Originally Posted by Infinite
I also know why he went with the motec.
No one has ever attempted the 6spd swap with an srt vehicle. People were raising the questions about what the PCM would do when it didn't see certain inputs from sensors normally associated with the auto trans.
Like I said I will link you to specific posts later. I need sleep.
If you are referring to below, I PM'd Derick about this and that is not what he ended up doing. He had another spare SRT6 engine that he was planning on building after this as well. And for the Motec, he went with it as it had drive-by-wire and he could add telemetry to it later if he wanted to pay for the licensing.
Originally Posted by HDDP
Originally Posted by rcompart
So what is the verdict with this car? You got the SRT6 engine in there, the motec installed and it runs great?
My question would be finding an SRT6 powerplant and whatever accompanying parts needed to to the swap so it would be streetable. Anyone know for sure what parts you'd want to look for? engine and all the hardware for that obviously, would you need to use the SRT6 tranny or could you build up the manual and would you need a new column? I know someone on here said that when they need to reprogram the computers if one were to crap out, they take one that isn't tied to a vehicle and when you cycle the ignition 3 times or something like that, it mates its self you your specified components. Any reason why buying just an ECU if you can get your hands on one not tied to a vehicle for an SRT6 and then doing the engine swap?
Well first of all, you will need to swap the crankshaft of an NA engine to mate the manual transmission to the SRT, its really not a fun process.
If you make it to the next page, you see what he ended up doing.
Originally Posted by HDDP
So here's the update on the AMG engine transplant so you guys & gals don't have to go thru the hell I did. First off, manual transmission with the AMG engine is a major problem. The bolt pattern on the crankshaft flange between the two engines is different and a new flywheel / pressure plate from a 2006 C230 Sport Coupe must be used, this is the only flywheel I have found to have the 4+4 bolt pattern that is used on the SRT6 crank. But the flywheel must be modified slightly because there are three dowels that align the pressure plate to the clutch cover and these are different from the OEM. You could use a clutch from the C230 though and this would solve your problem, but I had a SPEC clutch that needed to be fitted...
More gruesome details later...