I have a m119.960(a few actually) that's been waiting for me and my skills to be ready to use it. It's going in my new drift car build, still not fully decided on a r107 or a w114 coupe(frame rails are a problem for a V8) with a mustang t5 trans. Actually not a super complicated swap if you have a mill. The 722.3 auto bellhousing (with machining) and all the mustang parts are somehow magically dimensionally basically perfect.
It was a running driving car before the PO parted it and I picked up the drivetrain. I'm going to be doing the m117 560sl timing cover swap to run a single distributor and run a k-jet fuel system for simplicity and reliability. My current 450slc drift car has been amazingly reliable for 7 years of merciless beatings but it's time for more power and a from scratch chassis build with a full cage.
I'm very m117 familiar and I've done lots of research over the years on this and just started my refresher course on it. I'll be checking the chain stretch at 45° to see how that looks. I will obviously be getting a full gasket set and o rings but I'm trying to get a solid opinion on the timing chain guides. Do these guides go brittle like a m117 with age? I think this engine is just under 100,000 miles, but I have a 3000 mile warranty parts engine that blew a head gasket and they found a bubble in the casting on the deck surface. A tech got it and it sat in his garage in a bag since 93 or something. It's spotless inside. I was thinking about using the factory stuff rather than a bunch of febi guides. Any opinion on that idea or anything to watch out for with the cover swap?
Here's a pic of the bellhousing near finish machined for the manual swap. Waiting for the .625" plate that will be bolted on and register into the pump bore to arrive. I can go into details on that if anyone is interested in swapping an alloy m117 or 119 car.
I also just finished a timing freshen up and minor port clean up on a 117.967 560sl engine with a custom rear plate to run the iron block 350sl manual trans that's in the 450slc to hold me over while I build the new car. Almost finished reassembly on that, it's going in the car shortly.
It was a running driving car before the PO parted it and I picked up the drivetrain. I'm going to be doing the m117 560sl timing cover swap to run a single distributor and run a k-jet fuel system for simplicity and reliability. My current 450slc drift car has been amazingly reliable for 7 years of merciless beatings but it's time for more power and a from scratch chassis build with a full cage.
I'm very m117 familiar and I've done lots of research over the years on this and just started my refresher course on it. I'll be checking the chain stretch at 45° to see how that looks. I will obviously be getting a full gasket set and o rings but I'm trying to get a solid opinion on the timing chain guides. Do these guides go brittle like a m117 with age? I think this engine is just under 100,000 miles, but I have a 3000 mile warranty parts engine that blew a head gasket and they found a bubble in the casting on the deck surface. A tech got it and it sat in his garage in a bag since 93 or something. It's spotless inside. I was thinking about using the factory stuff rather than a bunch of febi guides. Any opinion on that idea or anything to watch out for with the cover swap?
Here's a pic of the bellhousing near finish machined for the manual swap. Waiting for the .625" plate that will be bolted on and register into the pump bore to arrive. I can go into details on that if anyone is interested in swapping an alloy m117 or 119 car.
I also just finished a timing freshen up and minor port clean up on a 117.967 560sl engine with a custom rear plate to run the iron block 350sl manual trans that's in the 450slc to hold me over while I build the new car. Almost finished reassembly on that, it's going in the car shortly.
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