They shouldn’t be sloppy. The car should feel dead on center, slightly heavy to get off center but with no slop. Either you have to adjust the slack out of your box (good luck with that as the adjuster shoots up to under the exhaust manifold and they forgot room for your hand)

I always thought the 107 looked better with the small bumpers and euro headlights. Then again, if you do the twin yellow sealed beams, chromed wheel arch flares and chrome at the bottom of the doors, it gives the car a bit more of an “American” look which is OK looking. Just two very different styles. The Euro version…

I have to dig up engine building pics, but this is the car I put the motor in. Ok its not a 107 but mechanically 99% the same. The 560 107 I gave it to my dad. I warmed it up a bit for him but nothing like this

Yes for sure, thats how AMG did it back in the day. I don’t claim to have invented anything, I just tried and recreated what they did

Considering the last 380 rolled off the line in 1984, I think it would be a wise investment to change the chain and upgrade to duplex. if for no other reason than to put a new tensionner, sliders, sprockets and oil pump chain. It’s all maybe $500 of parts if you do it yourself. Basically the same job as the ford SOHC…

I get 375 from mine which I find is enough to move the car. To get to 6.0 you bore out to 100 mm. All the parts I bought to do it state-side, other than the cams that were sent to germany to regrind

The part of the timing chain is incorrect. Only the M116 380SL engine had the single row chain and Mercedes fixed that with a recall, all other M117 and M116 from the beginning had dual chains. The dual chains is at least good for 100k and it gives you a warning noise on startup way before it starts getting dangerous.…

In reference to what?? A pagode? the w116? w123?

I thing one guy in NZ or Aus did it but major surgery. Easier to swap the 5.0 M119 or make a 6.0 M117, less weigh more power. 6.9 is cast iron block... for a small car that is already nose heavy

You can built a super stout 10:1 cr 6.0 out of the soft US 560 M117.968 engine, for about 1/2 the cost of an LS swap. Far more durable at that. Have you ever seen the insides of those blocks? Beefy begins to describe it