w123 engine swap to non-MB??
11-29-2008, 05:00 AM
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
Not personally but there are many swaps that have been done.
Here are some of them.
1966 Chevy pickup.
1977 Ford E150
1967 Mercury Cougar
1994 Ford Ranger
1996 Dodge Dakota
Jeep pickup.
Here are some of them.
1966 Chevy pickup.
1977 Ford E150
1967 Mercury Cougar
1994 Ford Ranger
1996 Dodge Dakota
Jeep pickup.
12-04-2008, 09:18 PM
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I was just looking at an old IHC Scout with a turbo 300 swapped in , it's now 2WD but tears up the road....
12-14-2008, 05:05 AM
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
Hell no! I wouldn't even take a picture if I did work that shoddy.
Cool, but diesel is always more cool.
What do you think of the Thai gentleman who put inline 6 Toyota twin cam engines into W123 cars? Fairly cool.
12-14-2008, 11:34 PM
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2006 E320 CDi, 2008 3/4 Ton Suburban, 2007 "rice rickshaw" Accord 5 speed
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Stricter laws mean more electronic nannies in your engine bay. Now they can even recall the terminal velocity of the car in a crash, like the blackbox in an aircraft. You can do more with the older diesels. Unfortunately the newest W123s are 23 years old and probably rusty. If they are not the owners want over $10,000.00 for them!
I may have asked you this before - why are tuners not over-boring cylinders, putting in bigger pistons and stroking diesel engines? Most efforts seem to be directed to turbos and injectors.
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12-16-2008, 07:23 AM
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
The Finns are getting over 400hp reliably from the OM603 and OM606 engines without any internal modifications.
12-16-2008, 05:58 PM
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I like the W123 cars as they were well built and made of thicker gauge steel. Modern ones have to take into account mileage compliance with the ever more ridiculous environmental laws in California and are relatively flimsy.
Stricter laws mean more electronic nannies in your engine bay. Now they can even recall the terminal velocity of the car in a crash, like the blackbox in an aircraft. You can do more with the older diesels. Unfortunately the newest W123s are 23 years old and probably rusty. If they are not the owners want over $10,000.00 for them!
I may have asked you this before - why are tuners not over-boring cylinders, putting in bigger pistons and stroking diesel engines? Most efforts seem to be directed to turbos and injectors.
Stricter laws mean more electronic nannies in your engine bay. Now they can even recall the terminal velocity of the car in a crash, like the blackbox in an aircraft. You can do more with the older diesels. Unfortunately the newest W123s are 23 years old and probably rusty. If they are not the owners want over $10,000.00 for them!
I may have asked you this before - why are tuners not over-boring cylinders, putting in bigger pistons and stroking diesel engines? Most efforts seem to be directed to turbos and injectors.
There is a local guy who can reflash my ECU for less but I worry that he may not know what he is doing. He works on Smart diesels.
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