What engine is this??
 

I ran across this photo surfing the interweb today, and I cant figure what it is exactly. These kind of things just bother me.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...0z/engine1.jpg
Its in an off road race truck, Nissan of course 80's model.

probably the stock engine. Z22 or Z24

Why all the plug wires, theres like 10. and they're on both sides of the head.

Two spark plugs per cylinder ol' chap. And there are 8 sparkplug wires + 2 to the coil / dizzy. :D

ya, not a very good engine anyway.
KA24e(de) is much better

I know the Ford 2.5 is a 8 plug 4 banger. The body lines also look like Ranger. So my guess. Ford Ranger 2.5 with carbed intake.

he he, reminds me of the z18et huh bleach?

Hey just wanted to say the Z22 engine I had in my '82 Datsun King cab pickup, was indestructible. It had over 750,000 miles on it, and only had a water pump, headgasket changed. Of course it got it's basic tuneup and oil changes and such. I had to junk the truck back in '94, because I flipped it and bent the frame and such. As far as I know to this day, that same engine I had, is still running strong in a different Datsun truck body. It also had quite a bit of power for a 4 cylinder, and it had a 5-speed to boot. I really still do miss that truck, and I would love to find another one like it. It is hard to find one within my price range. But I still do want another truck, they are quite handy to have around.

The Z24 engine I had in my '86 Nissan 4 x 4 was great also, except for the fact some moron cross threaded my spark plug holes. And I didn't want to screw with having them re-threaded. And of course this truck is how I got my first Z. My '81, I used the truck as a trade for the Z. Otherwise the truck was great, other than the fact it only had a single cab. And there was not verry much legroom in it. That was another reason, I didn't keep it.

Anyway just wanted to state that the motors were great, and because you were saying they weren't that great. I had to prove they stood there own ground. I am done for now man, don't take offense to it. Just had to say my 2 cents on it.:)

750,000??? I don't believe that... and if you ever have to change a head gasket on a Z-series engine you'll be lucky if it ever works again. A water pump that lasts a half million miles? The heads are not very good flowing heads either.
from many, many others' experiences they're still not a good engine :)