Thread: C230 engines
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Old 07-21-2005, 04:26 AM
pentoman pentoman is offline
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It's just 3 different models:

In europe there was the
C180 Kompressor - 143bhp
C200 Kompressor - 163bhp
C230 Kompressor - 190bhp

But they were all based on the same 1.8L "twinpulse" engine which is supposedly much nicer than the old 2.0 & 2.3 Kompressors (SLK200/230, CLK200/230 etc.)

Prior to the all 1.8 range of engines it was the

C180 - 2.0 130bhp no Kompressor
C200 Kompressor - 2.0 163bhp
C230 Kompressor - 2.3 193bhp.


Or thereabouts.

So the W203 chassis has had a lot of engines and has never been terribly clear about what has what.

Russell
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