If you want to know the condition of your engine, you can do a leakdown/compression test, and that will be pretty accurate.

However, the spec for a 2.3 8V with the AC off and automatic tranny is about 12.0 seconds, using first gear start.

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John Shellenberg
1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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