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Originally Posted by Rob x-7
(Post 834985)
It must be maintenance, I have a friend who has a Mercedes shop and his customer's cars go well over 100k-200k on their gas motors.
He has a neat trick for the timing chain too so you dont have to take it all apart. I don't doubt it wasn't maintained well and I'm not saying you shouldn't expect at least 200k out of one, however i wasn't gonna get it out of that one. I guess I'm spoiled, I'm shooting for 1 million miles on my diesel LOl. Like I said I'm really leaning towards getting a cheap shell in good condition and doing the w123 diesel in it. we'll see. |
Originally Posted by phinsup
(Post 834933)
I find it's too damn hot most days to take the top down on the rx7 lol
And I thought you wore pants like those all the time? |
Originally Posted by Baldy
(Post 835004)
And I thought you wore pants like those all the time?
When he's wearing pants, but that hardly qualifies as "all the time." |
you will then have to drive 100k miles right away to make up the money lost doing the swap
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7
(Post 835007)
you will then have to drive 100k miles right away to make up the money lost doing the swap
No, no. The money spent on the swap buys a lot of fun and a manly sense of accomplishment when it's completed. The savings on fuel and maintenance is just gravy. |
Originally Posted by Rob x-7
(Post 835007)
you will then have to drive 100k miles right away to make up the money lost doing the swap
Not exactly I buy the thing with a blown motor I'll 2 or 3 grand ahead, the difference between the cost of the motors is next to nothing, it's not like I'm saying I'll buy one with a good motor and do a swap, I'm talking about buying something with a good body, bad motor and doing the swap. The addition 10 miles per gallon and the fact that the benz diesel is the most reliable engine in the world (look it up, it's in the guiness book of world records) with minimal maintenance are just icing on the cake. |
Originally Posted by 1988RedT2
(Post 835010)
No, no. The money spent on the swap buys a lot of fun and a manly sense of accomplishment when it's completed. The savings on fuel and maintenance is just gravy.
About the only thing that would really need doing is the driveshaft would have to be shortened, the transmission is the same and will bolt up fine, the motor mounts would have to fabbed, but going from the v8 to I-5 would require shortening the driveshaft. I've actually read about a few people doing it. I just don't really want another project, so it's really nothing more then talk lol |
the old benz I used to see come and go from my friends shop usually the engines outlasted the bodies.
Maybe florida might be better, but I bet alot of those benzes down there started life up here, then Rubenewitz moved to the promise land and brought his benz with him. |
Originally Posted by Rob x-7
(Post 835018)
the old benz I used to see come and go from my friends shop usually the engines outlasted the bodies.
Maybe florida might be better, but I bet alot of those benzes down there started life up here, then Rubenewitz moved to the promise land and brought his benz with him. A lot of them started down here, at least mine did, it's been registered here since day one and I am the third owner. But yea we get a few rusty northern cars down here now and again. Actually the benz rusts in the same place the vert do... the drains. If you keep the drains clear yer fine, if not you get cancer. |
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