I guess we're all looking for different things from our Crossfires... My OEM suspension was gutted @ 1,000 miles in 2004, because it was too soft and undesirable for what I perceived as a sports car. The SRT6 was the same, too mushy in the corners, too much body roll and way too much understeer... The OEM car can only be categorized as a "FLOATER" in the corners...

IMO tighten the suspension unless you're using the car to serve martini's and don't want to spill anything... Once this is done, the lack of HP will be overcome by the ability to out-corner the opponent.

As far as the power to weight ratio, it's pretty low for both the N/A & S/C version and the Auto Trans. on the SRT6 makes it even less desirable for a sports car...

For track purposes we've done some research & calcs. on gutting the N/A 6 speed with minor A/M performance products and could get the car to 2,580 lbs with 260 hp... Still no STALLION!!! I think the spec. miata would have a better P/W ratio... Not very promising for the Crossfire...

The SRT6 is definitely out of contention for any SCCA racing, as they do not allow automatic transmissions in most club racing...

So, I guess this is just a mediocre two seat cruiser, both N/A & S/C... I think I'll start looking at the '06 Pontiac Solstice hardtop with 254 HP... I read that they are specifically building the car for spec. SCCA racing...