Originally Posted by faiz23
in my opinion i do not think it is worth it. Their is monetary and non monetary things to look at to decided. For $10,000 CDN which is $8200 US you can use that money to add a supercharger to your car or even drop a v8 in and still have money to beef up your suspension.
what i am saying you can do better for same or less.
tvt is soon to release a 3.8l short block which if you get the complete package it will put down 400hp. i am guessing between $3-$4k for the engine forged setup and you can choose high compression or low compression so you can run turbo or supercharger in the future to jump upto 500-600hp. now imagine that for the same price as the upgrade but you will be faster than others with srt6.
you need to decide what it is that you want since $8200 us is a lot to ask for and you can get the same forged internals, better suspension than the srt using koni adjustable shocks and eibach springs. better brakes by using mercedes c32 amg brembo 4 piston brakes with stainless lines, and 345mm rotor compared to 330mm on srt.
thanks
Except he could just buy the SRT and an intake and run a 12 second quarter mile. You'd have to do everything mentioned above AND ADD A TRANSMISSION to get there.
Going to a dealership and buying a low 13/high 12 second car (that may even have a full factory warranty), or doing what amounts to a complete motor and transmission swap (don't forget getting the CPU to cooperate) isn't even a comparison. Then you suggest he take that motor swap, and go through the task of adding a blower or turbo to it?
Never mind the fact that there are maybe 1-3 V8 crossfires on the entire planet?
Motorswap, trans swap, dealing with the ECU/CPU, brakes and adding forced induction PLUS LABOR (I'd never assume someone could just do that on their own) would take months and thousands and thousands of dollars.
Should we compare reliability of the two options you propose, as well.....?