Originally Posted by
amx1397
I was having my car converted by Rudy in Chicago and Matt in miami this is my 3 v8 . Burkekerman had pm me about this car
I could see it was Rudy's work, i told Burkekerman i don't know about that car here is what we talked about
Originally Posted by
Burkekernen
I'm in the market for an Srt6. I found one at a dealership with the e55 swap. Would you recommend owning one of these? Are there particular concerns or pitfalls I should know about?
in your opinion should a first time crossfire owner consider buying into a swap? quote
not really unless you have good knowledge of Mercedes and the crossfire send me some info like color or vin and where it is,(state) what are they asking for it ,, or give me a call i can tell you more like front and rear suspension fuel and performance parts on it. jim
Anchor Auto Outlet in NC. Silver sapphire blue with black hood. They want $22k. I'm thinking too good to be true. I'm very mechanically inclined but no Mercedes experience.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing
from the pic it might be worth it If there are no hidden problems, If i sold my srt6 for 16,000.00 i would buy it cause i have had two v8's so far. I have a v8 spare,,, V8 to put into a nice srt6 lot of work and i sold my last one for 20000. let me know what u plan to do,,, maybe i would call them jim
quote I left a message with the dealership and if it is still around on May i might do something. But if you do go after that one and sell your SRT6, let me know. I might be interested miles are low and the car is in good shape. quote
I am having a friend pick it up and do a few things to it before i go get it. fix cruise control , loose control arm in rear this what he found so far.
and with the dealer fees it went to 24,176.66+ 500 to go from ashville to the dealer with truck and trailer 2.5 hours each way we can also talk about my srt6 jim
Looks like Burkekernen waited too long and sounds like AMX snatched this one up. Have followed this one for a while...the seller tested the market for months and wasn't able to sell so finally came down on the price.
That would have been THE opportunity to own a V8 Crossfire as this would have been much cheaper and way less time consuming than tackling a conversion project yourself.
With these cars you have to act quick. There were only 2000+ cars ever made and maybe a handful V8s are floating around.
Who knows how many SRTs were totalled.
So if you find one you like you have to act quick. To tell a dealer if it's still available in May you will act is just not a good idea and why? Either buy it or else someone else will with these cars.
I hope you don't give up and continue searching. Why do you want a V8? Have you test driven a "stock" SRT6? Reliability wise I'd say it's best to purchase a stock SRT, then modify it for relatively cheap to be a real rocket.
If you have the V8 conversion, you'd need to know a little bit about these conversions as it's a much more complex project and you would want someone who knows what they are doing to work on those converted cars unless you are that skilled yourself.
For me, I drove a NA for over 11 years and loved that car. Then finally found a low mileage SRT6 last year with only 25,000 miles on it. I upgraded the Cold Air Intake, Smaller Supercharger Pulley, Upgraded pulley and ECU tune and the car makes more than enough horsepower. So much so that it becomes tough to get that power to the street without spinning the tires.
For me that is plenty. Good luck in your search.