Originally Posted by
S. Artee
Full disclosure, not entirely in the spirit of the thread, but kinda.
Personally, I'd vote for the OM642 (though I believe Padgett was implying the new VM diesel in his post).
At around 300/470 in my GC, and still netting 19/25 mpg with the turbo already there, I would love to see this kinda swap.
Kinda stirring the pot, but as I typed this out, the more I like the idea.
Anywho, pardon the interruption.
I was all for weird custom out of the box swaps, until I talked to people who knew what they were talking about... Then I learned modern car electronics, and all it really comes down to is, is it worth the cost, time and hassel? Any numbers over what we have seem attractive, but put it into perspective. For half the hassel, cost and time you could have a factory 55K crossfire which could still be diagnosed (and believe me, you want Star DAS) and you would be around 493/516. Screw gas mileage, I'll take a rocket ship.