A new project - the ultimate highway fuel sipper - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Skid Row Joe · #16 07-24-2017, 11:38 PM

Greazzer: good luck with the diesel acquisition.

Roll guy: I noticed you join ed the ranks of we W211 05/06 CDI owners. And that you love it! Lol#! Congrats.

Love to learn more/all about the Mitsubishi hvac units!?!?

greazzer · #17 08-05-2017, 04:39 PM

Car pick-up happened, she's under a shed roof at another forum member's house waiting for some repairs / restoration.

I purchased a 2:47 differential and it's in the process of being shipped. Looking in my pack-rat boxes in the crawlspace for a yoke to swap it over. Thinking about braving the heat one AM to install the differential and yank the dead engine ...

ROLLGUY · #18 08-05-2017, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

Greazzer: good luck with the diesel acquisition.

Roll guy: I noticed you join ed the ranks of we W211 05/06 CDI owners. And that you love it! Lol#! Congrats.

Love to learn more/all about the Mitsubishi hvac units!?!?

I just saw this, and yes I like the CDI a lot (not that anyone would know by looking at my license plate

). I have only installed one system (one condenser, two branch boxes, six heads). It is in my friends vacation home in Mexico. My neighbor came down for a weekend to do the leak check, vac and charge, I just installed the equipment. The installation instructions that come with every unit are superb, and thorough. Anyone with basic mechanical and construction skills can do it. It was a lot of fun working with this quality equipment too!.......Rich

funola · #19 08-06-2017, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by greazzer

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-cars-sale/387233-mercedes-free-good-home-78cd.html#post3727945

Planning on picking up this car in a few weeks.

Plan is to make the ultimate highway cruiser, fuel sipper and back on grease ...

240CD, with manual brakes, EWP, manual steering, vacuum pump delete, 2:2X LSD or something in that ballpark, 4 speed, #1930 injectors - see video below, lowered an inch or two, 15" wheels, et cet,

I am traveling around 400 miles each way each week or close enough to warrant a 2nd life burning WVO.

Plan is to start all the work when it cools down and have it ready for sometime in 2018. My daily beater is a 2000 Buick Regal which is a GREAT car but tired of spending $60 to $65 bucks a week for gas.

Didn't you already build a similar grease burner with a monstrous FPHE? It had a red custom leather interior as I recall. What happened to that car?

greazzer · #20 08-14-2017, 04:22 PM

The red leather interior with real AMG (pre-merger) body kit is a 4 door garage queen. It was never a WVO car. It will have a monstor of a OM617 engine with mod'd injectors and IP. Most of that R&D was done and spread among various threads and posts. It is listed under my thread called "Introducing Red". Please do not co-mingle the threads. Makes things confusing. I've done a bunch of mod's and work with WVO. I don't ever recall making the ultimate fuel sipper. This is the first for me.

greazzer · #21 08-14-2017, 04:24 PM

The coupe project is going into phase I: remove the drivetrain (engine & tranny).

I am hoping that will be this weekend. I will post some snappies of that. The heat is still a factor.

Tmadia · #22 08-14-2017, 04:33 PM

Drop a TDI into that CD with a manual trans and get REALLY spectacular mileage!

I've been considering that for mine once something major breaks.

funola · #23 08-14-2017, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by greazzer

The red leather interior with real AMG (pre-merger) body kit is a 4 door garage queen. It was never a WVO car. It will have a monstor of a OM617 engine with mod'd injectors and IP. Most of that R&D was done and spread among various threads and posts. It is listed under my thread called "Introducing Red". Please do not co-mingle the threads. Makes things confusing. I've done a bunch of mod's and work with WVO. I don't ever recall making the ultimate fuel sipper. This is the first for me.

This is the thread The Sleeper Part Deux I was talking about with the red leather interior, pics of it in post #160

In posts #170, 173, 175, 179, 183, 212, 280, 329, WVO was mentioned.

vwnate1 · #24 08-15-2017, 12:49 AM

Subscribed .

I once saw one of these in Hollywood, it was original olive green .

greazzer · #25 08-15-2017, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by funola

This is the thread The Sleeper Part Deux I was talking about with the red leather interior, pics of it in post #160

In posts #170, 173, 175, 179, 183, 212, 280, 329, WVO was mentioned.

My bad. tow truck guy damaged the car so I ended up removing all the parts and installing into Red. Sold the pastel beige car thereafter.

greazzer · #26 08-15-2017, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Tmadia

Drop a TDI into that CD with a manual trans and get REALLY spectacular mileage!

I've been considering that for mine once something major breaks.

I have way too much spare MB stuff ... I actually have enough spares / extras to do around 95% of the project. Plus, I know almost nothing about TDIs.

ROLLGUY · #27 08-15-2017, 10:10 AM

The TDI's are also more expensive, and hard to find. The early ('97?) TDI is the best one (IP can be made mechanical, requiring no computer), but harder yet to find. You would also need an adapter for the trans. The Suzuki Samurai with the TDI is a popular swap, so adapters are available for that application. Agreed- stick with the less expensive, easier to find MB drivetrain.......Rich

funola · #28 08-15-2017, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by greazzer

My bad. tow truck guy damaged the car so I ended up removing all the parts and installing into Red. Sold the pastel beige car thereafter.

You had me questioning my own memory for a while. I am glad it's ok and I've been vindicated. In The Sleeper Part Deux your last post was on 10-22-2015. No mention thereafter of the tow truck damage. You may want to update that thread so as not to leave people wondering what happened to it?

greazzer · #29 08-15-2017, 10:50 AM

idk... Not sure I am that interestging ... lol

greazzer · #30 09-28-2017, 08:32 AM

Well, the "ultimate" fuel sipper may not be in the immediate cards. 5 versus 4 cylinders seems to be the plan.

Update here with pictures this weekend. Found an OM617.95X (not sure if its a .950 or .952) until I get to look at it. Got it for the price of shipping: $269.99, so just call it $270. Was really $200 shipping quote, $24.99 admin fee from the reverse auction, and $45 for $2,000 worth of insurance with $250 deductible. It is on its way ... shipping delayed.

Got the 2:47 differential sitting in a box from the seller in my hallway by the front door. Will try that out, and if I like it, may go about swapping out the guts to make it a LSD. That was collectively $255 to date. It's heavy. Still need a yoke ...

Picked up a set of Euro rear head rests (entire upper back cushion) for $75.00

And towing itself for the car $200.00

I wanted to give the above pricing as part of the update to give hobbyist an idea that the old car hobby is not cheap nor easy. I received virtually everything for free or very decent pricing and I am already in it for around $850.00 and I got a shell to date. There's around $50+ not mentioned for odd ball things. Always amused by CL adds talking about how EZ this or that is ... it's time consuming, luck, patience, and some cash ... I have lots of tools and I am blessed with an attached garage and boxes and bins of MB parts ...

Found a set of front brakes for the big brake upgrade under my crawl space, so that was around $65-ish from the yard a few years ago.

The car itself was free.

Pictures this weekend and hopefully the temps will drop a little more so I can pull out the seized engine and to start the process ...