Just got off the phone with my friend who's an engineer at Chrysler.
Would you believe that while Chrysler plans to replace 4 Mercedes and Chrysler engines with a new Phoenix V6, they're also shipping the 5.7 liter, 340 HP Hemi V8 to Germany, where it will be installed into the 2008 Crossfire.
Sweet!

 

I thought they were done with the Crossfire?

 

this is obviously an April fools joke.

 

Ah...you got me +fireamx.

 

Hopefully this is not true, but since they have a 5 year contract with "karmann" and it has only been 3 it very well maybe possible, but very very hopefully not... besides the 340 hemi v8 will not be any more powerful than the current srt engine... so **** it either way all it will do is make our car less rare and less valuable without bringing any advantage to our side...

Please chrysler enough bad choice...

 

Har Har Har

 

and it would STILL only be available in auto. at least you got a good laugh though.

 

Wow...tuff crowd. I should know better than to try the pull the wool over the collective eye's of this forum.
I hope everybody had a great April Fools Day.

On a side note, since it's officially April 2nd. I'm celebrating my 2nd. anniversary with my Crossfire today. Everybody's welcome to some cake and ice cream.

As Sides pointed out, Chrysler did indeed have a 5 year contract with Karmann, and I wouldn't count the Crossfire out just yet. But I do think AMG has assembled the last of the 3.2 Supercharged Mercedes V6 engines we'll ever see. So would it really be such a bad thing if they actually did build a Crossfire with a 340 HP Hemi?
Personally, I would love to hear the sound of an American V8 coming from a Crossfires tail pipes. And with the development of the Challenger, I wouldn't be surprised to see a 6 spd. manual tranny to back it up if they did.
I know it's not going to happen, but it's fun to speculate.

 

The V8 would have 10 more hp and quite a few extra pounds. But I guess upgrades on the engine would be easy.

 

Would be a possibility if the Firepower concept car was approved for production and this was the '08 Crossfire'...although with a Hemi powerplant and a viper chassis that one would likely be built stateside.

 

I believe DCX already gave the Firepower the axe.

 

I bet a ready to rock "crate" HEMI is cheaper than a rebuilt M-B 3.2 !

I'm getting my tape measure out when I get home...

Making some "long-term" plans for this here little coupe!

Cheers,

Cincinnati Slim

"If some is GOOD, more is BETTER and too much is JUST ENOUGH"

 

Let's see here...

Metric Motors wants $7,350 for a rebuilt 3.2 M-B "longblock".

Mopar gets $ 7,625 for a 5.7 HEMI with sensors, injectors and "stand-alone" engine controller. Complete, ready to run, "plug and play".

I'm getting my tape measure out when I get home.

Slim

 

10 more horsepower, no way, if they were to put a v8 in a crossfire it would be at least 380...the challenger will have at least 400-425 hp...and i would take a nice v8 over a 3.2 s/c anyday.

 

I could almost hear the rumble of the Hemi in the SRT8...XF?