Clockwise, this is not Australia!

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'74 Jeep CJ5
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Bruno '81 300SD
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'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Don't use unobtanium rings if you have a turbo! You must use turbonium rings, as they are designed to withstand the forces generated by the turbo.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Do the rings go in the turbo?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

That means I won't be able to use my Australian made cross threader.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Awww.... you ruined the whole thread. Thank you very much "Captain Bringdown!"

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Aw, I'm sorry. I thought it said "Diesel" at the top of the page instead of "Open".

Ahh, never fear! All you need to do is travel to China first before you use it, then it will work in reverse since its upside down.

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Chris
64 190D R.I.P.
80 240D W/617 engine -for sale
82 240D -for sale

You're on the right track
It depends on the exact type of engines we're talking about here. For example my forged stroker 396 spins faster at 3000 rpms than my old 350 because the crank is a wider diameter, thus the pistons are moving faster due to the longer stroke!

I'd think an inline motor would have a MUCH shorter stroke, so this is really a question for an engine guru. I've got both a 280CE and 300CD, but I'm not going to do a teardown to measure them for you. Yeah, I suck like that.

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'85 280GE...sold
'96 Impala SS ~ 6-speed 396
'14 Cadillac Vagon. . . . . . . . . . "Life without knowledge is death in disguise." - Hans-Peter Geerdes

Well I guess then a steam engine spins faster at 3000 RPM's.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

anti clockwise nimwit!!! anti!!!!!

i would just mill off the threads, and make it a press fit.

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As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

Yes..

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99 F-350CC Dually PSD - 190K
86 300SDL - 189K
All on B-100

They tried "spinning" engines in aircraft in the early days. There was a bit of a problem with the gyroscopic effect.

ha ha this topic is great

You beat me to it!

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