W124 Diesels

[Seeker_UK]

In a previous thread, I've been directed to looking for W124s with the W606 multivalve engine fitted so thanks for the steer. I've found one but it's some distance to travel to go and look so rather than waste time cana nyone help with this (silly) question?

Since I started looking, I played with a 97 E class 300 turbo diesel (or was it a 320? I forget) which was great and then a C class 220 diesel which I thought was gutless and nasty in the extreme.

Would the multivalve 300D be close in performance to the 97 E-class?

 

[Bolide]

In a previous thread, I've been directed to looking for W124s with the W606 multivalve engine fitted so thanks for the steer. I've found one but it's some distance to travel to go and look so rather than waste time cana nyone help with this (silly) question?

Since I started looking, I played with a 97 E class 300 turbo diesel (or was it a 320? I forget) which was great and then a C class 220 diesel which I thought was gutless and nasty in the extreme.

Would the multivalve 300D be close in performance to the 97 E-class?

A late (1994-1996) multivalve diesel W124 has the same engine as the early W210 300 Diesel but with no turbo. So the W124 would be like a non-turbo version of a 97 E Class but unrelated to the C220 engine which is a much later CDi. If the E Class was a 320 CDi then that's an engine in a different league altogether

So, to answer your question, I don't think performance would be close but it'd feel similar


Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk