Has anyone put a mercedes diesel in a 928?
10-03-2013, 09:34 PM
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Has anyone put a mercedes diesel in a 928?
I was wondering if anyone has done this. I occasionally see engine-challenged 928s for sale and old MB diesels are a dime a dozen around here. I'm nearing the end of my BMW sedan pickup conversion and was thinking about this as a winter project.
I know back in the day people used to transplant engines pretty easily (f.e. a ford with a chevy v8). They would have a place cut the driveline from the original rear dif and cut the driveline from the new tranny and weld them together.
Can something like this be done for the 928? I believe the 928 uses the MB auto tranny? Does that help? Would be very slow but good on gas. I would keep my other 928s, this idea would be more for one that would otherwise go to the crusher.
I know back in the day people used to transplant engines pretty easily (f.e. a ford with a chevy v8). They would have a place cut the driveline from the original rear dif and cut the driveline from the new tranny and weld them together.
Can something like this be done for the 928? I believe the 928 uses the MB auto tranny? Does that help? Would be very slow but good on gas. I would keep my other 928s, this idea would be more for one that would otherwise go to the crusher.
10-03-2013, 09:37 PM
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Put the pipe down, and check into rehab.
10-03-2013, 10:27 PM
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Has anyone put a mercedes diesel in a 928 ?
I would say what he would have said.
This is Anatole 'Tony' Lapine.
I was wondering if anyone has done this. I occasionally see engine-challenged 928s for sale and old MB diesels are a dime a dozen around here. I'm nearing the end of my BMW sedan pickup conversion and was thinking about this as a winter project.
I know back in the day people used to transplant engines pretty easily (f.e. a ford with a chevy v8). They would have a place cut the driveline from the original rear dif and cut the driveline from the new tranny and weld them together.
Can something like this be done for the 928? I believe the 928 uses the MB auto tranny? Does that help? Would be very slow but good on gas. I would keep my other 928s, this idea would be more for one that would otherwise go to the crusher.
I know back in the day people used to transplant engines pretty easily (f.e. a ford with a chevy v8). They would have a place cut the driveline from the original rear dif and cut the driveline from the new tranny and weld them together.
Can something like this be done for the 928? I believe the 928 uses the MB auto tranny? Does that help? Would be very slow but good on gas. I would keep my other 928s, this idea would be more for one that would otherwise go to the crusher.
This is Anatole 'Tony' Lapine.
10-03-2013, 10:41 PM
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
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928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
10-03-2013, 10:43 PM
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I can think of ways to go slower. Buy a 944.
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10-03-2013, 11:13 PM
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Hey! I didn't have any trouble keeping up at Frenzy...
10-04-2013, 01:19 AM
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10-04-2013, 01:39 AM
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They use normal easily available inline-6 and IIRR Holset turbo. TQ is so high that stock TT center shaft can't take it and custom have been build. IIRR one make 400+ hp and 700+ lbs.
10-04-2013, 02:13 AM
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Swapping David Hockney canvas for vintage pattern wallpaper. Aesthetic utility in favor of fine art.
Porsche engine a visceral pleasure (especially the original iteration and its silver spidery legs) that slurps gas, like absinthe from a tea cup, and growls accordingly.
Mercedes engine efficient and nondescript, humorless and susceptible to organic vegetable oil.
Ultimately performing such an engine swap would be nothing short of...MURDER!!!!!!
Porsche engine a visceral pleasure (especially the original iteration and its silver spidery legs) that slurps gas, like absinthe from a tea cup, and growls accordingly.
Mercedes engine efficient and nondescript, humorless and susceptible to organic vegetable oil.
Ultimately performing such an engine swap would be nothing short of...MURDER!!!!!!
