Someone should do a swap thread for the first turbo deezls using a JY 123 cam and towers to get the extra 18 hp the early cars did not have.

Not a bad ideal. I also wonder how the 616 four bangers increased the power when they did. Six or so more horsepower should seem signifigant on them.

Should still be a lot of later shot engines around with good cams,towers and rockers for few dollars. Just do not get the rockers out of proper sequence. They have to go back in where they originally where on the donar engine.

Didn't the early 116's have cam problems which caused a recall? Were the newer cams installed on the recalls?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Mercedes having soft cams at one end goes back a long time. It seems the issue was finally dealt with before or around 1980. Otherwise there would be postings every other day on site.

I thought the difference was attributed to a revised system of engine measurement. Could be wrong though.