Now that I've seen a diesel E30....

[slammin.e28]

The mercedes om606 is like the 2JZ of diesel engines.

And e30 with a om606 turbo would be amazing

606 with mech FI I hear is nasty. Would want one for my Rover, but I'm sticking with gas for now.

[AdironRider]

I have fever dreams of a TDI swap into my new Eta.

But fuck that 524td noise, only thing worth a dime in that whole motor is the crank.

And 200k miles, even on a diesel, is still a lot of miles.

[UpstateMike]

I like the idea of blowing huge black clouds out the tailpipe!! Easy to make big power with diesels.

[totheredline]

TORQUE :o

[Roysneon]

m51.

[3vilE30]

The mercedes om606 is like the 2JZ of diesel engines.

And e30 with a om606 turbo would be amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDK3K2TlAWs

My God.

[Farbin Kaiber]

M57D30

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M57

[Pantless Spency]

this is all i have to say.

when i was younger and even more naive (i know hard to believe) i wanted an m606 swap in my w123, with a gnarly scania turbo.
but i dont live in finland, and im naive.

[M3TROY]

this is all i have to say.

when i was younger and even more naive (i know hard to believe) i wanted an m606 swap in my w123, with a gnarly scania turbo.
but i dont live in finland, and im naive.

and youve said it well :up:

[napabavarian]

I bumped across this looking for m51, I'd like it in my e34 touring since we are making our own biodiesel, curently trying to figure out if the early engines are full mechanical or electronically controlled mechanical. Factory engines are a bit slow and poorly maintained diesels are terrible, but usually all it takes is a fresh injection pump, good intercooler, bigger turbo, and fresh injectors. Diesels tend to get neglected.

[Fusion]

lol@$900
I'd have to get paid to take that lump home. They're almost free over here.
2.4 outdated, lack od power
2.5 e34 era have cyl. head problems
Anything less than an M57 is a waste of money. Even then it would just be interesting in an e30. My dad had the 530d, was a good pretty car. Sounds like a Cummins, pulls nice, good torque, but the low revs get boring quick. Good engine for touring long trips or towing heavy stuff.

[E30_Pare]

Now that I've seen a diesel E30....

I bumped across this looking for m51, I'd like it in my e34 touring since we are making our own biodiesel, curently trying to figure out if the early engines are full mechanical or electronically controlled mechanical. Factory engines are a bit slow and poorly maintained diesels are terrible, but usually all it takes is a fresh injection pump, good intercooler, bigger turbo, and fresh injectors. Diesels tend to get neglected.

All om606s are electronic injected. The trick is to use a mechanical pump from an om603. You loose a bit of power, but makes the swap loads easier. Could offset power loss with a sweet trick pump from DieselMeken

Diesels are indeed usually neglected. Thank fully basic maintenance saved mine.

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[mkcman17]

M21 is slow, smelly and complicated...I can't believe they put them in RVs.

[Q5Quint]

As the proud owner of an 83' om617, I can only say that you do not want a diesel engine from the 80s. Slow and seemingly bulletproof yes, but actually gets worse gas milage than my dually truck with the cummins. Also: crazy heavy.

om 606/vw tdi for small cars, 4bt/6bt for trucks.

My neighbor down the street rebuilt a diesel vw rabbit, added oil squirtes and a vvt turbo. Now it is almost as fast as the non-turbo e30 and likely the fastest diesel rabbit in NC. I bet you could do the same thing with a 324/524td, but in the end it will still be slower than stock and still get <25mpg. In the little rabbit he is claming 35mpg which seems plausable, but thats what it got before fixing uo. Direct injection and new turbo tech has done wonders for diesel engines, you do not want to go back to the old ways. A new tdi can get 200hp 300tq and still get 45mpg.

Tried to figure weight with all accessories:

merc om617 5 cyl 3 liter diesel: 125hp 180tq 600lbs
merc om606 6 cyl 3 liter diesel: 175hp 243tq 600????
vw tdi 4 cyl 2 liter diesel: 168hp 258tq 300lbs? mk5 golf 2005ish?
cummins 4bt 3.9 liter diesel: 105hp 265tq 800lbs wet
cummins 6bt 5.9 liter diesel: 160hp 400tq 1100lbs wet
M20B25 2.5 liter gas: 168 HP and 164 FT-LBS ~ 300lbs
Chevy 350 long block: 400hp 400tq? 600lbs

The diesel would be fun and interesting- but you would end up at the same power levels as a v8 for a lot more headache it seems. I dont even want to ask what a m57 diesel costs.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Looks about like $4500.00 on ebay. I would likely find a totalled car from copart for 6-10g and likely recoup funds, and have all the little bits you would need.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-535D-X5-X6-210KW-286PS-MOTOR-ENGINE-M57D30TU-306D5-UBERHOLUNG-SORGLOSPAKET-/301009887422?pt=DE_Autoteile&hash=item46159660be

(Yes, I know it's a TU, I went for the highest price I could find so I could top out the market I guess.)