There is a turbo desil mark 7 in the junk yard a mile or two from my house. Never seen one of these before, I may be able to get some pics.
de ja vough...? lol
Got alot of parts from one over here to fix mine prior to its death.
I'd actually like to have one, just for the sake of having one (and $4/gallon gas is an incentive as well). I wonder if that engine has any aftermarket tuning support, being a BMW and all? I think they were rated for 130 horses and about 270 pound feet, which compares well with the CFI 5.0 SO. I wonder if one could be made to make HO-type power? Torque would be no problem...
*hill billy accent* that their be my tow'n lincon :hick: actualy lol, i do like them, and i wouldnt mind owning one eather sence i NEVER see them around me. put a nice turbo and exhaust on it and im sure it would make good power.
deisel mark ? be the first one i have seen.... get lots of pics:)
Hey guys,
They made the BMW-turbo diesel I6 Mark for the '84 and '85 model years. It was a 2.4 I6, same engine as a BMW 524TD, I think. They all had a ZF auto tranny and dual exhaust (one "exhaust" was for the turbo wastegate). I've read some reports that said those cars would get well into the 30's or almost 40 mpg, and still had decent power. I'd like to have one, too, just because it's different and rare. These cars weren't LSC's from what I remember, but mostly Bill Blass's, etc., with whitewalls, wire wheels and all. If I got one, I'd doll it up like a jet black LSC, kind of a reverse-sleeper. Wonder if anybody in the BMW aftermarket has developed any of those miraculous diesel chips for that motor? I've got to make the suggestion, since I don't think anybody else has: why doesn't somebody find one of these TD I6's and drop it in a Fox 'Bird or Cougar, again, just to be different? Chuck, you picking up on this?
Fordman3
sorry for the repost guys, I must have forgot I posted it already.
Someone should post this over at http://www.fordvschevy.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=26 (http://"http://www.fordvschevy.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=26").
They love all things Mark.
There are periodic mentions of the I6 Mark over at Lincolns Online. There's even a link to a page devoted to them somewhere in their Mark VII section, I think.
So what's with the sudden I6 interest from more of ya? :p
http://www.lscclub.org/diesel/
http://www.lincolnsonline.com/rides/linc/reynolds/reynolds.html
http://www.lincolnsonline.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=005893
Its been discussed ad nauseum on the Lincoln boards. Please, spare us. ;)