
This is my 2000 ML430. It is stock. It suits me well as it is. I love taking it off-roading. needless to say you see very few of these on the trails (I have never seen one) But it has gotten me where i want to go!



268 hp V8
Tinted Windows

I pulled this info from Wolfgang's ML page that displays everyhting Mercedes and ML - pretty sweet
W163.154, M112.942, 722.662, ZF.970.402
Macadamia Nappa natural leather wrapped steering wheel
ThyssenKrupp Budd welded steel box section frame with two longitudinals and tripple cross members
tripple layer Mercedes-Benz roof pillars with Ogihara high-strength/low-alloy (HSLA) steel
Borg Warner transfer case with 48/52 torque split and 2.64:1 low range

Mercedes-Benz 4MATIC with ZF front and rear open diffs
Spicer articulated halfshafts
Dana front and rear axle subframes
vented Zimmermann front disc brakes with Bosch-MB-ZF floating calipers

Wagner Thermoquiet brake pads with wear sensors on front and rear axle
Continental Automotive Systems ESP� MK 20
BEI Systron-Donner Inertial micromachined quartz yaw rate sensor
Kostal central E-box cooled by ebm-papst brushless fan
Alpine MCS DVD navigation with Weatherband
Harman Becker Automotive Ger�teadapter harness

AKG Acoustics flush-mount single electret condenser microphone
Siemens CAN-bus adapter
Kathrein GPS/cell active rear roof antenna, GPS amplifier and splitter
150 Watt Bose Acoustimass� sound system and OEM Matsushita CD changer(replaced with ipod integeration)
Alfred Rzeppa constant velocity joints at steering knuckle
iron coated N�ral� cast aluminum pistons with hard anodized ring lands
SM nitride steel piston rings and Mahle "crack" connecting rods
PEAK silitec cylinder liner
Pierburg single channel single stage peripheral fuel pump
Kolbenschmidt Pierburg variable-length magnesium intake manifold
Alfmeier static dissipating POM� fuel filler neck
Bosch Motronic ME 2.0 fuel injection with tip start - TouchStart
AMP color coded and shape keyed connectors
Bosch differential hall effect crankshaft position sensor
Packard Electric harnesses with individual wire labeling
Bocklenberg & Motte wedge pin door locks
Huf H�lsbeck & F�rst keys
Valeo cooling module with Fichtel & Sachs bimetallic viscous fan clutch
Arvin Meritor hydrostruts with with twin-tube dampers
Henkel 9 stage zinc phosphate pretreatment
PPG lead-free cathodic epoxy E-coat
BASF waterborne acrylic-enamel basecoat with solventborne two component polyurethane clear coat

Rehau color matched thermoplastic bumper system
Erwin Behr Automotive 22 layer 0.5 mm slice burl walnut wood trim
precision cut natural rubber Bosch wiper blades front and rear
Macadamia Nappa Leather seating with Artico MB-Tex trim and
Engine Specifications
4.3L 268 hp V8
Horsepower: 268 @ 5500 RPM
Torque (lb-ft): 288 @ 3000 RPM
Valves/Valve Configuration: 24/SOHC
Displacement: (cc) 4266
Bore X Stroke (in.): 3.54 X 3.31
Compression Ratio: 10.0:1
Fuel Type/System: Gas/SEFI

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