I own a '80 300d and was wondering if there was any gas engine i could replace the desiel for?? Does anyone know if there is an engine that would fit? Someone told me maybe a chevy small block might fit. Any suggestions??

Try this link, complete with pics! Engine swap pictures...

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John

2003 Firemist Red/grey leather SL 500
2015 Palladium Silver/black mbtex GLK 350
1987 Smoke Silver/burgundy mbtex 300E Sportline (SOLD)

Click to see 87 300E

Hey thanks for that link! any others? I praying for maybe a v-8 possibly? :-) i can prolly kiss it off but it never hurts to try!

You know, I once had a 1963 Olds f85 with a 215 CID aluminum v8, that was quite a small but powerful engine - I loved that car. I looked up some links for your application and found that the engine only weighs 318 lbs, was small enough to fit in Rovers (and a Triumph Spitfire), is quite a popular hot rodengine swap in the UK, and could be modified to 260CID (4 Liters) by installing the iron crank from a Buick 1964 300CID engine. The Olds version of the engine even had a factory Turbocharger and developed 215hp from 215 CID. One of the links shows the weights of various engines, and this is the lightest v8, (so maybe one of the smallest?) Here are the links, and good luck!

http://www.classiccar.com/tech/engine_weights.asp
http://www.napanet.net/~scottdon/215arts.html
http://www.triumphspitfire.com/rhine.html
http://www.sunhelp.org/pipermail/rescue/2000-December/009163.html

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John

2003 Firemist Red/grey leather SL 500
2015 Palladium Silver/black mbtex GLK 350
1987 Smoke Silver/burgundy mbtex 300E Sportline (SOLD)

Click to see 87 300E

thanks for all your help! Here is a pic of my car BTW.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=896883&a=6529092&p=46539004&Sequence=0&res=high