Those are good numbers! Closely matched. Are those cold or hot numbers?

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

Funola: those were 'Warm' numbers.

Brought the car home yesterday on a trailer. I'll do the engine swap next year as I wont have time this summer.

The part of this deal I didnt disclose (I was fearful someone would try to snipe it) is that the car has a full 2-tank Frybrid WVO system in it as well. The motor ran for 20k on WVO. Frybrid kits cost $2k, and takes f o r e v e r to get and the company is a pain to deal with. But it is by far the best commercially available conversion, and I already have one in my '85. This new kit (and engine) will go into the '82.

I know this would send most forum members screaming for the hills in regards to the engine, which is why I did such a thorough analysis. The PO is a rep for Sysco, so he knows grease and ran it on mostly new grease that had expired or was no longer food grade.

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car

Don't forget the lack of carbon build-up on the injector tips or in the pre-chamber. If that's not a convincing argument for VO I don't know what is.

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1983 240D 3.0T 4-speed manual, now sold

1989 Subaru GL Wagon 5-speed Touring Edition