you can in fact swap parts with both engines. and they will fit eachother with minor issues. in fact you can swap an OM606 into the engine bay of a Mk4 supra and use the factory motor mounts(as hot rod garage has proven by shoving a 2jZ into the hood of a mercedes CL500 from 2003)
In terms of on track it would more likely be the M57 or the 1.9 TDI VW engines, where I'm from if you see a 1.9 TDI 3 door Polo you steer well clear of getting completely embarrassed, that and the MK1 Golf, there's always a MK1 faster than you. Doesn't matter what you're running. Here are a couple of MK1's pushing well over 1000hp in a body that weighs 800kgs. And they have a variety of builds
Oh boy, Ian, the tuned diesel culture in Europe is not a rabbit hole, it's a freakin' tunnel! And I'm not even talking about the even crazier diesel drag racing scene!😄 The 1320 YT channel did a video in Santa Pod (UK) last year and the presenter looked so lost amongst the "sea" of unknown (for him) cars and models. As someone who knows about the heavy presence of portuguese drivers in the UK's drag racing scene, I found that video hilarious but entertaining at the same time. 😀
i was really hoping someone would talk about this, that video is awesome, not only does it show you a culture americans aren't aware off but also its shown BY an american who doesn't really understand how it works so there's a fair bit of explaining (im also proud cuz there's a lot of Portuguese garages at Santa Pod)
@@AB-C1 I didn’t know that, but you’re correct. The difference is rather small: 1 PS = 0.98 hp. For practical purposes, it can probably be ignored in most cases
@@baumgrt yeah I always remember when they started naming power on the Vauxhall's back in the 80s in P.S. rather than H.P. and when my old man bought one I found out it wasn't the same figure when I read the performance stats (as you do as a kid! Lol)
You really need to check some highly tuned. OM606 videos. They make like 150bhp stock but can be tuned with bigger and more powerful diesel pump and better internal parts to make 700-900bhp and the engine can revs over 7000 RPM and it sounds so good.
@@georgobergfell yeah hence the smoke, that's the giveaway. The ones that weren't smoking are closer to standard with probably some run of the mill mods like a bigger turbo or whatever
Yeah, I've modded my 1.3cdti Corsa D with a remap and it immediately started to fart smoke all over the place, gained some 25hp and a lot of torque, the clutch still managed the power mostly because there are 110hp engines with the same displacement from Opel and Alfa Romeo (MiTo). The car sounds menacing with just a cone air filter.
@@AB-C1 you do get that result with just an evry mod though, its not that big of a build. I'm pretty sure every volvo 2.4td has that done to them here in Finland. What comes to the sound of these, its not a big modification to change the muffler, but it is not stock.
@@nielsoudegriep2900I didn't mention ANYTHING about smoke Vs power output, only that more smoke equals usually older engines and probably zero catalyst/more mods rather than closer to stock. The more fuel is being pushed through with an unclean burn the more smoke you'll get especially if there's no filters/catalysts fitted. If anything they're less efficient. But again that's not indicative of overall power/performance, usually more age of engine how much it's been modified from stock/how much extra fuel they're trying to push through that's burning uncleanly will produce black smoke. One of the fastest ones there was the BMW X6 and that had less smoke than many but its a performance engine to begin with, rather than an old Volvo with massive mods loads of fuel and an unclean burn.
the OM 606 is the motorcode, OM stands for "Öl Motor" in english " (Diesel) Oil Engine" and there are many numbers for all the different engines , for example OM 617-952 is the 5 cyl. 3.0 L turbodiesel from the W123 300D, 300TD, 300CD and W116 / W126 300SD, they have been sold in the US !
The BMW in Europe is very known for their 3.0 diesels. M57, N57 and B57. They were single, twin, Tri and quad turbocharged. Singles and twins may be found from anywhere like 3 series to like 5, 7 and X5 and X6. Tri and quad turbo versions were reserved for more high end cars like 5 series, 7 etc
anyway, other youtuber bringing soon a brand new scania 770 V8 to the US.. check Bruce Wilson.. maybe you can drive if you cooperating :) He have 3 older scania already
That's not quite right. Bruce isn't bringing an R770 to the US, Scania is sending one for evaluation purposes, and Bruce will be doing the evaluations and taking it to shows to gauge reaction. The vehicle will remain the property of Scania.
I´m glad the Alfa 156 and 159 made it into the video, with the 2.4 JTDm engine. It´s and inline 5 turbo diesel, with 175hp in the 156, and 210hp in the 159. I´ve driven a 156 with this engine and it was amazing. It´s powerful and it´s really one of the best sounding diesels you can find. Also those Alfas look fantastic! You really make an appearence, when you come around anywhere, with an Alfa Romeo. Alfa also has the, in my opinion, best sounding V6 ever made, the Busso V6.
In Germany, and I believe in other European countries as well, gasoline and diesel are taxed differently. Because of this, under certain conditions (like driving long distances), you can save money. That’s why diesel cars are so common in Europe.
Not as common anymore. Diesel ownership has gone down significantly over the last 5 years! Lots of cars in general nowadays (old and especially new ones) are Petrol.
@@EliasBacnah, it's just cost of ownership. There are injectors, pumps, turbos, double mass flywheels that are goin bad on those 20 yo diesels, that arent economical to do.
My first (and current) car is a 1.9tdi PD, one of the lower powered variants with only 105bhp but still 240nm torque (about 180lb/ft I believe), super reliable and economic. The higher powered variants of those 1.9 PD are known for making a LOT of power with even just intercooler and injector upgrades.
3:57 the OM606 is a great engine can be tuned to 600+bhp and it’s light weight too…its little sister engine the OM605 (the 5 cylinder version) sounds good too and I’ve seen them pushing 380bhp (but think they can do more)
Hahahaha Look at that happy kids face! Thank you soo much for this, this really made my evening. Seeing how much you enjoy this end the surprises, its just awesome mate! Cant wait btw to see your street interviews you mentioned in the other vid today, that will be sooooo class!
10:00 somewhat sporty... my dude :D i think each of the cars you showed here today so far will make any of the cars you have cry :D It’s a bit like that fella making fun of that tesla car in his mcclaren, im gonna smoke you and then the tesla just eats that thing alive in the sprint.... (Modern) TDI's are on par with petrol cars
Former Volvo V70 2.4D (2004) owner here. Inline 5 cilinder Turbo diesel engine. That thing sounded really great. Mine was originally the stock 130HP / 280nm and had a Stage 2 chip done to it. It then made 210HP (PK) and had 460Nm of torque. It gained 80HP and 180nm which was almost idiotic but amazing. It did have torquesteer in 1 and 2 gear though.
I remember a few taxi drivers all drove tuned up OM606 190E's on Zakynthos island years ago, they sounded nuts and you'd see them powersliding with passengers in the back all the time whilst just rolling coal.
