Neighbor I lived next to in Vegas had an older Mercedes with a small block Chevy. All aluminum you can get was on it heads, intake and all accessory mounts. It was crazy fast with the th400 and the hearing in the diff. I grabbed a diesel of same body style with a supposed blown motor but a fuel filter and cleaning the injectors and it ran awesome. So I played with the injection pump and timing and it screamed (for a diesel but was still faster than a gas model stock). A guy offered me almost 5 times what I had in it so it was his and I rode the bud home (free since I was s transit mechanic wearing my shop clothes lol)
Awesome sleeper and awesome swap. I always wanted to do this to my father's 240D. I would do a minimum 400 to 500 horse, sbf with t56 and a posi benz or other rear. I would also love to get the European body kit on it though
Nice sleeper and impressive. . I've done engine swaps in other cars but not a Mercedes. Did you use a ford transmission or make an adapter plate and use the OEM Mercedes transmission. Were there any oil pan clearance issues . I'm planning to putting a high performance Chevrolet engine in a Mercedes. Any additional information is greatly appreciated. Best Regards
Do u know the history of amg? Two engineers from Mercedes left the company after Mercedes refused to help them build race cars. Those two founded AMG(A and M were the names of the guys and G stood for the town it was founded). They won multiple races after putting a big ass v8 in several Mercedes cars. They did many of them. This car in the video embodies what amg was founded upon. Did u know that Amg made limited models of other cars such as Mitsubishi? They have a truly amazing history, so u should definitely check it out. I own a 1984 300D, with a OM606 swap. Amazing cars.
Love the swap. Tired of the LS-Swap-The-World trend and sick of seeing an SBC shoved in everything. And a Windsor will straight rip with the right parts on it. I'm curious about what it took to get it to smog.
My Brother just bough a non running 240d. I always wanted a better powertrain for a Mercedes like a LS 408cu.in. in a 560SEC. I hope there is a Build Thread for it. Also My best friend owns a 300D turbo and it is so damn Slow, 18 wheelers will beat you of the line. These cars need more power if they want to keep up with todays traffic.
@@carholic-sz3qv hmm. Lookup big turbo om606 compilation. You wont be disappointed. I'm a little biased since I still think that Mercedes Benz made the best diesel engines to ever exist with the older pre 2000s engines
acoustic the cummins 6bt is the best diesel ever made , its a 5.9l and it has no electronic gizmos , the 6bt is very popular in race scenes and also in swaps , there are land rovers , ford 350, school bus, even land cruisers and boats are powered by the cummins. The om606 is also a very good engine tho
Windsor motors were junk My father had on in his 74 LTD made in Canada neoprene timing gears really? poor performance soft crank block worthless. Should have put a BOSS or a Cleveland in it and you would of had something.
Stupid Ford engine? Weighs the same as the om616 and produces way more power and torque. Also dirt cheap to buy, simple and super reliable. I'd like to see you attempt an engine swap, the amount of custom work it takes would probably shut you up and make you more respectful towards someone else's project car that they spent hundreds of hours on
Le Chat Botté I've seen quite a few trucks even on local craigslist that have the Mercedes OM617 turbo-diesel swapped into them, mostly smaller toyota pickups. It's clear that you don't know anything about the engines that were in these cars, as you called them "crappy." They don't make a lot of power, but they have a reputation of being among the most robust and well built engines on the planet, three 300D's owned within my family have well over 800,000 miles between them with nothing done to them other than routine maintenance. And when things do inevitably break, parts are dirt cheap and can be replaced by a child.
I agree with you. How could anybody be this stupid? Oh wait, this is the United States, Houma police that beat up on the victims and people that replace forever engines with piece of junk Ford motors
Neighbor I lived next to in Vegas had an older Mercedes with a small block Chevy. All aluminum you can get was on it heads, intake and all accessory mounts. It was crazy fast with the th400 and the hearing in the diff. I grabbed a diesel of same body style with a supposed blown motor but a fuel filter and cleaning the injectors and it ran awesome. So I played with the injection pump and timing and it screamed (for a diesel but was still faster than a gas model stock). A guy offered me almost 5 times what I had in it so it was his and I rode the bud home (free since I was s transit mechanic wearing my shop clothes lol)
Ford and Mercedes. Best combo EVER!
Funny you say that. Cause I'm putting a Mercedes engine in an F350.
@@om606ram6
Hopefully it's an OLDER Mercedes engine (pre 1995).
1998 Mercedes turbo diesel
Never thought I would see 240 D and AMG badge on the same car.
Amg did turbo work on 240d back in the day
@@CL9k24a3 Ne na 240d motorima nego samo na 280e motorima
@@CL9k24a3In EU you could get a dealer installed +t kit for the 240d
I own this car now ! My son bought it and it’s in my garage now . Stay tuned
Now he wants to trade it for a WRX
AWESOME sleeper with class! WINNING!! 🥳👍🏾😎🤟🏾😆
Any interests to building another one?
Awesome sleeper and awesome swap. I always wanted to do this to my father's 240D. I would do a minimum 400 to 500 horse, sbf with t56 and a posi benz or other rear. I would also love to get the European body kit on it though
Nice sleeper and impressive.
