Mercedes students create B55 with big V8 and little B-Class

After the nuclear apocalypse wipes out all of civilization, there will still be cockroaches wedging huge engines into tiny cars. You just can't kill the oldest recipe in hot rodding history, and for good cause. As a handful of trainees at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt now found out, the big engine, little car combo is the simplest way to mint cheap speed.

Plant manager Peter Wesp obtained the tactic to squeeze a 5.5-liter 385 horsepower V8 from the likes of the big E550 into the Silver Arrow's trim B-Class.

After verdict a B200 CDI that had been sacrificed to training, Wesp and his team set about the mechanical contortions essential to pull off the swap. Amazingly sufficient, the workers were able to use the original engine mounts, and with a little parts-bin raiding, all was sitting attractive under the hood. The team snugged in a back axle from a W 2010 E-Class, front brakes lifted from a C32 AMG and bolted on snazzy 18-inch wheels from AMG as well.

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