Well there are only two people who have made this work, a former Brabus employee who built the Startech V8 and can't be located and MAXIMUSQUO who probably has business interest in not providing any information. Without any help from the two people who have made this conversion work, I am left to develop the best theory and try to make it work. Through tons of research I was able to hook up with Beckman Technologies who is one of the only guys who has been able to hack the Mercedes computers and unlock used ECM's. He put me in touch with Robert Kraus who is the best MB electronics geek I have found and who has an independant MB shop five miles form my house. He as every option available in the Star Diagnotic System (SDS) including remote internet access so that Beckman in North Carolina and him can program the car as a team. He also is able to use the SDS developer mode which is in German language only. We have been working through the capabilities of the SDS system and trying to anticipate problems in advance which at this point include working out concers about transmission gear ratios, and rear end ratios and if all the systems will work together.

The other leading theory and the one that is closest to being proven is Kanzus. Kanzus has been great at sharing his experience and I hope he is successful as his approach is much easier than what I was planning.