{"id":111121,"date":"2024-02-05T17:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111121"},"modified":"2024-02-05T17:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:18:40","slug":"1979-mercedes-with-a-turbo-honda-k20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111121","title":{"rendered":"1979 Mercedes with a Turbo Honda K20"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We came across this Facebook Marketplace<\/a> listing for a unique 1979 Mercedes 200 (W123) out of Wellingborough, England. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L Honda K20 inline-four making 465 horsepower. The motor features a Pulsar turbocharger, custom exhaust manifold, 1000 cc injectors, and Hondata ECU. It is paired to a RX-8 manual transmission which sends power to a factory differential. <\/p>\n

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Source: Facebook Marketplace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We came across this Facebook Marketplace listing for a unique 1979 Mercedes 200 (W123) out of Wellingborough, England. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L Honda K20 inline-four making 465 horsepower. The motor features a Pulsar turbocharger, custom exhaust manifold, 1000 cc injectors, and Hondata ECU. It is paired to a RX-8 manual… Read More »1979 Mercedes with a Turbo Honda K20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":111125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w123"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1979-Mercedes-200-with-a-Turbo-Honda-K20-01.jpg?fit=720%2C959&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117574,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117574","url_meta":{"origin":111121,"position":0},"title":"Barra-Powered Mercedes W123 Goes 200 mph","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Valtonen Motorsport owns a unique Mercedes 300TD (W123). 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