{"id":140791,"date":"2025-11-11T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140791"},"modified":"2025-11-10T23:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:30:42","slug":"1984-mercedes-wagon-with-a-twin-turbo-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140791","title":{"rendered":"1984 Mercedes Wagon with a Twin-Turbo V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140795\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-140795\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"140795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140795\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-01.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riccardo Pontonio bought his 1984 Mercedes 230TE (W123) to <a href=\"https:\/\/quickbitz.com.au\/\">Quickbitz<\/a> for tuning. The wagon&#8217;s twin-turbo 6.2 L LSA V8 made 764 hp (561 kW) on the hub dyno. The motor features a LSA crankshaft, Lunati rods, Diamond pistons, Brian Tooley Racing Stage 3 turbo camshaft, and two Garrett G30 turbochargers. Fuel is fed by 1650 cc injectors controlled by a Haltech Elite 2500 ECU. The drivetrain uses a TCI Turbo 400 three-speed automatic transmission and M80 rear end built by Harrop with a Truetrac limited-slip differential and 3.46 ratio. You can read more details on the wagon at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/features\/riccardo-pontonio-lsa-1984-mercedes-benz-wagon-sleeper\">Street Machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yOhOpxBz0QA?si=QW6Fg-HUtgABUXOq\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140796\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-140796\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"140796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140796\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-02.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140796\" 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height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-03.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-03.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-03.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-03.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140798\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-140798\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"140798\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140798\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8 04\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-04.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140799\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-140799\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"140799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140799\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-05.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-05.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-05.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140800\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-140800\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"140800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=140800\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8 06\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1984 Mercedes 230TE W123 with a twin-turbo LSA V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1984-Mercedes-230TE-W123-with-a-twin-turbo-LSA-V8-06.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@STREETMACHINETV\">Street Machine TV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riccardo Pontonio bought his 1984 Mercedes 230TE (W123) to Quickbitz for tuning. The wagon&#8217;s twin-turbo 6.2 L LSA V8 made 764 hp (561 kW) on the hub dyno. The motor features a LSA crankshaft, Lunati rods, Diamond pistons, Brian Tooley Racing Stage 3 turbo camshaft, and two Garrett G30 turbochargers. Fuel is fed by 1650&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140791\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1984 Mercedes Wagon with a Twin-Turbo V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":140795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[445,357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lsx","category-w123"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133242,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=133242","url_meta":{"origin":140791,"position":0},"title":"Carbon Fiber Mercedes Wagon Drifting at Gatebil with a 800 hp Turbodiesel Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Smoke Racing and their their Mercedes S123 attended Gatebil to prove their namesake. Snooken Recordings recorded the team putting on a show drifting the custom wagon. Black Smoke Racing built the wagon with a turbocharged 3.2 L Mercedes OM613\/OM648 diesel inline-six capable of 800 hp (596 kW) and 900\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;W123&quot;","block_context":{"text":"W123","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=357"},"img":{"alt_text":"Carbon Fiber Mercedes wagon with a turbo 3.2 L diesel inline-six","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Carbon-Fiber-Mercedes-wagon-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-diesel-inline-six-15.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Carbon-Fiber-Mercedes-wagon-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-diesel-inline-six-15.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Carbon-Fiber-Mercedes-wagon-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-diesel-inline-six-15.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Carbon-Fiber-Mercedes-wagon-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-diesel-inline-six-15.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Carbon-Fiber-Mercedes-wagon-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-diesel-inline-six-15.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":123614,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=123614","url_meta":{"origin":140791,"position":1},"title":"Carbon Fiber Mercedes Wagon with a 800 hp Turbodiesel Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Smoke Racing built a unique Mercedes S123 at their company in Kokkola, Finland. The team was inspired by their 1981 Mercedes 300TD built 10 years ago. In the engine bay they installed a turbocharged 3.2 L Mercedes OM613\/OM648 diesel inline-six. 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It originally came with a turbocharged 3.0 L OM617 diesel inline-five. They made several changes to increase power until eventually swapping to a turbocharged 4.0 L Ford Barra inline-six and ZF 8HP70 eight-speed automatic transmission. 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The car originally came with a turbocharged 3.0 L OM617 diesel inline-five. They upgraded several parts and added a supercharger. 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Ruan explains the SUT (sport utility truck) went in for a service check with some noise coming from the factory twin-turbo 5.5 L M157 V8. 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