Originally Posted by Ro0122
NICE!!!! joined this forum just to watch this topic... havent ready up totally on whats covered in this post.... but I have a 2005 crossfire coupe and am toying with the idea to do a v8 conversion in her after I do a widebody on her first. To gain some more rubber on the ground to accomadate the already dangerous car. I do a little codework as a hobby and have some German connections in Munchen and Austria... her dad was vp of bmw exports..... if anyone has some links (unlikely) to where i could peek into the programming code in developer mode for the fivestar platform that would be awesome......
Thanks guys... and keep up the good work. also would a 2000 s-500 v8 work for a conversion??? (sceptical)
The S500 engine would work great. The nice thing about the early S and CL engines is that the wiring harness is long enough to reach the ECU location in the Crossfire and the oil pan is correct. I have a 2002 CL500 engine in my car. But Like Rudy said, starting off the key with a non 55K engine/ECU has not been figured out. I have to use a starter button and have been doing so for almost two years. Not a big deal but since it doesn't start on the first crank, I would love to see this figured out in the future.