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At 02:45 PM 11/7/2002, DEMETRIS RAPTIS wrote:
>I witnessed a MB 190 2.4-16 in germany doing 240 Kph or about 144 mph !!!
>i couldn't believe it, and it was only 4 speed stick. the damn thing
>didn't even have a limiter, it was redlining. Ridding in the back seat i
>was scared , i could feel the ABS modulating the barking when idiots were
>cutting us off.
There is no such thing as a 2.4-16, it was either a 2.3-16 or 2.5-16, the
latter of which was 1988+ Europe only.
It was a 5-speed, actually, but it had a dogleg first gear, i.e. down below
where reverse is on our cars. Gears 2 through 5 made up the rest of the H
pattern. 5th gear is down right, which is why you would have thought it
was only in 4th.
MB imported less than 2000 2.3-16s in the US in 1985 and 1986. This was
the car that made BMW make the M3. It was a 2.3-liter bottom end from the
regular 190E 2.3, but with a Cosworth 16V head. It did 0-60 in about 7.7s
and topped out at a tick over 135 in stock US trim. The Euro-spec 2.5-16s
hit 235km/h or 146mph...
I've been looking for a good 2.3-16 for years. They're usually beat to
hell unfortunately, but they're fun as hell. And they only came in two
colors -- Rauchsilber and Blauschwarzmetallik (a goldish silver similar to
Flash Silver, and a dark charcoal grey).
How did you like the Recaro Buckets in the back Demetri? My '88 190E
(Euro-spec 2.0 Sport) had them and they were acclaimed the most comfortable
back seat of all times by my friends. Daun? ;)
Jason
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At 02:45 PM 11/7/2002, DEMETRIS RAPTIS wrote:<br>
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witnessed a MB 190 2.4-16 in germany doing 240 Kph or about 144 mph !!! i
couldn't believe it, and it was only 4 speed stick. the damn thing
didn't even have a limiter, it was redlining. Ridding in the back seat i
was scared , i could feel the ABS modulating the barking when idiots were
cutting us off.</font></blockquote><font face="arial"><br>
There is no such thing as a 2.4-16, it was either a 2.3-16 or 2.5-16, the
latter of which was 1988+ Europe only. <br>
It was a 5-speed, actually, but it had a dogleg first gear, i.e. down
below where reverse is on our cars. Gears 2 through 5 made up the
rest of the H pattern. 5th gear is down right, which is why you
would have thought it was only in 4th.<br><br>
MB imported less than 2000 2.3-16s in the US in 1985 and 1986. This
was the car that made BMW make the M3. It was a 2.3-liter bottom
end from the regular 190E 2.3, but with a Cosworth 16V head. It did
0-60 in about 7.7s and topped out at a tick over 135 in stock US
trim. The Euro-spec 2.5-16s hit 235km/h or 146mph...<br><br>
I've been looking for a good 2.3-16 for years. They're usually beat
to hell unfortunately, but they're fun as hell. And they only came
in two colors -- Rauchsilber and Blauschwarzmetallik (a goldish silver
similar to Flash Silver, and a dark charcoal grey).<br><br>
How did you like the Recaro Buckets in the back Demetri? My '88
190E (Euro-spec 2.0 Sport) had them and they were acclaimed the most
comfortable back seat of all times by my friends. Daun?
;)<br><br>
Jason<br>
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