Found the thread on a BMW website. Here is: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1540777

Apparently, it's a OM605 going into an E21 BMW chassis. Looks promising.

Jeemu again? That guy likes to tune those 605s!

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

The 605 will be the only redeeming feature that the BMW will have. Waste of a good motor.

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I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

why waste time putting an engine in a rolling urinal? thats all a bmw is good for.

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1984 300TD "MAX" 303K+ still going...
fast '70 Chevelle 200k+
home built Shovelhead chopper

No, it's also good for pouring new parts into.

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RIP:
2011 E350 BlueTEC, Schwartz 81k (totaled by uninsured drunk driver)
1964 Unimog 404.1 (wrongfully towed by the city)
1994 E320, Brilliantsilber 208k (transmission shuffled off after sudden catastrophic fluid loss)
1982 300D, Silberblau under a blue repaint 256k (sold for parts)
1995 E320 Polarweiss, 131k (sold for parts)
1995 E300D Polarweiss, 287k (totaled by drunk driver)

Man. Rough crowd.

I am not sure exactly what BMW is the recipient of the OM605 in the above listed project, but damn, what a sweet motor/build.

Sitting in traffic this past week I was wondering about building a W201 race car powered by an OM605/6 with a 5 or 6 speed manual trans. It would have the potential to be lethal in the grassroots club racing environment. Assuming it could be made to handle well with reasonable effort.

I get to drive many BMWs on the race track, and have only driven a few MBs. I have to say at this point, it seems the BMW is superior. Until I drive a benz that is more nimble and forgiving, I wont be changing my mind.

I love the handling characteristics of my MBs, but they have no track prowess. That is fine, since I purchased them to be fine luxury automobiles. My wife and daughter are in a benz, as I feel they are more safe.

I give the bimmer some credit. (E30, E36, E46).

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85 300D 3 pedal. Current project.
83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

The BMW E21 was the first of the 3-series introduced in 1977 and replaced by the E30 in 1984.

European and US versions of the E21 looks like this:

I think some of the previous posters need to look at this as an improvement to the BMW, not a disaster for the engine.

In my part of the continent, there aren't a lot of old classics to be found like down south. That is, we don't go for milk at the grocery store and see a new one hiding in the corner of someone's yard like a raccoon every couple of days.

So I guess I kind of like reading things like that thread. I had an engine sitting in my garage for the past three years.....no one wanted it until last weekend. Kind of a sad fate for an engine, don't you think?

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79 300SD - $50 out of pocket purchase
03 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD
2003 VW Jetta TDI

Jeemu and those Finns seem to be born with an instinct to soup up the benz diesels like american kids seem to on 289's and 350 chevys---or i mean used to