What made you decide to retain the 80 transmission?
Do you have any idea what the OM613 weighs?
1. We decided to replace only power plant.
2. Minimum of modifications
3. Torque band starts pretty much with 350NMs @1200 RPMs (see pic) which is comparable with maximum output of 1HD-T and at 1800 RPM reaches max 470 NMs which is a bit more than Toyota's 4.5 TD 1VD-FTV one turbo engine or 4.7 2UZ-FE. Very flat Torque curve up to 2800-3000 RPMs. Which allows to use stock transmission without mods in off road as well as highway use. First stage chipping allows this engine to compete with 5.7 3UR-FE engine

It should give a big smile on my face, if I do not end up screwing the stock transmission.
4. Enough torque for stock transmission to handle for the engine in stock form.
The weight of OM 613 is 358 kgs, fully buttoned up (all accessories bolted, PS pump, AC compressor, heater fuel filter, alternator and etc) and filled with oil.
The deletion of EGR will give us up about 3-6% of power, which we believe is at the threshold of what the stock transmission will be able to handle.
The another thing we decided to go with modern car's common rail is we did not want sluggish old style mechanical diesel which comparing to 613 in terms of power output will be probably twice heavier. Acceleration, I never seen old style mechanical engine swaps who could accelerate as new modern engines, and most desirable is fuel consumption, the W220 with this engine goes in mixed cycle about 10-11L of diesel per 100KMs. The weight of W220 is comparable with stock Land Cruiser - somewhere about of 2200-2300 KGs. So with extra 300-400 KGs and bigger tires we are looking into 12-14 Ls per 100KMs. Which is our target. After installation we will be working on squeezing the fuel consumption down to mixed cycle to 10-12Ls.