[W126 Coupe] Engine replacement for 1983 500 SEC

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Well, for what mike will have in his conversion you can rebuild a stock 560
to factory specs are there abouts...trust me, Mikes method is Considerably
less expensive

We can get/make the parts and make them Go but as mentioned it's expensive.

Jonathan


On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Andrew Sporner <asporner at googlemail.com>wrote:


> General question.

>

> Is this something people are doing because they can -- or is it a case that

> Mercedes parts are impossible to get a hold of to make the original motor

> work?

>

> Greetings

>

>

> Andy

>

>

>

> On 8/12/08, alex lowell <allowell at hotmail.com> wrote:

>>

>> Please dont tell me you think a hemi would do a car like that justice,

>> unless you like pools of oil underneath your SEC.

>>

>> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:46:15 -0400

>> From: shinzbox at aol.com

>> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Engine replacement for 1983 500 SEC

>>

>>  Why a Chevy? Why not a Hemi? or better yet a Ford.

>>

>> Shin

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Markus Meyer <mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com>

>> To: michaelmathis at cebridge.net; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <

>> mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>> Sent: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 5:14 pm

>> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Engine replacement for 1983 500 SEC

>>

>>  I'm sure Mike R will chime in soon, as he is in the middle of an LS6

>> conversion in his SEC....

>>

>> Markus Meyer

>> mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com

>> www.meyerprobateproperties.com

>> Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

>> 484-919-9762

>>

>> -------- Original Message --------

>> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Engine replacement for 1983 500 SEC

>> From: <michaelmathis at cebridge.net>

>> Date: Mon, August 11, 2008 5:39 pm

>> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

>>

>> I've recently purchased my first Mercedes Benz; a very nice 1983 SEC 500

>> from a friend. The car is in outstanding condition20cosmetically. The

>> original owner has spend consider money in maintaining the engine over the

>> years.  It has about 200K miles and runs only fair in my opinion. I'd

>> like to boost the performance and reliability by replacing out the engine

>> and was thinking of a newer Corvette motor as a viable replacement engine.

>> Any advice/recommendations on engine replacement options would very welcome.

>>

>>

>>

>> Thanks!  Michael

>>

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