Originally Posted by
shaag78749
Thanks, Gary. Do the SRT6 springs, which have a higher spring rate, assist in sweepers and slaloms? What shocks do you have? I found the H&R front bar very helpful in eliminating the tendency for the Crossfire to push in corners. Thanks again for the help.
Stefan
Well, I stole this from another part of the forum - "NA
Crossfire is 285lbs per inch in the front and 354lbs in the rear. Mercedes claims that the SRT-6 is 50% stiffer" - I can't really answer your question because I never ran the NA car in stock form, I swapped in the SRT rear springs prior to starting last years events. (I ran my SRT6 the year before and couldn't touch the Bimmers in FS class) So I bought this car primarily for Autocross in DS class. The lot we run most of our events on is unsealed blacktop and I get tons of front grip with the Nitto's and the current setup. I do get some understeer / push on the sealed blacktop lots,
I'm planning to swap in the front SRT springs this spring and go with the H&R front sway bar. My plan is to also swap in a SRT rear diff to get higher ratios, and possibly add an LSD (Budget permitting.) If you watch the video above, I actually was going to 3rd gear on the last section - These long courses we run have me hanging out on the rev limiter in 2nd quite a bit. The higher gear ratios in the SRT rear end should help.