Great news... Through much investigating I finally received contact from the guy in Germany who got his Crossfire 5.0 6-speed to run. He is going to put me in contact with the guys he went through to make it work. They are Mercedes software engineers and it cost him quite a bit more than I would pay but hopefully since they know what to do the cost will drop significantly. We will find out tomorrow.

Another thing that is amazing is they can make it start by the key!!!!!!! So the guys running auto's with the start buttons may be in luck if it all pans out.