W123

This is my MB W123 2.3 LTS turbo gasoline, everything is stock inside the engine, i change the gear box for a 4 speed manual(aut. before), short gear ratio, hankook 225/50/16 slicks, headers, 2 terminals mufflers, rial 16” wheels, turbo garret GT15, Sparco Racing seats, 4 points racing belts, Griffin aluminum racing radiator, intercooler, and water turbo cooler, Autometer gauges, pyrometer, air/fuel ratio, oil temperature, water temperature, boost/vacuum, tachometer w/shift light, racing brake pads, AT blue racing brake liquid, TurboXS blow off valve, custom spoilers, roll cage in 2 1/4 inoxi pipe, and i don’t know what else i add the car, after almost 2 years of works all the mechanical work is done, now is only paint and body.The turbo is charging 10 psi using VP racing gasoline, or other mixtures of gasolines of 98 octanes, gasoline in Costa Rica is not good quality. The car now is around the 200 horse power, is not much but for a street car its car, i work the suspension and the springs, the car is made for racing but also can be driven legally in the street, i just the first car that i had and love it so much that i decide to tune it, i race in Costa Rica in a category with the name SSP, i have other cars but this Benz is my favorite, i don`t use it every day just like once a month, i can put other electronic components as a electronic fuel injection, electronic boost controller or things like that but i just want to leave the car the way it is, looks nice and runs delicious.

From W123 Club:
http://groups.msn.com/W123Club/

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The models are divided into two main categories here; gasoline driven and diesel driven models. The models are marked by a number and sometimes one or more trailing letter. The number represents the size of the engine in liters (the exception is when a larger engine is installed in the same model at a later date), like the 200 has a 2.0 liter engine and 230 a 2.3 liter engine. The letters have the following meaning (some of them are not used for the W123 model);

• S – Sports model
• E – Einspritzung (fuel injection)
• C – Coupe (two door)
• T – Transport und Touristik (station wagon)
• L – Lang (long)
• SL – Sport Leicht (sport light)

The body has the suffix W and the gasoline engine the suffix M and the diesel engine OM. This represents the following;

• W – Wagen (car)
• M – Motor (engine)
• OM – Öl Motor (oil/diesel engine)

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Mercedes-Benz W123 cars were produced from 1976 through 1985.

The W123 models surpassed their predecessor, the W114/W115 “stroke-8″ models, as the most successful Mercedes, selling over 2.5 million cars, before being replaced by the W124 after 1985. Also, the additional, smaller range of Mercedes-Benz W201 models was introduced in 1982.

See the images of Mercedes-Benz W123:

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