[W126 Coupe] Engine Swaps

[PONDERSOA at aol.com]

hay...actually that would be a good idea ,,,, now i dont know if the  chevy 
would fit  i understand the ford 5.0 does it would be a real runner  !!!!!
however the value ( resale)
 would be  ...low as hell 
 however !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
( man if my other benz groups EVER HEARD YOU SAY THAT  !!!!!!!   oh 
vey),,,who cares ....enjoy!
collins 
1985 500 sec 
 
 
 
 
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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