Thank you apkano, I noticed you were a constant on the forum so I look to talking with you more often, last night I read nearly all the threads in the first few pages of all the forum topic sections; I learned so much already.

I know that I want to do the TVT250 upgrade for sure or at least part of it. If that is the one with the ECU tune do I have to take it to someone to do it or can I do that myself.

How much more of a difference is it between the coupe and roadster? I presume if at 6"4' if you can fit and still have extra room I should have plenty for my head and a helmet as I am only 6"0.
I looked into the overall heights and my research has shown:
Height (in.) 51.50 (coupe) 51.70 (roadster).
Front Headroom (in.) 36.90 (coupe) 37.30 (roadster)
so it doesn't seem to be to be that big of a difference, but numbers can lie and owner experiance is the best.


I think your right about the brakes, worst case scenario I might just upgrade pads and rotors. How do the stock brakes hold up to heat resistance and brake fade on HSAX track (specifically refering to either Gingerman Raceway, Autobahn Country Club, or Road America tracks).

I'm glad to see so much positive response these cars have to CAI. Only thing that amazes me is the astronomical prices of them. I realize its a dual intake setup but on my dual intake for my 300ZX it costs 100$, nearly 4 times that for the Crossfire, but you have to pay to play I guess and this isn't your crappy Nissan type car. I would like to keep the dual intake look though and I saw it is possible.

I'm also glad to see I'm not the only person who is going to be driving it year round and in the winter. As soon as I found out about the massive sized tires and the staggered setup I looked online for tire prices to see if I could afford tires (I've been known to use up tires in less then 2 months before). I am debating on weather I would need a spare set of actual wheels for the back to keep winter tires on. With the staggered setup is there a size of tires or a combination front to back that I should watch out for? I thought you cant change tire sizes with traction control on the car, that it would freak it out and constantly work. I may be wrong. Also, Would there be any improvements in braking if I were to downsize the wheels and tires?

I have seen diffusers for these cars on the rear end, are there any full underbody belly pans to make the entire bottom flat. I have found that there is one that comes under the front which you have to take out to take the oil drain bolt out, but I would like to cover up the ENTIRE underbody. Are there any aero or computational fluid dynamic pictures of the Crossfire Coupe (non-SRT) to show the air flow around the car?

Thank you for your speedy response to most of my questions. If anyone else has the answer to the rest I'd be very happy to hear. And don't worry, you can tell me all the bad things too, I'm already set on it, so unless I find out that all the engines sludge (it's not the Chrysler 2.7 engine LOL) or the 6 speed M/Ts die on you (I already found out about the faulty linkage and TSB about the rear gear), I will be getting the car.

P.S. Or if you tell me it burns up like a Fiero, but I guess with 8quarts (I think thats what I read) of oil it should be fine.