did even the 810 Datsun Maxima have a V6? friends & i havin a debate, he says he knows a person with one, we don't doubt it, but was it an option from a 4 cyl or all MAXIMAS a V6?

 

I had an 82 Maxima wagon. It had an inline 6 cylinder. I am not aware of a 4 cylinder option, however, I am not an expert.

 

yes it has always been 6 cylinders. it was earlier derived from the z-car inline 6 engines. and was even used in the late 70's skyline in japan.

 

Everyone is correct. All early 810's and '81-'84 Maximas used 6 cylinders, same as later models. But they are of totally different origins by being inline, not in a V configuration, like the later Maximas. FYI - Also the inline years are also Rear-wheel-drive cars.

 

The first year for V6 power was 1985. Prior to this all vehicles in the Maxima family (1981 to 1984) used the inline 6 cylinder 2.4L engine with rear wheel drive. In 1985 they moved to the V6 design and front wheel drive.

No Maxima was ever built for retail sale with a 4 cylinder engine. That would be a Nissan Stanza, which in the 1986-87 model year recieved a very similar chassis to, if not the same chassis as, the Maxima and a 4 cylinder engine.

 

My 82 Max has a 2.6 inline six diesel with rear wheel drive.
Does anyone know where this engine came from? Is it the SD-33 that came in scouts?

 

No, it is not an SD-33. Those engines were actually 3.2L engines and were (as far as I know) only used in the IH Scout and AMC Jeep CJ-10, Nissan Patrol and other nissan industrial applications like forklifts and such...

The engine in your 82 Max (if original engine) is a LD28 2.8L diesel engine, which for all intents is identical to my gasoline L28 engine, only yours is designed to run on diesel.