Love your reactions……….a Brit here, I’ve had 3 BMW diesels and 2 Mercedes diesels over the past 20 years or so, all company cars from new and………they’ve all been fantastic. In the 1970s I had a 50cc KTM moped that produced 4hp and did 60 miles to the gallon, my current BMW 2L (private car) is a convertible diesel which can produce 225hp, yet when at motorway speeds gives a similar fuel consumption! All I can say is wow, these BMW engineers are the best! 😊
The Mercedes OM606 might be one of the most popular, most recognized Diesel-Engines out there. Tuneable to hell, swappable to almost anything. Massively high-revving, for a Diesel-Engine. From way back in those days, when Mercedes used to massively overbuild everything. Pretty sought-after, nowadays, I presume. Buy a W124 300 TDI (which I know you like) and one of those will be in there. There's also an OM605, which is a 5-cylinder Diesel. Which might even be a little more exotic. You can find those in the W124 250 TDI-Models. There's also non-turbo-ones, those would be in the same cars, the 300D (or 250D for the 5-cylinder OM605), the Mercedes C/E-Class W124 (and some S- , and I think also some of the G-Classes) There's tons of videos out there. One of the more famous ones (at least in Europe): th-cam.com/video/24afjVqm2Uw/w-d-xo.html
Ah you’re loving diesels, cool. I currently have a 2008 Alfa GT Blackline JTDM. It’s a modest 1.9 turbo diesel that started off at 140bhp. mapped now to 190bhp and I love it. Can outrun quite a few cars and looks tight!
Nice I have a Peugeot 407 1.6 HDi 110 with DPF/EGR off and remap to around the same 142ish hp and it weighs 1505kg can only imagine how well the 207 goes 😂
My Company Car is a Ford Transit Mk7. A l2.2l Inline 4 with 140 Hp. It has now run 450.000 Kilometers or approximatly 280.000 with the first engine, Clutch and gearbox. 85% of the time is the Trailer connected. Only Regular Maintenance, a new Radiator at 90.000 miles,where a forklift slipped over the wet ground and can't stop. I love this workhorse.
I own as a taxi W211 E270 cdi 5 cylinder 6 speed manual and it sounds sick..i have tuned the exhaust just a bit so i can hear it.i recently turned the odometer back to 0 for the second time after it maxed at 999.999.. first engine lasted 1.700.000 of working all day..
Had a tuned Saab 9-3 Aero 2.2TiD with a muffler delete, took it from a boring sounding car to something that was surprisingly accurate to how it performed on the road. Not overly loud, just a wee bit louder and with deeper lows.
Mercedes did the OM605, OM602 and OM617. All are 5 cylinder engines. These things are indestructible and they sound so good. I have lots of fond memories with my dad who used to own a 190D with the OM602.
That list missing om 648 and bkack smoke racing drift car. 850 hp and 1200nm torque. And Finland is saying power made by diesel and brushes wash by petrol
My wife drives a Pugeot RCZ which has a 2.0l inline 4 diesel. It's not on the same par as some of the big displacement ones you just showed but it's essentially a large sports car. 160bhp, 251ft/lb. It's a very unique looking car and doesn't hang about. You wouldn't know it's a diesel when you drive it. It was made to compete with the Audi TT.
I had an alfa 147 diesel; it was a lot of fun to drive and such a pretty car. I also had a Volvo V40 R-Design with the D4 engine; fastest accelerating car I've owned and such a quiet drive.
I've been driving a 24 year-old Peugeot 406 2-liter HDI turbodiesel for 10 years. Pulls like a freight train, never let me down, 1000+ miles on a single tank of diesel!
The peugeot diesel are so fricking cool, i loved to drive these when i had the chance. 👍 I even owned one before i went electric (my only ice cars left is a silver mercedes for sunday drives in the summer 😉)
@@erebostd you couldn't pay me enough money drive an electric, to offset the cost, depreciation, inconvenience and danger.. Aside how bad they are for the environment. Your old diesel has far less environmental impact than any electric vehicles now.. you should go back to Ice and save the planet. Never trading my diesel BMW
@@AB-C1 you obviously have no clue what you are talking about. Please stop spreading lies and misinformation. I'm sorry that you've fallen for this bullsh#t and never had the chance to drive an EV...
@@niklo322 Yes, I 'do' mean 1000+ miles. If you drive it gently, it's 'very' fuel efficient, and it has an 80 liter fuel tank. The 90hp version of this engine has the Guinness record for driving 2400km on a single tank. Mine's the 110hp, and it's 24 years old, but it's still very fuel efficient!
You're about to experience them in the US at some point. Bruce Wilson (youtube), dude in Florida, has imported a *factory new* unit to the US that should be arriving before year end. It's an official Scania collaboration. He filmed _everything_ in the factory in Sweden, a complete build tour!
Take a look at the European drifmasters series, there's a Mercedes Benz diesel drift car. The team is called Black Smoke Racing and it's from Finland. This year's champion is also from Finland. Lauri Heinonen. He has a nascar V8 powered nissan s13.
I have a Honda Civic with a 2.2 iDTEC (turbodiesel) engine and I freakin' love it. It can easely rev to 5k RPM, at which point a mechanical limiter blocks the engine from revving more.
I own a Mercedes ML 320 CDI with the OM642 V6 DOHC Turbo Intercooled engine and a VGT . Most of the cars that you showcased were modified at least in the exhaust department . Mine is stock but I did somethings to the intake manifold and air filters ... I have to say it's one of the most reliable engines ever , with the right oil and oil change , as is the OM629 Bi-Turbo 4.0 V8 and the king that is the OM606 3.0 inline 6 . Peace !!!
Damn, no mention of Audi's legendary 2.5 TDI inline 5. The first TDI engine. Two years later Audi developed the first gen. 1.9TDI, which was an adaptation of the 2.5 engine. Most advanced diesel engines of their time. And still two of the most reliable diesel engines ever put in a car. My brother has the 2.5 I5 in his VW t4 Multivan and it sounds freaking awesome, especially above 3500rpm when it starts to pull.
Back in the days General Motors Europe licensed the FIAT/Alfa Romeo diesel engines (JTD) for use in their european brands Opel/Vauxhall and SAAB. Later the Opel engineered 1.6 TD was also available in the USA for the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain IIRC.
3:48 I was about to ask the same question, as I myself have mentioned that and the bmw M57 (24V CR, cast iron block) multiple times in the comments before..
My 3.0 V6 A6 C6 Has S6 style quad pipes and makes a lovely low rumble. I don't think I could go back to sub 3L and less than 6 cylinders, 240bhp is so nice, it pulls from 0-70mph rapidly, and from 70+ without changing down a gear.
I'd love to see more BMWs. That twin turbo one in the video sounds very good, BMW also made an I6 engine with triple and quad turbo setups. Amazing engines.
My friend had an Alfa Romeo GT 1.9 JTDM, which made nearly 300 hp. It was a tuned car and had a turbocharger from an Audi 3.0 TDI engine. It also sounded amazing for a diesel and was really fast.
That 35d engine is M57 an it is available also for e90 3series, e60 5-series etc. Amazing engine, sounds good, is known for reliability and phenomenal mpg for 400hp/600ftlbs, with only few mods, and a remap. I have a 335d with this same engine and i just love it!
A lot of those engines are common for tuning, the 3L diesel in that X6 was used in the E9x 325d, 330d and 335d, 600hp on stock block and 1000+nm are easely done, although most have to reinforce other things at that point. You can't launch the car or you will break the driveshaft... The 3L diesel from Audi is also a popular choice, with a good exhaust these sound like a diesel supra and they can also make 400-500hp. The OM606 from Mercedes is also +-600hp and it's an older engine. Those diesels can go up to 5500rpm.
