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Originally Posted by mcbear
Talk to Jonathan at Blueridge.
There are several ways to get more reliable power out of the 103/104 motors but no matter which way you go, look toward $7000 for the entire package.
The Twin Turbo kit cost plus installation plus tuning seems to run up to $7K by the time it is all done.
A motor swap to nearly anything is at least $7K once you buy the motor/tranny, driveshaft issues, electronics, mounting issues, tuning up etc. It usually tries to start plug and play but 40-70 hours of swap time just adds up.
At some point you might look at just buying a 400E or 500E, selling your E320 and having a fully engineered solution that gives you 275-320HP out of the box. For the bump to 400E I know it would be a cheaper option and depending on the quality of 500E, it might be just above break even.
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McBear
You're being conservative...!!
Brian Murphy @ Willow Automotive ran about 110 manhours, with about 20 - 30 spent trying to resolve issues with the TT kit.
Not many of the "inexpensive" twin turbo kits available...
Totally agree with you about looking for a 500E.
If I didn't have my original 62K mile 1988 Coupe, I wouldn't have put the money into the twin turbo install.
There was a very nice 500E in Cali that just sold on another forum for $18250.00
You couldn't include the cost of a clean well maintained low mileage W124/C124 with a sound stock M103/M104 motor and add a twin turbo with required suspension mods, exhaust, wheels, tires, etc for that price !!!!!
Ed A.
P.S.
The turbos sure love these 40 degree and lower temps...feels like it added about 50HP !!!