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Originally Posted by DieselClack
It currently has a blown motor so I was told. It's been sitting for a long time and looks like an Arizona rust free car. I'm thinking about dropping in a 617.95 Turbo Diesel engine and tranny into it and wanted to know if anyone has done this that could tell and show me what it was like. 
I think it could be really sweet to have a Biodiesel Convertible!  |
Same thought has passed my mind!
I have an '85 300D and a 4.5L '72 SL. I would swap the engines just for the simplicity of the diesel.
There would of course be a performance hit - might save on speeding tickets!
The SL weighs about 3700 lbs and the 300D 4343lbs including engine. The 617 engine "looks" smaller than the V-8 but don't know where to find actual weights.
Suppose you would have to check out a few other things too, like affect of wheel size and diff. ratio?
If you have engine, go for it!
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Graham
85 300D
,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5