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The plugs in that car were ancient and worn really thin.
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There is a nice on ramp I like to to ITU's on. I enjoy the look on peoples faces when you have to brake hard to merge on the highway. But on nice days when their is room you can shoot right into the left lane and goose it to 100 or so.:D I run her to the stops in all the gears...
The SD seems to like them as well but I can't get her much over 4k rpm unless I hold the gear with the shifter. |
Yeah I don't do that often, I usually like to camp behind a runner.
Two weeks ago right before I put my SDL away for the winter I took her out for one last ride to warm up the oil before I changed it and to test my driveshaft/trans leak repair. So I am driving it around town and it is so smooth and running so well I think well maybe I will take her up on the highway for a nice run. (pop a Metallica CD in:D ) I get to the bottom of the on ramp which is a slight up hill but straight and long. All my windows are down and the Sand Man is cranking. I thought hmm she hasn't been out in two weeks lets clear the pipes, foot down. I poped the shifter in 3rd and ran her to the stops all the way to 3rd then slid it in 4th and kept my foot planted. With the new Mobil 1 ATF the shifts were like butter and she popped into 4th and kept going. Even with the windows down I didn't realize the speed I was going but I scared the crap out of a Camry as I passed him at 110 and climbing. Then I decided to slow down and hit the brakes and brought her down to a crawl (70) just in time for me to pass a state cop doing radar!:D Good thing I would have been pushing 120+ if I didn't. The moral of the story is I have no self restraint and need to drive diesel car. If I had a 500E I would have gotten nailed for well over 150 probably. |
In the used construction equipment business an "italian tune up" is a PAINT JOB! :eek: I kid you not. :rolleyes:
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you get an italian tune up every day on the way to the office!
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Did one on the Parkway last night coming back from a friends house around midnight. The SDL has been mostly used for short trips around town for the past few weeks, I wanted to clear the pipes. 80-90 all the way to Milford, soon as I hit the connecter I put my foot down. Zipped down the connector at about 110ish. It gets a bit windy with all the windows down and sunroof open.:D These things start to drag a bit past 105, you really need a pretty long road to hit 120. I guess with 150hp on tap what can one expect.
I really couldn't own an S500, I'd be bouncing off the 155 limter on the way home from the lot.:D :eek: |
the 300SDL and 300D can attain the same speed right? both with the om617? i drive about 16 miles round trip to work and rarely get out onto the freeway.. as soon as i adjust the valves i bet she wont be a dog off the line.. lol.. i still cant find the socket i need.. but the fastest ive ran the 300D at for longer than 30 mins was 85 mph..and i was getting passed by smokeys
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Maybe the 300SD. The SDL has the 603 which doesn't need valve adjustments.
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I found this interesting. This was taken after a W123 GTG.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FZeUJLTyHSU&search=300D%20mercedes Is this one of you fellas? It appears to be an '85 W123 of some sort with the 2.88 differential. |
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SDL S class Diesel L Long wheel base 300SDL 1986-87 only, 603 powered only. The 617 was never stuck in a LWB W126 by MB, now by someone else thats another story. That is correct you do want a 603.:D Don't worry one day you can trade in that 617 for a good diesel.:D (flame suit on, running for cover:eek: :D ) |
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AFAIK no 126 came with a 606. It wasn't until 95 or 96 that the 140 was offered with a 606, but not in the US. I'd love to get my hands on an S300 LWB. Then I'll be telling Hatterasguy to trade in that 126 for a good S-class :D Sixto |
That video looks like my car with the clock set at 12:00. However, I don't think my 84 300D will get up to 120mph. When I cruise on the fwy at 85 I'm turning 4500rpm already and afraid to go much higher (he's at 100mph at 4500rpm).
Perhaps I should change my rear end but I'd lose low end acceleration. Trade offs. Mitch |
Sixto if I ever found a 606 powered S I'd buy it in a second. IMHO the 606 is the best diesel MB has ever offered in this country.
