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Looking at a 1981 Diesel 200 1984

posted by  Isaac Babcock on  Wed Mar 13 16:47 CST 2002
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I'm not going to b.s. you on reliability because I have no firsthand experience with fixing the diesel, but I've ridden in one, and it's SLOW. This may seem obvious, but this goes beyond the typical definition of a slow car. Keep this in mind, you may want to kill yourself if you're not used to a car which takes over 14 seconds (used its probably closer to 18) to make it to 60. If you're even slightly annoyed by how slow an auto trannied B23 or B230 240 is, you'll be horrofied by the diesel. That said, it's a perfect candidate for a Converse conversion.
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Isaac Babcock - '83 245DL 'Borkie' and '83 244 turbo project






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