W123 with V8 conversion

[NW_Merc]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MERCEDES-W123...ryZ31360QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[grober]

Needs to get the front /rear ride height sorted out!

 

[jaymanek]

would be good if it was a 500 or 560 engine..

 

[Will]

Now that it's already converted to a V8, surely it'd quite straightforward to put a 500/560 engine in?

Will

 

[talbir]

Now that it's already converted to a V8, surely it'd quite straightforward to put a 500/560 engine in?

Will

Not really - would require rework of exhaust and with the wider Vee on the 500/560, may require engine wall modification to allow exhaust manifold/downpipes through.

560 would mean complete rewiring....only a pre 86 500 is a more straightforward possibility.

Not worth changing to a 500 or 560 - 380's with a 3.27 diff are faster than a 500...the 380 transmission has 1st gear start from the factory (420/500/560 start in 2nd). That plus a 3.27 dff will make it mighty quik with the 380 power.

talbir

 

[vijilants]

I'm quite sure that there was an article in the MB Enthusiast some time back about a blue W123 Coupe that had been transplanted with the 5 litre V8.

 

[gurpz]

I'm quite sure that there was an article in the MB Enthusiast some time back about a blue W123 Coupe that had been transplanted with the 5 litre V8.

Yup there was.

 

[A210AMG]

What sort of figures are we looking at performance wise?


Not really my cupa, prefer a 500sec / 560sec or the W124 shape with the SEC engine...

Doesn't look particularly well kept. The inside and outside still needs work.

Amazes me they take pictures jacket / baby seat? thrown in back. Mats not even hovered..etc etc

 

[vijilants]

Doesn't look particularly well kept. The inside and outside still needs work.

Amazes me they take pictures jacket / baby seat? thrown in back. Mats not even hovered..etc etc

Thats what I was thinking

 

[Dieselman]

Optional extras. No MB would be complete without an options list.

 

[jaymanek]

The one in the ME mag was done by the same bloke that has done mattjones' car..

He says they have changed the seats, I would have kept the originals as the cloth/tex seats last much longer and these ones make the car look grubby.

 

[BlackC55]

What about the price?

 

[jaymanek]

price is silly.. he will never get that... 2-3k tops..