Originally Posted by 32krazy!
s/c v8 would crush any manual you get to fit
Not necessarily.. but an AWD sc v8 will! lol
It'd be more realistic to pick 2 of the 4 choices, but would require a decent amount of chassis work and pretty much all of the stock electronics going in the garbage (except the SC V8 combo, which Rudy has mastered).
Theres no sense in sticking with a benz motor if you're going nuts. A GM LSx is probably your best bet, you can pick up a vortec truck engine for a couple hundred dollars (or an LSx block for a few thousand), have the motor built, run megasquirt (or something more expensive and user friendly), use GM trans, and either a Ford 9" or a viper (Dana) independant rear. It would probably be about $30k, but it would smoke any crossfire.... ever.