Hi ya'll. Got a free 79 300td....
Hi ya'll. Got a free 79 300td....
Got the engine started yesterday. It had sat over three years. It seems to idle smoothly and I was able to back it in the garage. I'd like to build a bench for it to run out of the vehicle in, learn to tune it and drop it in an xj or yj.
There seems to be many different view points on whether this engine can handle boost. Does anyone have firsthand knowledge of this engine being turboed and either failing or running reliably? I'd like as much torque as I can get out of this coal burner. My current thought process is to learn to adjust the MW pump in it's current form Add a Garret 2052 and air to air intercooler and tune from there. I figure worst case scenario I melt a (free) engine and I pick up one of the plethora of turbo cars floating craigslist.
I can't wrap my brain around the idea that "The most reliable engine ever" is going to fail at the first sign of boost. Mercedes design ethos seems to over build and include large margins of safety and durability. Does anybody have a guestimate on how much power the stock pump will handle? I'm gunning for about 200ftlbs and I'll take it at idle if I can get it.
bicyclewrench
11-03-2015, 10:23 AM #1Drug it out of an old hippies back yard. It's a Flintstone mobile and all the passengers can help!
Got the engine started yesterday. It had sat over three years. It seems to idle smoothly and I was able to back it in the garage. I'd like to build a bench for it to run out of the vehicle in, learn to tune it and drop it in an xj or yj.
There seems to be many different view points on whether this engine can handle boost. Does anyone have firsthand knowledge of this engine being turboed and either failing or running reliably? I'd like as much torque as I can get out of this coal burner. My current thought process is to learn to adjust the MW pump in it's current form Add a Garret 2052 and air to air intercooler and tune from there. I figure worst case scenario I melt a (free) engine and I pick up one of the plethora of turbo cars floating craigslist.
I can't wrap my brain around the idea that "The most reliable engine ever" is going to fail at the first sign of boost. Mercedes design ethos seems to over build and include large margins of safety and durability. Does anybody have a guestimate on how much power the stock pump will handle? I'm gunning for about 200ftlbs and I'll take it at idle if I can get it.
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