I wanna do a bit of an explanation behind why the 200ZR is a significant car. To do this we gotta go back to the early 60s and late 70s. Nissan is racing their Skyline GT-R (C10) and winning many competitions. Alongside that they're also developing a new global sports car; the Fairlady Z (S30/Datsun 240Z) powered by an L series inline six that was SOHC and two valve per cylinder. Under the hood of that C10 GT-R was a DOHC and four valve per cylinder 2.0L inline six, dubbed the S20. It's an engine based off the GR8 engine found in a former Prince/Nissan race car, the R380. This S20 was designed by former engineers from the Prince Motor Company, who Nissan had acquired. Now, early in the S30's life Nissan decides to make a variant using that S20 race engine, dubbed the "432". 4=4 valves, 3=3 side draft carbs, 2=twin cams (DOHC). Essentially they put the Skyline GT-R engine in the Z. Flash forward to the 80s and Nissan is developing a new engine, the RB20DET; a hot variant of their new inline six engines series. Like the S20, it's a race based engine with that's DOHC and has four valves per cylinder. Also it's a 2.0L and it's turbocharged. This engine would first find its way in the Nissan Skyline GTS-R (R31, dubbed the "DET-R" for homologation reasons) and Fairlady Z 200ZR (Z31). So even though the R32 GT-R is really the true successor to the original C10 GT-R, you can also point to the R31 being an in-between "successor". However, for the S30 432 there is only one successor; the 200ZR. It's the last straight six Z car and has the successor engine. This is what's unique about the 200ZR. Photo credit to Nissan Heritage (S30, C10 and R31) and Carfolio (Z31) #nissan #fairladyz #carporn #gtr

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