Yo, new member here

[the D]

I hope this is the right subforum for introductions. Please move if it's not. I decided to head here after trying for the last week to start a profile on superturbodiesel, not sure what's going on.

I've been into Benzes for a while, I worked on them for 13 years and was Benz master certified for 9 years. I don't have a ton of experience with the mid-90's and older cars but pretty well know my way around the cars from there to about 2010-ish. I went to an independent shop around then for a few years and left the auto industry after that. And I will do everything in my power to not ever be a flat-rate tech ever again. I actually didn't start driving a Mercedes until I stopped working on them for a living. But I've got one now and won't be looking back.

I snatched up a '93 300D from Craigslist last year and started a love affair with diesels that is still going strong. Which leads me to why I am starting profiles here and, hopefully eventually, on STD. I've decided to start the long process of swapping a bananas om606 into my car. I've got some pretty ambitious plans for the build and it's going to take a while but it will happen. As soon as I get it weaseled through the finance department...

So let me paint a mental picture of what I see in my head of the finished product

-1993 300D, obviously, white exterior with black leather interior taken from donor car. Currently has palomino that's in pretty good shape for 162k miles
-500E fenders and accompanying kit, plastic panels painted to match. Euro headlights
-500E sway bars, springs, shocks, & struts
-600SL brakes, steering, front, & rear suspension(kinda undecided as of now). Big and burly **** to handle some power
-18in monoblocks. I know everyone has them but they look so good on a w124
-722.6 W5A580, from a C32, super-prepped with standalone controller. I have two of these from an insurance job back in the day. They didn't want the old ones and I wasn't about to scrap two AMG transmissions.
-The star of the show, om606 turbo.

I've got some pretty grand plans for the engine. Some may or may not be feasible for a while but I would like for them to happen eventually. Hear me out though.

3.5 crank, diy Teflon coated main and rod bearings. Some main support as well
Custom steel pistons, diy Teflon and ceramic coated
Custom steel rods
--my father is a pretty accomplished machinist and has some pretty serious metalworking machinery in his garage so those two aren't too unobtainable.
8mm mechanical injection pump, whichever one can be fine-tuned to be the most civil
Custom intake and water/air after cooler
Ported head with diy ceramic coating in ports and chambers
Bigger cams, accompanying springs, and adjustable cam gears
Compound turbo setup, inter-turbo cooled and boosted to the stratosphere

All while retaining a/c & p/s and being a daily driver.

Jesus, that looks insane now that I've written it all down. It'll be a bad ***** though when it's finished