by "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
Published 02/09/2017 at 10:48
by "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
Published 02/09/2017 at 10:48
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Does anyone else think that a Corvette engine in an old 250SE is just wrong?
It’s an old Merc, not a muscle car. I think it should have a smoother engine. Maybe a 1GZ-FE.
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"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
02/09/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
nope not at all
"Tripper" (tripe46)
02/09/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 1
Yes
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/09/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
Dafuq is going on with those red tube-looking things? Seems like really really bad placement. This whole car is a mess kinda...but I guess it’s probably a fast as hell sleeper???
"ceanderson920" (ceanderson9290)
02/09/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0
I think it is kinda cool if it works properly.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/09/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0
I see a lot of things down there that are red which shouldn’t be red.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/09/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 1
k
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/09/2017 at 10:58, STARS: 0
Yeah it is cool, just the wrong engine for that car.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
02/09/2017 at 11:00, STARS: 0
I think it is a breather hose. Kind of neat as it keeps you from getting blow by in your engine bay.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
02/09/2017 at 11:00, STARS: 1
Ahhh nope.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
02/09/2017 at 11:00, STARS: 1
I think those wheels are worse than the engine.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/09/2017 at 11:01, STARS: 0
Yep.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
02/09/2017 at 11:02, STARS: 6
The most offensive thing there are the wheels. That, and the audio equipment combined with the worn interior. Bad taste combined with very poor priorities shown on an engine swapped project car makes me very wary.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/09/2017 at 11:02, STARS: 0
Don’t forget about the rust.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/09/2017 at 11:03, STARS: 0
Are you talking about the hole near the front wheel wheel well? I was wondering what that was too. lol
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
02/09/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 0
Rust is to be expected in a project car. Not fixing the rust but including those hideously out of place wheels and sound system is something I’ll categorize as ‘very poor priorities’.
"jimz" (jimz)
02/09/2017 at 11:05, STARS: 0
I’d say it should at least have been kept an I6.
"V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches" (jbv12)
02/09/2017 at 11:11, STARS: 1
I’d have gone with an M120 personally.
"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
02/09/2017 at 11:14, STARS: 3
Not one bit. Torquey + slushy automatic = perfect. Keep it quite with stock-style mufflers and you’d never be able to tell what it is under the hood other than it can get out of its own way.
The travesty is in the execution and the lack of finishing touches. L98 isn’t the right choice, the dash is a mess, it has rust issues, the wheels are a nice try but it would work far better with something a touch more traditional, the interior is a mess, and it’s only done 400 miles since the swap.
Great idea, but horrible execution.
"ceanderson920" (ceanderson9290)
02/09/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 0
Your definitely right, a chevy crate engine was probably the cheapest/easiest option.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
02/09/2017 at 11:23, STARS: 1
The problem is they did it extremely half ass. I’d say a quarter ass. All they should have done is swap the motor, trans, and steering rack. With those wheels they should have made a set of adapters for modern MB brakes to go with the wheels. If they would have left the interior alone, and kept the factory steering wheel, column, and column shift it would have been more towards the NP range. The dash was gutted and looked bad. I’d hate to replace the missing dash parts. The steering wheel looked terrible for this car as well. It needed the factory wheel not a 70s GM one. Plus all of the body work that needed to be done.....
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
02/09/2017 at 11:27, STARS: 0
Should have kept the linkage to the factory column instead of the after market floor mounted one.
"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
02/09/2017 at 11:56, STARS: 1
At the very least it would be nice to find a way to get the floor shifter from a 280 to work with the 700R4.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/09/2017 at 12:29, STARS: 0
Needs more M52TUB28