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09-24-2010, 01:42 AM
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#1 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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| Mercedes 300D drifter!
For those of you who don't read Jalopnik, this is worth the read: http://jalopnik.com/5644267/building...on-drift-racer
Who needs a Japanese car when you can have a W123 Diesel? 
Edit: Just finished reading it, uses parts from a Mazda.
And how the heck do I embed a video?
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09-24-2010, 05:26 AM
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#2 | | bye bye REVscene
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09-24-2010, 12:26 PM
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#3 | | Blood tests positive for LOL mod
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Time to pick up the groceries and drift home - awesome car!
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09-24-2010, 02:15 PM
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#4 | | no
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that sounds sick!
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09-24-2010, 03:01 PM
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#5 | | Media Officer / MOD
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Engine from 04 e-class, rear suspension is from mazda rx-8, rear axle is from aristo, front suspension is from aristo. all the turning mech. Is from a volvo
This guy put a lot of work on the car to make it drift. Awesome build process Posted via RS Mobile | |
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09-24-2010, 03:57 PM
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#6 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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HOLY shit, that thing just flys man!!
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09-24-2010, 05:35 PM
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#7 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Volvo you say? *off to reading*
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09-24-2010, 06:30 PM
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#8 | | Media Officer / MOD
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. Quote:
Rather than stick with the stock 3.0-liter diesel from 1981, Peltola picked up a 3.0-liter 24-valve diesel from a 1998 Mercedes E-class. With that as a starting point, he fabricated a new intake manifold, installed a much bigger Garrett GT40 turbo from a Scania heavy truck pushing 36 PSI, a new diesel pump and home-made intercooler. A bell housing adapter was made to fit a Tremec TKO 600 transmission to the engine and power was routed to a Mercedes rear axle. Unfortunately that axle didn't survive the first race, so now there's an Toyota Aristo rear axle (Lexus GS to US readers) fitted.
Don't think for a second that's the end of the insane hackery here. The factory suspension was in no way up to the task of drifting, so the rear suspension from a Mazda RX8 modified with coil overs was fitted. According to Peltola, "The hardest was to fit whole Aristo front axle, I think I worked 2 or 3 weeks with it," he said, "Mounting the rear axle was not so hard, but it took some hours too." Steering comes from salvaged Volvo parts and lend a nearly sickening turning angle.
The result is The Diesel Drifter. One of the baddest mad wagons ever. Power? Well "I have not had it on a dyno, but last year I drove a Mercedes Benz 190 (W201) with an OM603, 3.0 12-valve turbodiesel and it made 414-hp and 704Nm (520 lb-ft). So maybe I have like 450Hp and 750Nm (553 lb-ft). But I have plans to build it with two turbos, so I will get more power, I hope it will go to 500hp and 850Nm (626 lb-ft)." We like those plans.
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09-24-2010, 08:32 PM
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#9 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Black smoke is awesome!
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09-24-2010, 08:51 PM
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#10 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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LOL turbo from a scania heavy truck....thats so dope!....i enjoy watching the W123 drift more than your usual s15's and shit
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