From owner-diesel-benz-digest@digest.net Tue Sep 18 21:29:00 2012 From: diesel-benz-digest To: diesel-benz-digest@digest.net Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:29:36 +0000 Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #3665 diesel-benz-digest Wednesday, September 19 2012 Volume 01 : Number 3665 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: [db] 190D Turbo burnout and drag racing Re: [db] 190D Turbo burnout and drag racing Re: [db] 190D Turbo burnout and drag racing [db] Green Diesel [db] Idle adjustment cable. [db] VW Touareg V10 TDI Vs. Chevy Duramax Bumper pull - YouTube (fwd) Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest@digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request@digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:34:11 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: jjs3rd@ix.netcom.com Subject: [db] 190D Turbo burnout and drag racing Off in clouds of diesel soot complete with camera man coughing. http://youtu.be/Q25WEU3ep7Y ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:16:50 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] 190D Turbo burnout and drag racing lots of coughing going on... :) sounded russian... (not the coughing... the discussions) ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -o|||||o- Linux: the choice of a GNU generation http://WAGONEERS.COM Snohomish, WA- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ...shop AMSOIL directly at: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education" Theodore Roosevelt (26th President (1901-09), 1858-1919) RTM: TRSTGZS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, jjs3rd@ix.netcom.com wrote: # Off in clouds of diesel soot complete with camera man coughing. # # http://youtu.be/Q25WEU3ep7Y # ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:27:24 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] 190D Turbo burnout and drag racing likely polish then, too cold looking to be bulgaria... but it was a slavic based language... it wasn't german... john (who sort of speaks German)... ;) ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -o|||||o- Linux: the choice of a GNU generation http://WAGONEERS.COM Snohomish, WA- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ...shop AMSOIL directly at: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education" Theodore Roosevelt (26th President (1901-09), 1858-1919) RTM: TRSTGZS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Jerry Kaidor wrote: # > lots of coughing going on... :) # > # > sounded russian... (not the coughing... the discussions) # *** Nope, definitely not Russian. Don't know what it is, but it's # not Russian. # # - Jerry ( who speaks Russian....) # # # # # ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:41:38 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] Green Diesel anyone familiar with these folks? http://www.greendieselengineering.com/goPage.do?method=home I'm interested in their Eco-tune for my KJ CRD, and also in their TDI product - eliminates the EGR... http://www.greendieselengineering.com/store/SelectProd.do?prodId=24&manufacturer=Green+Diesel+Engineering&category=Golf+Tdi&name=Golf+Tdi+Eco%2FHot+Tune+Combo&model=+ they support Mercedes, VW, Jeep and Dodge http://www.greendieselengineering.com/goPage.do?method=serviceOfferings ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -o|||||o- Linux: the choice of a GNU generation http://WAGONEERS.COM Snohomish, WA- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ...shop AMSOIL directly at: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education" Theodore Roosevelt (26th President (1901-09), 1858-1919) RTM: TRSTGZS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:18:05 -0400 From: "Renaud (Ron) Olgiati" Subject: [db] Idle adjustment cable. If anyone breaks-up a W123, or has one hidden away in a stack of old parts, I would be interested in an idle adjustment cable for a 1979 300D. Cheers, Ron. - -- Sola dosis facit venenum -- Paracelsus -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org -- e6c54142f0cacbd5aa744abde69e466b2c246b1315d146b0a6651e8b0491194e efd0481552ffec2e471013e8f23b33851a3a46a179ef049ce936662b553ef05c ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:28:56 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] VW Touareg V10 TDI Vs. Chevy Duramax Bumper pull - YouTube (fwd) Subject: VW Touareg V10 TDI Vs. Chevy Duramax Bumper pull - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k62gW3Se5e0 the Toureg apparently has more torque... and better contact pressure on it's tires... not expecting to do anything like this with my TDI... :) ... one thing I disliked about my GM 4x4 Diesels is the front hubs would shear easily... got stuck in my own backyard, had to be pulled out by my son's friend's Jeep Cherokee (XJ)... not sure what year the duramax is, here's specs found on wiki: Specifications Engine type: 6,599 cc (402.7 cu in) V8 turbo Bore x Stroke: 4.06 in (103 mm) x 3.90 in (99 mm) Block / Head: Cast gray iron / Cast aluminum Aspiration: Turbocharged & Intercooled Valvetrain: OHV 4-V Compression: 17.5:1 Injection: Direct; Robert Bosch GmbH high pressure common-rail Power / Torque: 300 bhp (220 kW) @ 3100 rpm / 520 lbB7ft (705 NB7m) @1800 rpm 5.0 V10 TDI 2002b^S2007 4,921 cc (300.3 cu in) V10 Turbo 313 PS (230 kW; 309 bhp) @3750, 750 NB7m (553 lbfB7ft) @ 2,000 ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -o|||||o- Linux: the choice of a GNU generation http://WAGONEERS.COM Snohomish, WA- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ...shop AMSOIL directly at: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education" Theodore Roosevelt (26th President (1901-09), 1858-1919) RTM: TRSTGZS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Blair To: "john@wagoneers.com" Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:58:41 -0700 Subject: VW Touareg V10 TDI Vs. Chevy Duramax Bumper pull - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k62gW3Se5e0 ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #3665 **********************************