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TheDon · #16 10-18-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by NoSpark

Personally, I think you should stuff that 5.0 in a Miata. You'll wrap it around a tree within a week and that mental breakdown will be the least of your problems. Good luck w/ the project though, you're braver than most of us.

pfft screw that put a mercedes 450SEL 6.9 engine into that sucker.. i know where one is ^_^

R Leo · #17 10-18-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kip Foss

Randy,
Its like those jobs at work whose instructions start with, "First get a 48" pipe wrench and a 16 lb. sledge".

Sounds like you work in a Mercedes front-end shop.

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Originally Posted by kip Foss

Randy,
I am not interested in any job that starts with that many bags of concrete.

LOL!!!

That's not half of it either. Anyway, that's what the young buck is for: pissanting that concrete.

kip Foss · #18 10-18-2006, 10:27 PM

Your Cummins is waiting for you at http://www.replicamotors.com/

MS Fowler · #19 10-18-2006, 10:29 PM

I remember a write up in Hod Rod magazine about 2 score years ago that showed a pagoda SL with a small block Ford for power. IIRC, the owner got it after it had been totaled in a fire. The SBF was an easy fit, plus parts and service are readily available.

kip Foss · #20 10-18-2006, 10:34 PM

When I was younger I built a few hot rod engines (yes, they did have internal combustion engines when I was young) and, of course at that time, all had
carbs on them. Now days, even with all the advancements in fuel delivery systems, they are still using carbs. Why don't hot rod engines today use EFI systems?

kip Foss · #21 10-18-2006, 10:50 PM

MS,

That is the reason I'd like to do the SBF. As much as I like MB when they break down on the way back from Laredo at 3 am you are basically SOL. With things like the fuel distribution valve at $1,400+ and the cheapest part of the fuel system sensing system at nothing less than $350 a pop I don't really see a reason to stick with a 30 year old motor. The motor only has 113k miles on it and I an sure that it will go another 113k but not only does it only get about 14-15 mpg but deep down inside I really want to put a SBF in my SLC.

Botnst · #22 10-18-2006, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kip Foss

Randy,

As bucolic as your picture is I am not interested in any job that starts with that many bags of concrete. Its like those jobs at work whose instructions start with, "First get a 48" pipe wrench and a 16 lb. sledge".

Ha!

300EVIL · #23 10-18-2006, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kip Foss

When I was younger I built a few hot rod engines (yes, they did have internal combustion engines when I was young) and, of course at that time, all had
carbs on them. Now days, even with all the advancements in fuel delivery systems, they are still using carbs. Why don't hot rod engines today use EFI systems?

Don't get me started on that subject!!

My guess is.....

1. Cost

2. Complexity

3. Lack of knowledge

It's slowly but surely comming to drag racing.

MS Fowler · #24 10-19-2006, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kip Foss

MS,

That is the reason I'd like to do the SBF. As much as I like MB when they break down on the way back from Laredo at 3 am you are basically SOL. With things like the fuel distribution valve at $1,400+ and the cheapest part of the fuel system sensing system at nothing less than $350 a pop I don't really see a reason to stick with a 30 year old motor. The motor only has 113k miles on it and I an sure that it will go another 113k but not only does it only get about 14-15 mpg but deep down inside I really want to put a SBF in my SLC.

I would suggest replacing the timing chain and sprockets before installing the engine in another vehicle. It costs very little, and is easy to do when out of the car, and they are usually only good for 70,000 miles or so before showing wear.

kip Foss · #25 10-19-2006, 01:48 PM

I hadn't planned using the MB engine in another car even though the engine is in great shape. I had a new chain and slides done about 10k ago and the engine runs as well as any. Should all this come about I will sell both engine and trans.