Engine bay is fairly wide on the 116, it accommodated the 6.9L and the 116/117 V8s so I'd think you'd be okay on space. The OM628 fit in the G-wagon which has a fairly narrow engine bay.

My real question is engine management. How do you plan to control it? I think you'll get bogged down in systems integration issues long before you run into packaging issues.

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