majesty78
Veteran Member
As I have sold my Ibiza to a friend of mine, I have chosen to start a new project.
I know its no TDI but I also know there are many knowledgeable people on this forum, so I hope you dont mind me starting this thread.
As been already said in the thread title, I decided to start a buildup on a Mercedes Benz, taken a closer look and by advice from shadowmaker (Janne) the basic car will be a E-class with 3.0L turbodiesel engine and 177hp. Engine code OM606.962.
(IF I find one which is not busted by corrosion....)
I am not fixed on a certain hp number, my goals are to have a smokefree, responsive and powerful (for whatever that means*g*) DAILY DRIVER.
To have it smokefree is very important because cops here in Austria always keep an eye on bad smoking cars, and I dont want to get pulled over frequently. And, as a second, i dont think it looks very good on a street use Mercedes which smokes as hell...
To meet my requirements, I have had a nice pm traffic with Janne already, who pointed me in the right direction what hardware will be necessary, and explained important things to look after.
So I know already that I will need an upgraded pump (Myna diesel) get the AT reinforced, exhaust and good IC and of courses a way bigger turbo than the stock kkk k14....
In terms of which turbo to use I am still very confused, I would not limit the choice by the mechanics what will appear to be done, so anything from a single VNT up to a staged system can be done, but the choice of the correct turbo leads me into headache, as I dont know many people who tried out various constellations on this engines.
Janne gave me some hints in the Holset direction which are often used in this engines, but a single HX40 wont meet my requirements of good low end power and response and a smokefree engine.
On a other forum I read about the Holset. HE341Ve which is a variable vanes design, about the size of an GT3576 which should be good for 300-350hp, but as those turbos are not very common in europe it would cost about 2500€…
So I am still interessted in an alternative staged system, but as I am not very experienced in turbo matching mathematics, I would need some help finding a setup which works for above mentioned requirements...
So this is all regarding to the lucky case, that I find a decent basic car, with low mileage and not beeing eaten up by corrosion.
If this should turn out to be impossible, I would also like a E320 or even S320 CDI with the "old" inline 6 engine and 197hp from stock called OM613 ( not the V6 engine with 204 or 224hp...)
The benefit of these OM613 would be, that they can be pushed to about 250hp/550Nm only by remap, the E300 would need a different turbo, pump and a reinforced AT for that, so the higher purchase price for a newer CDI would be relativatet...
But, as i know myself good enough, I am quite sure, that a remap only will get boring sooner or later, so I would need to know where the limits of the CDI injection system are, in case I upgrade the stock GT2359V to something bigger...and what possibilitys do I have to increase fueling over the stock conditions max. level in the Hardware?
Any help, hints, helpful links and so on are greatly appreciated,
so long, Alex
I know its no TDI but I also know there are many knowledgeable people on this forum, so I hope you dont mind me starting this thread.
As been already said in the thread title, I decided to start a buildup on a Mercedes Benz, taken a closer look and by advice from shadowmaker (Janne) the basic car will be a E-class with 3.0L turbodiesel engine and 177hp. Engine code OM606.962.
(IF I find one which is not busted by corrosion....)
I am not fixed on a certain hp number, my goals are to have a smokefree, responsive and powerful (for whatever that means*g*) DAILY DRIVER.
To have it smokefree is very important because cops here in Austria always keep an eye on bad smoking cars, and I dont want to get pulled over frequently. And, as a second, i dont think it looks very good on a street use Mercedes which smokes as hell...
To meet my requirements, I have had a nice pm traffic with Janne already, who pointed me in the right direction what hardware will be necessary, and explained important things to look after.
So I know already that I will need an upgraded pump (Myna diesel) get the AT reinforced, exhaust and good IC and of courses a way bigger turbo than the stock kkk k14....
In terms of which turbo to use I am still very confused, I would not limit the choice by the mechanics what will appear to be done, so anything from a single VNT up to a staged system can be done, but the choice of the correct turbo leads me into headache, as I dont know many people who tried out various constellations on this engines.
Janne gave me some hints in the Holset direction which are often used in this engines, but a single HX40 wont meet my requirements of good low end power and response and a smokefree engine.
On a other forum I read about the Holset. HE341Ve which is a variable vanes design, about the size of an GT3576 which should be good for 300-350hp, but as those turbos are not very common in europe it would cost about 2500€…
So I am still interessted in an alternative staged system, but as I am not very experienced in turbo matching mathematics, I would need some help finding a setup which works for above mentioned requirements...
So this is all regarding to the lucky case, that I find a decent basic car, with low mileage and not beeing eaten up by corrosion.
If this should turn out to be impossible, I would also like a E320 or even S320 CDI with the "old" inline 6 engine and 197hp from stock called OM613 ( not the V6 engine with 204 or 224hp...)
The benefit of these OM613 would be, that they can be pushed to about 250hp/550Nm only by remap, the E300 would need a different turbo, pump and a reinforced AT for that, so the higher purchase price for a newer CDI would be relativatet...
But, as i know myself good enough, I am quite sure, that a remap only will get boring sooner or later, so I would need to know where the limits of the CDI injection system are, in case I upgrade the stock GT2359V to something bigger...and what possibilitys do I have to increase fueling over the stock conditions max. level in the Hardware?
Any help, hints, helpful links and so on are greatly appreciated,
so long, Alex
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