Thread: Tuning with CIS
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Old 10-13-2009, 05:14 AM
400Eric 400Eric is offline
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We didn't get the 500E till 92 and by then it shared it's eng./fuel injection/electronics/etc. with the new W-140 S-class. The 91 500E's set-up (KE Jetronic) came from the 500SL. 92 was the beginning of MB's long overdue phase-out of the KE jetronic system. 92 is also the first year of the new "low deck" 5.0 Regards, Eric
It turns out I was partially in error on this. The 500E DID get LH in 91 even though the R-129 (500SL) stayed CIS/KE Jetronic and didn't go LH until the 93 M.Y. The 500E was the first Benz to get LH.
Regards, Eric

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