lately i have seen several adds on ebay for dropped out srt-6 engines. my question is, if there is a direct fitment (swap), or if you need to modify some things. i have an automatic so i know it's compatible in that sense. tell me what you know...

thanks!

 

Sure, if you got lots of money.

You will need new ECU, intercooler, plumbing, pumps, etc...

 

the cheaper solution is to sell yours and buy an srt 6 if the performance is the result you want...

besides you will get numerous other things like brakes and exhaust...

but if you wanted to replace your engine with the srt-6 engine it is very possible, will it fit.? of course will it be safely useable? not without modifications...

 

OK, this is my first post here. I am a new owner of an '05 X-Fire LTD. My last car was an '03 MAZDAspeed Protege that I modified from the frame up.

My car-club and I modified everything from the entire chassis i.e. front and rear sway bars to, drilled and slotted rotors and stainless steel brake & clutch lines, new built engine modified turbo with custom made intercooler and pipes. Custom engine management system, engine knock control, custom springs and after market adjustable struts, drop down LCD screens with DVD player, Xbox 360 and laptop with Navigation and touchscreen system. custom racing exhaust with cat delete pipe section and interchangeable racing cat section.

Anyway, that is a very non-specific quick rundown, but my point is; the car-club and I are in the process of designing a build out for my 05 X-Fire and will begin the project as soon as we meet with the project management team. I am looking forward to getting to know you all and I hope I am successful in the future modifications on my car.

We are known for being a grassroots mod/race team for helping others for free and known for creating video and micro-detailed electronic documents; how-to's and guides to modifying cars. I look forward to creating these and providing them to the X-Fire community for free and hope to see a real grassroots, X-Fire modding movement take place...

So with that said, get ready to hold on to a something and partake in this great experience that is soon to become a reality...


For links of where I uses to hangout you can go to www.msprotege.com & www.dfwmazdas.com I have not really posted much in the last year and a half due to health problems and being laid off from my job of 14 years. In Addition, my family and I lost everything we owned, but we are rebuilding and the X-Fire represents the new us rising from the ashes, like that of the Phoenix...

When you go to www.msprotege.com just do a search of posts made by a certain user and use the handle ApocMan, that is my handle there as well... I hope this may give you an idea of who I am and what to expect from a level of forum participation...

 

Good Luck, you have no idea what you're getting into if you're considering a performance rebuild on the Crossfire... PS: welcome to the forum...

 

How about doing your own research, taking some initiative and learning something instead of standing there with your hand out... Kinda like your sig says... "GOTTA LOVE DADDY"... He probably bought you the car, pays for your insurance and gives you money for gas when you cry.

 

lol for real.

 

You have to stop being so subtle!!!

 

I can truly understand HDDP your statement, but after spending years learning and modding mainly Mazda Protégés & Miatas with a few other cars thrown in here and there i.e. member bought new car or neighbor had a Pontiac GYP S/C they wanted to fix up and requested our help. I also spent thousands of dollars. I think my total stopped around 10K from 2003-2006 and half of that was spent on mistakes, wrong parts and bad advice.

We started the car club so we would have a group of like minded people with common goals and interests in one place focused on one car, one plan and one goal to make most of our ideas and thoughts become reality and we actually ended up with some very peppy-decently-fast cars...

For the most part there always was a cheaper more logical solution, but that would have nullified the journey and the memories I now have. In addition, the knowledge and experience I carry with me is priceless. In '03 I didn't know how to change my oil, now after somewhere around 10 almost frame-up modification rebuilds that were very painfully and expensive, but all ended successfully some where (work on the weekends only) jobs which span across a few years to a few straight through projects that took a few months to complete there would be car club members (those whose car was currently in my garage being worked on at the time)living at my house while their cars were being transformed and others coming over during the day and some at night.

We all worked on each others cars for free and assisted in any manner required i.e. giving people rides to work/school or loaning cars to each other to drive while ones car was being worked on or broke-down, providing tools and parts, food, drinks all for free because we had a motto "it all comes out in the wash!" and if there was a part needed it would be provided some how, some way.

Then there even was other members there hanging out just to watch and provide garage talk throughout the process i.e. the one guy who always said he knows how to do something better and for cheaper, but for some reason he either doesn't have the right tools or some other reason stopping him from actually helping and not just provide us with his wisdom and direction...

Anyway, I guess my point is, I love the journey no matter the cost and difficulties it may entail and actually look forward to the challenge.

Excuse my spelling if I hacked up my words...

 

ApocMan,

It is good to see a constructive addition such as yourself to this stale forum. You will find many followers of the "nay-sayers" here in this community (which I see hasn't take them long to rise up). It's a sad reality, but there are some good individuals still here. I also recommend MBWorld's forum which has a lot of performance oriented individuals like yourself. Those guys are very informative and are willing to help one another out. Welcome to the board.

 

i think what hddp was saying that there are a lot of horror stories out there and you need to be prepared for the absolute worst... expect to have a lap top handy cause at a certain point your going to have to go stand alone... no one is saying that you can't do it, its just a matter of having no aftermarket backing so everything is custom one off parts binned or fabbed from scratch. for some that's the fun but it gets to a point where you need to be a damn computer programmer to figure it out. i wish i had the ***** to just go and do the turbo. i don't really care about the warranty at all but to spend all that money and have a car that won't even start is a bit freakin scary when i'm still making payments. so more power to you and keep us updated on your build. i love to hear positive stuff as far as tweaking for power and finding out what others did to get more power!!! hope you have more success than others.

 

If you read my post correctly, there was not one word of negativity, only fair warning... Coincidentally, I am in the process of doing a SRT6 engine swap with the manual 6 spd...

I know exactly what it's going to take, and it's an expensive PIA ...

 

None taken as a matter of fact (I truly understand all that has been said thus far, is true!) I just will not be able to control myself and I'll do the worlds hardest and most expensive mod that only gains 1 extra HP and as I'm turning around feeling proud about it somebody has to walk up and say to me.

"OH, Man! that sucks it took you an entire year and you spent $12,000 to gain a whopping, awesome 1 HP, but I'll let you in on a little known secret, I just bought the worlds best turbo kit off Ebay for $1,200 and I just got back from the Dyno after installing it and my ebay turbo kit put 800 RWHP and it comes with a 100,000 mile money back warranty and includes a rental for when their fixing my car!"

I'll just simply act like I didn't hear them and keep standing on the rooftop smiling like I'm the worlds best Mod'er and mechanic (you know that feeling I'm talking about. The one feeling where you just watched a bad *** martial arts movie and your walking out of the theater thinking to yourself "I could do all those moves better than Jet Lei ever could!!! Man, if some punk walked up right now, I would break his neck in one tenth of a second with my pinkie to the neck death blow!!! The one move I never showed anyone, so I would always have an ace in the hole when I'm fighting people."

(this is where you envision it all in your head).

Dam, got off track there a little! Sorry everyone...

Thanks for the well placed warnings, but I know that I will still end up attempting everything that is modifiable before giving up... and realize I should have just bought an SRT-6 to begin with...