{"id":17169,"date":"2017-07-20T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17169"},"modified":"2019-02-13T00:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T06:09:06","slug":"building-a-mercedes-c-230-with-a-turbo-vr6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17169","title":{"rendered":"Building a Mercedes C 230 with a Turbo VR6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A team of enthusiasts in Central Florida are installing a VW VR6 into a 2002 Mercedes C 230 Kompressor. The project started when the factory 2.3 M111 inline-four overheated and damaged the cylinder head. So far the owner has converted the oil pan to a rear sump and made a prototype adapter plate out of wood to connect the VR6 to a Mercedes 716.668 six-speed manual transmission. Follow the project’s progress in the build thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A team of enthusiasts in Central Florida are installing a VW VR6 into a 2002 Mercedes C 230 Kompressor. The project started when the factory 2.3 M111 inline-four overheated and damaged the cylinder head. So far the owner has converted the oil pan to a rear sump and made a prototype adapter plate out of… Read More »Building a Mercedes C 230 with a Turbo VR6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[468],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w202"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132118,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132118","url_meta":{"origin":17169,"position":0},"title":"VW Golf Mk7 with a 3.2 L VR6","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Jacob Moshokoa from Cars.co.za visited Team Nerdo in Alrode, Alberton, South Africa to feature their Volkswagen Golf Mk7. 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