I've not seen anything about attempting that conversion, but there's a long-running story about a 107 repowered with a 6.3 V8:

http://www.carcentric.com/Ludwigproject.htm

If that's any indication, there could be a fair amount of rework involved!

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Craig Bethune

'97 SL500, 40th anniversary edition

'04 Olds Bravada (SWMBO's)
'06 Lexus ES330
'89 560SL (sold)


SL--Anything else is just a Mercedes.
(Kudos to whoever said it first)