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Originally Posted by 300 Super D
Jesus, why do all of this for what will ultimately be an unreliable, maintenance nightmare of a franken-truck?
I know plenty of guys that just enjoy making work for themselves to avoid a mean wife, or whatever, and if that's the case then good luck, but if this is a work truck, why on earth not buy a 4x4 already? What's wrong with an old F250 diesel? You are asking for an endless string of problems, leaks, etc.. not to mention you are ruining a perfectly good 617.
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lol i have spent a long time now building my project into something just as Frankensteined and while i have had issues it has been worth it the entire time. i have parts off of W201,W126,W129,W107,W116,first gen cummins 5.9,catapillar fuel filters, and lots of random others. the only issues are ones i haven't got around to fixing yet plus ordering parts can be interesting. as for the truck swap, i might look into a Dieselmeken pump as the stock pump can only support around 150-160HP fully turned up and the egt's get kinda bad at that point. i think he is still doing 7.5MM MW pumps if you wanted to keep the stock pump. the M is a bit easier to tune and can deliver more fuel but requires new injection lines and a different throttle linkage plus having to source a core M pump. as for the turbo i might recommend a GT2359V off of a OM648 you will need a flange adapter and some way to control the VNT ring. i tried one briefly however i went back to a WG turbo as the 23V was a china clone and im planning on compounds soon. for the controller look into the SynchroG vnt controller its a rather elegant solution.