Hey every one. I just wanted to let people know that I'm getting rid of my 2.6L engine in my 190E and putting in a 1995 E320 engine with 50,000K miles on it. It turns out that my 2.6L engine had gap between the pistons and the valve walls making a "pling pling" noise every time it fired (no good). So before I took my car to my mechanic, I took it for a little rally run around my town of Flagstaff Arizona. Fortunately all my suspension was shot after the whole event and now I have to get new shocks front and back (Bilstein Sports) because the old ones were Monroe's all around. The oil light had been on for about 2 weeks but I left it that way to see if I could blow up the engine before I got the new one in (since no one really wants a 2.6L engine with valve gap in it). It didn't work to well, I under estimated the quality of the engine even though it has about 160K miles on it. I've had this car for a little over a year now, and it has treated me well.

With the new engine I'll be running about 220hp stock (217hp is an under statement). I'll have a 300E transmission along with the 3.2-24V to handle the horses. The good thing about this conversion is that I have 3:27's in my diff. so I don't have to upgrade that. This Honda killer is going to have veriable timing, eletronic fuel injection, and some TLC from the boss.

I'm only assuming it will be pretty quick because my mechanic's 190E had the engine in his car first but his car had 3:07's in his diff. and when I test drove it to see if I wanted it in my car, I was passionately involved with the idea. There are other mods I'm doing to my car on my webpage so visit it if you want, but I warn you, I just started working on it so it is sloppy and dumb for now! More updates about this soon!

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