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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 03:33 AM
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chevy 350 into 95 s500?

is it possible to swap a carbeurated chevy 350 with a 5 speed standard trans into a 95 S500 looking to do this conversion soon wondering how easy it will be the car has a stock 5.0 litre mercedes V8 and removing the engine wiring harness does not affect the non engine electrics of the car hoping to build a dead simple carb'd car out of this car the stock engines wiring harness's on these are notoriously terrible and cost an arm and a leg to replace mine is already toast and just wondering how easy it would be to swap a 350 into it and bypass all the engine electrics, theres tons of room in the engine bay so i would imagine it would fit easily. what are the potential difficulties with this swap and what is it gonna take to make it work any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 07:46 AM
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at least use fuel injection,and modern electro transmission
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Old May 2, 2013 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by FinalDrive
is it possible to swap a carbeurated chevy 350 with a 5 speed standard trans into a 95 S500 looking to do this conversion soon wondering how easy it will be the car has a stock 5.0 litre mercedes V8 and removing the engine wiring harness does not affect the non engine electrics of the car hoping to build a dead simple carb'd car out of this car the stock engines wiring harness's on these are notoriously terrible and cost an arm and a leg to replace mine is already toast and just wondering how easy it would be to swap a 350 into it and bypass all the engine electrics, theres tons of room in the engine bay so i would imagine it would fit easily. what are the potential difficulties with this swap and what is it gonna take to make it work any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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I dont believe it can be done.. to many module in this car.. Good luck though If you try
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you' ll need to power systems and smiplify.I'd like to see a 454 in a 500
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