[W126 Coupe] Engine Swaps

[Ronny]

Mark,
Not me. My car is a mercedes and I will never put something else under the 
hood that is not made for a Mercedes.
Ronny
1987 560 SEC
1984 300 SD
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From: "Mdefran at earthlink.net" <mdefran at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Engine Swaps


> At the risk of speaking sacriligous, but if one is going to go through all 
> sorts of hours and dollars to put some MB engine into some MB vehicle in 
> order to generate more power, why not do something like putting a Corvette 
> LS1 400 hp engine into an SEC or something smaller.
>
> The reason I say sacriligous is the arework that goes into one of these 
> cars as well as the well tuned suspension of the 126 chassis. Some of the 
> other chassis might be good handling and all, but there has been some 
> analysis performed between the 450 SLC and the 126 chassis SEC. The result 
> being the 450 was a better handling car than the SEC. Probably not as nice 
> a ride, but a better handling vehicle.
>
> What we should do is put some small block all aluminum late model engine 
> which has all the latest technology in one of these nice charriots and 
> produce a sleeper that is quite dependable, gets decent fuel economy, 
> handles well and rides fairly nicely.
>
> So who will be the first one to do that?
>
> Regards,
> Mark D.
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