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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? :D

Edit: Just finished reading it, uses parts from a Mazda.

And how the heck do I embed a video?

Time to pick up the groceries and drift home - awesome car!

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
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HOLY shit, that thing just flys man!!

Volvo you say? *off to reading*

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.

Black smoke is awesome!

LOL turbo from a scania heavy truck....thats so dope!....i enjoy watching the W123 drift more than your usual s15's and shit