(06-15-2012, 05:14 PM)Purplecomputer It would have been a cool project but I did always wonder if the turbo 616 would live long if you used it for towing.
I think the wagon is a better idea.
All right, I made a decision. Its gonna get a 617 turbo motor instead.
Most of the subframe work ive alread done will still be perfectly usable, so now ill keep my eyes open for a parts 300D kicking around.
In the meantime, I finally and truly think I smoked the automatic in this van, so for the interim, ill be taking the 5-speed and installing it behind the gas motor to get it rolling again until next year when the #$%() final emissions inspection can get done, and I can immediately invalidate it.
Im using it as a quasi mobile tool locker at a job site right now.
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van