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Old 12-31-2020, 01:58 PM
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Who built this awful R107 SL diesel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFxhyiNAXc

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Old 12-31-2020, 02:47 PM
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I think it's pretty cool
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Old 12-31-2020, 02:55 PM
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Can't wait to see more, that should be sweet. Although I've always wanted to be a weirdo and go the other way, a modern car but with an old, easy to work on powertrain. I'm just like that.
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Old 12-31-2020, 03:18 PM
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Diesel SL is a cool swap, but that is one very poorly executed example. Self tapping screws? Wire nuts? Yikes.
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That hood scoop is painful.... The dude seems clueless about the SL though. Drilling holes in the floors to fix water leaks?
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That guy doesn't know crap about Mercedes.
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That guy doesn't know crap about Mercedes.
Well just old mercedes. New **** he's pretty on point.

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Not a fan of trashing a perfectly good car to use as parts. There wasn’t a crashed donor car available?
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The only thing I liked about this is the measurements he did.

345kg for a 617 and 722.3

I wonder if the original Alusil block M116 is lighter?

Anyway I would much rather have a 617 r107 than the swap he's doing.
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Not a fan of trashing a perfectly good car to use as parts. There wasn’t a crashed donor car available?
Meh, there's nothing special about a w204. Nobody is going to miss it. I'm looking forward to seeing the 500hp R107 with a modern transmission.
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Meh, there's nothing special about a w204. Nobody is going to miss it. I'm looking forward to seeing the 500hp R107 with a modern transmission.
Hp doesn’t matter too much when the widest tire you can run is a 225
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Hp doesn’t matter too much when the widest tire you can run is a 225
On the contrary, crazy HP on skinny tires makes for the greatest cars.
https://youtu.be/HPh90yNX-mY?t=214
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Meh, there's nothing special about a w204. Nobody is going to miss it. I'm looking forward to seeing the 500hp R107 with a modern transmission.
Agreed, I always enjoy watching people shoehorn really complex systems into older cars. Way more work than I'd ever bother with, but fascinating. I'm betting the entire front subframe has to go to make the modern lump fit with a steering rack.

I also agree, no one will miss that car... The R107 will continue to be a collectors item, while the news ones will continue to be disposed of....
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On the contrary, crazy HP on skinny tires makes for the greatest cars.
https://youtu.be/HPh90yNX-mY?t=214
Oh ok. Can clearly see the car hooking up. thank you. Ok pass the info to the drag racing team
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Can you imagine the fun you would have circuit racing on 125mm doughnut spares tires? Any car, any HP any downforce is fair game but they have to use temporary doughnut spares. I'd pay good money to watch it.

Doughnut spare is the great equilizer

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