[rudolfgreen]

Essentials of today's email.. Vogtland in italics, my response back. All productive feedback appreciated.


We presently have the 4 cyl. application designed. 200 - 230 model. I believe that these would only be Grey Market cars.

Designed for the Diesels? 114 chassis Gasoline, 115 chassis Diesels.
The 115 chassis covers models 200/220D through '73, 240D through '75, and 300D through '76.
These springs would definitely work for the 123 240D (4 cylinder 616), with minor modification.


The front rate is 47 N/mm (268 lb/in) and the Rear is 62 N/mm (354 lb/in)

Many thanks for the hard numbers, will definitely be posting these on the forum. Let you know about any feedback.


Most US models were either 6 cyl. or Diesel. We figured that these would be pretty close as far as front load. The big difference would the 4 dr. vs. Coupe. I assume that spring pads could take care of the difference in ride height. We have preliminary design data as well for these. We were targeting 49 - 51 N/mm (285 lb/in) and 64 N/mm (365 lb/in) front and rear respectively.

Some 124 Diesel folks tried using your 6cyl Gasoline application with poor results because of lowered ride height.
It was concluded that this was due to the increased weight of the Diesel engine (5cylinder 602, 6cylinder 603).
There are three different spring pads to change ride height in the rear. Most were interested in a moderate 30-35mm drop.