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MBZ Diesel Repowers
In your surfing or whatever, have you come across any Mercedes gassers repowered with Mercedes-Benz™ diesel engines? How about other vehicles repowered using Mercedes engines? Or, howzabout Mercedes repowered with either later model or larger Mercedes diesels? Post 'em here.
Here's one. W123 with later model OM601(?) diesel.
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No.. But I've been trying to think of something good to put a 617 into for awhile now. Volvo, BMW, something worthy but not, ah, so Mercedes...
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i wonder if itd be possible to stuff a 617 into an older VW jetta diesel...i used to drive a 91 with the 4cyl diesel, nice little car...slow, but nice....a 617 would really liven it up
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Wolfwalker-
It would be pretty cool to set up a 617 turbo in a late 70's-early 80's BMW 3 series, or late 70's-early 80's Volvo 2 series coupe, sedan, or wagon!
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this weekend, saw a totalled 300D at the yard with a chevy SBC 350 in it.
real hack job, the radiator was WELDED in to the front core support. I guess chevy radiators never go bad so he would never have reason to remove it
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But no, unless you put it in the rear of the cabin, not enough room. It's not that I dislike the Mercedes, but the Volvo has SO MUCH aftermarket suspension wise, ditto the BMW, plus it's already geared for handling. I'd worry on the weight distro though in both cases.
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How about this one? I came across this earlier today. Neat but i'll bet its wayyyyy underpowered.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4519989506&category=6156&sspagename=WDVW |
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now what do you see wrong with this picture? the guy performs an unheard of engine swap into his daily driver...puts 4k miles on it, and then tries to sell it, ON EBAY...i bet that thing is on a rapid downhill run, and he needs to dump it so he can recoup a little of the money he threw into it....$20k for a 6 year old vehicle with over 100k miles on both the vehicle and engine??? i pity the fool who ends up with that one....although, it is quite a clever idea...im betting it hasnt gone(in these last 4000 miles) the way he had hoped
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Randy,
Some years ago there was a blue W115 220D here in town that was not originally a diesel. Think it was a 4cyl 230, if that was a valid model. The trunk badge was actually changed after the rebuild was completed, at the suggestion of the owners daughters. Never rode in it, but believe that the dash stuff, including the 'Gorilla' knob and salt-shaker glow indicator were all present. They drove the car in the 220D configuration for at least 10 years before trading it off, and never had any problems with the conversion.
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FWIW, I heard that somewhere on the east coast (DC mebbe) there's a W113 sporting a diesel.
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Had a '68 200D once and sold it to a shop who then swapped a petrol motor into it.
There's a OM601 motor at the junkyard and thinking about taking it, what can be done with that?
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Not a MB so it is off topic but never seen one like this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4519032813 Quote:
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its just an outrageous claim...............like the 40+ mpg 300D
The 6.5 Turbo Diesel with the right gears and an overdrive trans will get 25-28 mpg in a truck.........there is no way its going to get 55 mpg......
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