D-Jet on a six is very rare in the US, all the examples I know of are
grey market, not officially imported. Carbs up to K-Jet, in 1976.
D-jet is NOT more efficient, it's actually very difficult to get it set
up to give correct CO at idle and acceptably rich mixture at high
rpm/light load -- t
2006 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '75 280C
Doesn't have dual carbs, has a four-barrel. Noted for being difficult
to set up corretly.
Much better would be a 76 or later with K-Jet.
peter
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Doesn't have dual carbs, has a four-barrel. Noted for being difficult
to set up corretly.
Much better would be a 76 or later with K-Jet.
peter
Maybe he could Franken Benz the thing with a nice om617. That would
get all sorts of mileage
On Sep 28, 2006, at 11:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/28/2006 5:47:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So my wife spotted an old Mercedes in town the
In a message dated 9/28/2006 5:47:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So my wife spotted an old Mercedes in town the other day. Tonight we took a
ride over to check it out.
It turns out to be a 280C, my wife says the guy who owns the lot its on says
its a '75. Its
also need something for my wife to drive that gets better mileage than
my 12mpg pickup (although a tuneup should get the pickup closer to
18mpg).
I think they're good for something more like 15, IIRC. Fun, and fairly
strong, but a bit thirsty. I'm getting about 17 in a 450 SL right now.
Bigge
It wont do anywhere near 18-20mpg. More like 12-14 if you are lucky.
Curt Raymond wrote:
So my wife spotted an old Mercedes in town the other day. Tonight we took a
ride over to check it out.
It turns out to be a 280C, my wife says the guy who owns the lot its on says
its a '75. Its dark blu
on 9/28/06 8:45 PM, Curt Raymond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'll be headed back Saturday for another look. Supposedly they want $1800 but
> would take $1600. We need a third car, its been a rough week carpooling. We
> also need something for my wife to drive that gets better mileage than my
> 1
So my wife spotted an old Mercedes in town the other day. Tonight we took a
ride over to check it out.
It turns out to be a 280C, my wife says the guy who owns the lot its on says
its a '75. Its dark blue with a tan interior. The driver's seatback cover is
munched where the shoulder belt would r
