Any progress on V8 engine swap options?

[78F350]

I feel bad about not having mine done yet. A week ago, I finished up some work on the '04 and pushed my swap car into the garage. I got about 10 wires spliced (crimped) before getting myself all wrapped up in the crimp vs solder debate. Outside the engine compartment, I've decided to go with solder now.

And before I got back to it, I bought an '81 Scirocco from a junk yard, so now my attention is a little divided again.

I have the same engine and ECU as SpecboxCo. All the stuff that he said about the wiring concurs with what I have found. I think we can find work arounds for most of it, like a temp switch wired to the Boxster's fan relay line ( it looks like the 7.1.1 runs a similar line to the HVAC module). same thing for the low fuel light; If the Audi ECU doesn't have it, find a spot to tap the signal you want and wire it in.

Of course, what model year you are swapping into will make a difference. I haven't looked at the 5.2 DMEs, but I think the 32 valve is the way to go with those. XR_Guys posted a nice spreadsheet in this thread if you are looking for the DME 7.2 pin assignments: https://www.renntech.org/forums/topic/51783-boxster-dme-72-to-78-transplant/ There's already a good DME 7.8 .PDF floating around the net.