[W126 Coupe] 500 sel

[eurotech1 at charter.net]

Hey Richard,

  Actually, I was referring to preferring an automatic over a stick for drag racing. When I was in high school in the late 70's (and for a few years after), I ran a '69 Camaro with a 427 with a tunnel-ram and two 390 Holleys, a Muncie M-22 close-ratio 4-speed and 4.56 12-bolt Posi on the local drag strips. Also did a lot street racing, won a lot of money with that car! In 1981, I yanked the Rock Crusher and installed a B&M turbo 400. My times dropped by over a second! I would never have been able to build a car like that if my grandfather hadn't owned a Chevy dealership, and I had a 110 mile paper route I ran in my Junior and Senior year of high school( ran it in a '62 6-cylinder 4-door Nova that I bought expressly for that purpose, made about $800 a month, which was very good money for a high school student in '79 & '80). We have 5 strips within an hour's drive of Knoxville, four 1/8 mile, and one 1/4 mile.
 I wouldn't consider dragging a Benz! I would prefer a 5-speed in my SEC for all the fun mountain roads in my area. A lot more fun than an automatic. But if I got froggy, and ran across an SEC body without a drivetrain, I might just tub it, subframe and four-link the rear, and drop in a nice healthy Big Block Chevy and a built Powerglide and hit the strip again (don't know about the street, they're too harsh on street racers these days, and I'm a little too old to go to jail for drag racing!). :)

                         Later,
                 Christopher Huffine



              
> From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
> Date: 2005/01/26 Wed PM 08:35:19 EST
> To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> Subject: RE: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500 sel
> 
> Well, if you're going to retrofit a stick, might as well get one with
> straight cut gears and learn to power shift. Then drag racing will be no
> problem.
> 
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> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
>   There are 5-speeds out there (and 4-speeds, too), I have seen two. The
> first was an '85 300D, equipped with a five speed, that I looked at in
> 1994 when I was looking for my first Mercedes. I ended up buying an '82
> 300SD, because the 300D had been wrecked, and the 300SD had lower
> mileage (106,000, best I recall). The second manual car was a '79 350
> SLC (yes, a 350, it was a gray market car, a model never sold in the US)
> with a 4-speed. It was a customer's  car, and was for sale at the time
> (about three years ago). I drove it, was unimpressed. It was
> underpowered, and desperately needed a fifth gear (35-3700 RPM @
> 75-80MPH.
> Would love to find the complete set-up to go in my SEC. I have always
> preferred a manual to an automatic, except in drag racing.
> 
>                      Later,
>               Christopher Huffine
> > From: "Attila" <attila at corlink.com>
> > Date: 2005/01/25 Tue PM 07:54:10 EST
> > To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500 sel
> > 
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