SD1 Diesel, talk to me....

[Skizzer]

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.

[Lacquer Peel]

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.

[ianamk]

Sneak peak,but I'd want to put a 3500 badge there.....just to annoy folks

 

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[forddeliveryboy]

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.

[ianamk]

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!!!

[jonathan_dyane]

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.

[DodgeRover]

Yes, and to be built at Acocks Green. Tony Gilroy closed this plant and moved V8 production to Solihull alongside the 4 pots.

 

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If that design had been perfected and put into production I think there would have been a big market for a powerful lightweight diesel.

[Iamgroot]

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]

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.

[dieselnutjob]

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.

[dieselnutjob]

also couldn't you easily drop in a later 2.5 from a Jeep Cherokee or similar which is significantly more powerful?

[Lacquer Peel]

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.