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Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:47 am
the lot of you sound rather confused!
the 510's made between 68-73 all had an L16. (4cyl)ALL zeds....240/260/280 all had 6cyl L-series....either a L20a, L24, L26, L28, L28ET.
there are a few versions of the L20 engine.....
L20A - 6cyl carbed ( JDM 200Z...same as a 260Z, but 2.0l )L20B - 4cyl carbedL20E - 6cyl EFI L20ET - 6cyl EFI Turbo ( early skylines )
how can the L series have a Z block????the L came first.....so really....the Z has an L-Block.and YES you can swap cranks between the L and Z motors. ( with the bigger cranks like Z24, you will need to do some machining to get the counter weghts to clear ).
You can even swap Z heads onto L blocks and vice versa.Z series motors were all 4cyl......and came in 180sx, 200sx, trucks, and 910 bluebirds