W140 RENNtech CL740, anyone?

[gsxr]

This thing is pretty cool. If it were half the price it would be tempting:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0419386590

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ctd/1253317961.html


I wonder what the performance is. Some of that 525hp will be lost propelling the 4,960 (!) curb weight. It managed 0-60 in 6.3 with the stock motor, though... not too shabby. Would be an interesting engine swap into a .036, heh-heh.

 

[Glen]

I've never been a fan of the 140 cars, too bulky for my taste. This one is nicely modded though and it looks nice.

 

[chappardababbar]

I want that engine as a centre-piece in my hallway. Some years I'd loan it out to art galleries around the world at which times I'd have a life size Michael Jackson statue in its place.

 

[gerryvz]

I don't know about the RENNtech 740, but the biggest and baddest W140 I've ever ridden in is a factory AMG W140 12-cylinder (M120) car, owned by Karl Middelhauve (the MB Grand 600 guru). This car was the same nautical blue color as that available with our E500Es.

Don't know the HP rating on that AMG-massaged engine (I think it was well over 600HP, from around 400 stock), but Karl stepped on it once when we were leaving his house in Pennsylvania and it was a fully laden car (4 men aboard) and it MOVED out.

Cheers,
Gerry