Thread: Engine swap or?
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Old 12-09-2016, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by nostat View Post
Currently my pulse points are bad and a new set is a $1000.00, repair kit $500.00 and used (went down that road already only lasted 2yrs)and I'am looking for alternatives. Does the Mega Squirt system solve this problem or is there another system that will fix my injection problems. ..... I also don't want to make a lot of chassis mods to change.

MegaSquirt would certainly eliminate the entire fuel management system, everything d-jet. And of course you can eliminate the transistorized ignition and the ignition points with the inexpensive pertronix solution. Then you just have to make sure you've got a good block and good heads and you don't have a totally modified car.

But the iron low compression v8 is relatively low on the power-to-weight ratio. That's the only reason I'd consider going with something else. But plan on cutting or replacing your springs and getting different handling behavior when you start down that road. I always enjoy reading the threads though.

I want to put something like and m119 into a w108. Maybe the m104 I recently got would be nice, but nowhere near the m119 power.

Does anyone know the weights of various engines? Like: how does am m119 compare to a 72-75 4.5?
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