Originally Posted by bri3d
He just got rid of the German electronics alltogether... it's not that hard in terms of thought process if you want to go that route, just labor as you just have to rewire everything in the car you want to work. HDDP used a third-party engine management system with the Mercedes engine and was able to do plenty too (manual + supercharged SRT-6 engine, etc.) but his car is a stripped racecar so he didn't have to worry about wiring as many creature features.
Correct, not much to add to have everything functional too. I haven't had much time for internet fun lately, but I am still dedicated to this project. There is a car show at work(ADTRAN) this Friday and I might have to show up with the Xfire. Even though the driver's door is still fubarred from the hit and run my co-workers probably won't mind. I have the next three days to do some much needed projects on the car and I'll post the results here. I have a leaking transmission dip stick to fix, a valve cover gasket that is leaking(as well as valve cover to paint), and a missing LM-A cable that is preventing me from tuning the car at the moment. I did however get half the mandrel bent exhaust complete(to the Moroso spiral flow muffler with a turn down) and have driven the car enough to know that tuning won't be a problem once I can data-log rpm and get a heat sink built for my wide band sensor. Things have changed in the thought process and build though. I have decided to switch to Megasquirt and add an Eaton supercharger in place of the intake manifold(Twincharged). More soon...