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Originally Posted by SD300
Hi All
I picked up this 83 500SEL with a 300D non Turbo engine dropped in.
The power is not bad , nothing likes what it would have done originally, that lay rubber for a 1/4 mile.
But power is still much better than my 78 240D 4spd. When going up hill.
My main Question is the engine seems to shake very violently like a wet dog when idling or in gear, I havent look under as what kind of engine mount of if any left. So tomorrow I will try to look under to check her out.
Anybody had similar experience with diesel conversions?
Any info will be appreciated.
Nonetheless the car will be great when i have all the bugs ironed out.
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So, I guess my 240SD idea which I raised previously in a thread raises its head again. non-turbo 617 engine is 77 hp, versus 62 for the 4 cylinder 616. Do you actually have a measure for you 0-60 time in your 1983 300SDL (and do you have the nifty "DIESEL" , as opposed to the "TURBODIESEL" plaque applied to the rear of the trunk lid?). What kind of mileage do you get? The SEL body weighs a bit more than the SD body, butprobably not enough of a difference to justify use of the 616 engine.
Who did the conversion?