OM603.960 turbo jeep
Lähetetty: La 10.01.2009 22:38
Hi there,
first of all I would like to thanks everyone interested in this forum, it is really great to share your ideas and skills.
I year ago I decided to swap the poor performance engine in my jeep cherokee and made a decision to go for OM603.960 mercedes, in europe known as W124 300 TD, 1991, 147hp.
I let my mate to do a complete rebuild and now it is almost ready to build it in. I spent a few days just reading your threads and I have a few questions:
Hopefully my stock rebuilt engine is in a good condition now. My plan is to make the jeep works and then I start to do upgrades. (One reason for choosing OM603 was it´s variability and possible upgrade to 400+HP)
So I would like to start doing things ahead to have easier future upgrades.
I would like to ask you about cooling system - does W124 use engine oil cooler in stock? If yes, where was located? in a front? I probably did not have any in my donor car.....
And what about cooling transmission oil. I have 4speed automatic. Does it have stock tranny cooler?
In a near future I need to start making a custom exhaust pipe. May I ask you about right diameter for now and to have place for future turbo uprgrade. Do I need to care about any special shape the exhaust pipe or just straight backwards? Any sensors?
What are your recomendation about a few first upgrades with running stock and without changing turbo? I read about ALDA removal and tune up injector pump ...
Thanks very much for any advices,
regards,
Paul
first of all I would like to thanks everyone interested in this forum, it is really great to share your ideas and skills.
I year ago I decided to swap the poor performance engine in my jeep cherokee and made a decision to go for OM603.960 mercedes, in europe known as W124 300 TD, 1991, 147hp.
I let my mate to do a complete rebuild and now it is almost ready to build it in. I spent a few days just reading your threads and I have a few questions:
Hopefully my stock rebuilt engine is in a good condition now. My plan is to make the jeep works and then I start to do upgrades. (One reason for choosing OM603 was it´s variability and possible upgrade to 400+HP)
So I would like to start doing things ahead to have easier future upgrades.
I would like to ask you about cooling system - does W124 use engine oil cooler in stock? If yes, where was located? in a front? I probably did not have any in my donor car.....
And what about cooling transmission oil. I have 4speed automatic. Does it have stock tranny cooler?
In a near future I need to start making a custom exhaust pipe. May I ask you about right diameter for now and to have place for future turbo uprgrade. Do I need to care about any special shape the exhaust pipe or just straight backwards? Any sensors?
What are your recomendation about a few first upgrades with running stock and without changing turbo? I read about ALDA removal and tune up injector pump ...
Thanks very much for any advices,
regards,
Paul