http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCbOTdQuWF4

Look at the intake and exhaust manifold, custom made...

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

Poorly made.

90* angles all over the place, no provision for an intercooler, no tuning of the runner length and square tube for the exhaust manifold. The W116 exhaust manifold and W115 intake manifold are far better designed.

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that thing still sounds pretty cool tho

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92 B2600i Cab plus getting a 82 3.0L 5cyl 617 mercedes Turbo Diesel build thread here
96 GMC 1500 z71 4x4 6.5L turbo diesel
Diesel all the way!!!

Yeah that's what I was thinking too that the intake and exhaust Are not shaped correctly to promote performance improvement

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

Gotta love the cooling system they have going too

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http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...73378_30-1.jpg

Running the CCV straight into the cold side like that without some sort of catch-can or filter could spell disaster for the delicate aluminum compressor wheel if oil droplets form and impact at 140krpm... And what on earth is that square thing...?

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99 E300 Turbodiesel 100k

It came that way stock on the W116 300SD.

Those manifolds are awful.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

The welding is really good though.

It could have looked like this.

I'm in shock...

1) because that picture is the most horrific automotive-related thing I have seen in a long while and

2) Because the W116 vented the CCV straight into the turbo inlet... Can this really be? Seems to me like droplets are bound to coalesce which would spell disaster for the compressor.

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99 E300 Turbodiesel 100k

The CCV into the inlet works fine for me. The W123/W126 oil sep isn't exactly great at removing oil either.

Turbo Mufflers..(And so much more)

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

Wow

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

The BMW 525TDs vents its CCV directly into turbo inlet too....

Not a known fault for turbo failures the earlier E34/36 cars....

What was the language they were speaking?--Completely failed to identify it...

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Alastair AKA H.C.II South Wales, U.K. based member

W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....

That my friend is Swedish!

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1998 Mercedes E300TD

1983 Mercedes 240D Turbo, 131bar injectors, Cosworth intercooler and 63' Ford Falcon radiator, Ardic Parking heater, Headlight wipers, Best 38.6mpg.

1973 Saab 96 Rally Car, 1.8l V4 with all the race bits

Ah, that explains it all. The Swedes are well known for their well designed cars!