THE_Liam's Mercedes thread - New Benz!

[Midnightclub]

Their a right bastard to get a turbo diesel engine in a uk merc 190 as the steering box is in the way of the turbo, thats why the never put a turbo on all of the uk diesels only left hand drive ones. There was a diy turbo kit in the 80s made by mosselman that you could fit to any 1.8/2.0/2.3 petrol 190's but i imagine its big bucks even if you could find one.

I imagine the stock turbo location is a bottom mount turbo on LHD spec TD cars, if it was going to be custom, then you could make it a top mount turbo and 'adjust' the area around it to suit a big blower. Similar to what people do on RHD turbo beemers as there's no space for a bottom mount turbo due to the steering union.