No, they came with a 2.24 in the US. 2.65 in Europe. The 500e came with a 2.82, but it starts in 2nd gear. The e420 starts in 1st gear due to the tall 2.24 diff. Switch that to a 2.82 and you suddenly have a lot of wheel torque 0-50 mph or so in 1st gear. Feels a bit like an electric car off the line. Doesnt make much racket; just goes. 11:1 compression.
I have a 2.65 lsd in the wagon now. It will be fun to see if it is traction limited with the new 606 turbo setup. On Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 9:49 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 21:35:08 -0800 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Yes. His comment was "that car has a really low first gear!" My mother > > spilled the beans about the stoplight drags. They are 77 this year, so I > > guess no one is expecting anything to happen. > > Our '94 E420 had a lot of "get up and go", too. I once stopped in the > road by the Los Alamos Golf Course (with no one else around!) and jammed > the go pedal to the floor to show Shirley what it would do. Impressive. > > Is the the 2.82 diff the standard ratio? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > _______________________________________ http://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