. I've done engine swaps in other cars but not a Mercedes.
Did you use a ford transmission or make an adapter plate and use the OEM Mercedes transmission. Were there any oil pan clearance issues . I'm planning to putting a high performance Chevrolet engine in a Mercedes. Any additional information is greatly appreciated.
Best
Regards
I wonder if he has the templates to the engine mounts still ?
I had a 1983 and always wondered if something like this was possible
Only if you have an IQ of Ten
same here
Wanna do this to my 1980 240d manual !!
Hello, nice car. I have a 1982 240d with a 4 speed manual and am interested in doing a swap like this. Which transmission and rear end are you using?
Why The AMG badge tho 🙄
Do u know the history of amg? Two engineers from Mercedes left the company after Mercedes refused to help them build race cars. Those two founded AMG(A and M were the names of the guys and G stood for the town it was founded). They won multiple races after putting a big ass v8 in several Mercedes cars. They did many of them. This car in the video embodies what amg was founded upon. Did u know that Amg made limited models of other cars such as Mitsubishi? They have a truly amazing history, so u should definitely check it out. I own a 1984 300D, with a OM606 swap. Amazing cars.
Love the swap. Tired of the LS-Swap-The-World trend and sick of seeing an SBC shoved in everything. And a Windsor will straight rip with the right parts on it. I'm curious about what it took to get it to smog.
GMs LSx V8s strongly remind me of Ford's 351W in looks.
I live in Salem Oregon and own a 78 240d and would like to know if I could pay you to do the swap to my 240d.
Do we have contact details for the builder? I'm doing the exact same swap and have a few questions.
Best interior color ever! Brazilian Brown!?
fantastic Sleeper ! You have to figure out how to make it have fake rolling coal out a single exhaust pipe LOL
My Brother just bough a non running 240d. I always wanted a better powertrain for a Mercedes like a LS 408cu.in. in a 560SEC.
I hope there is a Build Thread for it. Also My best friend owns a 300D turbo and it is so damn Slow, 18 wheelers will beat you of the line. These cars need more power if they want to keep up with todays traffic.
my 300D turbo ..is not slow
Ah~ mercedes with american muscle~ perfect~
I actually want to do this to my w126...
I WISHD ID HAD 2 240D MERCEDES
Dagestan 👍
i need to get me a cameo on this show :)
Nice car Jim
One can also put a 2JZ Toyota engine in these, too.
Tavish M nobody asked
Tavish M why do that when u could do the om606. The diesel 2jz.
@@acoustic6865 or a cummins 6bt which is the 2jz of diesel
@@carholic-sz3qv hmm. Lookup big turbo om606 compilation. You wont be disappointed. I'm a little biased since I still think that Mercedes Benz made the best diesel engines to ever exist with the older pre 2000s engines
acoustic the cummins 6bt is the best diesel ever made , its a 5.9l and it has no electronic gizmos , the 6bt is very popular in race scenes and also in swaps , there are land rovers , ford 350, school bus, even land cruisers and boats are powered by the cummins. The om606 is also a very good engine tho
Cleveland guy myself but it's a cheap build win win.
need one
I am actually planning something like this, with my 83 230E, but 351 engines are fucking expensive in germany, what else could I use?
Mercedes m119 Are very good
I would look into a 1uz Toyota v8 . Very very similar mounts as well.
That's slow af!!! I was just thinking it would be cool 5.0 fuel injected. Now I'm leaning to a 2j for mine again
trust me, this ain’t slow
Windsor motors were junk My father had on in his 74 LTD made in Canada neoprene timing gears really? poor performance soft crank block worthless. Should have put a BOSS or a Cleveland in it and you would of had something.
Ford engine in mersedes ha ha ha hah)))))) crazy fackin engineers)))))
Lame
how could anyone build a stupid ford engine in a masterpeace of german engeniering ????????
who cares!!!! it was its project and btw ls engines are the most swapped engines on earth not those crappy german engines which i´ve never seen a swap
Stupid Ford engine? Weighs the same as the om616 and produces way more power and torque. Also dirt cheap to buy, simple and super reliable. I'd like to see you attempt an engine swap, the amount of custom work it takes would probably shut you up and make you more respectful towards someone else's project car that they spent hundreds of hours on
Le Chat Botté I've seen quite a few trucks even on local craigslist that have the Mercedes OM617 turbo-diesel swapped into them, mostly smaller toyota pickups. It's clear that you don't know anything about the engines that were in these cars, as you called them "crappy." They don't make a lot of power, but they have a reputation of being among the most robust and well built engines on the planet, three 300D's owned within my family have well over 800,000 miles between them with nothing done to them other than routine maintenance. And when things do inevitably break, parts are dirt cheap and can be replaced by a child.
I know, if they could put w210 e55 amg's v8. It would be still proper merc!!!
I agree with you. How could anybody be this stupid? Oh wait, this is the United States, Houma police that beat up on the victims and people that replace forever engines with piece of junk Ford motors
waste of a good car and a good engine
No its not i have one it broke down two days after i bought it