Howdy Scott!

Important to add your location as sometimes folks (including me) reference that for potential vendors or shops in your area. This can be helpful if you need to know where to get something or who to go to for stuff you aren't going to do yourself. Also useful when we're traveling and wondering about stopping by to say HI.

I'm sort of the resident non-Mercedes guy on here. I have a 617 in an S-10 pickup that I race. My input is often aimed at making stuff functional rather than returning it to stock. I'm NOT concerned with "stock"! I picked the Mercedes engine because it was cheap and met the class requirements for the class I wanted to race and not out of any love for the Germans. That said, the engines ARE tough and will outlast the car by decades.

Have fun with it!

Dan