yeah, Japan had some very different high performance models. A friend of a friend gets Japanese "Nostalgic Hero" magazines which features restored 70's cars. I will have to see if I can borrow some and scan some of the pics.

The engine in that S30 432 is an S20 engine, DOHC 24v with 160bhp. Not a twin cam headed L series motor. It was also used in the early GTR skylines (C10, C110)

Thanks for that tip. I wonder what that twin overhead cam engine, triple Mikunis engine looks like.
Jaime

i had a quick look on the net and i foung a jap model manufacturer, who sells the infamous fairladyz 432.

http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/K ... le-143/itemKYO-3163P.html


cheers

Yes, this words in the book,( perhaps at a local library you can find,) mentions these 432 notes in a section named"Recognizing some unusual Z cars". Apparently, it mentions all these facts because , as the book reads, US servicemen would bring back into the US their Z cars, with foreign specifications and the like, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would grant exemptions from the regulations to these servicemen so that these cars could make it into the country legally. It adds, saying that some cars meet the japanesse specs, some meet the euro specs, some meet the Guamanian specs (Guam Island). I have been trying for a long time to "infiltrate" the japanesse auto culture, but it seems imposible. Every now and then something pops out, but I am sure there is a scene that exists that caters to all those fans. Once I got to see a 120Y counterpart, the Nissan Sunny excelent 1400, a 120Y (B210) with an L18 factory installed, not a transplant, the rear round taillamps, racy preped, and I sent in a letter, in english. The next day, as if this car was a national secret, that site and the car disappeared, well, someday I will travel myself and see what Japan has.

If you ever find that magazine, let me know the name, perhaps it can be traced.
Jaime
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About a year ago, I bought a Japanese car magazine at China town in San Fransisco that had a lot of older Datsuns in it. There were also a bunch of car dealer ads, mostly specializing in retro-cars such as 1200's, Skylines, Z's, 510's, etc. Every single car that they advertised was hopped up in some way or another, and in primo condition. I don't have the magazine with me here in Arkansas, but there were some very odd model Z's that I had never heard of before in there, and a lot of them from what I could translate, had 2.0L engines and triple Mikuni/Solex/Weber carbs. Others had L28's stroked/bored out the 3.0L. I don't remember if any said '432' on them, but all of them looked sweet and like brand new. Some said they had RB26 Turbo engines as well! None of them were very cheap, most above 1,000,000 yen which I roughly equate to about $10,000 US. It's funny though, I never read or hear much about those "fast" Japanese models in Z Clubs or from Z guys.

We used to live in Japan when I was 4-7 yrs old, and my dad bought a '79 Fairlady ZX 2+2 in Japan. We brought it back to the States, and even though it was supposed to be stock, it was always way faster than American Z's. Also a lot of mechanical parts for a US '79 didn't quite match up right, and we had to mix and match some stuff from different ones. We sold that car to one of my close friends who has intentions of restoring it, but I wouldn't mind having it back!

-Andy

This is out of topic, but still Datsun related and very interesting.
Reading through the book"complete Datsun guide" by Michael F Hollander,1980, in page 71 it says:(quote) Vehicles with"fairlady Z"on them have a 2.0 liter engine designated as the L20, It's a small six-cylinder engine designed for Japan.Vehicles designated "fairlady 240Z" have the 2.4 liter six.while those designated "fairladyZ 432"(rarest of all)have a 2.0 liter engine designed for high performance . The designation 432 refers to four valves per cylinder, 3 Mikuni/Solex carburators and two overhead cams.This vehicles are easily recognized by their tail lights as they zoom away from you on the road,and by the 432 designation in red on the rear decklid and side panels.From our research it appears there are less than a dozen of these cars in the US. Small wonder.According to the book "fairladyII", published in Japan, only 420 of these vehicles were ever built and most of those are in the home market. In fact, the japanesse Highway patrol uses these vehicles as pursuit patrol cars."
end of quote.
This is unknown to me, twin cam L series engines, what else is Japan hidding from us, seems in Japan , there is a treasure of engines. Perhaps they had a twin cam A series, overhead cam. Any body knows about these 432 "z" cars?