Re: [MBZ] cheap 2.3-16 amg/ 5 speed automatic?

2006-01-25 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:53:14 -0600 Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You would do best to find a 300d clutch and flywheel. Be sure to mark > the position of the flexplate to the crank and to TDC and get the new > flywheel balanced to match, The 240D clutch is not made for the torque > a

Re: [MBZ] cheap 2.3-16 amg/ 5 speed automatic?

2006-01-24 Thread Loren Faeth
Oops, replied to the wrong message. time to call it a day! At 11:53 PM 1/23/2006, you wrote: You would do best to find a 300d clutch and flywheel. Be sure to mark the position of the flexplate to the crank and to TDC and get the new flywheel balanced to match, The 240D clutch is not made for

Re: [MBZ] cheap 2.3-16 amg/ 5 speed automatic?

2006-01-24 Thread Loren Faeth
You would do best to find a 300d clutch and flywheel. Be sure to mark the position of the flexplate to the crank and to TDC and get the new flywheel balanced to match, The 240D clutch is not made for the torque and HP of a 300D. There are some parts places in Germany on the web. You might be

Re: [MBZ] cheap 2.3-16 amg/ 5 speed automatic?

2006-01-24 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Jim, et al., Not sure where the figures about the automatic 16 Valve came from, but I can attest that the automatic could not come close to the manual 5 speed one on one. The automatic was measurably slower. I've looked in Nitske's book and there is

Re: [MBZ] cheap 2.3-16 amg/ 5 speed automatic?

2006-01-24 Thread JFreezn
In a message dated 1/23/2006 7:15:29 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-190-Series-1986-Mercedes-Benz-2-3 -16v_W0QQitemZ4607338936QQcategoryZ6328QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Kaleb and all, Can you confirm his claim of a 5 speed a