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Originally Posted by Frank Reiner
For center sections with a 185mm ring gear the shortest ratio world-wide is 4.36:1, and for USA delivery, the shortest is 3.92:1.
3.92 gears were found in W114/115, and a few W123 applications.
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Unfortunately despite both being 185mm in diameter, the ring gears and pinions are not a direct fit into the W124 differential, at least as far as I know.
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Originally Posted by Duke2.6
The shortest ratio I recall from the era on USA cars was a 3.46 used on the 300SE.
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I was hoping that at least the 3.64 was available in the US, but it does not seem that way after searching through EPC's.