82 gsl Diesel swapped

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Originally Posted by jecr

Is it the handling your not happy with? Keep in mind a diesel engine is going to be a whole lot heavier which probably make the car understeer quite a bit. I bet a Mercedes diesel will be heavier.

i expected sub-par handling but its way worse than it should be because the engine just sits to high. If i was to go dry sump it would drop 10 inches and because of the iron head it is extra top heavy.

probably just going back to rotary though and diesel swapping something else