I may be aquiring an 85 300TD soon and I have already thought of a few things I want to do. I only have a few requirements: 1) 180-200 HP 2)Lots of Black Smoke (Theres a lot of diesel trucks around here) 3) 10 second 0-60 times. I would like to do the above for the least amount of money possible and I have my own shop + tools for most anything I would need to do for the car. I also need to learn as much as possible about Benz's and Diesels in general as I have little experience in both. Thanks in advance.

............is to transplant a 350 Chevy V-8 into that W123............'cause that is the only way you are going to see 10 second 0-60 times.

And, btw, if you do it, we won't be speaking with you again.

Buy a Honda.

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

Move to Finland! there are some fine diesel hot rods over there, modified turbos, intercoolers, you name it. (use the Search feature, its all here!)

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

Propane injection and several other tweaks. Oh..... and a few spare engines.

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"If anyone knows other lessons I need to learn, please tell me. I'm tired of learning them the hard way".
by JerryBro

The Glow Plug Wait: This waiting period is a moment of silence to pay honor to Rudolph Diesel. The longer you own your diesel the more honor you will give him". by SD Blue

My normal daily life; either SNAFUed- Situation Normal... All Fouled Up, or FUBARed- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

62 UNIMOG Camper w/617 Turbo, 85 300SD daily driver- both powered by blended UCO fuels

With your list of requirements, the above sentence was not necessary.
Get different requirements, or get a different car.
We'll await your next post about 18" rims.......(we old guys are quite sarcastic this late)

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

only two things that i would consider doing.
1. some of the diesels have an adjustable boost regulator. this can be turned up or down a little.
2. for faster acceleration you could always swap in a lower gear into the rear end. the 85 has i think a 2.88 gear. the earlier 300dts have a 3.08, notmuch help, but the 280 gas engined cars have a 3.45 i think and the 300d non turbos have i think a 3.54, the 240s have a 3.69.

of course each gear ratio that you change will have an exact inverse ratio on your fuel consumption. ie if you increase acceleration by 10% you will increase fuel consumption by the same amount.

my advice is to get your car running at its peak and leave it alone. there not that slow in actual highway use. their 0 to 60 times suffer a lot from the initial off the line turbo lag. once rolling they are pretty good... especially from about 55 to 80 or so.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I have heard of propane injection and THEN ether ontop of that. Thatsssssss... gotta be the way to go.

Who is the masked man behind this joke. I'm sure this is not for real but it is good fun.

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"If anyone knows other lessons I need to learn, please tell me. I'm tired of learning them the hard way".
by JerryBro

The Glow Plug Wait: This waiting period is a moment of silence to pay honor to Rudolph Diesel. The longer you own your diesel the more honor you will give him". by SD Blue

My normal daily life; either SNAFUed- Situation Normal... All Fouled Up, or FUBARed- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

62 UNIMOG Camper w/617 Turbo, 85 300SD daily driver- both powered by blended UCO fuels

"I may be aquiring an 85 300TD soon "

Don't do it. Buy a 560 V8 model

"1) 180-200 HP 2)Lots of Black Smoke (Theres a lot of diesel trucks around here) 3) 10 second 0-60 times"

A cinch with a 560 except for the smoke. You will have to add oil injection to the exhaust manifold for that. Good luck you moron.