[W126 Coupe] Engines

[Jim Nowak]

Jonathan,

I did all that and much more to my 928.  Had I gone
with a supercharger, I would have made twice the power
given what I spent on making a high hp naturally
aspirated motor.

Jim  

--- Jonathan Hodgman <jhodgman at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I was going to Really have at one of these motors
> I would pick up a set 
> of Carillo rods and JE pistons w/ 10.5, maybe 11-1..
> Send the crank assembly 
> out for Major lightening and knife edging.. Having
> the reciprocating bits 
> considerably lighter I would look for cams that
> would make power through 7K 
> and I'm Sure someone out there could set up valve
> springs to deal with it.
> 
> With that and Talbir's mention of cams, head work
> etc you could make quite a 
> runner. 
> 
> 
> Anyway, just my thought if my pockets were
> bottomless;-) 
> But seeing as they are not, forced induction it will
> be....
> Perhaps as a side project I'll take one of the two
> 560 motors I have sitting 
> around and make a serious NA motor down the road;-)
> 
> Jonathan
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