Back in the good ol days Solexes and other competition equipment were
available from many car makers although the equipment did not meet emissions
standards. Don't remember how they got around the laws but things were
looser back then.
Some car company's such as Chevy and Ford, when you ordered a certain model
of Mustang and Camaro, put parts in the trunk that you would have to install
yourself to get around emission laws. This was done to homologate the car
because the car was equipped with the parts but they weren't installed. Cute
way of bending the rules.
Maybe the Solexes were for "Off Road Use Only" I don't remember.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@yahoo.com>
To: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>; "Marc Sayer"
<marc@gracieland.org>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Roadster vs. Mike Ditka (was Re:350z)
> Agreed on all except the Solex. I believe they were offered "legally"
> if not from the factory for 1967.5; U.S. reviews included info on the
> Solex setup and some tested that version. 68-70 may have been "under
> the table" but it's odd that a dealer would be able to sell all the
> parts if they weren't legal.
>
> Also, I plagarized the 240z story from a website I read a long time ago
> - was it Tom Walter's story? Something about a used car lot, the
> police, and racing 240z's when owners had no clue how to tune them.
>
> --- datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> > Solex Roadsters were never offered by the factory in the US other
> > than as a
> > dealer installed option and even then they were not "legal." There's
> > a lot
> > more to power than horsepower figures, say, torque, and also the HP
> > curve.
> >
> > The Z also has much better airflow unless the shape of the Roadster
> > can be
> > considered aerodynamic. The Roadster as compared to the Z is a brick.
> >
> > The original 240s weighed about 300 lbs more than a Roadster and had
> > more
> > cubes and more cylinders to provide more torque.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Marc Sayer" <marc@gracieland.org>;
> > <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:49 PM
> > Subject: Roadster vs. Mike Ditka (was Re:350z)
> >
> >
> > > A Solex 2000 and a 240z have the same SAE hp rating. The 2000 also
> > has
> > > a 5-speed and weighs less. Depending on what type of race and how
> > well
> > > tuned-up they both are, you may be able to outrun a 240z.
> > >
> > > --- Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org> wrote:
> > > And a bone stock Roadster (even a
> > > > 2-liter) will
> > > > not outrun a Z
> > >
> > >
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