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I am rebuilding my W123 280TE; the engine has had a top-end rebuild, including a new duplex cam chain. The engine is still out of the car. New cam chain is the original MB £££ part, 140 links, exactly the same length as the old one (I double checked before I started!). So, imaging my...

Whats the difference? I know mb uses v6 over the straight but BMW perfer the straight 6. Anyone know why?

I recently bought a 1981 W123 250T as a parts car for my 230TE and have almost finished taking off what I need, however the donor car has a very good 2.5 ltr straight six engine and auto box that would be a waste to scrap. The engine has done 131,000 and the amount of history that the car came...