The BMW 3.0 (M57) engine wasnt only in the X6. I have a pre LCI E60 35d with the iron engine block. stock 272 HP, but with a bit of tuning mine makes now @370 HP and 750 Nm. The LCI models got the improved M57 engine with piezo injectors, stock 282 HP. With an R90 pump and 50d injectors they can make around 500 HP.
The chassis you're looking at 3:24 is the w201, which originally came with "just" the OM604 (2.0/2.2L 4 cylinder NA) and OM605 (2.5L 5 cylinder NA or turbocharged). The OM606 is mainly found in the W124 and W210 chassis (and a few others G-wagen/S-class from the early to late 90's).
i got a bmw 430d with the single turbo n57, the torque is pretty crazy, it is also pretty dam sporty as well, but reliability wise it has been great over the last 2 years and 25k miles i've had it, bmw also make 35d (n57) and 40d (n57 and b57) versions which are twin turbo as well as a tri turbo (n57s) and quad turbo (b57s) in m50d cars
OOOH Ian, I'll post a video about EU diesel Drag racing in the discord later! These deep dives are my favorite type of content you do, please keep them coming
My dad has an Alfa Romeo diesel. It’s the Stelvio, the SUV that is also sold in America, and it’s a 2.0L 4 cylinder with 210hp. It sounds pretty standard. He also has an old Range Rover Sport from 2011 with a 3.0L V6 Diesel, 250hp, and that engine does a great job at being smooth and quiet while also being pretty fast for a 2800kg (6100lbs) car. That’s what happens when you have 600Nm (442
The N57 in the bmw x35d along with it's earlier M57 have a low/high pressure boost setup, there is a control valve that makes the system into a compound turbo, small turbo feeds into big turbo but also has a bypass route, deleting the DPF/Cat will make these alone whistle, make .5 psi @idle, standard boost pressure around the 28psi mark, I have a BMW E60 535D M-Sport LCI, it drives like an NA petrol in linearity throttle & rev wise but you have 560nm on tap at 1800rpm and 287hp towards a 5000rpm redline
Om606 sounds great and is easily tuned. I’ve got a N57 today in a 435d. Pushing easily over 400 hp, some even up to 600 hp, and rare occasions almost twice that in drag cars 😅
My dad has a Range Rover Sport from 2011 which has a V6 diesel. It’s very quiet and very smooth, but it’s also quick. 3.0L, 250hp and 600Nm (442 ft/lb?) of torque which is more than a BMW M3. My dad managed to hit 180km/h (110mph) on the Autobahn. He also has an Alfa Romeo Stelvio diesel. That’s the SUV and it has a 2.0L 4 cylinder with 210hp. Apparently the top speed of that car is 215km/h (133mph), as he found out yet again on the Autobahn.
I love your enthusiasm bro! I miss having a straight piped diesel car with a turbo whistle. Just made me think I have never owned a petrol car! My Mercedes, Audi and BMW have all been diesel and now the van I have got is also diesel! 🤷♂️
My dad has a 2006 Audi A6 with the 3.0 V6 TDI that he's owned since new. It's a great engine, more than enough power for regular driving but you can still get decent gas mileage, like around 8l/100km (~30 US mpg). They are also known to reach some incredible mileage but my dad barely drives the car, so it's only done about 250k km (~150k miles) over it's 18 years of life. No problems so far.
i got a mini cooper d, its definetely unusual in the sense that its a smaller car with a diesel engine, the engine also has an unusual configuration, its a 3 cylinder twinturbo
The bmw M57 is what was in that X6. Single turbo they were up to 235bhp, the twin turbo variants were usually 286bhp with some of the later ones being over 300bhp.
2:31 That's probably one of the most common sights in Eastern Europe. Even cars that barely make 100hp can do a smoke cloud. Our old Renault used to do that all the time. Before we changed it's fuel filter atleast. The car was basically a beater. 7:06 This is basically a BMW X5 with it's back portion slanted to look like a Coupe. A GLE Coupe is what Mercedes has in this weird segment of SUV's. And of course the Audi Q8 and Lamborghinni Urus are also in this category of Coupe-SUV's.
A couple of years ago you could've gotten a VW Lupo with a 1,2L 3 cilinder diesel famously named the 3L, because it could do 3L on 100 km, close to 80MPG.
I own a '07 BMW X3 E83 2.0 diesel. Originaly it has 177 HP but with a "small" hybrid turbo and a simple ECU repro, it gives now 281 HP. The best thing is that it drinks only 6.5 l/100 km (about 36 mpg) Diesel cars are very underrated in USA.
Always great to watch novel reactions to something that is mundane for others like a clash of worlds. Great video! Since you appreciate V12 and Mercs so much, recently videos of old V12 S-Class cars with equal length exhaust headers are popping up. They move like a heavy luxury limousine, but scream like a Pegani Zonda. specifically: a tuner from Japan ("Brilliant Exhaust") is at fault for the recent popularity.
@10:40 question, yes there are wicked tuned Diesels :) specially the Audi A5's they look like diesel RS5's- Go check the DarkSide Developments A5 it looks nuts
OM606 is the diesel 2JZ. They have insanely stout bottom ends with people getting as much as 500-600hp on stock internals and with aftermarket internals people get to 800hp and beyond which is straight up insane, especially when you consider they barely broke 170hp in the most powerful factory versions. No surprise then that they regularly go for more than a million miles.
My pal has an e60 5 series 330d, nice exhaust on it, remap, couple of spicy bits... Sounds like it wants to eat the road and pulls like a train. Diesels are sick
I have two BMW 3-series with the BMW M57 engine - I know I'm strange. One is a single turbo with a manual gearbox (a 2004 E46), the other is a bi-turbo with an automatic gearbox (a 2009 E92). I prefer a manual gearbox experience overall, but once really on the move the bi-turbo auto does make me smile when I step on it. If you wanted to check out an interesting partnership and you could look at videos of Nissan Patrols which have had a BMW M57 engine conversion. The Romanians seem to love throwing those down muddy and rutted forest tracks.
Just test-drove a modern Audi S4 3.0l V6 TDI ... which surprisingly did not sound like a tractor cold-started and pretty powerful when driving (and I know it can play fake sound through the speakers - which I turned off). 341HP - 700Nm - 250km/h top speed... most likely my next car 😁
My weekend toy is a Subaru but my daily for years has been diesels, my current one is a 2.2 with 450nm torque, in a 2013 Ford Mondeo TXS, love a good diesel engine
Once here where i live in Finland, I heard in front of me in the trafficlights a bmw 330 or 335 diesel wagon. It mustve been single turbo modded because i heard the turbo spool in to my car sooo damn clearly it was insane.
Why Europeans like diesel engines so much? 1) They're easier to drive. Remember, we mostly have manual transmission cars... A diesel engine is much harder to stall than a petrol one. Just lift the clutch and you're off! 2) They're cheaper to drive. In most European countries, diesel fuel is cheaper than petrol. What's more, diesel cars get better mileage, lower CO2 emissions, and a longer maintenance interval. Diesel cars that I've had... a 2001 Hyundai Satellite SVX 2.5TDI, a 2000 Volvo V40 1.9D Europa (1.9 liter turbo diesel), a 2012 Volvo C30 D2 R-Design (1.6 liter turbo diesel) and a 2016 Volvo V40 D3 Cross-Country (2.0 liter turbo diesel).
