View Single Post
Old 04-03-2009, 02:44 PM   #81
Akademiks
Banned
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,477
Drives: SL600
Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkoCL65 View Post
You can do anything with enough money. There would be a substantial cost involved as the majority of the components would have to be fabricated. Items such as pedal cluster, fluid reservoir and hydraulic lines, bell housing, flywheel, transmission mounts, driveshaft, and possible exhaust mods. I imagine the downtime on a project like this would be almost a year. Then you have to get into endless hours figuring out how to have the TCU eliminated, or reworked, so that the ECU can continue to function properly. That in itself may be a "mission impossible".
As for the cost and down time, dang it. It'd be a good way to shed a couple pounds though lol

Ok, question, why can't we simply convert our cars to work without the ECU-- much like an old muscle car? I know Benzes are over-engineered but damn...
Akademiks is offline   Reply With Quote