Originally Posted by parawxman
Sorry Hijak again...
If you really want to convert it to a V8 and don't care about the brand of engine that goes in...Put an aluminum LSx engine from Chevrolet...the tuning is easy and cheap and unlimited supply of speed parts...500+ HP with heads and a cam...
I want the car to run like it came from the factory that way. Using a Chevy would be easy to make run but nothing else would work, MB uses CAN bus which means there a whole bunch of computers and they all have to work together. I have already considered using a stand alone computer such as a Motec but about the only thing that would run is the engine.