What you say is historically true, but in the past 10-15 years or so Europe massively switched to automatic transmissions as well, unfortunately. Also with the new emissions standards diesel is close to dead, which is a real shame because for some applications it's the ideal engine, like when you tow a trailer or caravan, or for offroading where you need maximum torque at low speed.
@@zerodelay1630 Depends on the country, of course. Indeed, in many countries, diesel cars are taxed more. However, diesel fuel is cheaper and diesel cars have better gas mileage, so there's a break-even point above which it's cheaper to operate a diesel car than a petrol one. Why do you think almost all taxis are diesels? Because they're cheaper to operate at the huge mileage they rack up, and last longer. Also, I wasn't talking about toxic emissions, I was talking about CO2 emissions, and diesel cars do have lower CO2 emissions than equivalent petrol cars.
You can found OM606 mercedes in the U.S, in the last years w124 and in the w210 e300 (not 300d, those are OM603). Also, the v10 tdi, 1.9 tdi and v6 tdi were sold there. Also some volvo 740 diesel with the Volkswagen d24 as well.
i have a7 3.0 bitdi and its 400hp with 720Nm of torque..that thing pulls like crazy...it goes 0-60 in like 4sec and fuel economy is crazy...like 25-30mpg...you get good from both worlds
I once had such an Alfa 2.4 Diesel. Fantastic, strong, smooth 5 cyl inline. 204 Horsepower, but torque, torque, torque. Violent, like double the horsepower. And all that at low rpm between 1800 and 3000 rpm . No noise, when power asked, and the faster, the more silent and smooth.
Used to roll coal with my E300 Turbodiesel here in Michigan until rust did us part... OM606.962. I regret not keeping it for the drivetrain and putting that in a S124, S123 or W126 instead. Quick tune from @DieselPumpUK would have been my choice. Got to drive a V10TDI Touareg that was a company car at my employer in Germany back in 2005 and an ML420 CDI as well. Had many BMW 530/535d rental cars in Germany and always liked them. The V10TDI was my favorite of the bunch.
In line 6 i have in my vw lt van from 1981, my lt from 1978 has a 2.7 diesel. Got a marine diesel engine in my vw buggy from 1960. Also got a diesel outboard engine
The Audi A8 TDI does 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, so yes, there are some 'low-key' sporty diesels. Before the 530d I have now, I had a tuned 335d that would light the tyres from 70mph. Red lines on modern diesels are usually 5 - 5.5K but the OM606 motor will rev to the moon.
I drive a ford mondeo 2.0 tdci. Its a 2005 mk3 and I dont want to sell it or get rid of it. It's so reliable (currently 180k on tbe clock) it pulls like a train all the way to 120 mph. It had more to go! Its 130 bhp and torque is about 240 ft lb or so. I get 600 miles to a £75 full tank. You can break traction in 2nd and 3rd gear in the wet easily lol.
I’ve got a 1.9 JTD Alfa Romeo GT from 2004. It’s torque, bulletproof, great sounding if you like diesels (as I do) and very economical at eating up motorway miles. Wouldn’t even swap it for V6 Busso if I was offered money for it.
You might soon be getting Scanias in the US again, Bruce Wilson, another youtuber who has recently become obsessed with Scanias, just ordered a brand new Scania R730 I think it was, he recently posted a series of videos from the factory in Sweden, showing the truck being put together and is getting it imported to the US in collaboration with Scania themselves, they're gonna use it as a "press truck" and bring it to truck shows all around the US... Sounds to me like Scania is gonna try to break back into the US market again....
My brother has a 2009 BMW X5 3.0 twin turbo diesel here in the UK which has had a "mild" remap. The damn thing goes like a stabbed rat despite being over 2 tons in weight. Mild remap my arse! The Alfa 159 was a beautiful car which had a 5 cylinder 2.4 diesel which put out 200 bhp with 295 lbs/ft of torque as standard. Very easy to remap them to at least 20% more without any modifications needed. I had a 159 2.0 diesel for nearly 5 years and I must say I still miss that car.
The OM606 is the diesel 2JZ basically
Some even rev comparably high. There are videos of them turning near 8k
Yes, there are some sick builds that deliver well over 600hp with stock internals.
you can in fact swap parts with both engines. and they will fit eachother with minor issues. in fact you can swap an OM606 into the engine bay of a Mk4 supra and use the factory motor mounts(as hot rod garage has proven by shoving a 2jZ into the hood of a mercedes CL500 from 2003)
Yeah, do a indepth dive into om606 :)
In terms of on track it would more likely be the M57 or the 1.9 TDI VW engines, where I'm from if you see a 1.9 TDI 3 door Polo you steer well clear of getting completely embarrassed, that and the MK1 Golf, there's always a MK1 faster than you. Doesn't matter what you're running. Here are a couple of MK1's pushing well over 1000hp in a body that weighs 800kgs. And they have a variety of builds
Oh boy, Ian, the tuned diesel culture in Europe is not a rabbit hole, it's a freakin' tunnel! And I'm not even talking about the even crazier diesel drag racing scene!😄
The 1320 YT channel did a video in Santa Pod (UK) last year and the presenter looked so lost amongst the "sea" of unknown (for him) cars and models. As someone who knows about the heavy presence of portuguese drivers in the UK's drag racing scene, I found that video hilarious but entertaining at the same time. 😀
i was really hoping someone would talk about this, that video is awesome, not only does it show you a culture americans aren't aware off but also its shown BY an american who doesn't really understand how it works so there's a fair bit of explaining (im also proud cuz there's a lot of Portuguese garages at Santa Pod)
Shout-out from portugal in the diesel tuning division my friend!
@@engenhokas69 - And a big shout out to Luis and Helder, for representing us abroad. 👍
His mind will be BLOOOOOWN. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
6:53 PS is just the German abbreviation for horse power (Pferdestärke)
Think it's a different calculation though slightly different figures from memory
@@AB-C1 I didn’t know that, but you’re correct. The difference is rather small: 1 PS = 0.98 hp. For practical purposes, it can probably be ignored in most cases
@@baumgrt yeah I always remember when they started naming power on the Vauxhall's back in the 80s in P.S. rather than H.P. and when my old man bought one I found out it wasn't the same figure when I read the performance stats (as you do as a kid! Lol)
Then there is buff horses and HRSPRS too!
@@RadioactiveSaddam ok, this is getting out of hand. Let’s just all us kW, please
Om606 and 1.9tdi best Diesel engines
100%, those PD engines can take some crazy boost with their internals 💪🏻💪🏻
You arent wrong but as a M57 owner I have to put in a word for it as well...
@@GoldenCrocdefinitely up there too but I’m a bit biased towards Mercedes :D
I'll sit here and be happy with my D5244T4 from Volvo.
1.9 tdi is not the best sounding diesel but it can handle added horsepower freaking good.
You really need to check some highly tuned. OM606 videos. They make like 150bhp stock but can be tuned with bigger and more powerful diesel pump and better internal parts to make 700-900bhp and the engine can revs over 7000 RPM and it sounds so good.
A Diesel that sounds good? 😅
@@Kev27RSyes cuz it revs high
Oh wow, didnt know it revs that high!
@@VaszkoNicolas Usually Diesels don’t rev that high.
