Administrators RTz Posted March 20, 2011 Administrators Share Posted March 20, 2011 Don't know anything about the car, but I thought it was novel enough to share... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdone Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yeah that's one way to waste an engine on a car that easily weighs damn near twice as much as a Z... My dad has a 280SL in the R107 body style and it probably makes pretty similar power to an L28, and it's not what I'd call fast by any means. A much better swap is a Ford 302 into those things so it can actually go somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I can't tell if that plate is "306" or "506"---one reason for that swap in Japan is tax class... 506 plate would be 2-liter class and considerably cheaper. When you look like that, who cares. Put the top down and cruise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Ron - That car I am 100% guessing was a 280SL to begin with. As a by the way Mercedes starting putting the letters before the the numbers in 1996/7 (280SL vs. SL280 for example) and this car is easily as pre-1986. Yeah that's one way to waste an engine on a car that easily weighs damn near twice as much as a Z... My dad has a 280SL in the R107 body style and it probably makes pretty similar power to an L28, and it's not what I'd call fast by any means. A much better swap is a Ford 302 into those things so it can actually go somewhere. I would not jump to such a hasty conclusion...it is a cool engine swap...if you took time to notice this engine has individual throttle bodies, full engine standalone and I bet high compression, head work, a worked exhaust and a hot cam..on other words this baby will easily put down a cool 250whp and not break a sweat...the MB 2.8L could never run with this particular L28. Personally..I like it..great \ tough stance and the Wantanabes look great too. Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FricFrac Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I kinda like it. Too bad the rear is so blah with the vert and all. Nice flare over the rear wheels though. Besides you just know it sounds great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Don't forget power steering AND air conditioning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Albrecht Goertz would be proud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Who He? Nothing he did was remotely related to the Z-Car or the L-Engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I can't tell if that plate is "306" or "506"---one reason for that swap in Japan is tax class... 506 plate would be 2-liter class and considerably cheaper. I had an '83 L20E powered C31 Nissan Laurel for a while, until it got stolen from where it was parked on the street, and stripped. That would not have been much lighter than the old Mercs, but it was a wonderful comfy cruiser. With their sub 2L litre tax breaks, I think the Japanese must have the most small capacity engines in large executive cars of any country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yep, and with the Turbo... Well the L20E had the same HP rating as the L28E, but with a torque advantage and the ability to 'tune via boost' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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