John Buckingham
03-06-2007, 02:50 PM
I am a moderator on the 026 enthusiast board on this site, and I have been spent a couple of years searching for a limited slip differential for my 1979 450SLC 5.0. I use the car for MBCA driving events and I really need the LSD because I spend most of my time in the autocross and even on the track just burning rubber with an open differential.
Anyway, I have found a guy in California, who seems very knowledgeable about Mercedes differentials, who claims he can swap the limited slip from a later (W140, I think) S320 sedan into a 107 case. He claims the gears are the same and the switch can be made into the 107 housing, and I can still use my stock drive shaft and axles.
Apparently, all he switches over are the gears and the LSD unit. He claims that all "big case" MB differentials can be switched this way. He sounds absolutely confident and claims he has done it before many times.
Does anyone know if a later S320 LSD unit is interchangeable into a 107 case before I spend a bunch of money of something that doesn't work ?
Any guidance will be appreciated, or who should I ask ? Thanks ! John
Anyway, I have found a guy in California, who seems very knowledgeable about Mercedes differentials, who claims he can swap the limited slip from a later (W140, I think) S320 sedan into a 107 case. He claims the gears are the same and the switch can be made into the 107 housing, and I can still use my stock drive shaft and axles.
Apparently, all he switches over are the gears and the LSD unit. He claims that all "big case" MB differentials can be switched this way. He sounds absolutely confident and claims he has done it before many times.
Does anyone know if a later S320 LSD unit is interchangeable into a 107 case before I spend a bunch of money of something that doesn't work ?
Any guidance will be appreciated, or who should I ask ? Thanks ! John