Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="RobGMN" data-source="post: 8911258" data-attributes="member: 683408">&quot;The 260Z launched for the 1974 model year to replace the 240Z, and as its name suggests, displacement from the straight-six was stroked to 2.6 liters. U.S. emissions regulations initially forced the automaker to detune the larger engine&#039;s output to 140 hp, but by mid-1974 the full 165 hp that the 260Z made in the rest of the world was available to American buyers&quot;&quot;the U.S. had just a single year of production<a href="https://www.automobilemag.com/news/sean-gordon-murphy-comic-book-artist-car-guy/" target="_blank"> before moving on to the 280Z</a>, which bumped engine displacement to 2.8 liters (and output to 170 hp) to help guard against ever-tightening emissions standards.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.motortrend.com/features/nissan-z-car-history-generations-specifications[/URL][ATTACH=full]68605[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]68606[/ATTACH]Yeah, I guess Nismo didn&#039;t know what they were doing when they built their cars.They should have consulted you for corrections. You could have prevented them from making you look stupid on the internet!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobGMN, post: 8911258, member: 683408"] [I]"The 260Z launched for the 1974 model year to replace the 240Z, and as its name suggests, displacement from the straight-six was stroked to 2.6 liters. U.S. emissions regulations initially forced the automaker to detune the larger engine's output to 140 hp, but by mid-1974 the full[B] 165 hp[/B] that the 260Z made in the rest of the world was available to American buyers" "the U.S. had just a single year of production[URL='https://www.automobilemag.com/news/sean-gordon-murphy-comic-book-artist-car-guy/'] before moving on to the 280Z[/URL], which bumped engine displacement to 2.8 liters (and output to [B]170 hp[/B]) to help guard against ever-tightening emissions standards." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.motortrend.com/features/nissan-z-car-history-generations-specifications[/URL][/I] [ATTACH type="full" width="402px"]68605[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="422px"]68606[/ATTACH] Yeah, I guess Nismo didn't know what they were doing when they built their cars. They should have consulted you for corrections. You could have prevented them from making you look stupid on the internet! [/QUOTE]

Verification