I say, "On with the show"!
So, a couple of things have happened lately. First, I inadvertently changed all my settings in Developer mode. Second, I got very frustrated with the fact that so many people out there are so reluctant to share and/or the overall lack of data, that I set out to conquer the beast myself.
It started out fairly rough, but I finally made it via my usual determination not to let anything stand in my way only to find a route that was 100x easier in the end!
So here is the challenge as this is what you see in developer mode:
As you can see; German. Well, you also can't cut and paste to Google translator. Well, I did find a way to screen print to a .pdf as you can see. I could then cut and paste to google but that was only half the work. I then had to sift through what in most cases ends up as German shorthand and/or abbreviations! Not to mention the fact that half the time the google translation didn't make any sense so you have to search endlessly looking for the same words used in a similar context to get closer to the real meaning.
Then came the really hard part and that was deciphering some of the BS abbreviations and/or acronyms.
So I ended up with a several page word document that I will upload later as I don't have it handy at the moment. THEN, while looking in another part of Star Das I come across a summary screen of the current coding config (non developer mode) that lists most of the options in developer in plain English!!!!!
Go figure!
In my research I found out a TON of answers to almost all of my questions. I'll post some more on the acronyms later along with the rest of the translation for the coded listings. Also, there IS a way to globally reduce spark via the Ron adjust setting as well as a way to increase the speed limiter, disable the 02 check after the cat etc. Not all tested but there for myself and others to pursue. I expect that some already have and hopefully they will share to prevent a retrace of steps already taken.
Lots of things to see, but beware, don't muck about unless you are ready for some downtime
Once again, I'll post more later as I'm in a rush at the moment but the best is yet to come. I have lots of tips to share on das in general which are again fairly lacking from what I have found to date.