My father died and left behind a lincoln with the 350 ho engine. The interior of the car is a mess (my dad was a bit incontinent), but it has not one spec of rust in it and the motor is practically silent when it runs. So I'm not gonna change out the interior but I thought I might pull the motor and use it a kit car or something. It seems a pity to send it to the PAP; yeah I know it is not a Great Car. Is it possible to run the motor on a different platform and do i have to yank the Computer and all the controls, too? Is it possible to get a universal controller, so I can run the engine & tranny in a volvo wagon? I'd like to get one of those Shelby replicas but it is too much cash.
Mercs are great...just want to stay in the MB thread.
--- On Mon, 8/29/11, Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Lost but making good time. <aldridgetony97@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: The Frankensteining of Great Cars
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, August 29, 2011, 8:39 PM
> The swap I would like to make is to
> put a MB 5 hole turbo into my Toyota Sunrader Motor home -
> The MB eng is only a couple of inches longer & what it
> would do to the mountains around here (sigh)would make me
> grin like a bull dog eatin peanutbutter.
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com,
> Alan Boucher <alstheone@...> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/29/2011 3:52 PM, Nate Rector wrote:
> > > They make adapter kits for almost any car.I like
> a 327stroker with
> > > Ford trans and rear end.
> > >
> > > *From:* BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...>
> > > *To:* "diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com"
> <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
> > > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2011 3:16 PM
> > > *Subject:* Re: [diesel_mercedes] The
> Frankensteining of Great Cars
> > >
> > > Lets lift a toast to the Chevy 350 engine with 2
> four barrels. I miss
> > > mine sorely at times.
> > > brian from la verne, ca
> > > *From:* Chip <czulli@...>
> > > *To:* diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > > *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2011 11:38 AM
> > > *Subject:* [diesel_mercedes] The Frankensteining
> of Great Cars
> > >
> > > Just every now and then it will come across this
> board about stuffing
> > > a 350 Chevy (great motor by the way) into a MB. I
> think it was a
> > > popular swap into the old XJ6 Jags as well.
> > >
> > > The ultimate insult I saw the other night while
> pulling into a jazz
> > > club. One of the band members pulled in just
> before me in a yellow RR
> > > Corniche convertible. It was an absolutely
> perfect bodied car, great
> > > leather and a first class new top.
> > >
> > > He decided the car might be better parked out
> front and he cranked it
> > > up to pull around. It was like looking at a
> beautiful blond with a
> > > perfect body, only to see her smile through
> rotten teeth. It cranked
> > > up and sounded like total crap. I don't think I
> should have been able
> > > to hear the thing start if it had been proper.
> The he thumped it into
> > > reverse with that awful thud that my Range Rover
> use to make.
> > >
> > > I walked around front and commented on his car
> and the engine. Sure
> > > enough, it was a Chevy 350. Making it much worse,
> the guy was proud of
> > > the swap out! He clearly had the bucks to have
> all the right stuff
> > > under that wonderful hood. It was probably a
> $100,000 mistake on the
> > > resale.
> > >
> > > And, he couldn't play the drums worth a shit.
> > >
> > > Chip
> > > Houston
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > There are times when engine swaps are justified
> I'm not talking about
> > the Corvair engine in a Porsche, but I had a ride in a
> 53 Ford
> > Convertible along the Malacon in Havana last
> year. The brakes were
> > questionable and the seat belts nonexistent but the
> Isuzu engine ran
> > perfectly.
> >
>
>
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