Ultimate Street Sleeper - Mercedes W124 'Superturbodiesel'

Ultimate Street Sleeper - Mercedes W124 'Superturbodiesel'

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exgtt

2,067 posts

214 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Does it go like this?

http://youtu.be/NbShuHhQq6k


soad

32,988 posts

178 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Shakermaker said:
At work, can't use YooToob - assume this is OP's car at DPUKs business?
yes

MrMoonyMan

2,584 posts

213 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Absolutely loving this.

One thing though... 8000rpm??

J4CKO

41,826 posts

202 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Hah, I just found that video seeing as it got me intrigued about old diesel Mercs.

What about the clouds of yak that comes out, isnt that a bit embarassing, not that it hangs around to find out biggrin


Those Diesel pump guys videos are great, the voice of the guy who does all the talking keeps reminding me of Steve Coogan when he played Tony Wilson in 24 hr Party People.



Edited by J4CKO on Friday 5th February 16:26

Croutons

10,015 posts

168 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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OK, so if I buy a W210 E class derv, what is it going to cost to get it moving like this?

8bit

4,901 posts

157 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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This is properly batst crazy. Love it.

EskimoArapaho

5,135 posts

137 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Will it still run on chippie oil?

Usget

5,426 posts

213 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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How on earth does it rev that high without exploding?!

Palmers

Original Poster:

478 posts

113 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Wow! Didnt expect this response!

To answer a few questions - it is indeed dieselpumpuk build no. 2. I now own the vehicle.

How does it run 8k rpm? A mechanical injection pump. It is not a common rail diesel.

Traction? In the dry, not an issue. Even with an open diff she opens up and goes no problem. It needs a quaife for longer gearing though, 1st, 2nd, 3rd cant really access the potential. 4th a bit better. 5th and 6th are batst crazy! Like i cant actually explain how much it forces you back in the seat.

Smoke? Yes its a performance diesel. It has an alda ontop of the pump so it brings the fuelling in gradually with the boost, but there is still a fair amount thrown out at hard boost.

Suspension / brakes. Currently standard, although new discs / pads, balljoints, bushes, wishbones etc. Will deffo be upgrading, i have been told the lift from the front when the boost kicks in is quite substantial.

A10

633 posts

101 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Got to love this.

J4CKO

41,826 posts

202 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Love it, standard no turbo brakes and suspension with 600 plus bhp, bet it is a rare vehicle, one that can accelerate quicker than it can stop.

Do you ever feel like the engine has got you to a speed that the rest of it has no place being ?

Have you surprised anything interesting in what looks like a 1990s Corfu taxi ?

I want one so badly now.

Super Slo Mo

5,368 posts

200 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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LankyLegoHead said:
mikearwas said:
Can someone explain to me how this is making so much power from stock internals? Is it purely due to the boost levels? Surely the lag is horrendous?
Look at the power curve, I would say it is!

Absolutely incredible, my hats off to you. It's brilliant in every way!
How can you tell? The power curve doesn't show anything to do with lag.

Impressive motor op, I'm very curious about the increased redline as I thought getting diesel to burn quick enough at those revs was quite difficult.
That said, peak power seems to be at more 'normal' revs anyway wink.

jfdi

1,077 posts

177 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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wobbleclapclapclapclapclapbow

Heaveho

5,374 posts

176 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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It's proper ocean-going, fur-lined, gold-plated nutters like you that keep the world turning for me, congrats, great effort.

EskimoArapaho

5,135 posts

137 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Super Slo Mo said:
Impressive motor op, I'm very curious about the increased redline as I thought getting diesel to burn quick enough at those revs was quite difficult.
Looking at the crap that comes out of it, I don't think all the diesel does burn at high revs. smile

LocoBlade

7,627 posts

258 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Not sure I understand how it can rev that high either. I always thought diesel engine rev ceilings were limited on revs by physics. Diesel burns much slower which I thought was the main reason they never rev much higher than ~5k, plus a lot higher compression means heavier internals and more stress on the crank / pistons as the revs climb.

Mr Tidy

22,776 posts

129 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Congrats OP!

I thought I gave up diesels a couple of years ago after 10 years of them, but I like the idea of an 8,000 rpm red-line and clouds of smoke out the back - reminds me of my old 2-stroke motorbikes and they were a hoot!

Wonder what your insurers make of the dyno. print-out?!

steveo3002

10,567 posts

176 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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cracking car

all i would change is back to stock looking bumper and wheels

Gorbyrev

1,160 posts

156 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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What a pleasing lack of DERV haters on this thread. Lovely beast you have there. How do you stop it starting to use the engine oil as fuel at high revs and lunch itself as it revs out of control?

SirSquidalot

4,042 posts

167 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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10/10 this is tuning at its most mental.