New Member, 1993 230GE LWB Owner

Hello, Firstly would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. Currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. Purchased my first G-wagen, Nov 2015 and I haven't regretted making that decision. Took me a long time to find, as there are not a lot of well maintained G-wagen out here (I stand to be corrected). Finally found one when a Swedish gentleman was leaving the country, very well maintained car I must say (couldn't thank him enough for that) the car had a few things to had to be sorted but nothing major. Been using the car to do long distance trips every chance I get, a lot of off roading as well but nothing too serious. Only thing changed on the car since I got it is the outside looks (cosmetics). Only thing I would want more from this car would be more power, have no complains with the engine it has especially when I go to the coastal area (no hills), but driving in the city I'm in or doing long distance trip up country (engine strains a lot, always on kick down and on high RPM). So this year have decided to do an engine upgrade, was looking and have been looking for a long time now at different options. Wanted a V8 but didn't want a petrol, the diesel options from what I've been has a lot of issues and didn't like the idea of a lot of electronics (was initially the route I wanted to go). I'm leaning more down the lines of the OM606 with the 722.6 combination. I have almost decided to go down this route but was looking for advice and input from all of you. I'm looking for hp, more importantly torque (hence why I want the diesel). A power range where I have fairly quick response and not a lot of lag. Regards, Quresh