E55 Motor Conversion
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E55 Motor Conversion
Im curious as to why many w209 and w203 owners dont just do an engine/tranny conversion with an e55 motor? I have heard its pretty much plug and play.
Right now im building my car from the ground up i.e suspension, wheels and bbk to recieve a 55k motor in the near future.
I dont get why people bother trying to sc these na motors and always end up with reliability issues.
If you drop a 55k motor in there is no need to modify it as your pushing near to 500hp.
Has anyone done a conversion yet?
Mike
Right now im building my car from the ground up i.e suspension, wheels and bbk to recieve a 55k motor in the near future.
I dont get why people bother trying to sc these na motors and always end up with reliability issues.
If you drop a 55k motor in there is no need to modify it as your pushing near to 500hp.
Has anyone done a conversion yet?
Mike
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CLK55 '05 CLK320 '02
I asked the dealership to do that for me when I blew my engine. they said it is a hard process to do and they assured me that I will run into problems. so I backed off and just got an NA engine
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03 g35 coupe...........02 c32 Sold
i know someone has done it on there c320 but i believe they had to convert the front to the clk/c55 front end to fit the v8.
here the video of the e55 engine in a w203
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBJQ_c3BzMM
his thread
https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...oject-x55.html
here the video of the e55 engine in a w203
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBJQ_c3BzMM
his thread
https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...oject-x55.html
Last edited by TemjinX2; 03-25-2010 at 05:29 AM.
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Money One has been swapping an E55K motor into a C43, which should be similar to swapping one into a CLK55. You can read about it here:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c36-amg-c...-you-cant.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/c36-amg-c...-you-cant.html