It seems than at Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:27:15 -0600, OK wrote: > I've been thinking more about my off-hand remark when we were > talking about home generators, that I should pull the 616 from > the 240D (manual tranny) and use it to spin a gen head, and > put a 617 in the "240D". It's been said that MB doesn't put a > manual tranny behind a turbo Diesel due to the need to get the > RPMs high enough to generate turbo boost, that's hard to do > with solid gear ratios. However, if you did use a turbo 617, > wouldn't it start from a stop the same as a non-turbo engine, > then benefit from the increased torque/HP?
Yup. The turbo boost would drop off at each shift, so if your point is to make the car faster, it probably won't work. But if you - like me - just would rather have a clutch and a shift lever, then go for it! > If one was to undertake this conversion, and given a suitable > donor car, wouldn't the drive shaft be the only custom > modified part? The flywheel is the tough part. Since the OM617 is _not_ internally balanced and the OM616 _is_, the right way to do the job is to have non-balanced flywheel that compensates for the engine imbalance. Mathieu J. Cama and Craig McCluskey have both done it. I think there were others too. Maybe they can chime in with the "real" answer. -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
