$tallion

c280 sport
2a
c43

my buddy has this wrecked e430 the engine has 39000!!! on it...runs fine...

so I motion to drop the motor in bring it to a tuner to set the ecu here locally..
while hes at it really get this baby tuned not just running...

bypass the ecu set the ecu program the baby...

i have the remus exhast installed and high flow cats

am i going to haft to replace the radiator? I think i would haft to but i'm not sure..

hows this all sound am I on to something or daydreaming again..?
i want more than anything to have a c43 i love the power and i have the engine and the car to do it.. my shell is mint i mean mint.. just needs the components....

NOt Afraid to do it....

AMGC

Will the trannys even match up? or the motor mounts? Doesnt seem worth it when C36s are goin for cheap these days and that will outrun a 430

Bollywood

I couldn't understand one word of that babble you just spewed, English class, did you take it?

So you want to put a 4.3 motor in your 2.8 car?

Yes you will need a bigger radiator.

jayrasheed

if u can get the full electrical harness its easy and get the auto and rear dif too u need them all and it will fit and work like factory
get the tranny ecu as well, but u also need the diff or the auto wont shift.

ProjectC55

If u have an inline 6 u r just better of dropping in a motor from a C36 or just turbochrging your present motor if it's the inline 6.

v0ac

forget it, you need transmission, bigger brake set up etc.
sell your 280 and buy a clean c43, that's it.

AMGC

exactly.

BenzMaster19

Just drop a C36 motor in with all the right mods, it will cost you MUCH less then that conversion your trying to attempt...

AMGC

it would just cost less to buy a C36. Theyre goin cheap now.

C43AMG

Even if you did all this sucessfully...it wouldn't be a C43.

nathanphoenix

The C43 is NOT just a stock W202 with a stock 4.3 M113 engine. If that were the case it'd be badged as a C430 and this forum wouldn't exist. What you're proposing would net you the automotive equivalent of a chimp in a cowboy hat.

If your 280 is actually mint just sell it and buy a lightly distressed C43, even the worst of them will need a lot less work than some C280/E430 chimera. I got one of mine in Orlando, I can't imagine you'd have to wait too long for another to crop up down there.

$tallion

Thanks for all the input Turbo Chargeing it sounds like the right way to go.
reason being i'm looking for more power.
everything in this car is in emacuate condition..

AMGC

a turbo and an automatic transmission should never be together. Its like dating a supermodel but having no dick.

Benz360

LOL...dude just buy my car, I know yours is in umm "emacuate condition" but mine is ready now.

AMGC

Turbo'ing a car is also a lot more complicated and a lot more hassle than you sound like your ready for. I also see you only got one car, so not the way to go.



plus its automatic.