[W126 Coupe] Benzfest/Coupefest

[Jim Nowak]

$7,500 for the V12 and installation?  They are getting
a bargain!  Sign me up!  

Jim
 
--- Markus Meyer <mfmeyer at iwon.com> wrote:
>  What plastic covering? Have you seen the V12 motor?
>  You don't see plastic, you see the engine itself
> where you can count the banks for the cylinders
> right in front of you in the standard Benz silver
> metal color.   The 5.0 had plastic covering the
> motor but not the 6.0. Cost is relative.  Depends on
> what you do, who does it, etc, etc.  In this case
> around $7500 minus whatever the old engine/trans
> will fetch if/when sold.  Not bad for stock,
> reliable Benz power pushing over 400 in both
> horsepower and ft/lbs of torque. Markus--- On Mon
> 04/18, Shayegan, Richard &lt;
> rishayegan at davidson.edu &gt; wrote:From: Shayegan,
> Richard [mailto: rishayegan at davidson.edu]To:
> mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comDate: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:23:12
> -0400Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Benzfest/Coupefest
> 
>   
> 
> 
> Anybody know what the V12 conversion cost? I still
> think I like the 560 engine with a Koenig specials
> (or Jim’s, how much power is Jim pushing?)
> supercharger on it more, just because there is less
> plastic covering and that nice air filter on top.
> Richard
>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of
> Markus MeyerSent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:39 AMTo:
> mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comSubject: RE: [W126 Coupe]
> Benzfest/Coupefest 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, quite impressive. The motor/transmission from
> an S600 implanted into an SEC. Absolutely awesome,
> amazing, cool...well you get the idea! Unfortunately
> I ran out of the house and was on the road before I
> realized I had forgotten my camera but I know plenty
> of others had them so we'll have to wait until the
> pictures come out and get them compiled for all to
> see. It is such a nice job and looks like it could
> have come out of the factory that way. The hood was
> up as the car sat in the shop for all to view and it
> got quite a bit of attention. Since my engine wasn't
> detailed to Ellen's specs I was too embarrassed and
> kept my hood down, especially since its just the
> stock motor and not interesting to look at with the
> V12 SEC a few car down, a 500E with nitrous
> (Bergwerks special), and a C55 AMG which Motorwerks
> is helping to get ready for the One Lap of America
> race. Brent and I did want to figure out how to get
> one of the Benz racing engines in our cars, 2.65
> liter with 900 hp.
>  ..until we heard they break them down after 500
> miles and rebuild them for $50K!Markus--- On Mon
> 04/18, Axel Wulff &lt; axelwulff at hotmail.com &gt;
> wrote:
> From: Axel Wulff [mailto: axelwulff at hotmail.com]To:
> mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comDate: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:18:34
> -0400Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe]
> Benzfest/CoupefestMarkus,A V12 SEC!!!!!!Pictures
> pleeease......Regards,Axel J. Wulff&gt;From: "Markus
> Meyer" &gt;Reply-To: mfmeyer at iwon.com,Mercedes
> Coupes Mailing Lists &gt;&gt;To:
> mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com&gt;Subject: [W126 Coupe]
> Benzfest/Coupefest&gt;Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005
> 16:33:40 -0400 (E DT)&gt;&gt; Hi gang, I'm back from
> my drive to Detroit for the weekend and attendance
> &gt;at Benzfest/Coupefest at Satish's facility in
> Commerce Township &gt;(Motorwerks). I'm a bit tired
> after the drive and 3 hours sleep but we had &gt;a
> great weekend. Met a lot of great people, made some
> new friends, saw &gt;some great cars, got to do some
> work on different cars, saw the great &gt;unveiling
> of a V12 SEC, and heard some great technical info
> about several &gt;topics. Thanks to Satish for
> hosting the event, and thanks to all who
> &gt;participated. Hopefully 
>  you had as much fun as I did, and hope everyone
> &gt;else who came long distance got home safely as
> well. Once we get photos &gt;sorted out and other
> info together we can post a few more things.
>
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