Quote:
|
Originally Posted by 2phast
Hey Greg, noticed your down in the land of OZ, that does make a difference, as the euro's were different then our US cars, for example, we never had a 1990 190E Sportline and our 190E's from 1990-1993 did not have the 3.46:1 diff option, although its possible that pre-1990 190E's may of had different diff options in the US, that I don't know for sure as I only have MB data sheets going back to 1990.
Also, at least on 1992-1993 190E 2.6 cars here in the US, the front calipers/rotors carry W124 part numbers which cross reference to the W124 here in the US. Could be the euro's are slightly different.
Your also right about the SLS, completely forgot about that, duh!
Yhliem: Thanks for the correction on the R129 hubs!
|
Yep, lots of differences for different markets. As you suggest, our MBs are essentially RHD versions of euro models. I was fairly sure all 8V 2.3 got the 3.46 (or is it 3.47?) diff. I think all the 2.6 here got the 3.27 (auto only sold here). The 2.3 (which were rare here, most were 1.8 and 2.0) simply got vented versions of the same size discs as the 1.8 and 2.0 (solid discs). I was pretty sure the 2.6 got the same vented discs, slightly smaller than the 300E, but I may be wrong. 16V models were not officially sold here but there are a few around. Sportlines (which were sold here from about '89 to '91 in the 201 and a bit longer in the 124) were also very rare here (mine is believed to be the only Oz 2.3 Sportline 5-speed).
__________________
107.023: 350SLC, 3-speed auto, icon gold, parchment MBtex (sold 2012 after 29 years ownership).
107.026: 500SLC, 4-speed auto, thistle green, green velour.
124.090: 300TE, 4-speed auto, arctic white, cream-beige MBtex.
201.028: 190E 2.3 Sportline, 5-speed manual, arctic white, blue leather.
201.028: 190E 2.3, 4-speed auto, blue-black, grey MBtex.
201.034: 190E 2.3-16, 5-speed manual, blue-black, black leather.
|