Originally Posted by bullethead67
torque ratings were crazy? Is that a metric measurement? im guessing you are talking about peak torque. I just dont see how that small 4 cyl can have any kind of a broad torque curve. and definately not crazy. crazy is about 700ft lbs in SAE I guess its like 200 in metric.
-----for half that you could put in the srt-4 drive train and would be cheap to mod. And get 30mpg and save weight what more could you ask for.-----
Ok well thats just super... because everybody knows that fuel economy is paramount in a hot rod
save weight..... I guess thats for the corners.. well for the srt4 to beat out the next Hemi there better be a lot of corners on that particular track.... I would suggest a circle... really small too
what more could I ask for.... how about more displacement.. number of cyls isnt really required i just want the power of a bigger engine without the weed wacker sound
---------I agree with the one guy who said with all this money you can just buy a c6---------
You just dont get it.
I dont get it? No you dont get it. qoute me on this. It would be a huge waste of time to put in a hemi, you would kill the handling and the striaght line performance would not be as good as you hope. The whole swap would cost so much that you could buy a slk55, and then you would have it all. And i still would not consider a crossfire a hotrod even if it had a hemi. It would run low-mid 13's at best with the hemi, and thats being opptimistic. Congrats you just spent 20k to make your car run mid 13's. What a waste. And for the gas mileage its an added bonus. And everyone on this forum talks about gas mileage, numerous threads on it. And have you ever heard an SRT-4? Doesnt sound like a weed wacker. Before you sterotyping continues do some research first and get out of the 1960's.
Over 300 ft-lbs to the wheels out of a 2.4L with less than 2k in mods is crazy. Take it for what it is worth. And the srt-4 with a stage III kit from mopar ran low 12's. Its in sub compact car magazine. That 911 turbo turf. Take that and put it into the crossfire and your lil' poor nose heavy hemi crossfire wouldn't have a chance. Oh BTW watch some videos of the SRT-4 they are not to be taken lightly. They pull on you big bad v-8's. It comes done to dollars and cents, and it would be ludicrous to do that swap. I get it, but why? BIG WASTE of time and money.