Re: Project Log: 320 to AMG/SRT Level
Pricing is up to Rudy. I have no idea what he would charge. You need to talk to him. And be nice to him! 
He is the only one that can make this run! Whatever you do, do not discount how tough the programming can be. I have seen it first hand and there are always some very tough challenges to work out. They guy who programmed my car is considered the best their is with working in developer mode and he took a month of trial and error before my car fired up. Knowing he would not do another one, I encouraged and shared info with Rudy because I felt he was the only one on this forum that had the experience and knowledge to figure it out for others that would come after me. I was right betting on Rudy as we now have a couple of 55K Crossfires terrorizing the roads.
Besides programing there is also some re-wiring that needs to happen which is best left to Rudy. The arm you are talking about is the engine mount arm that attaches to the drivers side of the engine. I believe a C43 would be perfect or you can use the Crossfire mount with the extra piece cut from any V8 mount. One a side note I have made some changes. You only need one electric fan of 12-14" mounted in front of the condenser and you will need a C43 top radiator hose, fan clutch, fan and shroud. I had some overheating issues in the middle of a hot Texas summer and this has completely solved it.
The C32 would be great but you still have to program the donor ECU to the car. Keep in mind that Mercedes has gone to great lengths to prevent the reuse of donor ECU's with things like SCN coding etc. What we are doing is using MB's own system to do something they never wanted or allowed the system to do. Therefore it is not like you just enter the system and follow the prompts for Engine Swap!
Last edited by LantanaTX; Jan 12, 2011 at 05:33 PM.