an air filter???
300E 2.6 Power improvements?
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03 S 500--94 BMW 325i--01 GSXR 1000
Yes just drive it and enjoy it. Theres not much you can do with it. Later on when you get another car but an 8cyclinder or even better a 12. I have the same car and I had to come to terms with that also.
99 ml 320
96 s 600
88 260e
71 250c
99 ml 320
96 s 600
88 260e
71 250c
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From: San Jose, CA
'91 300E + '95 E320TE
It is usually found near the fuse box area. It is a small square black plastic piece about half the size of a match book. Often it has fallen down between the brake booster and firewall to the engine.
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'91 300E + '95 E320TE
Here is a more detailed thread for the resistor:
http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforu...light=resistor
http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforu...light=resistor
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From: Montreal, Canada
260E , 1989 (for now)
I too have a 1989 260E and I have looked at several alternatives to increase the power.
My recommendations: Do not spent your hard earned fortune to try to do the impossible.
K & N: Nerver been, never will be a perfornce improvement item that you will be able to feel. There may be a very very slight improvement at very high RPM due to the fact that this filter has a little bit less restriction than the original filter. This is accomplished at the cost of letting much more dirt, dust, contaminants through the system.
Removing the resistor: I've tried it too. I could never feel or detect, any difference in performance.
Others have tried to improve the intake side, installed tricky exhaust system. I have never seen a performance improvement on a Mercedes with those types of modification.
A 260E is a 260E. Never been conceived to be a performance car or to be modified to become a performance car.
Unless you are ready to invest tons of cash (turbo, supercharger, stroker kit and the like), there is no simple (cheap) way of increasing performance on those cars.
JackD
My recommendations: Do not spent your hard earned fortune to try to do the impossible.
K & N: Nerver been, never will be a perfornce improvement item that you will be able to feel. There may be a very very slight improvement at very high RPM due to the fact that this filter has a little bit less restriction than the original filter. This is accomplished at the cost of letting much more dirt, dust, contaminants through the system.
Removing the resistor: I've tried it too. I could never feel or detect, any difference in performance.
Others have tried to improve the intake side, installed tricky exhaust system. I have never seen a performance improvement on a Mercedes with those types of modification.
A 260E is a 260E. Never been conceived to be a performance car or to be modified to become a performance car.
Unless you are ready to invest tons of cash (turbo, supercharger, stroker kit and the like), there is no simple (cheap) way of increasing performance on those cars.
JackD
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