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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