I will start this swap in August. I wanted to start a thread about the swap, along with pictures, to get feedback and answers. I posted in "diesel performance tuning" to keep the audience small and expert. I want to hear from people with the knowledge to help me along. I also want to limited the number of wise cracks and arguments that so many other threads have in the main sections.

So far I have the parts car, 85 190D 5spd, and the 300D. I know one of the final issues will be the rear end ratio. We will have to wait and see what comes of that.

I have a good understanding on what I want to do and it seems pretty straight forward

I do have a clutch question to start with:
I can only really find one clutch for the 190d, factory(basically)/OEM. Do you think the OEM clutch is strong enough to deal with the bigger engine and any performance mods I might have? I do not see any clutch upgrades. Currently I do not plan on any HP improvements beyond say.. 225hp

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08 R320 CDI current

Past
95 E420
87 300D Turbo 5spd
90 300TE
83 300SD
85 300TD
92 400E
85 190D