George, thank you for the kind words! I was essentially raised up as an engineer, and became one in life. One thing I was taught early on is that if you can explain your ideas clearly enough that the average person can understand and conceptualize what you are talking about, then you yourself have mastered those ideas. I also admit that at times during this blog I have been stuck on a particular technical item, and as I am typing these mini-novels out, it trips something, and I have a new way of looking at a problem I may not have even gotten to explain here. There are tons of details to a project like this, but most of those are boring, and no one wants to read about them. Heck, lots of people don't want to read what is already here! My hope in this is that I get what I have done out on 'paper' and can use it as a reference later on. I also hope it sparks an idea off for other people on things to do, but what I hope the most is that others can learn exactly what not to do, and therefore save time, money, and effort. Lord knows how many mistakes have been made, or wrong avenues have been traveled since the summer of 2021 when this began. However, I do not want people to be turned off from doing really cool things with their cars. The Crossfire offers the opportunity to harvest parts and ideas from so many MB and Chrysler vehicles, and actually have them work. In a lot of ways, the very basic electronics (compared to its MB contemporaries) make it a little bit of a blank canvas, and therefore a possibility in adding new and modern features. I definitely see 722.9 (7G) transmission swaps becoming the "in" thing for Crossfire mods within the next couple of years. What has made this particular one difficult is that I didn't just go for a basic 7G, but instead went for the gold on the MCT version (much more complicated). If that bar can be cleared, then the 7G swap will become altogether commonplace before we know it.

I see you are in SC. I hope we get to meet in person at the Fall Rally!