Not that bad for a big heavy brick! I'll have to do a 0-60 on my OM617 with the M-IP to see how it compares.
Mercedes OM617 Powered 110 Build Up
The starting vehicle:
1986 110 with 2.5 liter Petrol engine, leaking fuel tank, and interior and under hood area covered in carpet and other sound deadening material.
Purchased from a UK dealer. It was used by DRA for flight testing of countermeasures equipment. Unique in that it had 44,500 miles and was without front vents presumably to cut down on noise and interference.
1986 110 with 2.5 liter Petrol engine, leaking fuel tank, and interior and under hood area covered in carpet and other sound deadening material.
Purchased from a UK dealer. It was used by DRA for flight testing of countermeasures equipment. Unique in that it had 44,500 miles and was without front vents presumably to cut down on noise and interference.
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I am installing a Holset HE221w turbo to the OM617. It is supposed to be a lot more efficient of a turbo than the HX30 and light years ahead of the original Garrett.
The trickiest part was getting the T25 mount of the OM617 manifold to T3 of the HE221. I found an adapter on eBay that used 2 of the 4 stock bolts. I TIG welded the parameter and then had the manifold ceramic coated. Attached is a picture of the adapter made by Mamba.
The HE221 has a M10x1.25 oil inlet. I got an M10x1.25 to AN-4 adapter off Ebay.
The drain I am getting from the person I bought the turbo from. It will have a AN-10 fitting and I have a bunch of old AN-10 hoses to use.
Air inlet elbow will be Cummins. Expensive but I didn’t feel like trying to find and fab something that will work.
Exhaust I actually had a V band and a V band clamp that was shallow enough to use.
I had to make a relocation bracket for the wastegate actuator after clocking the turbo to fit. I borrowed some of the exhaust flange bolts. Seems to fit pretty well.
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The trickiest part was getting the T25 mount of the OM617 manifold to T3 of the HE221. I found an adapter on eBay that used 2 of the 4 stock bolts. I TIG welded the parameter and then had the manifold ceramic coated. Attached is a picture of the adapter made by Mamba.
The HE221 has a M10x1.25 oil inlet. I got an M10x1.25 to AN-4 adapter off Ebay.
The drain I am getting from the person I bought the turbo from. It will have a AN-10 fitting and I have a bunch of old AN-10 hoses to use.
Air inlet elbow will be Cummins. Expensive but I didn’t feel like trying to find and fab something that will work.
Exhaust I actually had a V band and a V band clamp that was shallow enough to use.
I had to make a relocation bracket for the wastegate actuator after clocking the turbo to fit. I borrowed some of the exhaust flange bolts. Seems to fit pretty well.
Pictures attached:
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