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Originally Posted by MTI
There are quite a few shop in Asia that will drop a Nissan or Toyota motor into a Mercedes, along with the rear end to handle the power. Japan has fairly strict motor vehicle laws concerning the condition of the car, you don't see a lot of "junkers" on the road. The result is a lot of cars winding up in recyclers and then shipped to other countries for scrap or recycling. Thailand has a tuner industry that takes those parts and create some interesting combinations for enthusiasts there.
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Yes ive gotten tired of the smoke on startup in my CD, if I absolutely loved the car a good inline to swap in--ide have to use the 165 hp mercruiser chevy 250 to start with, I also think the jag differential would be the easiest way to a limited slip differetial using the boltup homokinetic axles and a corvette style rear cover that bolts to the car, the four top bolts that mount to the rear subframe is the hard part.
Its a very cool looking little euro car but -i dont love it that much.