MK2 with a supercharged Mercedes diesel

[KevAmiga]

This project looks well cool!

A MK2 sleeper van... nice nice

[erling66]

wow, amazing i love it!
i was just thinking to myself the other day about whether the W123 300D mercedes engine and trans would be a good swap into my van..

great idea.

The W123 300D OM617 is a great dependable engine(500k km and more is normal) but it is and old design engine. Iron head and not cross flow. turbo version has 125PS and you can get 130-140 out of it without expensive mods. I like the newer W124 or W210 engines

[erling66]

I have finally decided where to put the supercharger and made the bracket for it. Now I am working on the intake, I hope the plenum will flow equally much to each cylinder.
I was thinking why build a super diesel Transit when a super turbo diesel Transit will be faster, so I bought a turbo Maybe it is a little bit small?

Here it is next to the stock Mercedes turbo.

[transitandy]

A bit different in size indeed

[MattBlackMinibus]

I love this project so much I am very jealous.
Great work, and thanks for sharing it.

[speedwellfane]

Hi
I am considering putting 2 of these in my boat you say that the pump is electronically controlled does this engine need a ecu or can you bypass this pump as I dont want any electronics.
Thanks Regards Kevin

[BUNGAL]

Very interesting, hope all goes well

[AeroNautiCal]

Fantastic!

This is an inspired project.

[savagesam]

WoW!!

[IgorVigor]

is that a Holset HX55?

Nice either way

Just make sure you remove the intake silencer ring

[erling66]

I have finally started to work on my Transit/mercedes project again:)
The 6 speed box came with the original shifter but I could not put it in the position it was meant to be. The Transit has no tunnel and there is a seat in the center of the car so the shifter had to be moved up and to the side. That meant some modifications with new linkage. Here are a few photos with what I made. It works ok but I need to drive the car to see if it needs further modification so I will wait with finishing touch.

[oldyellar]

thats some fab fabrication mate

[Luke]

nice work

[erling66]

Thank you for your comments Progress is slow but it is winter now so I will have more time to work on it.
One question to you Transit experts: are there any powerful Transit diesels out there? The fastest I have seen is this one from Finland http://s236.beta.photobucket.com/user/j ... 20Supervan and here are a few videos of it http://www.youtube.com/user/jarnoperkkio/videos?view=0

[oldyellar]

Thank you for your comments Progress is slow but it is winter now so I will have more time to work on it.
One question to you Transit experts: are there any powerful Transit diesels out there? The fastest I have seen is this one from Finland http://s236.beta.photobucket.com/user/j ... 20Supervan and here are a few videos of it http://www.youtube.com/user/jarnoperkkio/videos?view=0

saw them vids before would love too see a proper build thread for it