@@Kev27RS that i know very well, I am from the EU and so I have obviously met,seen and driven a few 😁hence why i am surprised this one revs to 7
Blacksmoke racing from Finland actually competes in Driftmasters with their Diesel Mercedes :)
Suprised that the Audi 2.5TDi Inline 5 isnt here that thing with a straight pipe sounds awesome
Please note, that most of the cars in the video are more or less heavily tuned
@@georgobergfell yeah hence the smoke, that's the giveaway. The ones that weren't smoking are closer to standard with probably some run of the mill mods like a bigger turbo or whatever
Yeah, I've modded my 1.3cdti Corsa D with a remap and it immediately started to fart smoke all over the place, gained some 25hp and a lot of torque, the clutch still managed the power mostly because there are 110hp engines with the same displacement from Opel and Alfa Romeo (MiTo).
The car sounds menacing with just a cone air filter.
@@AB-C1 you do get that result with just an evry mod though, its not that big of a build. I'm pretty sure every volvo 2.4td has that done to them here in Finland. What comes to the sound of these, its not a big modification to change the muffler, but it is not stock.
@@AB-C1smoke doesnt equal tuning tho, some people have a clean tune that has a lot extra power, but dont smoke
@@nielsoudegriep2900I didn't mention ANYTHING about smoke Vs power output, only that more smoke equals usually older engines and probably zero catalyst/more mods rather than closer to stock. The more fuel is being pushed through with an unclean burn the more smoke you'll get especially if there's no filters/catalysts fitted. If anything they're less efficient. But again that's not indicative of overall power/performance, usually more age of engine how much it's been modified from stock/how much extra fuel they're trying to push through that's burning uncleanly will produce black smoke. One of the fastest ones there was the BMW X6 and that had less smoke than many but its a performance engine to begin with, rather than an old Volvo with massive mods loads of fuel and an unclean burn.
the OM 606 is the motorcode, OM stands for "Öl Motor" in english " (Diesel) Oil Engine" and there are many numbers for all the different engines , for example OM 617-952 is the 5 cyl. 3.0 L turbodiesel from the W123 300D, 300TD, 300CD and W116 / W126 300SD, they have been sold in the US !
ÖL means beer in Swedish so it sounds hilarious!
@@RadioactiveSaddam 😂🤣😂👍
BMW M57 with straight pipe sounds brutal
th-cam.com/video/GqUoRNTOyXw/w-d-xo.html thats one ;)
specially m57d30 306d5... the bi-turbo sound is amazing
You should look more into OM606 and 605 motors. The 605 is the 5 cylinder that sounds so nice.
The BMW in Europe is very known for their 3.0 diesels. M57, N57 and B57. They were single, twin, Tri and quad turbocharged. Singles and twins may be found from anywhere like 3 series to like 5, 7 and X5 and X6. Tri and quad turbo versions were reserved for more high end cars like 5 series, 7 etc
You should look into OM606 Superturbos. Driving one daily myself and it always makes me smile.
"Can you low-key make some frickin wicked builds with these ?"
Audi : "Watch me win the Le Mans 24h with a diesel powered monster 5 years in a row"
anyway, other youtuber bringing soon a brand new scania 770 V8 to the US.. check Bruce Wilson.. maybe you can drive if you cooperating :) He have 3 older scania already
just wanted to write the same thing
and look at Max Hunter that took the Scania to the US for a vacation
Very soon, Bruce will be an Official Scania Ambassador in the US 😆
That's not quite right. Bruce isn't bringing an R770 to the US, Scania is sending one for evaluation purposes, and Bruce will be doing the evaluations and taking it to shows to gauge reaction. The vehicle will remain the property of Scania.
@@Run_BMW THAT will only be possible if the US change their view on foreign trucks and abolish the 25 year rule.
Take a look at "Black smoke Racing"
Teemu The showman 🇫🇮🏁 And their english language channel "turbo diesel builds"
Ps is PferdStarke, which is the metric measurment of horsepower, equivalent of 98,6% of 1 hp.
Yep. As i know, in the US they measure behind the motor and in the EU behind the gearbox.
I believe the literal translation is "horse strength."
its the Metric HP instead of the (us standard)HP
its used in german mostly because of the fact that otherwise the abreviations would be the same
@@flopjul3022 because metric horses are slightly smaller than SAE horses.
bruuuh
I´m glad the Alfa 156 and 159 made it into the video, with the 2.4 JTDm engine. It´s and inline 5 turbo diesel, with 175hp in the 156, and 210hp in the 159. I´ve driven a 156 with this engine and it was amazing. It´s powerful and it´s really one of the best sounding diesels you can find. Also those Alfas look fantastic! You really make an appearence, when you come around anywhere, with an Alfa Romeo. Alfa also has the, in my opinion, best sounding V6 ever made, the Busso V6.
I bought one 156 for my father! Except the frequent stops to the garages an awesome car!
I do own a 2018 BMW M550D X-Drive Touring. 400PS (394HP) and 750NM (553 ft lbs) Great car love it.
In Germany, and I believe in other European countries as well, gasoline and diesel are taxed differently. Because of this, under certain conditions (like driving long distances), you can save money. That’s why diesel cars are so common in Europe.
Not as common anymore.
Diesel ownership has gone down significantly over the last 5 years!
Lots of cars in general nowadays (old and especially new ones) are Petrol.
@@Kev27RSI believe it’s related to how diesel pollute in a worst than Petrol or something
@@EliasBacnah, it's just cost of ownership. There are injectors, pumps, turbos, double mass flywheels that are goin bad on those 20 yo diesels, that arent economical to do.
Diesel is also cheaper than petrol
@@matejr7871 Depends where you live, where i'm from diesel was never really popular and it has pretty much always been more expensive than petrol
My first (and current) car is a 1.9tdi PD, one of the lower powered variants with only 105bhp but still 240nm torque (about 180lb/ft I believe), super reliable and economic. The higher powered variants of those 1.9 PD are known for making a LOT of power with even just intercooler and injector upgrades.
3:57 the OM606 is a great engine can be tuned to 600+bhp and it’s light weight too…its little sister engine the OM605 (the 5 cylinder version) sounds good too and I’ve seen them pushing 380bhp (but think they can do more)
Hahahaha Look at that happy kids face! Thank you soo much for this, this really made my evening. Seeing how much you enjoy this end the surprises, its just awesome mate!
Cant wait btw to see your street interviews you mentioned in the other vid today, that will be sooooo class!
8:50 VW v10 TDI In the states even..... (correct me if im wrong) but plate and building style in back ground screams states
Hello fellow Brit 👍
10:00 somewhat sporty... my dude :D i think each of the cars you showed here today so far will make any of the cars you have cry :D
It’s a bit like that fella making fun of that tesla car in his mcclaren, im gonna smoke you and then the tesla just eats that thing alive in the sprint.... (Modern) TDI's are on par with petrol cars
Former Volvo V70 2.4D (2004) owner here. Inline 5 cilinder Turbo diesel engine. That thing sounded really great. Mine was originally the stock 130HP / 280nm and had a Stage 2 chip done to it. It then made 210HP (PK) and had 460Nm of torque. It gained 80HP and 180nm which was almost idiotic but amazing. It did have torquesteer in 1 and 2 gear though.
I remember a few taxi drivers all drove tuned up OM606 190E's on Zakynthos island years ago, they sounded nuts and you'd see them powersliding with passengers in the back all the time whilst just rolling coal.
