Skizzer Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Quite. And turbo or not, the Rover had the measure of the costlier 604, at least on paper: And likewise the W123 in 240D and 300D flavour: The TD varations are estates of course - T for Touring, not T for Turbo. And there wasn’t any W126 diesel option in the UK, with or without turbo...I think ever, certainly not back then. Extracts are from Car magazine GBU, Dec 1982. NorfolkNWeigh and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 No, we didn't get diesel S classes til the blobbier shaped late 90s one with a common rail diesel. No turbo charged diesel Mercs til the mid 90s. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianamk Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Sneak peak,but I'd want to put a 3500 badge there.....just to annoy folks Sent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk forddeliveryboy and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Does that pic mean you've bought it then, ianamk? Just a year or two after the SD1 I think, when Volvo 760s had those weird brushscript badges. I think the D24 makes the VM diesel seem quite refined.The CX finally received a turbo diesel in '84 (there'd been a na diesel since 1979 but 90 was top whack) which would reach 120mph and felt really fast. The na ones were extremely diesely, but worked well and were refined at 70-80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianamk Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I have a long standing agreement with my wife that I can only accept free cars....however I do look after cars and never sell them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 No, the Maxi diesel was a 2.25 Land Rover engine, mounted transversely and with the gearbox dropped into the sump. The diesel Allegro did use a VM unit, but it was the 1700 3-pot as used in the Alfa 33. Being a triple it was short enough that they could keep the end-on gearbox. Disclaimer: some or more of the above may be bollocks.What a load of nonsense, everyone knows the Maxi diesel was based on two A series blocks bolted together in opposed piston configuration. Lacquer Peel and forddeliveryboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Yes, and to be built at Acocks Green. Tony Gilroy closed this plant and moved V8 production to Solihull alongside the 4 pots. Screenshot_20190303-161148~2.png Screenshot_20190303-161223~2.pngIf that design had been perfected and put into production I think there would have been a big market for a powerful lightweight diesel. forddeliveryboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I met nitrosilvia today at classic and restoration show, lovely guy and he's doing a great job cutting out rot and welding his up, I really liked the car despite of, or maybe because of, the abuse the poor thing had suffered before he got it. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 His series of videos is one of the most engaging restorations I've watched in a while. I stumbled across it on Youtube about Christmas time and I've watched all of them. Really excellent work he's doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 wasn't there a six cylinder version of the VM Motori engine with 3.6 litres?I'm sure that I met a guy in Chelmsford over twenty years ago who claimed to have one in his Range Rover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 also couldn't you easily drop in a later 2.5 from a Jeep Cherokee or similar which is significantly more powerful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 wasn't there a six cylinder version of the VM Motori engine with 3.6 litres?I'm sure that I met a guy in Chelmsford over twenty years ago who claimed to have one in his Range Rover.Yes, it made its way into the rare AMC Eagle turbo diesel conversion. There's a VM 6 headed monster BMW E30 on YouTube. ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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