Originally Posted by ben's car audio
cross1; I totally agree on a little more HP but I disagree on the gearing - our cars have 3.27 ratios in them now and it gives a top end up over 145!!! I think with the lack of hp it would benefit greatly to go to at least a 3.7 or lower gear. I owned a mustang wsp pursuit car a few years ago, and it totally changed the character of the car when I went from 3.08 to 3.73 - fifth was actually usable below 100 mph, it closed up some of the space between the gears so the "R's" didn't drop so much. And the top speed actually went up to 145 because it was able to pull redline in fifth!!
IMHO
Ben, I completely agree with you. An SRT-6 with a 3.73:1 final drive ratio would have no problem running in the high 12's. It would probably put a Limited automatic into the mid 14's. But a 6 spd. has a 4.46:1 first gear, so combined with 3.73's, all you would really have is a "creeper" gear in 1st. Thanks to the overdrive though, cruising speeds (at least in the good old USA) would hardly be affected.
As for the Crossfire selling better if it cost more. I personally don't think so. But then I don't perceive a car to be better, just because it cost more. And since I'm on record as saying I feel Honda builds the best cars, I suppose my opinion really doesn't mean very much to those BMW and Mercedes buyers that may have considered buying a new Crossfire.