280ZX (P79)

North American market, model year 1981. 145 hp at 5200 rpm and 156 ft lb at 4000 rpm (212 Nm) to SAE NET, per Datsun USA brochure WE 11-80-144M-2. The rise from 132 hp came from the P79 head and flat-top pistons, which lifted compression from 8.3 to 8.8. Note that this engine change landed in MY1981, a year before the body facelift of MY1982, so the trim sits in the pre-facelift phase. Not comparable with the Japanese 155 PS quoted to JIS gross.