Mercedes 280? (Page 2 of 3)

From a "public relations" standpoint, I would think that you could do either the awesome suspension design or a motor swap, but not both.  With the M110 and a crazy home-made suspension, I'd think of the car as a superb example of backyard engineering; with the crazy suspension and, say, a 4.6-liter Ford motor, I'd start to think of it as a bit of a cheater.

Just my opinion, of course.

nah, knowing judge phil, he and jonny will only love it, they approve all crazy fab ideas i tell them about, i say go for it if your confident in the young man. just dont go using anodized aluminum or forged titanum or something rediculous like that, simple clean fabrication doesnt have to be expensive.

IMO i dont like semi trailing, yes it works, yes it can win the race BUT i much prefer a simple 4 link, no toe troubles its nice an simple, it works very well, so does A arms but thats more work, still freakin cool.

i also love straight 6s, the noise it will make would be awesome!! its a hemi too man! like i said id use a eaton m90 supercharger, form the 3.8 buicks and GMs i got one off ebay for just $50, its going on the 928 sooner or later, with all the room on the m110s it  would be easy to install on the intake, simple method is make it a draw through with that solex ( quadrajet ) carb. ill do it for you if you want to buy the S/C for say $60... then id bet there would be at least 200 bhp.

on the other hand a 4.6 makes a hell of a good scream, ill take the m110 if your ditching it....

vwmc16:  The oem 2.8 straight 6 in the car is toast.  It wouldn't crank over.  When we pulled it we discovered shrapnel exit wounds in the oil pan.  I haven't taken it apart yet but the block is probably shot.  If it is not raining i'm going to take a look at it tomorrow.

Squid
You got one hell of a fabricator....that kid is good!!!!!!!!!! 

But so is my fabricator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :>)  After all he built your cage!!

I also like crazy custom stuff....granted the suspension on the 928 was pretty good to start so we didn't make any drastic changes....but fabricating a double A arm rear (say from a miata) is always COOL....

Clint is right about solid axles being RELIABLE and proven in Lemons.....the bottom line is you do NOT need a fully independent suspension car to do well at Lemons...you don't even need a fast car...all you need is a well driven RELIABLE car..... a well driven, penalty free reliable car is a top 10 car....no matter how "slow" it appears on paper

the 104?  if you can get all the EFi and wiring, that would be awesome, or for better style, 3 sets of sidedrafts....

"a racing W114 should have dual side exhausts coming out in front of the right rear wheel, just like the 300SLRs did."

I like this.

Any engine you want to drop in a W114 is (probably) fine with us.

this means not boring chevy SB

I too really dig the 300slr ideas, the '55 300SLR gullwing is hands down the preetiest MB ever IMO

the lemans car is #2

vwdmc16  I'm thinking there is more than $500 just in the plumbing fittings for that last one.

And there's a "Mad Max Beyond the Desmodrome" theme built right in!

YES WE DO!!

Advice wanted.

Stock Mercedes 20 gallon fuel tank or racing fuel cell?

If stock is recommended is there something I need to do to it like put a rollover valve on the breather?

I don't mind spending the money for safety but there was some thought that mercedes knew what they were doing when they designed the stock one.  I'm not entirely convinced I can place a racing cell better than they placed the stock tank.  The stock one is below the floor of the trunk and looks as if it is designed to fall out downward in a big rear ender.  I'd probably have to put a racing cell above the trunk floor.  I don't want to put it half above and half below for fear that it would be sliced in a big rear impact.

The racing cell does provide a bladder though, which is good.