My car has been down for a while, fixing my AC compressor, but I plan on getting it together in the next week-ish, so I'll be able to do some experimenting.
Here's an excerpt from an email I just sent Julex, explaining my thoughts and intended plan of action on this:
" So, it seems like things for us have to go like this.
1. Get a developed .xdf. RS4boost posted a huge .kp, and if I'm not mistaken nyet has a program that turns the .kp into a nice .xdf. Maybe that's something one of us should talk to him about. Otherwise, prj has posted on the forums an .xdf that he autogenerated. Also, nehalem sounds like he has since done more work on it, so maybe we should get his updated version before trying to do any more work on that. We need to get unified on the .xdf development front so that effort isn't wasted. But as-is, we have enough info to get an M-box car tuned with a K-box.
2. So, prepared with a K-box tune with the basic maps switched in the K-box with my values for fueling, maf etc, I think I'm going to flash an immo defeated K-box 95040 EEPROM with ArgDub's flasher, flash the K-box .bin (via Galletto boot mode if NefMoto won't), and I think everything should work. Nehalem's issues with the VARDEF and all that I think will be cured by flashing the K-box 95040, which he hasn't done yet. Eventually I actually plan on getting an immo ignition coil, RFID chip for my key, and adapting my cluster to the K-box, having immo active.
3. With a running box, I think the pressing (not sure how pressing) issues are coding out the RS4 intake air flap (prj posted solution here
http://nefariousmotorsports.com/forum/index.php?topic=2342.msg24639#msg24639 ), coding out the 2nd bank camshaft adjuster DTC (which seems like we should be close to finding, with the DTC table prj listed in the post below the last one linked), and tuning out the oil temp based rev limiter (referenced here
http://nefariousmotorsports.com/forum/index.php?topic=2169.msg20878#msg20878 ).
4. Once those are good, I think then we worry about tweaking the throttle body/plate and knock recognition stuff from the APB.
5. After that, I'd love to figure out the map locations for all of the pressure conversion maps, and throw a 4-bar MAP sensor in there. And also LC, NLS, and map switching.
Those are my thoughts on the whole thing at least. I think someone could have an M-box car running on a K-box in one night if they just flash the immo defeated EEPROM and K-box bin modified for their hardware."