Perhaps you need to change the diff gears ---
Yup! But I don't have the 'right' one. I have the original from the '84 2.2 donor car, but that's not the ratio that MB used for the real 2.5 manuals. So, do I want to do all that work for a potentially sub-optimal result, or wait/pay for the right one? Dilemma!
...or drop in a turbo engine. I'm sure a 2.5 turbo has enough torque at 2500rpm to push a W201 down the road at 70mph.
The 2.5 has enough torque. It's just that every gear feels 'wrong' somehow. I can drive a stick, reasonably well as I have been doing so since about age 12, but this thing still has me bucking and snorting, surging, etc. like my wife, who resents having had to learn a stickshift (because of our truck) and never fails to point that out to me. (How good can you ever get at something you hate?) It finally sank in that the rear end ratio is wrong so I've been envisioning a shorter gearing, which to my mind seems to fix everything I don't like. 'Diesel' torque (this car drives like a puny gasser), shift points at slower road speeds, and a need to use fifth gear on the highway. Yeah, baby! -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
