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My 380SL Diesel Conversion
Have a donor SL and pulled the intake, exhaust manifold and all related hardware from a donor '85 at the PNP in Fairfield -might just have another convertible soon!
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If you're taking this at a leisurely pace, see if you can get a non-trap manifold and turbo into the 107 frame. That's definitely the way to go if it fits. mach4 didn't have the parts lying around during his build.
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Let me know if you've got any questions. I love the swap and have put almost 3000 miles on it. It's now my primary driver. I hope to do a proper mpg test shortly, but thus far I'm estimating between 27 and 30.
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Good luck with it - I'll be watching from here.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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I've always meant to ask you this - but I keep forgetting - does your 380SL have the anti-dive set up on the rear trailing arms? Or is it only for the bigger engined 107 SLs?
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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Trap will be cut at flange and eliminated so we can use the '85 aircleaner setup to assist with clearance.
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I really don't know. If someone could describe this function, I'd be happy to look.
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I'm very satisfied with the drivability of the car. I'm not looking for performance, just a very stable platform and good mileage. The only Mercedes 617 car I've ever driven is the donor car for the 20 minutes to get it home, so I have nothing to compare to. But it is very smooth, adequate power, good top end and above all fun to drive.
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Trying to fit an aluminium W126 / 107 trailing arm to a W123 - a question of compatib Start at about post #12. Essentialy they're the aluminium version of the steelies...
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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I really don't know. If someone could describe this function, I'd be happy to look.
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The '85 aircleaner will never fit.
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ooops, time to reread your thread -
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