ahmed18881

hello everyone,

after 2 days of hard work and tuning we (me and ali) swapped my 430 engine with a 500 engine, the car is a torque monster now especially with the 3.07 diff !!! it was really a very tough swap but everything smoothed out at the end... we got a bare bone 500 engine from a w220 s500, no air manifold, exhausts manifolds, power steering pump, nothing but the engine. all the items where taken from my 430 engine even the wiring harness. also we had to change the oil sump and catch can from the 430 in order for the engine to fit!!! i also reinstalled my brabus cams, evosport pulleys, and iridium plugs on the engine. the car is very fast now from 0-180 KM/H but is the same or slightly better on 180-250 KM/H. now we are trying to find the optimal custom tune for power with best gas mileage ... the car is blast to drive keep tuned there is more upgrades to come lol probably a set of headers and the crank pulley... but really dunno... i know most of you will probably say why not the 55 engine but their prices here are more than double the 500 engine ...

vizionclk430

sounds interesting post up video when you get some

da_guitarist

Awesome project! Keep us posted. Vids and dyno numbers for sure!

CLK FAN

this is good to hear because i almost did the same thing but thought it would be a nightmare as a daily driver.

I can't believe you did it with the same wire harness.

deyainrdy4ds

WOW not too often u get to see a 208 swap...propppppsss ...is it really that big of a difference between the two motors though....isnt it supposed to be a difference of only about 25hp n lb/ft..?

ahmed18881

well yes in stock form they do differ only 26 hp and 70Nm in torque but when the cams make a bigger difference on the 500 as well as the pulleys and remap...

marv85

yeah big difference in torque (400Nm vs 460Nm stock), with other mods he'll achieve a bigger difference. we tried it today, the car's is really impressive , Skid Machine

deyainrdy4ds

niceee pics and vids ASAP!!

ahmed18881

pics of the install sorry phone pics...

ahmed18881

the man that made it all happen !!!

ahmed18881

me and marv85 testing the "skid machine"

ahmed18881

every thing is the same part numbers, you just need to version code your ECU
to make it act as a 500 ECU, but this a special software to do it, btw every thing has the same part numbers, but you will need different oil sump and catch pan (for 430), exhaust manifolds, and engine mount arms... it was doable because i have a 430... on the 320 it will be much harder i suppose

ali saklaoui

thank you for posting my picture

da_guitarist

too funny

ahmed18881

the problem 180-250 km/h is solved!!! ali did some stuff with the star development data and its beautiful!!!

sfclk

congrats!

MilitaryBenz

congrats to you man i might just hold onto my clk alittle bit longer because of this project

babyboigsxr

Wow... impressive

BAYCLK

first time I've seen a swap like this...nice work!!!

ahmed18881

thanks a lot guys

sick430

way to be a first bro!
so you had a 320 in there first then a 430 and now a 500? or did i miss understand?

thanks little late very tiered

ahmed18881

well at first i had a blue 1997 German clk320 (was a demo car)

then after many failed tries to make power... i found her a new home

then searched all of Lebanon for a CLK430 my current car (black on black 2001), and now i have changed the engine to a 500...

so basically i drove a 320, 430, and now a 500

da_guitarist

New badges?

ahmed18881

actually some one told me to do it, but i feel its posing or some smart *** will say "man these didn't come on w208 only W209" so will probably keep it as is

BLK00CLK430

Nice job, I was wanting to do something like that to my car as well.