For me, the answer would be to swap cars for one with the turbo. My 76 300D isn't likely to be improved by my messing about with it. There used to be kits to put a turbo on the non turbo diesels but I think Marshall frowned on the idea. I also think it would hardly be worth my effort when there are lots of factory turbo diesels out there to be had.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Knoble Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:44 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Performance Diesel Mercedes > R A Bennell wrote: >> I think (but I could be wrong) that most of the diesel folks on here >> think that MB did a pretty good job to begin with and that >> modification beyond something minimal is heresy. >> >> Am I right? >I cannot really recall much reference on this list to diesel modification for >more power. Did I miss it, or are you > just saying there are others out there who are more interested in that sort > of thing? IIRC, on the old MBZ.org lists there was a diesel list for the purists and a diesel tech list moderated by Jamie Kopchinski (sp?) that was dedicated to increasing the output and performance of the beloved MB diesel. A paraphrased quote from Jabba the Hurst. "Most MB purists believe that if God would've wanted your Mercedes to come with it, He would've told the engineers at Stuttgart, and they'd have made it that way." As far as diesel hotrodding goes, either you learn to speak Finnish or go over to the forums at BuyMBParts and speak with Dave M. He is THE MAN when it comes to intelligent modifications to diesel Mercedes... Caveats, YMMV My 2ยข Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
