engine swaps was:RE: [W126 Coupe] Can someone help me with a vin number

[Shayegan, Richard]

Does anybody else ever get the feeling that these engine swaps are almost pointless? I mean, things have advanced so much, and the horsepower wars are back. Now that the weather is getting cooler guys are getting in the mid to high 12's on the ¼ mile in that Chrysler 300C SRT8, and after driving my dad's I don't think I could be satisfied with any engine swap in my 380 unless it gets me that kind of speed (which would probably take 12lbs of boost on a euro 500 engine running straight pipes). I guess that's what I'll do with my 380 eventually, 12lbs, but the way things are going, I wonder if in 4 years we'll see $40,000 cars that run in the 11's.

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Axel Wulff
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:23 AM
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Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Can someone help me with a vin number

Maybe there is no viable solution with the M104 engine.
 
When I dropped my car off at Motorwerks back in May, Satish was putting an M119 in a CE. That would make it a fairly potent weapon.
 
Cheers,
Axel
 
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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Steve Nervig
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 8:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Can someone help me with a vin number
 
 
On Nov 19, 2005, at 12:16 AM, Eddie wrote:
I love the CEs, but they are just too underpowered, and lack the wide SEC grille!
Eddie
Eddie is absolutely right. They are generally underpowered. They are weak off the line, although the '93-'94 are better with the torquier 3.2 liter LH (air mass metering w/hot wire), but they do wind up pretty sweetly. Unfortunately, there seems to be no viable solutions for increasing the power of the M104.
 
Steve