Originally Posted by DEScottzz
Steve, I never said I'd beat you. I just said I might surprise you. I'm driving a plain jane commuter 5-door with a four cylinder motor. You'd probably be surprised if you could still see me in the rear view mirror after ten seconds.
I would never come to your forum talking trash. I'd like to be a welcome guest here even if I don't end up buying a Crossfire. And I sure don't want you thinking that Saab drivers are a bunch of jerks!
Saabs are not particularly well known as high performance cars, so you might also be surprised to see this video of a standing mile in a well-tweaked Viggen.
http://www.stcf.net/viggen/sp09_incar.wmv
This guys posts on some of the Saab boards, and if I recall, he's putting over 500 HP to the wheels. (To save you doing the units conversion, 292 kilometers/hour = 181.4 MPH.)
A couple other comments and questions:
First of all, there are a couple of SRT-6 cars for sale in town at surprisingly reasonable prices. I think I'll try to drive at least one of them next weekend.
To Jeff: That's sure a pretty droptop C900 in your driveway.
Regarding intercoolers and heat exchangers: There's a separate heat exchanger, but does the intercooler coolant mix with the engine coolant, or is there a separate reservoir? If there was a separate tank that you could pack with ice, that would be the ticket for the drag strip.
And do people typically upgrade the intercooler part on top of the engine, or just the heat exchanger?
Thanks again to everyone for the warm welcome!
Dave
I understand Dave. I was just giving friendly ribbing.
That would be great if you decided on an SRT adding to the Texas list. You would have a lot of fun with it for sure. The car draws a ton of attention and well deserved respect.