Ok,

Maybe somebody would know...

The mercedes C-111 prototype was the initial trial of the the 617 turbo diesel engine. that baby was putting 225hp and something like 370lbft of torque with an early 617 (basiquely the one that was put in the 300SD W116).
The question for this honorable audience would be: what was the set up around the 617 to squeez 225hp from it? What would it take to raise a
300SD to the glorious level of a 450SEL 6.9 ?

Mercedes started the 617 on that course why did they tone it down afterwards?

PD:Maybe this has been discussed before. in that case sorry.
PD 2: No the crazy finns won't help, their specialty is the 603 not the 617.

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