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Originally Posted by 97 SL320
Something to think about if there are space limitations. Since the car is getting a roll cage, one could extend tubes from the top of the firewall to the front bumper area then cut out the inner fenders.
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I thought the space limitation was where the exhaust manifolds come down onto the frame rails.
I did see a picture of an m119 stuffed into a 107 before.
Longer term, we've got a decent looking w108 SEL that I'd love to put an m119 into. If a manual trans from a 3.5 could be adapted to fit a m119, I'm thinking that a "red pig" tribute with an m119 and manual trans would be the end game. The SLC beater would probably just be part of the journey there. The blue manual trans SLC looks to me kind of like a car that's ready for the demolition derby. I keep bringing up to Jason that he should just use the blue SLC to verify the drivetrain before putting it into another vehicle. I also don't think the 4.5 is anything to be married to. The 4.5 in the SLC would be perfect to put into the 78 450sl we bought a few months back. The car is rusty, but looks good and has gas in the oil and a busted passenger manifold. It creates fireballs at the busted exhaust manifold. The interior is decent other than the heavily cracked dash. It could make a nice driver until the wheels fall off it.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/2644929-bought-another-junker-th.html
But I've got a 350sl 4-Speed in the shop too. So it's not like there's only one manual trans we have to work with. There's also an m110 4-Speed out of a w126 sedan, and two fintails. Heck, if really digging into it, I had most pieces from a 1983 280sl 5-Speed too, but Nobby took that and the differential to Barrie Ontario, and then removed the tailcone to sent to Dennis Ca-280sl in California, maybe Florida now. There just might be parts to work with there. Still, of probably all those transmissions, I'm assuming only the 3.5 transmission is durable enough for any v8.
Oh, I've also got an overdrive getrag 265 on the shelf at home. I bought that, and also the 1972 350sl 4-Speed with the thoughts of putting a manual trans in my 1978 450slc 5.0 custom convertible, somethings pretty unlikely to ever happen. But maybe, just maybe.