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

 

Not true at all, 91oct sucks though.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Only in the high desert when its 120 outside.

 

Thanks for all the replies, its appreciated.

 

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