Engine swap possible on R500?
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Engine swap possible on R500?
Could you swap an engine from the m113 500 to say a 550? Im at a point where i drop 2500 on the engine to repair it or swap it out.
Would love to get near 400hp in the R500 but thats a stretch with the M113
Would love to get near 400hp in the R500 but thats a stretch with the M113
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I am wondering the same thing. if we can swap the 550 engine in would be nice.
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1998 ml320 with lift, dirt tires and rust !!!
Not specially swaping, maybe just chiping.....got a 2003 jetta, 1.8t, got it from 180hp to 235 just adding a chip, decat and straits pipe and nicer air intake....so, no real ( no expensive ) engine mods..... Imagine that but with a nice 5 litres v8......
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That would be much more difficult as it requires swapping out the engine harness at minimum, if not the ECU as well.
Swapped in a 2002 CL55 AMG engine on my car, no reprogramming needed. I should get it on a dyno and give it a tune at some point, but it's been working well for the past 2 years so it's been low on my priority list. Any 5.4 NA M113 AMG engine should work- when I was looking, I primarily focused on the early 2000s S55 and CL55 versions. They were generally a lot cheaper than other versions and had the high 11.0:1 compression ratio. C55 and SLK55 were another 11.0:1 option but generally twice as expensive. The ML55, E55, and others generally had the lower 10.5:1 compression engine, which meant slightly lower power output but more friendly to lower octane gas.
Swapped in a 2002 CL55 AMG engine on my car, no reprogramming needed. I should get it on a dyno and give it a tune at some point, but it's been working well for the past 2 years so it's been low on my priority list. Any 5.4 NA M113 AMG engine should work- when I was looking, I primarily focused on the early 2000s S55 and CL55 versions. They were generally a lot cheaper than other versions and had the high 11.0:1 compression ratio. C55 and SLK55 were another 11.0:1 option but generally twice as expensive. The ML55, E55, and others generally had the lower 10.5:1 compression engine, which meant slightly lower power output but more friendly to lower octane gas.