Love your reactions……….a Brit here, I’ve had 3 BMW diesels and 2 Mercedes diesels over the past 20 years or so, all company cars from new and………they’ve all been fantastic.
In the 1970s I had a 50cc KTM moped that produced 4hp and did 60 miles to the gallon, my current BMW 2L (private car) is a convertible diesel which can produce 225hp, yet when at motorway speeds gives a similar fuel consumption!
All I can say is wow, these BMW engineers are the best! 😊
The Mercedes OM606 might be one of the most popular, most recognized Diesel-Engines out there. Tuneable to hell, swappable to almost anything. Massively high-revving, for a Diesel-Engine. From way back in those days, when Mercedes used to massively overbuild everything. Pretty sought-after, nowadays, I presume. Buy a W124 300 TDI (which I know you like) and one of those will be in there. There's also an OM605, which is a 5-cylinder Diesel. Which might even be a little more exotic. You can find those in the W124 250 TDI-Models. There's also non-turbo-ones, those would be in the same cars, the 300D (or 250D for the 5-cylinder OM605), the Mercedes C/E-Class W124 (and some S- , and I think also some of the G-Classes)
There's tons of videos out there. One of the more famous ones (at least in Europe): th-cam.com/video/24afjVqm2Uw/w-d-xo.html
Ah you’re loving diesels, cool. I currently have a 2008 Alfa GT Blackline JTDM. It’s a modest 1.9 turbo diesel that started off at 140bhp. mapped now to 190bhp and I love it. Can outrun quite a few cars and looks tight!
Is it still reliable? I have Golf 6GTD with 2.0TDI and 170hp, it can easily do 210hp. Thinking about mapping and some great exhaust on it.
My wife has a Peugeot 207 hdi at 110hp but i made an engine optimation to it and now it has 143hp. Goes like hell for that small shoe box 😂😂😂
Nice I have a Peugeot 407 1.6 HDi 110 with DPF/EGR off and remap to around the same 142ish hp and it weighs 1505kg can only imagine how well the 207 goes 😂
My Company Car is a Ford Transit Mk7. A l2.2l Inline 4 with 140 Hp. It has now run 450.000 Kilometers or approximatly 280.000 with the first engine, Clutch and gearbox. 85% of the time is the Trailer connected. Only Regular Maintenance, a new Radiator at 90.000 miles,where a forklift slipped over the wet ground and can't stop. I love this workhorse.
I own as a taxi W211 E270 cdi 5 cylinder 6 speed manual and it sounds sick..i have tuned the exhaust just a bit so i can hear it.i recently turned the odometer back to 0 for the second time after it maxed at 999.999.. first engine lasted 1.700.000 of working all day..
Had a tuned Saab 9-3 Aero 2.2TiD with a muffler delete, took it from a boring sounding car to something that was surprisingly accurate to how it performed on the road. Not overly loud, just a wee bit louder and with deeper lows.
Mercedes did the OM605, OM602 and OM617. All are 5 cylinder engines. These things are indestructible and they sound so good. I have lots of fond memories with my dad who used to own a 190D with the OM602.
That list missing om 648 and bkack smoke racing drift car. 850 hp and 1200nm torque. And Finland is saying power made by diesel and brushes wash by petrol
3:25 In spain we call that engine the 2jz diesel
My wife drives a Pugeot RCZ which has a 2.0l inline 4 diesel. It's not on the same par as some of the big displacement ones you just showed but it's essentially a large sports car. 160bhp, 251ft/lb. It's a very unique looking car and doesn't hang about. You wouldn't know it's a diesel when you drive it. It was made to compete with the Audi TT.
I drove one of those with the 2.0 HDI it had relentless in gear shove 60-100mph like nothing
I had an alfa 147 diesel; it was a lot of fun to drive and such a pretty car. I also had a Volvo V40 R-Design with the D4 engine; fastest accelerating car I've owned and such a quiet drive.
I loved my 147 JTDm 16v, best car I've ever had
I've been driving a 24 year-old Peugeot 406 2-liter HDI turbodiesel for 10 years. Pulls like a freight train, never let me down, 1000+ miles on a single tank of diesel!
The peugeot diesel are so fricking cool, i loved to drive these when i had the chance. 👍 I even owned one before i went electric (my only ice cars left is a silver mercedes for sunday drives in the summer 😉)
@@erebostd you couldn't pay me enough money drive an electric, to offset the cost, depreciation, inconvenience and danger.. Aside how bad they are for the environment. Your old diesel has far less environmental impact than any electric vehicles now.. you should go back to Ice and save the planet. Never trading my diesel BMW
@@AB-C1 you obviously have no clue what you are talking about. Please stop spreading lies and misinformation. I'm sorry that you've fallen for this bullsh#t and never had the chance to drive an EV...
Do you really mean 1000+miles or KM? Because 1000miles are about 1600km 😅
@@niklo322 Yes, I 'do' mean 1000+ miles. If you drive it gently, it's 'very' fuel efficient, and it has an 80 liter fuel tank. The 90hp version of this engine has the Guinness record for driving 2400km on a single tank. Mine's the 110hp, and it's 24 years old, but it's still very fuel efficient!
At 9:16 that V6 has exhaust flaps. It says "Klappe Zu" for flaps closed, then "Klappe Auf" for flaps open, which is why the sound changes.
You're about to experience them in the US at some point. Bruce Wilson (youtube), dude in Florida, has imported a *factory new* unit to the US that should be arriving before year end. It's an official Scania collaboration. He filmed _everything_ in the factory in Sweden, a complete build tour!
Take a look at the European drifmasters series, there's a Mercedes Benz diesel drift car. The team is called Black Smoke Racing and it's from Finland. This year's champion is also from Finland. Lauri Heinonen. He has a nascar V8 powered nissan s13.
I have a Honda Civic with a 2.2 iDTEC (turbodiesel) engine and I freakin' love it. It can easely rev to 5k RPM, at which point a mechanical limiter blocks the engine from revving more.
I own a Mercedes ML 320 CDI with the OM642 V6 DOHC Turbo Intercooled engine and a VGT . Most of the cars that you showcased were modified at least in the exhaust department . Mine is stock but I did somethings to the intake manifold and air filters ... I have to say it's one of the most reliable engines ever , with the right oil and oil change , as is the OM629 Bi-Turbo 4.0 V8 and the king that is the OM606 3.0 inline 6 . Peace !!!
Damn, no mention of Audi's legendary 2.5 TDI inline 5. The first TDI engine. Two years later Audi developed the first gen. 1.9TDI, which was an adaptation of the 2.5 engine.
Most advanced diesel engines of their time. And still two of the most reliable diesel engines ever put in a car.
My brother has the 2.5 I5 in his VW t4 Multivan and it sounds freaking awesome, especially above 3500rpm when it starts to pull.
Back in the days General Motors Europe licensed the FIAT/Alfa Romeo diesel engines (JTD) for use in their european brands Opel/Vauxhall and SAAB. Later the Opel engineered 1.6 TD was also available in the USA for the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain IIRC.
3:48 I was about to ask the same question, as I myself have mentioned that and the bmw M57 (24V CR, cast iron block) multiple times in the comments before..
My 3.0 V6 A6 C6 Has S6 style quad pipes and makes a lovely low rumble. I don't think I could go back to sub 3L and less than 6 cylinders, 240bhp is so nice, it pulls from 0-70mph rapidly, and from 70+ without changing down a gear.
