This elegant debate is more interesting than my 280C with American v8 ponderment. Can the previously otherwise mentioned Mustang II front end solve the problem, or are we looking at the Ford assembly being too light, or is it a MB manhood issue? If I was gonna stuff that beast v12 somewhere, it would have to go mid-engine for center of mass. gravity, and inertia. Sure wouldn't want to enter a wet road under yaw and power with it hanging out the front of a "moped". I'm going with the souped v8 and suspension improvements.