Help me build a W108 race car

yupididit said:

The car is in its new home. 

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Where are we getting our fuel lines these days? 

i bought a roll of NiCopp from amazon.  easy to form, easy to put a little flare on the end so a clamped rubber hose won't slide off.

These engines clean up easy

Wow!  What a difference.

I know I'm slow but I finally have the engine out. Just need to clear the rest of the engine bay. I bought a m137 v12 to go in I just need to pick it up. Will try to buy a trans in the next few weeks.

At the pace that that I'm going it'll be a 10 year project lol

Looks nice.

10 years is fine

That sway bar location is so much more sensible than the 116/123/126

yupididit said:

I know I'm slow but I finally have the engine out. Just need to clear the rest of the engine bay. I bought a m137 v12 to go in I just need to pick it up. Will try to buy a trans in the next few weeks.

 

At the pace that that I'm going it'll be a 10 year project lol

Well, E36 M3. Had I known you were kind of close I would have come up for the weekend to help out. I have a E36 M3ty Durango I could have easily slept in. 3 day weekends on a business trip suck. Been so bored.

In reply to buzzboy :

I noticed that too. Your friend Matt finds a way to fit the v8's into these cars. I'm not as talented as him so LET THE STRUGGLE BEGIN!

Just picked up another m104 from a 300sl. I'm very tempted to throw this in the w108 with a turbo and 6spd manual.

Another update, more bad decisions have been made. I have a wrecked 2009 S550 parts car that will be supplying the v8, ecu, harness and pedal for the w108. I'm unsure the m273 v8 fits as well as the earlier m113. But 5.5l NA v8 is worth a try. Also, parting the rest of the car should pay for majority of this project. Now, I just need my wife to give up her winter garage space for an S-class that she'll never enjoy lol

I am partial to bad decisions.

Including putting the wife's car in the snow for the winter.

I dragged this car from Saginaw Michigan in a dolly to Delaware near where you bought it in I guess about early 2017. It stayed  inside my first shop and then moved into my second shop.in 2018 October. It was stored in a guys garage since I want to say like early 90s or something. He drove it for awhile after bringing it back from Germany where he was stationed. Bought a shiny parts car he stripped and started "fixing" some stuff and it never went back together. 

In reply to Rwd4evr :

Hey, Mike told me about that. I've been following your 107 car for years now. 

I tried to post a big long winded post with a bunch of details on my plans for fintail w111 w110 or w108 suspension options I've gone though a million times but it wouldn't let me post it. I sent a message but that doesn't even appear anywhere on this forum for some reason. You can email me if you like. BirchsgarageMb@gmail.com

I have a bunch of fintails at this point and Ive come up with some good possible suspension plans to handle extremely well and still launch hard with possible m120 m119 or turbo m116 or m110 power.  The 107 drift car just has been something that gets a lot of my free time for the simple fact it's a riot and I can't do the things I do in it, in a car with a decent body that I care about. It's a pretty serious weapon at this point but it's still a multiple wreck survivor rusty bucket.  Building a front subframe for the w111/108 chassis with r107 geometry is a very real possibility but the front isn't that bad in a w111/108. The rear is the issue. A 107 rear swap would be cool and Is feasible but it's got its own problems geometry/adjustability wise. I keep coming back to a live axle. If that's something you would consider tI can give you details on what my plan is. 

In reply to Rwd4evr :

Your pm goes to the email registered to your grm forum account. I read your email (rather long) and replied. That was days ago, check your spam folder. You brought up a few things that I'm very interested in discussing with you. 

In reply to yupididit :

I'd be interested in what you have to discuss. I really like these Mercedes but the suspension (especially the rear) is a bit off putting 

Ready to start mocking up the 5.4 AMG engine. Hoping I can run it off the factory ecu as a standalone with a 6speed manual. Also looking into deleting PS and SAI.

I already know this is going to kick my ass. 

In reply to yupididit :

Which engine did you end up putting in there?

Fits like a bug in a rug! Glad you're doing this with the 6 speed instead of the usual 722.6

In reply to peanutpckrupper :

5.4 v8 from an e55 AMG

In reply to buzzboy :

The car was originally manual so I wanted to keep it this way. We'll see how this goes. Matt said I'm going to hate myself and I agree 😂

In reply to yupididit :

Nice! That'll rip. If you need coding help let me know.