Originally Posted by hpmotors
What I am looking for is any Diamler/Chrysler product with the 3.2 V6 and "Kompressor" - so it could be either an SRT6 or some MB. All I want is the blower & ancillaries, but recognize I would probably have to buy the engine to get all the mechanical bits one needs. Best of all worlds would be a vehicle that has been rolled with no heavy front end damage.
Henry - who just bent two of his wheels yesterday.
I would suggest calling Mike at Metric Motors 800.622.6867 as a starting point. He owns a company in CA that is probably the largest MB engine rebuilder in the US. Though he only manufactures rebuilt blocks, heads, etc., he may have a few resources for the other bits you are looking for.
Bare in mind, you are going to be opening-up a can of worms with the electronics and there are very few resources to find answers and the equipment needed to turn a NA 3.2L into a SC 3.2 from the factory equipment, unless you are a MB master mechanic.
Some of us on this forum have done extensive research on this subject and have come to the conclusion that it would cost about 8K more to DIY than it would to buy a SRT6. Somewhere in the range of $18,000 not including your labor and headaches.
It would be much cheaper and easier to have a custom TC or SC built for the car than to retrofit the OEM equipment from an AMG 3.2L engine...
I would love to see someone prove us wrong, but as you can probably tell from the member who originally posted photos of their custom dual TC build that as far as I know, they never got it working and disappeared from the forum... My assumption is because of the freaky electronics in this car that put a serious KIBOSH on their project...