I guess I wasn't too clear on the NA part of the question. In essence I meant NTC'ed. Oh! and on the don't worry about the speed, that is not why you buy them. I would like to know then why you do buy them?? Speed and performance has always been the trigger for any kind of automotive selling criteria.

That is a good question...I think we mainly buy them to work on and look forward to our next small improvement so we can discuss it on these forums...
Lots of reasons to own one... but performance is way down the list for an old Benz dieselhead....I think it is just the whole car that is interesting....kind of like ownership of working antique machines and curiosities....The multi-fuel aspect of the IDI diesels is always fun too....Because they will run on many liquid fuels, do not need computers or OBDII systems....These autos may come in handy in a pinch....

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1978 Yellow 300D (The Mustard Toad)
1980 Blue 240D (The Iron Toad)
1989 Grey Mitsu.4WD Mighty Max Pickup (Needs a Diesel transplant bad)

(Open the pod bay doors HAL)

If you say so.....

I withdraw to pursue other threads...........

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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

Nobody buys an old diesel with speed and performance in mind.

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

Now that we put away the performance factor away ( i think for that matter than a 1st edition 300D and a late 240D are almost equivalent) we can start talking about the rest of the car...

1976-1980 300D
Horse-hair seats
Chrysler auto-climate
1stgen rust-proofing or no rust-proofing + galvanization only on structural members
pneumatic cruise control
EGR-free
Chrome-tail lights

240D 1982-83 (and 84-85 euro models)
Synthetic fiber seats
MANUAL climate control
2nd gen rust-proofing + Galvalization of bottom coque
electronic cruise control
EGR

Except for the EGR (that can be removed or disabled) in the 240D, pretty much every thing else is superior in the late 240D.

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi