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Old 09-30-2009, 01:51 AM
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From what I've been able to glean so far, after doing many mods to a w123 617 you will still have slower car than a stock 280E.

An 87 300D has decent performance right out of the box. The w201 190D 2.5 turbodiesels have excelent performance as well. Nice examples are available for between $2 and $3k, which is less that you will have invested in a modified 617, which is still going to be slower.

I love the 617 and I'm satisfied with the mediocre performance it provides. It's old tech now, but for the late 70s early 80s, especially in it's 126 chassis iteration, it seemed pretty high tech in it's day.
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