I have heard stories about the Nissan Z cars having a pseudo-MB engine in them but always wondered how true this was. Is there anything that supports the claim?
Just curious, as I worked on a number of them and would find it interesting to know that early in my life I was working on MB engines and didn't even know it.... -D > On Jun 7, 2017, at 10:55 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Nissan has always had close ties to DB/DC/D*(whatever it calls itself) to > the point that the peekup I had was essentially a M120 engine, and the > original 240Z was essentially a M180. I once bought a 5 speed trans from a > 280Z to see if it would bolt up to an OM621. (it won't) It might have > bolted up to a W201 engine from the same era, but I never had one to try it > on with. > > I won't be putting any ricer parts on a german car, but I have put parts from > German cars on frods and Dogdes. > >> Ed Booher via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> June 7, 2017 at 9:25 AM >> Note to self, Nissan engine fits in bay of fintail. Now we can Rice the >> Germans. Got it. Now to find me a wrecked Sentra! >> >> EdB > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
