Hi all

I am considering a US-version of the 300SEL 6.3

What are the main differance between US and EU versions?
How much did emission control affect the performance of the US-version?

Regards

Tom

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1974 MB 230 4 cyl auto Sold
1973 MB 280SE #12004
1970 MB 230/8 #53280
1970 MB 300SEL 6.3 #4509 sold
1968 MB 300SEL 6.3 #0335
1972 MB 280SE 4.5 75k miles sold
1971 MB 230/8 60k miles sold
1972 Volvo 142 60k miles sold
1969 Opel Rekord 1900 sold
1974 L508D Camper

that's being debated right about now at www.m-100.cc actually. One of the fellows there has one of the 1st cars to come to the US and he started asking the question. -CTH

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check www.m-100.info too

early US cars had no emissions
there were 4 versions of the FI pump, one was better

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MB-less

Until the end of the 1969 model year, there were few differences between the US and EU models -- the US models had very very slight emissions related changes but this didn't affect the power generation.

For the 1970 model year, significant changes were made to the compression, fuel injection pump, vapor recovery and other systems that significantly dropped the HP for US models. If you are interested in the most powerful stock models, look for a 1968 or 1969 model and you should be right up there with the rest of the world.

I've created in past years an exhaustive list of differences from year to year between EU and US cars, which is in the archives at www.m-100.info if you are interested.

Cheers,
Gerry