I know whunter has some interesting storys from back when he worked in R&D. His laptop has been fixed and hopefully should pop up in a few days to share.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

an mpeg of a W123 (any 4-door) power braking/clutch popping and creating **mounds of smoke** behind it. Please, can somebody find one for me ?

-John

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2009 Kia Sedona
2009 Honda Odyssey EX-L
12006 Jetta Pumpe Duse
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Husband, Father, sometimes friend =)

Some one posted a link to a site in Finland I thing of just such an mpeg with a super modified 617 engine I don’t remember the thread title does any one remember it?
DHS

Here's the video.

http://students.tukkk.fi/tuukka.simonen/Mersuvideot/quarter_mile_Finla nd_May_2005.wmv

Hopefully that link should work. It is a MASSIVE .wmv file, however.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

No suck luck..the link is dead.....

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

try this one:
http://students.tukkk.fi/tuukka.simonen/Mersuvideot/quarter_mile_Finland_May_2005.wmv

somehow a space ended up in the word "finland" in the above post. It hasnt loaded for me yet, but it's loading something big, so I can only assume...

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

Ya'll can have this one for free
It is a 316k mile '79 300SD engine.

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Jim

I'd chip in a couple bucks to see anything that say's "Type R" or "VTEC" blow up.

- Patrick

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1982 240D. 198k, Marine Blue/Blue, 4 Speed, Crank Windows, No Sunroof, No Rust, No Oil Leaks
2001 TDI. 197k, Lagoon Blue/Black, 5 speed, Chip, G60/VR6

engatwork that is a great engine all protected against corrosion if you were not so far away I would be on my way to pick it up now before some miss guided person removes all your corrosion inhibitor.
DHS

well if they scrapped that terrible trance music they could have saved some bandwidth.

these folks need to phone me before they score a video - i can make some serious driving music that isnt so damn candy!

for the video - man watching that 123 almost getting sideways is fricken awesome!
posi and all - love it.

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1979 Thistle Green 300D 272,xxx miles
1984 Orient Red 300 D 4 spd Euro Import - 189,xxx miles
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My high school auto shop teacher has (had?) a 1.6L VW diesel permanently mounted on a test stand, with a rod sticking out of the block. The engine ran, albeit with an obvious miss. It did not leak oil, overheat, or knock. I thought that was pretty cool, and it led me to buy a Scirocco later on which a friend had wrecked, and I tried to kill it, but couldn't.

I saw a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba with a slant six engine once about ten years ago at an abandoned car auction. It had a hole in the block like the 300SD engine posted earlier, just above the oil pan. It started, ran with a miss, and drove, but spit oil out the hole. I almost bought it, bid until the $200 mark, but it ended up selling for $350. I wanted to save some of my cash for a truck, and ended up with an Aerostar with a bad transmission. But at $100 for that van, I sold the rear axle and springs for that $100 and got $60 for the rest in scrap.

................I'm speechless...........

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

I'm still trying to download the link..and I'm on a T-1! Hopefully, it's worth the wait.

I downloaded the video in about 10 minutes. It ain't worth it.

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1999 Mercedes-Benz S600, 103K miles - garage queen
1988 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, 89K miles - daily driver
2007 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 31K - daily driver

Finnish Mersuforum has a collection of diesel SuperTurbo videos here in the English section of the board.

Some US friends have also posted their videos and comments there.

The video referred above is a first sample what has been created in the Finnish garages during the winter. There is more to come...

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