M189 (W109 1965-67) and the M198 (gullwing) share several parts and designs. I can confirm, at least, the water pump is the same part, for example. I never bothered to compare much else in the EPC. but if you examine both closely you can see many shared deigns.
Jaime On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There is no relationship between a W109 and the Gullwing other than they > used a mechanical injection pump for fuel delivery, I don't think even the > pump is the same. > > The Gullwing engine wasn't used all that much, it was very expensive to > manufacture, and difficult to maintain (the injection nozzles were in the > block, aimed at the spark plugs) and Benz added the fuel injection to more > normal engines intended for road use, not a sliced down aircraft engine. > > Not that the original engine wasn't a marvel, it was just not a great > production engine. > > No suspension parts, either, to the best of my knowledge. I believe, > although I could easily be wrong, that the SL had a fully independent rear > end (I will see my buddy Hans tomorrow, I can ask, he worked on them) > rather than a swing axle. Front end on the SL I don't know about. The > W109 had kingpins and a two control arms, but so did everything Benz made > at that time, at least until the W115 replaced the kingpin with ball > joints. Geometry was improved in 1962 to change the kingpin axis and > reduce scrub while increasing caster, some minor changes in the W115 on > those lines as well. Nothing exciting except in comparison to US road iron > of the day, all of which drove like log wagons. > > The SL had a space frame, with body panels attached, and working on it was > pure hell -- a good deal of the rear frame had to be removed to get to the > rear axle. Every Benz designed after 1950 has a unibody. > > I don't see all that much Gullwing in the W108/9 -- it was an old design > by 1968, dating from the 1950s. Nice cars, but I like the W126 MUCH more. > > Peter > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
