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- Subject: Re: BMW M3 Inquiry
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.130807.1@sdl.ug.eds.com>
- From: richardk@sdl.ug.eds.com
- Date: 26 Jan 93 13:08:07 GMT
- References: <tah3kvk@rpi.edu> <1993Jan21.084727.11007@sactoh0.sac.ca.us> <1993Jan22.033650.12948@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- ...great gobs of hot air deleted...
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- > it was the 190E 2.3-16, which had the 2.3 liter 4-cylinder
- > with a 16 valve cosworth head. the 2.6 liter is a shrunken version
- > of the 3 liter inline-6 and has only 2 valves per cylinder (and
- > would not have 16 valves in any event). the 190E 2.3-16 is no
- > longer sold in the U.S., but it's still available in europe.
- > didn't sell too well because of the 300E, which was bigger, faster,
- > and cost less.
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- You may be correct about the US Merc 190's, but in Europe (or at least the UK)
- there is no such thing as a 2.3 Merc 190. There _IS_ a 2.6 16v which must
- simply be a big(ish) 4 cylinder job.
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- I dunno why I'm mailing this really - hope someone's suitably fascinated! :-)
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- Rich
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