c300 engine swap to c63
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if you pull it off you'll be a saint. did you buy the v8? im sure that was a pretty penny. post some pictures of your progress and good luck 
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'08 C300 Lux Barolo Red Beige Leather P2 MM 18" wheels '84 944
There are so many other reasons.........
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thats what I was thinking, hence why the hood is longer on the c63 and the fenders are different. also I believe you would need to do transmission work.
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You will need to swap the engine, trans, entire drive train, body harness, SAM modules, etc. It should fit (with new motor mounts, hood, front end body parts), but like was said earlier - you will really need the entire donor car to even attempt this and try to get it right. There may be some additional metal work that might be needed to be done.
But, it would be probably easier and more cost efficient to trade your in on a C63. Now if you already have purchased the engine, well that is start.
But, it would be probably easier and more cost efficient to trade your in on a C63. Now if you already have purchased the engine, well that is start.
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Different:
brakes (heavier duty)
Suspension components (heavier duty)
Motor mounts (heavier duty and different types and mounting positions)
Bodywork - same chassis though
computer (s)
Body harness
IC
SAMs (the one in the rear changes even when you have the roll-up blinds on a basic C300), so when the changes are this drastic, there are a lot more differences.
lotta work - did you blow your engine and got one from a C63 - dirt cheap.
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Do you think its like a "kit" or something that you just go in and pickup a C63 engine on a parts shelf, like a bluetooth retrofit kit or something? this cannot be done, impossible, unless your willing to spend somewhere in the range of a new C63 to butcher your C300 to have one hell of a mess of a car. Is this a joke?
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2009 C300 Luxury P1 w/Multimedia, Arctic White
If you already own the C63 engine, i'd sell it and the C300 and just buy the entire C63. Trying to make it work would be a royal pain in the a$$. You're not going to beat factory built. Plus, if your C300 is still under warranty, you could probably kiss that goodbye. Good luck regardless and let us know what you decide.
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Do you think its like a "kit" or something that you just go in and pickup a C63 engine on a parts shelf, like a bluetooth retrofit kit or something? this cannot be done, impossible, unless your willing to spend somewhere in the range of a new C63 to butcher your C300 to have one hell of a mess of a car. Is this a joke?
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I would hope that in the last 8 years since he posted this he would have calmed down......................
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2008 C350-Sport-AMG-Active Agility Pack(Not reliable) +Izuzu KB6 3L(It seems Reliable)+Mazda
Man all advice I can give you is you better be technically capable to modify anything that needs to be modified to get done what you have in mind, and if you never had a hand on a spanner thats a lot of learning to do, and when you finished, will you get it licensed, the authorities got more clever over the years too.
