Originally Posted by woody
...and it assumes 100% reliability with no big bills for transmission/engine rebuilds or heaven forbid accident damage! There's no doubt about it, racing ain't cheap! It really is a case of 'How fast can you afford to go?'
Its all really academic, but the reason for going the MB V8 route is based on the similarity to the V6. See attached.
that's a great point, the 4.3 should damn near bolt right in...only thing would be the tranny, no manual v8 benzes, but i don't know if that would be a problem or not, never done a swap on an engine without swapping the tranny also...someone with more technical knowledge than i should really investigate this...