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Just Bought an "88 560 with a blown motor, tranplants?
Hello, I apologize if my plans are sacrilege, but I was planning on building a Fiat Spider into an Abarth Rally car, see the attached picture. However I now have a line on an '88 560SL with a blown motor. I want to build a "560SLR" or "SLRally" like the old SLC Rally cars. I plan to lower the weight by removing the bumpers, etc, but would really like the car to have a 5-speed. I am thinking that since you can now get 250 lb-ft plus out of a V6, and the 560 V8 is really heavy, and there seems to be no 5-speeds that bolt to the original engine, I would source a V6 or I6 with a manual transmission for the project. My first thought was a BMW 535i, but I think there are more powerful options; Toyota Supra? Nissan 350Z? GM Vortec 4300? I am anxious to hear your ideas, and thank you for your input in advance. feel free to extol the virtues of the original powerplant as well.
Thank you, Cappy |
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There have been a couple of transplant projects on the SL. There is a pretty cool one floating around the net with a Nissan motor in it. I'd have to look for it.
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The 560 V8 isn't all that heavy, it's all aluminum. It weighs less than the 3L diesel 6.
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See this thread for manual bell housings.
Also the 129 with an M104 215HP 6 cyl engine, was available with a 5 speed. This should be a fairly easy swap.
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To see my 129 parts for sale visit: http://stores.ebay.com/The-Mercedes-SL-Store John Roncallo |
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Given the market for early W129's, I'm surprised that no one has done this. It would be a pretty cool car.
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To me, if you're going to go through the effort of doing a one off conversion, why do it with a small engine like an M104 when you could with something like an M119?
Now that would be something interesting.
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With best regards Al |
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Nice Spider! Let's see some more pics.
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There was a thread on a M120 in an SL before, pretty neat but a lot of work.
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