m117 into w124 - gearbox question - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

daddi · #1 02-27-2011, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnM.

There are members around here and on MBworld who have shoehorned a V8 into the W124. Do a search. You are basically doing a "Hammer" engine swap, so do some searches on people who have done this and/or research what they did to the Hammer car to make the M117 fit.

They changed only around 420 items no biggy.

carat 3.6 amg · #2 03-01-2011, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by daddi

They changed only around 420 items no biggy.

They did, but they had a big budget, where I just have a big hammer! Seriously though by my reaserch and measuring, it looks faily straight forward to fit and wire it up. I dont want to build a replica of the amg hammer, but a v8 w124 in right hand drive would be pretty cool. I've got most of it figured out, just the speedo problem that I'm left with.