{"id":2172,"date":"2011-09-25T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T04:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2015-04-04T23:38:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T03:38:33","slug":"mercedes-gl-with-twin-turbo-v12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2172","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes GL with Twin Turbo V12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mercedes<\/p>\n

The tuning shop MKB<\/a> now offers a very powerful and expensive swap package for your Mercedes GL SUV. If you can wait six months and have around $294,000, you can replace your factory V8 with a twin-turbo V12. The engine is probably from the Mercedes CL65 and is pushing 658 horsepower and 885 lb-ft of torque when tuned by MKB.<\/p>\n

Source: MKB via Autoblog.nl<\/a> via WorldCarFans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tuning shop MKB now offers a very powerful and expensive swap package for your Mercedes GL SUV. If you can wait six months and have around $294,000, you can replace your factory V8 with a twin-turbo V12. The engine is probably from the Mercedes CL65 and is pushing 658 horsepower and 885 lb-ft of… Read More »Mercedes GL with Twin Turbo V12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":126904,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=126904","url_meta":{"origin":2172,"position":0},"title":"Top Articles of 2024","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Thank you for another year of support, emails, shares, and comments. 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