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Nissan Motors uses a straightforward method of naming their automobile engines. The first few letters identify the engine family. The next digits are the displacement in deciliters. The following letters identify features added.

[edit] Straight-4

Nissan's Straight-4 engines include:

• 1952-1955 Nissan D engine — 0.9 L — D10
• 1955-1966 Prince G engine — 1.5/1.8/1.9/2.0 L — GA-4/G-1, GB-30/G-2, G-15, G-18
• 1957-1960 Nissan C engine — 1.0 L
• 1961-1970 Nissan G engine — 1.5/1.6 L — G, G16
• 1963-? Nissan SP engine - Series One — Diesel 2.2/2.3/2.5 L — SD22, SD23, SD25 (See Straight-6 below for other SD engines.)
• 1965-1969 Nissan J engine — 1.3/1.5/2.0 L — J13, J15, J20
• 1967-1970 Nissan H engine — 1.9/2.0 L — H, H20 (See Straight-6 below for other H engines.)
• 1968-1980 Nissan L engine — 1.3/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0 L — L13, L14, L16, L18, L20B (See Straight-6 below for other L engines)
• 1968-1982 Nissan A engine — 1.0/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 L — A10, A12, A12T, A12A, A13, A14, A15
• 1979-1989 Nissan Z engine — 1.6/1.8/2.0/2.2/2.4 L — Z16, Z18, Z18ET, Z20S, Z20E, Z22E, Z24
• 1981-1993 Nissan CA engine — 1.6/1.8/2.0 L — CA16, CA18i, CA18DE, CA18DET, CA18ET, CA20
• 1982-1988 Nissan E engine — 1.0/1.3/1.5/1.6 L — E10, E13, E15E, E15ET, E16, E16E
• 1983-1985,1991-1997? Nissan CD engine — Diesel 1.7/2.0 L — CD17, CD20, CD20T, CD20ET, CD20E
• 1983-1986? Nissan FJ engine — 2.0 L — FJ20E, FJ20ET
• 1983-1992 Nissan MA engine — 0.9/1.0/1.2 L — MA09ERT, MA10S, MA10E, MA10ET, MA12S
• 1987-present? Nissan GA engine — 1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6 L — GA14DE, GA16E, GA16DE, GA16DS
• 1986-1996 Nissan KA engine — 2.4 L — KA24E, KA24DE
• 1987-present Nissan SR engine — 1.6/1.8/2.0 L — SR16DE, SR16Di, SR16D, SR16VE, SR16VE N1, SR18DE, SR18Di, SR20DE, SR20De, SR20DET, SR20DE GT Spec, SR20Di, SR20VE, SR20VET
• 1993-2002 Nissan CG engine — 1.0/1.3/1.4 L — CG10DE, CG13DE, CGA3DE
• 1999-present? Nissan YD engine — Diesel 2.2/2.5/ L — YD22DD, YD22DTi, YD22DDT,YD22DDTi, YD25DDT, YD25DDTi
• 1994?-1999? Nissan QD engine — Diesel 3.2 L — QD32
• 1999-present Nissan QG engine — 1.3/1.5/1.8 L — QG13DE, QG15DE, QG16DE, QG18DE, QG18DD, QG18DEN
• 2001-present Nissan QR engine — 2.0/2.5 L — QR20DE, QR20DD, QR25DE, QR25DD
• 2002-present Nissan CR engine — 1.0/1.2/1.4 L — CR10DE, CR12DE, CR14DE
• 2005-present Nissan HR engine — 1.5/1.6 L — HR15DE, HR16DE
• 2005-present Nissan MR engine — 1.8/2.0 L — MR18DE, MR20DE
• 199?-present Nissan NA engine — - replacement of Z series and mostly used in commercial vehicles. Designed based on Z series.
• 1999-present Nissan ZD engine — Diesel 3.0 L — ZD30DD, ZD30DDT, ZD30DDTi

[edit] Straight-6

Nissan's Straight-6 engines include:

