feathers

Hi,
Years ago Calfornia always had very stringent emission laws for cars. So people that were buying cars only bought Calif if they lived in Calif. Apparently due to all the smog stuff on the cars that are not required in other states the Calif cars were less powerful (slower).

Is this still true?

The reason I ask is I'm looking for a Z now but my area (Utah) doesn't have a very large selction of Z's. So I was thinking of looking in Calif.
Thanks

carfi179

iTrader: (11)

Not true at all, 91oct sucks though.

NISMO_558

iTrader: (1)

my first Z was originally from cali. it didn't seem slow to me

track1z

iTrader: (4)

The smog isn't all that bad as for less perf

doug

iTrader: (5)

Cali Z's arn't slower... Cali Maxima's were slower in 1999 because they had an extra Catalytic Converter.. they had 4 as oppose to 3 all 4th Gen Maxima's came with

Hoooper

iTrader: (5)

this used to be true, but now there are a few other states that follow similar smog laws and all the cars that nissan produces in the US are the same across the US

terrasmak

iTrader: (8)

Only in the high desert when its 120 outside.

feathers

Thanks for all the replies, its appreciated.

scmtkings4

iTrader: (4)

why does 91 oct suck? do you actualyl notice a difference?

i use 93 all the time, but thats only because its everywhere here in ny