USA W124/OM606 daily driver/superturbo project

HoleshotHolset

11-10-2011, 01:21 AM #17

aaa There are w124 swaybars out there with an extra bend in the front to clear oil pans.

Thanks for the info. I figured there might be different sway bars, but it's unclear which one would clear my oil pan. That might take a lot of trial and error.

hansebanger77 do you have a good picture from the trottle linkage of the 606 NA?

Sorry - I do not have any pictures of the NA OM606 throttle linkage before I plucked it from the engine bay of the W124.

Little update...I really have been working on the car! Smile

The cold weather is settling in - so I'm splitting this project into stages:
Stage I - make it daily driveable ASAP so I don't have to drive the $^&! Dodge.
Stage II - make it daily driveable with the 722.6
Stage II - turn up the fuel and replace the turbo

In no particular order...

Here is the intercooler and some of the pipes in place. This IC core is 24"x12"x4" with 3" inlet/outlet. Go big or go home. You can also see where the engine oil and transmission oil coolers will bolt up above it. All of these steel supports were made from common hardware store steel stock and a bit of MIG welding (the Millermatic needs a new liner for the MIG torch...the wire feed is sporadic at times leading to bad beads). Note: The bottom support for the IC was not yet fabricated in this picture...it's done now.

Painted valve cover with flat black Krylon. Yes, those are wire nuts.

Before EGR delete...

After EGR delete. I had a hard time welding the super thin aluminum tubing to the thicker aluminum intake manifold. It's beyond ugly...but it should hold. "Hey, at least I did it myself with my own tools..." ... "Whatever, man...it's still ugly."

Bumper cover airflow mod - before:

Bumper cover airflow mod - after. Looks a little bit rice...but the materials were free and it will be functional.

That's about all I have for now in terms of pictures. The OM606.962 is up and running with the mechanical M-pump. It took me a while to get it timed right but it's dead nuts set @ 14° ATDC now. I have a little bit to finish up on the 3" IC piping, then there's the air filter and just general assembly of everything else. Like I said - for now I just need to get the thing to a daily driver state. The old Dodge is not a good vehicle to drive 450mi/week. Smile

Beers,

Matt

I just found some other pics on my phone...

Here's how I plugged off the EGR port on the exhaust manifold.

I ground down a common black iron reducer fitting (3/8" to 1/8" NPT) so that it would fit in the hole.

Welded it in there and then plugged it off with a galvanized 1/8" NPT plug. I may use this for an EGT thermocouple or even turbine inlet pressure. I figured I may as well get some use out of this instead of just capping it off.

Beers,

Matt

'07 W211 OM642
'95 W124.131/722.435, 211k - daily driver/Superturbo project - OM606.962 with "M" pump...under construction! (build thread here)
'99 W210.025 - gone, but not forgotten
'94 Dodge/Cummins - gone, but not forgotten

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