Maybe is a Dallas/Ft. Worth TX. mindset, but the world I'm from also shares all their knowledge and we have a saying "it all comes out in the wash" we did what ever it took to modify our Mazda Proteges and Miatas. It really built a ton of great memories working together and got my mind off the daily grinds of life. My wife and two kids go into it as well.
Being the fact my family and I have lost everything in the last year and a half, due to me being laidoff of a job of 14 years and having to start over.
In addition, being diagnosed in the past weeks with a rare form of bone marrow disorder that is can turn into a form of Luekeimia and mostly found in men over 60, Im 35
so I'm been tired a lot more than normal, but I'm still excited about working hand in hand with Lantana on making our dreams come true.
Life is way to short to not dare the impossible and dream, then turn those dreams into reality. I hope to one day be at "our weekly car meet" checking out each others cars saying things like "Man, I can't beleive we modded all of our cars!" and take them out for drives and do stupid things like cookouts and go to races etc... My family I loved those moments and talk about them still...
Originally Posted by LantanaTX
Maxwell is pretty much right. One of the problems is that the Crossfire has always been a mixed bag. Not quite a great sports car and not quite a great grand tourer. My vision for my car is for it to be more of a grand tourer that can hold its own on the road. The world I come from everyone supported each other and shared just about everything we learned. I sure don't think Startech would like me to figure this out and post it all over the internet. One thing I have noticed is that when you get into the high line cars performance mods are guarded national secrets with vendors excepting large sums of money from ill-informed owners. many of these dupes feel that there car is so special and so well engineered that any performance increase should come at a price that lesser people could not afford. Just so you guys know, people on the real world are adding turbos and superchargers every day to all kinds of cars for under $2500.
One thing I have always like about Mercedes is their durability. You just don't see that many Mercedes engines with a rod sticking out of the side of the block. My mother put 325,000 miles on a SE500 and it still ran when we pried it away from her. She treated her new lincoln the same way and went through two engines in three years.
I like many of the engines you guys suggest, but I am also interested in protecting my investment. I think it is best to keep the car all Mercedes. While the Hemi would be cool, it would be kind of like putting a viper motor in an SLR.
I really like superchargers and/or V8's. I personally like superchargers over turbos because they make it feel like you just have a bigger engine. The power comes on very linear. And of course there is no substitute for cubic inches!