Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Diesel
Interesting, so far in my MB searching, I thought the SD stood for turbo diesel and the D meant normally aspirated. So, the SD means W126 and the D means W123, both with the 5 cylinder turbo diesel? What is the size and MPG difference between the W126 and the W123? The plot thickens...
|
Think of SD as S class diesel. 78-80 SD would be a 116 Chassis, 81-85 would be a 126 Chassis. A 300D from 77 to 85 would be a 123 chassis.
A 126 will usually return better mpg then a 123 even though its a bigger car due to more wind tunnel influence in its design.
__________________
1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes
