Disappointment
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Re: Disappointment
Originally Posted by grphtmtlc11
To mod a regular Crossfire to 350+hp, it costs about as much as buying a Viper would. All you can do is change the exhaust, intakes, and add a chip. and that alone costs about $1,000+. $500 magnaflow + $400 merc intake + $200 chip. when you get into renntech mods, the cheapest upgrade is about $10k and you still don't break the 300 hp mark.
Re: Disappointment
I had a 06' Limited Coupe prior to buying a SRT-6.
My Limited was a great car. Lots of power, great acceleration on the freeway. Basically - a great touring coupe which is what the car was made for. It could easily keep up with most cars on the road. (but not all).
But it was not a race machine, traffic light to traffic light competition was OK but not fantastic. The Autostick transmission seemed to not know what to do if you really jumped on it from a dead or rolling stop.
Having only owned trucks my entire life prior to buying the Limited I was easily impressed, but when the "inventory reduction" SRT's went on the market, I could not help but want more; and more is what I got. The transmission on my SRT has its act together and knows how to handle any action.
If you want a bullet - upgrade to an SRT-6.
I never see any on the road (or other XF's) and can take on all requests and boy they seem to come out of the woodwork when I am driving this car.
No regrets on buying or driving either car. I think all Crossfires are great cars and are now priced right and an exceptional value. Everything else is just a clone of something else. Or so it seems to me.
My Limited was a great car. Lots of power, great acceleration on the freeway. Basically - a great touring coupe which is what the car was made for. It could easily keep up with most cars on the road. (but not all).
But it was not a race machine, traffic light to traffic light competition was OK but not fantastic. The Autostick transmission seemed to not know what to do if you really jumped on it from a dead or rolling stop.
Having only owned trucks my entire life prior to buying the Limited I was easily impressed, but when the "inventory reduction" SRT's went on the market, I could not help but want more; and more is what I got. The transmission on my SRT has its act together and knows how to handle any action.
If you want a bullet - upgrade to an SRT-6.
I never see any on the road (or other XF's) and can take on all requests and boy they seem to come out of the woodwork when I am driving this car.
No regrets on buying or driving either car. I think all Crossfires are great cars and are now priced right and an exceptional value. Everything else is just a clone of something else. Or so it seems to me.
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Re: Disappointment
Originally Posted by HDDP
What the F are you talking about: http://www.cars.com/go/search/search...l&aff=national
renntech performance package 6: high boost supercharge kit with intercooler: $23k for a total of $48k + exhaust + intake, etc.
i'm just saying if i had that much money to throw away, i'd buy a used viper (if i still liked chrysler/dodge products at all, plus the new vipers are ugly) or at least buy an srt-6: that way you have everything for < $30k
Last edited by grphtmtlc11; Aug 1, 2007 at 08:34 PM.
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