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Originally posted by norton
I stopped into MotorWerks today and that 560SEC, now has a V12 in it.
And Satish was also working on a V8 transplant into a 94 E320 coupe, really cool stuff There was also a 300SL roadster sitting in the back of the shop.
Mike Halleck
Chesterfield Mi
71 280SL
68 250SL (parts car)
94 E320 Coupe
29' PowerQuest boat with twin 454's
Well Norton, that's OLD news, and its Motor
Werks, by the way. The V12 conversion was completed WEEKS ago. Heck, if you'd join the MBCA you could have come to the Tech Session there on 6-April. You would have seen the Ilson Engineering racing motors built under the MB name for Penske. 750 HP in a supercharged V6, 2.3L now that's cool. But you might not like those motors...they idle at 2,000 RPM, cruise at 12,000 and redline at 16,000! But I'll agree with you those RPM's take their toll, those engines are good for 500 miles and that's it.[:0]
BTW that V12 in Satish's W126 is, oh, the
4th engine. Original, an AMG, a larger V8, and now the V12. When will it ever end???
The 300SL roadster belongs to his architect David Millins; he designed the Motorwerks building. He (Millins) also owns a really cool Hatch & Sons restored 280SE which might have been there as well...it was last week, at least. Did you look behind the Diablo? The Testarossa? Satish had about 20 of his coupe buddies show up at that Tech Session; also, there was the One Lap of America car sponsored by TireRack and MotorWerks--a C55 AMG--owned by 26 year old Faisal Ahmed who is third driver. Primary driver is Jim Crider, successful local SCCA racer usually found in a Mustang Cobra on the track...
There will be some of these mentioned cars and others on display at the Gemutlekeit Concours which is being held in concert with Eyes on Design. Sunday June 26th at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford Estate in Grosse Pointe...
More info at
www.internationalstars.orgMichael Salemi
1969 280SL
Signal Red w/Black Leather
Restored