I don't know where you are getting the lateral G numbers for the Crossfire, but the number from Car and Driver is .91 g on a 300 ft. skidpad. "In light of this, we also expected pretty respectable lateral-g numbers, an expectation that was vindicated on the skidpad: 0.91 g. That’s better than any lateral-g number we’ve recorded for the Nissan 350Z and equal to the performance turned in by the new Mazda RX-8 in our April comparo “Rotary Revival.” http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=2
Road and track puts it at .89 g on a 200 ft skidpad. I haven't read anything else that deviated less than .89 or more than .91 g.
I'm not knocking the SRT-4, I'm sure it's a fine automobile for many people, but the one thing that everyone says it lacks is handling (just like all the Crossfire reviews says it lacks power), even the 2004 models with the limited slip differential.
One thing I noticed about the SRT-4 is that it has a really impressive 5-60 acceleration time, 5.7 seconds I believe.