I'd love to see more BMWs. That twin turbo one in the video sounds very good, BMW also made an I6 engine with triple and quad turbo setups. Amazing engines.
My friend had an Alfa Romeo GT 1.9 JTDM, which made nearly 300 hp. It was a tuned car and had a turbocharger from an Audi 3.0 TDI engine. It also sounded amazing for a diesel and was really fast.
That 35d engine is M57 an it is available also for e90 3series, e60 5-series etc. Amazing engine, sounds good, is known for reliability and phenomenal mpg for 400hp/600ftlbs, with only few mods, and a remap. I have a 335d with this same engine and i just love it!
Also 6 series
A lot of those engines are common for tuning, the 3L diesel in that X6 was used in the E9x 325d, 330d and 335d, 600hp on stock block and 1000+nm are easely done, although most have to reinforce other things at that point. You can't launch the car or you will break the driveshaft... The 3L diesel from Audi is also a popular choice, with a good exhaust these sound like a diesel supra and they can also make 400-500hp. The OM606 from Mercedes is also +-600hp and it's an older engine. Those diesels can go up to 5500rpm.
The BMW 3.0 (M57) engine wasnt only in the X6. I have a pre LCI E60 35d with the iron engine block. stock 272 HP, but with a bit of tuning mine makes now @370 HP and 750 Nm. The LCI models got the improved M57 engine with piezo injectors, stock 282 HP. With an R90 pump and 50d injectors they can make around 500 HP.
The chassis you're looking at 3:24 is the w201, which originally came with "just" the OM604 (2.0/2.2L 4 cylinder NA) and OM605 (2.5L 5 cylinder NA or turbocharged). The OM606 is mainly found in the W124 and W210 chassis (and a few others G-wagen/S-class from the early to late 90's).
Back in the early 2000's I drove a chipped e39 525tds for a while. Loved the pulling power and the sound
i got a bmw 430d with the single turbo n57, the torque is pretty crazy, it is also pretty dam sporty as well, but reliability wise it has been great over the last 2 years and 25k miles i've had it, bmw also make 35d (n57) and 40d (n57 and b57) versions which are twin turbo as well as a tri turbo (n57s) and quad turbo (b57s) in m50d cars
OOOH Ian, I'll post a video about EU diesel Drag racing in the discord later! These deep dives are my favorite type of content you do, please keep them coming
My dad has an Alfa Romeo diesel. It’s the Stelvio, the SUV that is also sold in America, and it’s a 2.0L 4 cylinder with 210hp. It sounds pretty standard.
He also has an old Range Rover Sport from 2011 with a 3.0L V6 Diesel, 250hp, and that engine does a great job at being smooth and quiet while also being pretty fast for a 2800kg (6100lbs) car. That’s what happens when you have 600Nm (442
The N57 in the bmw x35d along with it's earlier M57 have a low/high pressure boost setup, there is a control valve that makes the system into a compound turbo, small turbo feeds into big turbo but also has a bypass route, deleting the DPF/Cat will make these alone whistle, make .5 psi @idle, standard boost pressure around the 28psi mark, I have a BMW E60 535D M-Sport LCI, it drives like an NA petrol in linearity throttle & rev wise but you have 560nm on tap at 1800rpm and 287hp towards a 5000rpm redline
Om606 sounds great and is easily tuned. I’ve got a N57 today in a 435d. Pushing easily over 400 hp, some even up to 600 hp, and rare occasions almost twice that in drag cars 😅
I have a BMW435d. It has a 6 cylinder 3.0 diesel engine with two turbos, 313hp, and 465lb/ft of torque. Also XDrive. Pulls like a train!!
My dad has a Range Rover Sport from 2011 which has a V6 diesel. It’s very quiet and very smooth, but it’s also quick. 3.0L, 250hp and 600Nm (442 ft/lb?) of torque which is more than a BMW M3. My dad managed to hit 180km/h (110mph) on the Autobahn.
He also has an Alfa Romeo Stelvio diesel. That’s the SUV and it has a 2.0L 4 cylinder with 210hp. Apparently the top speed of that car is 215km/h (133mph), as he found out yet again on the Autobahn.
Badass OM606 builds are bread and butter here in Finland, if you google OM606 superturbo you get plenty of videos of heavily tuned OM606’s.
I love your enthusiasm bro! I miss having a straight piped diesel car with a turbo whistle. Just made me think I have never owned a petrol car! My Mercedes, Audi and BMW have all been diesel and now the van I have got is also diesel! 🤷♂️
My dad has a 2006 Audi A6 with the 3.0 V6 TDI that he's owned since new.
It's a great engine, more than enough power for regular driving but you can still get decent gas mileage, like around 8l/100km (~30 US mpg). They are also known to reach some incredible mileage but my dad barely drives the car, so it's only done about 250k km (~150k miles) over it's 18 years of life. No problems so far.
Check out "black smoke racing teemu peltola".... drifting with diesel merzedes
i got a mini cooper d, its definetely unusual in the sense that its a smaller car with a diesel engine, the engine also has an unusual configuration, its a 3 cylinder twinturbo
The bmw M57 is what was in that X6. Single turbo they were up to 235bhp, the twin turbo variants were usually 286bhp with some of the later ones being over 300bhp.
2:31 That's probably one of the most common sights in Eastern Europe. Even cars that barely make 100hp can do a smoke cloud. Our old Renault used to do that all the time. Before we changed it's fuel filter atleast. The car was basically a beater.
7:06 This is basically a BMW X5 with it's back portion slanted to look like a Coupe. A GLE Coupe is what Mercedes has in this weird segment of SUV's. And of course the Audi Q8 and Lamborghinni Urus are also in this category of Coupe-SUV's.
A couple of years ago you could've gotten a VW Lupo with a 1,2L 3 cilinder diesel famously named the 3L, because it could do 3L on 100 km, close to 80MPG.
I went to a drift event this year and one of the contestants ran an e46 with the M57 diesel running about 700-800 hp
My multipla has a 1.9jtd, (which is used in a lot of Alfa's and Saabs) it's very torquey and turbo whistle is great.
I own a '07 BMW X3 E83 2.0 diesel. Originaly it has 177 HP but with a "small" hybrid turbo and a simple ECU repro, it gives now 281 HP. The best thing is that it drinks only 6.5 l/100 km (about 36 mpg)
Diesel cars are very underrated in USA.
Always great to watch novel reactions to something that is mundane for others like a clash of worlds. Great video!
Since you appreciate V12 and Mercs so much, recently videos of old V12 S-Class cars with equal length exhaust headers are popping up. They move like a heavy luxury limousine, but scream like a Pegani Zonda. specifically: a tuner from Japan ("Brilliant Exhaust") is at fault for the recent popularity.
The Audi V6 Diesel was with closed valved. You had to wait some seconds.
Subaru EE20 diesel owner here. They sound amazing with a bit of derestricting.
@10:40 question, yes there are wicked tuned Diesels :) specially the Audi A5's they look like diesel RS5's- Go check the DarkSide Developments A5 it looks nuts
OM606 is the diesel 2JZ. They have insanely stout bottom ends with people getting as much as 500-600hp on stock internals and with aftermarket internals people get to 800hp and beyond which is straight up insane, especially when you consider they barely broke 170hp in the most powerful factory versions. No surprise then that they regularly go for more than a million miles.
