M110 177 PS Motor?

[RustInPeace]

Hello All,
I'm looking for some info on the 177 PS 280 engine that is currently in a 280 SEL from 04/1977. This sounds like the first K-Jet series.. I wanted to know - are they any good? More specifically what about spread of torque, noise level, fuel consumption. How do they compare with the 185 PS engine? I had a M110 with 185 PS in my W123 some years ago and it went like hell (car was lightened and lowered). A neat motor. Now I'm trying to avoid a turkey.. power output is almost irrelevant, more important is the driving quality and consumption.
Any feedback with experience of this engine is greatly appreciated!

[WGB]

I would imagine the power loss would be almost unnoticeable unless you use a stopwatch.

The driveability would be the same as the earlier motor but the K-Jet as well as other changes made to these motors at this time decreased maintenance requirements and increased reliability.

Bill

[graham]

The 177 engine in the 280SE(L) was the M110.985. The main difference between the early and later versions (with 185hp) was an increase in compression; the earlier engines ran at 8.7:1; from April '78 this was raised to 9.0:1.

Torque also improved from 233 to 240Nm.