• 1965-1967 Nissan H engine — 3.0 L — H30 (See Straight-4 above for other H engines.)
• 1968-1983 Nissan P engine — 4.0 L — P40
• 1968-1984 Nissan L engine — 2.0/2.4/2.6/2.8 L — L20A, L20E, L20ET, L20P, L24, L24E, L26, L26E, L28, L28E, L28ET (See Straight-4 above for other L engines)
• 19??-1984 Nissan LD engine — Diesel 2.8L L — LD28, LD28T
• 1969-197? Nissan S20 engine
• 1980-1988 Nissan SD engine - Series Two — Diesel 3.3 L — SD33, SD33T (See Straight-4 above for other SD engines.)
• 1985-2002 Nissan RB engine — 2.0/2.4/2.5/2.6/2.8/3.0 L — RB20E, RB20DE, RB20DET, RB20DET-R, RB24DET, RB25DE, RB25DET, RB26DETT, RB28DETT, RB30S, RB30E, RB30ET, RB30DE
• 1985-1999? Nissan RD engine — Diesel 2.8 L — RD28, RD28T, RD28Ti
• Nissan TB engine — TB42E, TB42S, TB45E, TB48DE
• Nissan TD engine — TD42, TD42T, TD42Ti

[edit] V6

Nissan's V6 engines include:

• 1984-2004 Nissan VG engine — 3.0/3.3/2.0/2.5 L — VG20DE, VG20DET, VG20E, VG25DE, VG30, VG30DE, VG30DET, VG30DETT, VG30E, VG30ET, VG33E, VG33E-R
• 1992-1994 Nissan VE engine — 3.0 L — VE30DE
• 1995-present Nissan VQ engine — 2.0/2.5/3.0/3.5/3.7/4.0 L — VQ20DE, VQ25DD, VQ25DE, VQ30DD, VQ30DE, VQ30DE-K, VQ30DET, VQ35DD, VQ35DE, VQ37VHR, VQ40DE
• 2008-present Nissan VR Engine — 3.8 L — VR38DETT

[edit] V8

Nissan's V8 engines include:

• 1965-1973 Nissan Y engine — 4.0 L — Y40
• 1989-2001 Nissan VH engine — 4.1/4.5 L — VH41DE, VH45DE
• 2002-present Nissan VK engine — 4.5/5.0/5.6 L

[edit] V12

• 1969-1970 GRX-III — Nissan R382, Nissan R383
• UD12 — Diesel
• VRT35 — Nissan P35

[edit] Diesel engines

Diesel Engines in summary (model, # cylinders, cc, HP@RPM)

• NISSAN ED33, 4CY, 3298CC, 96@3600
• NISSAN FD33, 4CY, 3298CC, 100@3600
• NISSAN FD33T, 4CY, 3298CC, 120@3600
• NISSAN FD35, 4CY, 3465CC, 105@3500
• NISSAN FD35T, 4CY, 3465CC, 130@3500
• NISSAN FD42, 4CY, 4214CC, 125@3200
• NISSAN FD46, 4 CY, 4617cc, 135@3000
• NISSAN FD46T, 4CY, 4617CC, 170@3100
• NISSAN LD20, 4CY, 1952cc, 68hp@4800
• NISSAN LD28, 6CY, 2793cc, 93hp@4400
• NISSAN RD28, 6CY, 2825CC, 94@4800
• NISSAN RD28T, 6CY, 2825CC, 115@4800
• NISSAN SD33, 6CY, 3246CC, 95@3600
• NISSAN SD33T, 6CY, 3246CC, 110@4400
• NISSAN TD27/T/Ti, 4CY
• NISSAN TD42, 6CY, 4169CC, 125@4000
• NISSAN TD42T, 6CY, 4169CC, 145@4000
• NISSAN UD12, 12CY,

[edit] Wankel engine

Nissan showed a prototype Wankel rotary engine at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1972, but it never reached production. [1]

[edit] Glossary

• Nissan PLASMA ("purazuma") (Powerful ＆ Econonomic, Lightweight, Accurate, Silent, Mighty, Advanced) is an acronym for the Nissan engine series designed to counter Toyota's Lightweight Advanced Super Response Engine (LASRE).

• Nissan ECC, or (EGR), is the Exhaust Gas Recirculator.

• Nissan ECCS ("eltukusu") Electronic Concentrated Control System (ECCS), or Electronic Gas Injector (EGI), is an electronic fuel injection system designed to improve fuel economy and to reduce exhaust emission.