. Would an R8 start do easily after 14 years of slumber….❤
that 300Z was top of the line back when they share the same gear nob as the BNR32 they are available shifts will be faster more frequent the manual shifts feel was part of the appeal on the turbo z>r
Love these. Seen one a few months back in yellow byy moms house. Maxpowered drifting days. You have a new follower. Look forward to seeing more on this car
Thanks for the sub!
I can't believe I just sat through 42 minutes of that shite! Very entertaining though boys. 😎😎😎👊👊👊
That is so cool! Can't wait to see it all done
A rare find indeed. A bit of love and it's a treasure 🎉
Oh, and what you found in the boot with the lines is the ABS pump, not the HICAS 4ws pump.
As and when you bleed the brakes, the ABS pump has a bleed point on it.
HICAS 4ws solenoid is left front of engine bay infront of the power steering res
Thanks mate that’s amazing info!
Really enjoyed watching this will make great content.
Perfect colour and spec.
Rick when this car is done and mint you need to take it to Swindon in MEXICO for its first run!! Sad to see the last R8 off the production line last week... REJAP Performance coming soon 😉
Just brilliant 👍
Great barn find video👍🏻
I said to the wife I guessed it from the Instagram post of the steering wheel and she thinks I am sad.
Gorgeous car, what a find 😍
proper rare but also proper slow sound nice with a full system
Now that the Skyline has a proper transmission, the Z is NOT way cooler...lol
And I love those Z cars. We sorted Steve Yeagles (that had spent it's whole life at Stillen). It ran 10.50 on street tires...about 650hp...in 1997.
Lovely car...really nice, amazing condition
Liking the new wheels and am hoping for an OEM+ refresh?
On your next, next, next...project I saw another tubers video (Rob Dahm) and thought "this is a bit of Rick". Motorbike based Radical track car!? Have you ever crossed paths with any Radicals? Could this sway you one day in removing the rust pile in your workshop?
That is a beautiful find your very lucky to come across that one of my favourite cars and the Toyota supra 3.0 twin turbo I’d love both of them in pristine condition in my garage to go with my motorcycle’s great video hope all goes well
Absolutely love it 💯🔥
Thanks 🔥
That is so cool. I love it ❤
Totally agree Ricky, that is a cool car !
The 300ZX is the 914 of JDM (bizarrely without a rot hole- unless stored in the UK (in the rain with added dampness).
Aftermarket alarms back in the 80's/90's:
Clifford: You had a few quid
Cobra: You wanted a Clifford but couldn't afford it
Toad: You wanted a Cobra but couldn't afford it
Moss: For when you just wanted a remote fob with your keys to slap down on the table in the pub
😂😂😂😂 that is brilliant
Asbestos may also be the clutch/brakes awesome car
Great car…. Loved seeing these on the road in the 90’s! Great find 👍🏽 #popsandbangssaveslives
same here, lusted after one of these or a gto3000 twin turbo.
great memories from the 90's
I worked with a guy building a 300ZX over 20 years ago. Last I heard he was still building it. Good luck! 😂
It is a very cool car great find, but definitely not as cold as a skyline especially when you start working in the engine Bay 😂😂😂
My pal had one running 650bhp and I had a 97 supra Twin turbo manual at about the same and we drove like TWATZ😮 Great days
I saw the exhaust and having spent a lot of my time fixing imports I thought that's a 300ZX so yes, what the hell have you done! 😂
VG30DETT great to see, had mine for 18 years.👍
Good content again keep it up
Thank you
Another Fuel Tank love this car 🚗
Make sure that all the little rubber hoses on the block are good. My mates one had two engine rebuilds by a nissan dealer due to them. Their excuse for the first blow up... Oh you didn't tell us to replace them .......
A timeless, classic, still looks modern even today.
Very cool car, although this episode reminds me never to part with my Hawkeye sti or leave it in a garage to be fixed, these cars deserve to be driven hard
The warning for asbestos is for the brake pads. The pads had asbestos in them at the time of manufacture where as now they don't anymore do to safety of the environment and us squissy humans .
That’s cool AF, doesn’t look much fun to work on though 😮😮
What a find, will be a fun car, but when you were installing the battery and said negative first I thought I hope someone doesn’t take that seriously, every tech knows it positive first because if you short with a wrench to ground nothing will happen.
Did you know Lamborghini Diablo have them headlights.
Gorgeous cars. But boy do they rot. Good luck with it.
Icing on the cake would be a swb model
Nice car tho
have,nt got the slightest interest in new mega audis and supercars ,,,came straight to this one epic save 👍
We looked at letting these into our race series, decided not too as they would have driven off into the distance.
Nice car, hopefully not another Nobel, lol. Kate must really love you, letting you buy these cars 😂
Hiya Kate xx
They were ALL VG30 engined. That's a UK model with the UK size licence plate recess and rear fog lights in the bumper, and they all had the VG30DETT twin turbo engine. In Japan and America they also came as non turbo versions, which had VG30DE engines. The non turbo versions don't have the hicas 4 wheel steering either. Speaking of the hicas, those lines you thought were for hicas under the boot carpet are nothing to do with it. They're your brake lines where they enter the car from underneath, the ABS pump is behind that trim on the right hand side.
Thank you mate!
@@REPerformanceUK no problem, if you need any info or advice on getting it healthy again, there's plenty of us who know our way around them in various Z32 owners groups. 👍
Stuning car rick absolutely love these cars and the Mitsubishi gto this car is more than cool rather one ov these than a Audi rs
Proper car!!
Diablo front lights
I wonder how many cars like this are squirrelled away for one reason or another just waiting
Lovely car
Don’t think R12 is available now. For a while it was available but expensive and limited use. We struggled finding some about 25 years ago!
R12 has been banned for many years now but it is possible to convert to r134A
Super dooooper cool.
Slide the rear cross bar to one side and it should pop out
Nice car. Will a certain Mr Day be painting this?
When is the footage from podium coming out Davlar and Ricky?
Ric what's ur feels on liberty acquiring gp quality content as always boyz 👏 👌
Short wheelbase....well cool
Asbestos in the brake pads (and clutch probably) in old cars/vehicles (original pads obviously)...
A z32
Well , you do love some misery Ricky . Perfect choice
So cool
Ive had two 300zxtt's
Now that your buying old Japanese metal I couldn’t tempt you with an 06 uk evo viii with 40k on it that’s been sat up a few years
Guessed it from the tailpipes. I'm so sad 😂
Ricky elder restomods nice car bud
Ptu failure is common on series 1's