{"id":28517,"date":"2018-10-12T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28517"},"modified":"2018-10-12T01:16:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T06:16:16","slug":"mercedes-w108-with-a-ls3-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28517","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes W108 with a LS3 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Mercedes W108 is one of three cars being built for a lucky customer by Retropower<\/a> in Hinckley, England. The car sports a 6.2 L LS3 V8 that produces 480 horsepower through a 4L85E four-speed automatic transmission and limited-slip differential. The car rides on a full independent suspension lifted from a from a Jaguar XJ (X300) with Air Lift Performance air suspension. The project has come a long way but there is work left to do on the interior, wiring, and custom center console. Follow the progress on the project’s FB page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Retropower<\/a> and Mercedes W108 by Retropower FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Mercedes W108 is one of three cars being built for a lucky customer by Retropower in Hinckley, England. The car sports a 6.2 L LS3 V8 that produces 480 horsepower through a 4L85E four-speed automatic transmission and limited-slip differential. The car rides on a full independent suspension lifted from a from a Jaguar XJ… Read More »Mercedes W108 with a LS3 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28518,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[808],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w108"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mercedes-W108-with-a-LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76129,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76129","url_meta":{"origin":28517,"position":0},"title":"Mercedes W108 with a Turbo LSx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Ngo and his company Eurowise have built several vehicles for Michael Ng. 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