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Old 11-15-2000, 11:21 PM
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I'm not sure if it is possible. the chassis may need to be reworked to fit that engine as well as other things.

You might be better off buying a 500e versus trying to do a swap of engine/drivetrain... the cost of the engine plus the cost of the swap, might not be worth it.

lets say you get 17k for your car, plus lets say 5k for the motor and drivetrain and another 3k for installation. not to mention other parts that may be needed,

So lets assume 25k is the magic number completed. you could easily pick up a 92 500e for that with decent mileage... I've looked at autotrader and seen a few under 25k, with 70-150k miles on them...

I'm not a tech or an expert, but in my opinion doing a swap like that is probably not economical when you can get the whole car and all of its advantages, suspension, flared fenders, driving lights for a slight difference in price.

I've seen some very nice 500e's with less than 70k on them for around 30k or so, give or take a few k.

Alon

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