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btw, there were two 109.016's. One with the M189 and one with the M130.
If you want a rocket, buy the M100. If you want a nice car that's easy to maintain, get the M130 varient. If you want a slightly easier to maintain rocket, get a 300sel 3.5 or 300sel 4.5.
The common headache to all five cars is rust & air suspension. The M189 & M100 are stunningly unique engines. I personally don't think the M189 is worth it. There are others who feel just the opposite. The M189 put out 150HP and did lots of nasty things to get there. In constrast, the M110E is also a straight 6, with the D-jet version delivering 150HP and it's a 10x simpler to deal with. The difference is 20 years of motor evolution. The M189 is a 50s throw-back. It's direct decendent of the 300sl & 300 adenaur motors.
-CTH
PS. I have been looking for the power steering / suspension pump and associated plumbing from a 300sel 2.8 car. Somebody found one in a TX pick & pull earlier this year, but the parts never made it this way. If anybody else can find me one, it will let me finally replace an M189 with an M110E using pure benz parts.
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