[W126 Coupe] Horsepower in 380 and 500 sec's

[Dick Spellman]

Dan Landiss wrote:

>
> >From the looks of the bumpers, the first one is (and no 500SEC in the 
> US?)  This may be a US piece where the compression ratios are not 10:1 
> which I believe was the euro spec.  They may have done the photos 
> before the USDOT got there hands on the bumpers???
>
> >From the footnote about FRG and Switzerland, the second one is (and 
> no 500SEC in the US?) I'd agree this is the euro spec based solely on 
> the compression ratio which is stated as 10:1
>
> >From the language, the third one is. I'd agree again the cxompression 
> is stated as 10,1.
>
>>     Some technical data can be found at
>>     <http://www.500sec.com/catalog/images/380_500/22.jpg>
>>     and
>>     <http://www.500sec.com/catalog/images/420_560/24.jpg>
>>     and
>>     <http://landiss.info/mbz/brochure/page30.jpg>
>>
>
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