Originally Posted by +fireamx
Yeah, but the SLR doesn't have a Chrysler emblem on it. (As superficial as it may be on the Crossfire, it's still there).
As the years go by, and more and more Crossfires wind up in salvage yards, I wouldn't be surprised to see small block crate motor conversions showing up in them. But I agree, it would be kind of sad, no matter how much faster they may be. Well, faster than the Limited that is.
Being a life time AMX owner, it always pissed me off when ever I was at the drags and I'd see some guy running an AMX with a Chevy small block instead of using an AMC motor, not because it was faster (it wasn't), just because it was "cheaper" to build.
I think alot of us would like to see you successfully transplant a Mercedes V8 into a Crossfire for 1,000's less than Startech wants for the same result.
Even though I'm sure you're much more than the average "shade tree mechanic", you don't come across like some large entrepreneur with millions at your disposal. So it gives the average guy some hope.
This sounds like it could get interesting.
Andrew took care of the emblems on my car, but they were about the only Chrylser parts I could find on the car. BTW, I like AMX's, I even know your car has no back seat and is not a Javelin. As far as money goes, I started drag racing in the seventies while I was in high school. I had no money then and had to use my brain more than my wallet to go fast. I eventually had one of the fastest Ford's in the Inland Empire area of Southern California. That race car was a '69 Mach 1. My tow car was first a '68 Shelby GT500KR and latter a '70 429SCJ Torino. I have owned and restored some other Ford Muscle cars and then moved to the Cobra roadster and then a GT40 that had and 8 barrel individual runner fuel injection system with a Motec M48 computer (after that the V8 mercedes engine in a Crossfire looks like child play). I have a very well equipped three car garage and have built cars from the bare frame in it. I have all kinds of different cars. this time last year I was playing with an old Alfa and my daily driver tricked out Mini. BTW, someone mentioned taking a SRT-4 and turning it to run north south. this is a fairly easy thing to do. In the kit car world this is very common. The only thing that is sometimes weird is you may have a long radiator hose running the to rear of the engine. I have also had friends take the Ford SHO
V6 and turn it north south and put it in street rods. This was an amazing looking engine that was actually built by Yamaha.