Originally Posted by Teck-9

The 500 is much cheaper and way easier to find than a 55k, plus it can be just as powerful when boosted. I found a 55 N/A with who knows how many miles for 2499.99 in Puerto frikkin Rico so thats definitely trustworthy, lol. There's another 55N/A in Texas for just 1500, but it has almost 100k miles. The figure of 14 to 18K for a built 55K Crossfire is quite generous considering that the only 55K on ebay costs 12,000. That means Rudy is doing the installation for about 2 to 6 grand which gives me the hope that if I buy and bolt in and plug in and hook in, etc an engine myself, that I can find a person capable of working out all of the electrical issues after I've done everything else for about 1 to 2k. I found a 2006 ML 500 Engine with 30K miles for 1600 plus a 200 core charge. I know, I couldn't believe it myself, but I called the place and they seemed legit so I'm chancing it and wrote the check. My Father's fixed and sold cars his whole life, but never dealt with foreign computers, but I know that I have all of the necessary tools and know how between my father and myself for the whole mechanical phase of the swap. I have about a 1K reserve and growing to get somebody to deal with the electrical issues once I get everything else done. Man oh man, all of this sure does look fantastically easy on paper. lol.