alexideways Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi, just wanted to know if the 200ZR have had the same years of production as the Z31 300Z??? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I have a "Z-file" magazine from Japan that has the history from the Fairlady on up... I can't read Japanese, but from what I can tell: -9/83 the Z31 entered the market with a 300ZX and 2000ZG (2l or 3l SOHC V6) -1985 came the RB20DET and the 2 seater 2000ZR-I and 2000ZR-II with a T-bar roof -1986->1988 was the 300ZR or 300ZX (2l or 3l DOHC V6 with a VG30DE(?)) -and somewhere in there is a VG30ET I could be totally wrong but it looks like only 1985?! Man! We got left out here in the States for the 3rd gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinjitter Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yea, hugh the 200zr was available from 1984-1988. The 200zr-I was the early style hood scoop like the 200sx turbo's, and the 200zr-II was the small hood scoop in the middle of the hood for the TMIC. The transition year for the I to II was 86 (IIRC). The 300zr was powered by a vg30de (I dont know what years they were produced). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 hey could somebody enlighten me on what you guys are talking about, 200zr? 300zr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Hi MJ, in general Nissan has treated the American market differently than the "rest of the world" market. I think "Datsun" was only used here in the USDM from '58-'83. In the rest of the world, the S130 is dubbed the "280Z" not the 280ZX. In Europe, there never was a S30 280Z, it was still called the 260Z from '74 up to '78 I believe...have you also noticed that in Europe, most of the S130's are 2+2's (or 2by2) it is really wierd. So along those lines, due to probably emissions and crash protection restrictions that the US federal government allowed for imports, the JDM had a lot more engine (and body) configurations for the Z31 than we had here in the states. I don't know why my magazine calls it the "2000ZR" instead of the 200ZR, but the ZR was available with an SR20DET engine...I thought there were other engine configurations for the Z31 besides the SR20 and VG... The reason that in Japan they made a lot of 2 litre engines is for tax purposes. As long as the engine displacement stayed at 2L or below, either the manufacturer or the consumer didn't have to pay a high "luxury tax" like they would for a bigger displacement engine. That is why you see an L20ET engine once in awhile instead of an L28ET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 ...I don't know why my magazine calls it the "2000ZR" instead of the 200ZR, but the ZR was available with an SR20DET engine...I thought there were other engine configurations for the Z31 besides the SR20 and VG... You mean RB20DET, there never was an SR20, or any 4 cyl., in the Z line, IIRC. Thanks for the info. on the production runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Was the VG30DE in this series the same as the Z32 DE, or different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 I have absolutely no clue... In fact I started this tread, cause it's the diff. that I'm after and Japanese importers don't understand much of what I can tell them, so I needed exact years of production... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenonxiii Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 The 200zr was from 1984- In japan it was sold as 1983 model to 1989 sold as 1988 model http://www.z31club.com/datafile/history.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 I'll just have to believe you, I don't know if you read Japanese or if you have a translator software, but I can't make up anything that's in that link. Thanks for sharing what you know... Do you know if the 200ZRs had an LSD from the beginning or from 03/87 like the USDM 300ZX??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenonxiii Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 The 200zr did come with the LSD. See here http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.z31club.com%2Fdatafile%2Fspec.htm&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Scroll to the Final Drive section. It is all ready translated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 SO, if I get this right, in Japan the 200ZR & the VG30DE powered 300Z had the CLSD from the BEGINING of the production run, UNLIKE the U.S. Z31T that got the CLSD only in April 87? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 You mean RB20DET, there never was an SR20, or any 4 cyl., in the Z line, IIRC. Thanks for the info. on the production runs. D'oh Alexideways, you're totally right on (my mistake)! I was thinking last night...wait a minute...does this mean they put a 4-cylinder in a Z?! That doesn't sound right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenonxiii Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 That's what that information States. I cannot find anything to disprove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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