Ultimate Street Sleeper - Mercedes W124 'Superturbodiesel'

[Palmers]

Little vid #needagopro

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rH4N9BWfQ

[xjay1337]

Sounds nice but why cant you make an acceleration video recording the dashboard :-)

[Palmers]

To look at what? Speedo doesnt work - cable driven and it has a modern 6 speed in lol

[Yadizzle1]

Love it

[dragonheart]

Palmers said:

To look at what? Speedo doesnt work - cable driven and it has a modern 6 speed in lol

Could you not fit a gps device to monitor speed???

[Palmers]

dragonheart said:

Could you not fit a gps device to monitor speed???

That is the plan for a short term fix!

[pstruck]

Palmers said:

Little vid #needagopro

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rH4N9BWfQ

Sounds great. What a whole load of fun that looks. More video footage please when you get the chance.

[QuantumTokoloshi]

Palmers said:

Little vid #needagopro

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rH4N9BWfQ

That sounds really good for a diesel.

I love the smoke trail, but do not ever use that as a getaway car, you will not be able to get away from the rozzers.

[RemyMartin]

Put your phone in landscape when filming

[ORD]

Does sound good for a diesel!

8k rpm and 680bhp is modest. These prehistoric 3.0d engines can rev to 10,000 rpm quite easily and hit 800bhp with stock internals.

Audi are kicking themselves that they wasted so much money building a V10 for Le Mans, as these MB engines are vastly superior. 200 or 300 bhp per litre is easy.

[xjay1337]

You're full of the joys as normal.

[ORD]

And you, as ever, delight in your anti-knowledge perspective.

[xjay1337]

[Fermit The Krog]

pstruck said:

Sounds great. What a whole load of fun that looks. More video footage please when you get the chance.

Ditto. It travels down the road beautifully. Lovely noise too!

[RumbleOfThunder]

I must be getting miserable but I find the exhaust smog really obnoxious.

[InitialDave]

Really impressive, OP. Would appreciate a full rundown of all the modifications if you're able to? How much "supporting" work is needed for things like the turbo and pump change, or is it just a straight bolt on deal?

[anonymous-user]

RumbleOfThunder said:

I must be getting miserable but I find the exhaust smog really obnoxious.

Go to your room.

[problemchild1976]

damn these boring smelly old diesels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ol9yl3BhQY

JJ

[ORD]

Those poor guys running the comedy dyno aren't going to be very healthy for long breathing in all that unburnt diesel.

[anonymous-user]

Several things from me:

I love the OP's car

I like the black smoke from heavily tuned diesels. The Americans like it too and call it 'rolling coal'. No smoke, No poke!

If you like tuned diesel noise, this is a nice video of a very rapid 400bhp Skoda TDi hillclimb car with a lovely vertical exhaust stack out the bonnet making some serious progress and serious smoke: http://youtu.be/r8IwgpdvqWc

As for big power figures from tuned diesel motors, the Americans love tuning their diesel pickup trucks to well over 1000bhp and run 9 second quarter miles in them, so I'm not sure why there is so much skepticism about big power tuned diesels?