{"id":22077,"date":"2018-03-27T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22077"},"modified":"2021-12-28T23:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T05:23:57","slug":"mercedes-slk-with-a-judd-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22077","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes SLK with a Judd V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=22078\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?fit=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mercedes-Judd SLK340 with a 3.4 L Judd DB V8 16\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mercedes-Judd SLK340 with a 3.4 L Judd DB V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?fit=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mercedes-Judd SLK340 with a 3.4 L Judd DB V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This special race car called the Mercedes-Judd SLK340 was built by Reto Meisel and his team at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meisel-motorsport.ch\/\">Meisel Motorsport<\/a> with help from Mercedes tuning house Carlsson Germany. The car&#8217;s engine is a 3.4 L Judd DB V8 from a LMP2 that makes 610 horsepower and 430 Nm (317 lb-ft) of torque. The video below shows Reto setting the record for Touring Car Class at the St. Ursanne &#8211; Les Rangiers HillClimb. For more details, photos, and videos please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10494\">previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n_wIqcnPAgs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SLK340-265991496801958\/\">SLK340 FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This special race car called the Mercedes-Judd SLK340 was built by Reto Meisel and his team at Meisel Motorsport with help from Mercedes tuning house Carlsson Germany. The car&#8217;s engine is a 3.4 L Judd DB V8 from a LMP2 that makes 610 horsepower and 430 Nm (317 lb-ft) of torque. The video below shows&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22077\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mercedes SLK with a Judd V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22078,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[455],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mercedes-Judd-SLK340-with-a-3.4-L-Judd-DB-V8-16.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23846,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=23846","url_meta":{"origin":22077,"position":0},"title":"Mercedes SLK with a Judd V8 Update","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Reto Meisel brought his Mercedes-Judd SLK340 built by Meisel Motorsport with a new livery to Rampa da Falperra in Braga, Portugal. 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