{"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":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.autoblog.nl\/gallery\/0_Tuners\/MKB\/Mercedes_GL_V12\/Mercedes_GL500_V12_MKB_05.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Mercedes GL with twin-turbo V12 engine swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tuning shop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mkb-power.de\/de\/\">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<p>Source: MKB via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.nl\/archive\/2011\/09\/22\/mkb-doet-een-brabusje-v12-in-een-gl500\">Autoblog.nl<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcarfans.com\/111092336852\/mercedes-gl-gets-a-v12-engine-transplant-by-mkb\">WorldCarFans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2172\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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,"_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_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7792,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7792","url_meta":{"origin":2172,"position":0},"title":"Nissan R33 with a Twin-turbo Mercedes V12","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Christian J\u00e6ger is a driver for Unique Racing drift team in Denmark. 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