My pal has an e60 5 series 330d, nice exhaust on it, remap, couple of spicy bits... Sounds like it wants to eat the road and pulls like a train.
Diesels are sick
I have two BMW 3-series with the BMW M57 engine - I know I'm strange. One is a single turbo with a manual gearbox (a 2004 E46), the other is a bi-turbo with an automatic gearbox (a 2009 E92). I prefer a manual gearbox experience overall, but once really on the move the bi-turbo auto does make me smile when I step on it.
If you wanted to check out an interesting partnership and you could look at videos of Nissan Patrols which have had a BMW M57 engine conversion. The Romanians seem to love throwing those down muddy and rutted forest tracks.
Just test-drove a modern Audi S4 3.0l V6 TDI ... which surprisingly did not sound like a tractor cold-started and pretty powerful when driving (and I know it can play fake sound through the speakers - which I turned off). 341HP - 700Nm - 250km/h top speed... most likely my next car 😁
That's bus-level torque.
My weekend toy is a Subaru but my daily for years has been diesels, my current one is a 2.2 with 450nm torque, in a 2013 Ford Mondeo TXS, love a good diesel engine
I have a BMW E91 wagon 330D M57TUD30 engine. Best car i’ve ever owned, dead reliable and such a sporty Daily driver, Which Also does great mileage!
Once here where i live in Finland, I heard in front of me in the trafficlights a bmw 330 or 335 diesel wagon. It mustve been single turbo modded because i heard the turbo spool in to my car sooo damn clearly it was insane.
Why Europeans like diesel engines so much?
1) They're easier to drive. Remember, we mostly have manual transmission cars... A diesel engine is much harder to stall than a petrol one. Just lift the clutch and you're off!
2) They're cheaper to drive. In most European countries, diesel fuel is cheaper than petrol. What's more, diesel cars get better mileage, lower CO2 emissions, and a longer maintenance interval.
Diesel cars that I've had... a 2001 Hyundai Satellite SVX 2.5TDI, a 2000 Volvo V40 1.9D Europa (1.9 liter turbo diesel), a 2012 Volvo C30 D2 R-Design (1.6 liter turbo diesel) and a 2016 Volvo V40 D3 Cross-Country (2.0 liter turbo diesel).
What you say is historically true, but in the past 10-15 years or so Europe massively switched to automatic transmissions as well, unfortunately. Also with the new emissions standards diesel is close to dead, which is a real shame because for some applications it's the ideal engine, like when you tow a trailer or caravan, or for offroading where you need maximum torque at low speed.
wdym? diesel is more expensive, diesel cars have special tax, diesel cars are more expensive to repair, diesel emissions are more toxic.
@@zerodelay1630 Depends on the country, of course. Indeed, in many countries, diesel cars are taxed more. However, diesel fuel is cheaper and diesel cars have better gas mileage, so there's a break-even point above which it's cheaper to operate a diesel car than a petrol one. Why do you think almost all taxis are diesels? Because they're cheaper to operate at the huge mileage they rack up, and last longer. Also, I wasn't talking about toxic emissions, I was talking about CO2 emissions, and diesel cars do have lower CO2 emissions than equivalent petrol cars.
need to get another volvo but with an actual volvo engine this time ;) not French or Chinese ;)
@@SamFBM Those Volvo 5 cylinder engines were amazing. My next car will be a Volvo again... but a Chinese one, an EX30. :D
Love your enthusiasm 👏 that om606 sounds incredible i want one myself now 😂
12:25 thats actually the one with the inline 5 diesel Alfas, thats why it says 20V aka 20 valve on the back.
You can found OM606 mercedes in the U.S, in the last years w124 and in the w210 e300 (not 300d, those are OM603).
Also, the v10 tdi, 1.9 tdi and v6 tdi were sold there. Also some volvo 740 diesel with the Volkswagen d24 as well.
i have a7 3.0 bitdi and its 400hp with 720Nm of torque..that thing pulls like crazy...it goes 0-60 in like 4sec
and fuel economy is crazy...like 25-30mpg...you get good from both worlds
I once had such an Alfa 2.4 Diesel. Fantastic, strong, smooth 5 cyl inline. 204 Horsepower, but torque, torque, torque. Violent, like double the horsepower. And all that at low rpm between 1800 and 3000 rpm . No noise, when power asked, and the faster, the more silent and smooth.
Used to roll coal with my E300 Turbodiesel here in Michigan until rust did us part... OM606.962. I regret not keeping it for the drivetrain and putting that in a S124, S123 or W126 instead. Quick tune from @DieselPumpUK would have been my choice.
Got to drive a V10TDI Touareg that was a company car at my employer in Germany back in 2005 and an ML420 CDI as well. Had many BMW 530/535d rental cars in Germany and always liked them. The V10TDI was my favorite of the bunch.
In line 6 i have in my vw lt van from 1981, my lt from 1978 has a 2.7 diesel. Got a marine diesel engine in my vw buggy from 1960. Also got a diesel outboard engine
The Audi A8 TDI does 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, so yes, there are some 'low-key' sporty diesels. Before the 530d I have now, I had a tuned 335d that would light the tyres from 70mph. Red lines on modern diesels are usually 5 - 5.5K but the OM606 motor will rev to the moon.
Mercedes cars from the 90s have something about them that I love them for, I have a W201 with an inline 5, it sounds beautiful at low and high rpm
You can find the m57 twin turbo on anything from 3 series e9x to 7 series . Some have 272hp or 286hp engines
theres a guy called Teemu Peltola who drives a Mercedes c63 estate diesel in drift master, it runs something like 72 PSI, its really cool
I drive a ford mondeo 2.0 tdci. Its a 2005 mk3 and I dont want to sell it or get rid of it. It's so reliable (currently 180k on tbe clock) it pulls like a train all the way to 120 mph. It had more to go! Its 130 bhp and torque is about 240 ft lb or so. I get 600 miles to a £75 full tank. You can break traction in 2nd and 3rd gear in the wet easily lol.
I’ve got a 1.9 JTD Alfa Romeo GT from 2004. It’s torque, bulletproof, great sounding if you like diesels (as I do) and very economical at eating up motorway miles. Wouldn’t even swap it for V6 Busso if I was offered money for it.
You might soon be getting Scanias in the US again, Bruce Wilson, another youtuber who has recently become obsessed with Scanias, just ordered a brand new Scania R730 I think it was, he recently posted a series of videos from the factory in Sweden, showing the truck being put together and is getting it imported to the US in collaboration with Scania themselves, they're gonna use it as a "press truck" and bring it to truck shows all around the US... Sounds to me like Scania is gonna try to break back into the US market again....
R770 :)
Congrats on 200k mate!
My brother has a 2009 BMW X5 3.0 twin turbo diesel here in the UK which has had a "mild" remap. The damn thing goes like a stabbed rat despite being over 2 tons in weight. Mild remap my arse! The Alfa 159 was a beautiful car which had a 5 cylinder 2.4 diesel which put out 200 bhp with 295 lbs/ft of torque as standard. Very easy to remap them to at least 20% more without any modifications needed. I had a 159 2.0 diesel for nearly 5 years and I must say I still miss that car.
BMW did not make the M57 in 3.5 it was only 3.0 just saying :)