MB stuck the turbo charged intercooled 606 in the W140 in the late 90's. If I could figure out how to import one for a sane amount of money I would. |
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In that car, the speedometer is 10mph off according to the owner (MBeige on this forum).
I was up in the mountains this past weekend with the red euro and with the lack of much altitude compensation there is a lot of high reving and A LOT of black smoke. Car runs a lot cleaner now. The turbo hasn't had an ITU since early june. Maybe this weekend that will be done. |
I live not 20 minutes from that very stretch of interstate you are talking about. If you take the 77 south exit at Beckley, there are plenty of the same type grades. Pretty much anywhere here in WV you are close to a good steep road. :D
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West "by God" Virginia....
G'mornin' Folks,
I just read this entire thread.....amusing isn't the half of it..... I, too, live in West Virginia....and we sure do have our hills.....WV would be a diesel owners paradise, if we had more gas stations that served diesel!! As I remember, from my schooling daze, a diesel engine runs best at 90-95% load. As was stated earlier in the thread, load isn't speed. Running your auto at high RPM, even in lower gears, is not truely load......it takes a good hill, headwind, trailer, or the parking brake engaged (not recommended) to put an automotive diesel under load......a trunk load of bricks may help here.... Before I retired, if we had to run the ship's main engine at reduced loads due to bad weather, fog, heavy traffic, etc.....we would bring the engine up to full throttle every couple of hours, if possible..... After a long period of maneuvering, as in up the Mississippi to N'awlins....upon departure, we would run at reduced speed for a bit and water wash the turbochargers...we had factory installed connections for this operation.....then run up to full throttle, and keep her there until an hour before arrival at our destination....this could be days or weeks at 95% rated load.... SB |
like the redneck tuneup lol. :laugh2:
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Is The Italian Tuneup Good For Gassers Or No?
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it will serve the same purpose for gassers, but diesels seem to like it more often, gasoline is much cleaner then diesel, therefore it does not build carbon in the cylinder as mush as a diesel would. But everyonce in wahile it's good for it if u are doing alot of stop and go, the principle pretty much goes with any car
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When the high performance European Sports Cars, arrived in America, after WWII, in the prosperous 50's and 60's, many of the owners were older wealthy individuals, who drove them conservatively and around town, primarily. Well they loaded up and began to run poorly, spit back through the carb(s) usually Multi-Webers on Ferrari's and Alfa's, Maserati's were notorious. Multi-S.U.s, on our British, Jaguar's, Aston-Martin's, MG's, etc. The owner would return the car to the Garage or Dealer and everything would check out as satisfactory. Maybe a change of Spark Plugs, or just a fast high speed drive, where the engines and cars were used as designed for high speeds over a distance of 100 miles, many times less, with the engines being run to redline and held at high-rev's for most of the run. This would heat everything up to proper operating temperatures and help in blowing the crud and deposits on the spark plugs, valves and pistons and ring packs, clean. So, running the piss out of it, is an "Italian Tune-Up". Works on everything! Attsa Nice! Ciao! |
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Man, do I need an ITU for Bodhi, though. I drive the same route every day ... home, Starbucks, work, home ... with the occasional trot to the grocery store (whoo hoo!). Would be good for the pipes (and my mental status) to leave that circuit and go nuts on some wide open hills. That was the nice thing about where I lived last year, in the mountains ... ITU heaven! The other day, just for hoots and giggles, I pegged it after pulling out of Starbucks, and got a nice smokepoof on the guy behind me ... probably more where that came from ... :( |
The first day I had my 96 E300 I drove through the mountains in Pa. The car had 69,000 city miles on it and was a bit sluggish. Deciding it needed to be blown out I stomped on it going up a steep grade. A huge cloud of black smoke filled my rear-view mirror and I noticed a few sparks as well. After about 100 miles I stopped for fuel and saw that the tail-pipe was missing from the back of the muffler and that the heat had melted a section of foam from the inside of the bumper causing a slight dent. But the car was running great!
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