Re: [MBZ] Review for the high revving American 3.5
No, way too fast for the brakes and tires. Remember, radial tires were a brand new invention then, and modern tires are vastly better than what we drove on 40 years ago. Also, that W109/109 chassis did not have anti-dive front suspension geometry, and slamming on the brakes at speed would drop the front suspension almost down to the jounce bumpers. Quite a surprise if you are not expecting it. Reduces rear braking and can cause the rear tires to lock up and switch ends, too. The Benz had a much better suspension, but it still isn't safe at above 130 mph for anyone, let alone the typical American driver these days. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Review for the high revving American 3.5
You meant to say "way too fast for the skill of the average American driver", did you not? Hendrik who needs no thanks for this little correction but donations will be accepted BTW it seems that the addressing is gone stupid, last couple of my dribbly list messages have only been addressed to the original poster and not the whole list, well I corrected that manually, just so everyone can be amazed at my deep insights On 16/08/14 10:27, Peter Frederick wrote: Snip>> This is why it got such terrible milage -- with normal gearing and more low end on the cams it would have gotten 25 mpg and gone crazy fast. Way too fast for the brakes and handling anyway. 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
