OK, for all you "Men of Action" out there, Koenig of Germany is having a sale on Superchargers w/intercooler for the M119 5.0 liter engine in the W140.

The spec's are roughly;

"331 KW/440PS/680 NM

0 - 100 km/h 4,9 sex.
0 - 200 km/h 14,8 sec.
standing 1/4 mile = 14,8 sec.
top speed 300 km/h"

or 443 hp and 502 lbf. for the W140 S500.

This is the same kit they sell for the 500E I believe (same engine) and could probably be made to work with the 400E very easily! The sale is a 30% savings, from $13,300 US to $9,200 US for a uninstalled kit, not a bad deal considering Koenig has one of the most reasonable kits out there for the M119 engine, if not the only kit out there.



Here is the link, http://www.koenig-specials.com/, then click on "Specials" on the left. More details are available on the Mercedes link. No idea when the sale ends so check it out soon if you are interested.

Here is the info for the 500E/E500, http://www.koenig-specials.com/side_news/supercharge_tabellen/sk_mercedes.htm. Or click on "News" and then "Engine Tuning" for the pop-up window.

Ross, look where its installed...there is no room on the W124.

Oh the agony!!

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Dean Albrecht
"Lead, follow, or better yet, get out of the way!"E500 owners motto

Placement does look to be an issue if this kit was to retrofit to a W-124. It almost looks like they are using a Vortech unit. I have given a bit of thought to a custom Vortech unit with a tec II ecu. The bracketry supplied with this kit seems to be pretty straightforward. The hardest piece to make correctly is the supercharger bracket that lines everything up. After that, everything else is straightforward. I wonder what a 8psi aftercooled M119 would feel like with ASR defeat and 1st gear start

I agree Dean, looks tight. They do list the E500 on their site so it must be do-able? Lets not forget that someone contemplating this would still need to find a good shop to carry out the work, unless you happen to be a Tech already like pls10 or Benzmac!

pls10, I think I remember reading somewhere thats its maybe a Vortech or Powerdyne? Maybe a search here will turn something up. I was just surfing and found it at the Koenig site. Maybe someone has the means to play a little, I know I sure don't at this point. Many Congrats on your new 500E BTW, I forgot to mention it this weekend.


The hard part would be the Engine Management Software, maybe someone here is bored and has the skills?

Sure beats a $23k motor from Renntech though!