ty for the kind words rcompart. I have done my share of v8 conversions in my youth.. the simple fact that i wouldnt need a welder or a cutting torch to so say, makes it that much more appealing.. of course AMG is going to be tight lipped about their programing code.. you see there has been a huge problem with the damn Czechs coming into Germany and stealing cars.. to attempt to contact MB for a sinlgle slice of code would be futile. also in order to legally go into the code in developer mode you need to have been granted a license from AMG personally. as this is not a simple open GLed platform we are talking about here. I think with the right money behind a person and a full staff of programmers behind him. I think that an agreement with amg could be arived at to offer an OEM product or kit for this conversion. lol but with petrol prices going through the roof I may just go with an electric motor.. LOL kidding.