Racing The Crossfire

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Mar 6, 2006 | 10:09 PM

#21 (permalink)

xfire1

Forum Regular

Joined: Oct 2005

Posts: 687

Likes: 0

From: NYC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Hddp...
Do You Drive The Crossfire To The Track Or Is It On A Flatbed/trailer?

Great Photos... And As Always I Am Keeping An Eye Out For The Vids...

Thanks Again
J.

Mar 8, 2006 | 07:13 PM

#22 (permalink)

HDDP

Thread Starter

Senior Member

Joined: May 2004

Posts: 4,094

Likes: 8

From: Charleston, SC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Quote:

Originally Posted by woody

Great pics, and good to hear that the brake upgrade was worth the effort. Does the pedal feel any better and does the performance stay consistent after several laps? I find that after 10 laps or so on the stock brakes the pedal tends to get a bit softer (it always seems a bit soft normally anyway), although the stopping power still seems as good, you just start to feel a bit less confident with them.

EDIT Oops, just read the bit about the spongy brakes!

Its so frustrating when you have a quicker car through the twisty bits. You get held up trailing the slower car through the bend, which compromises your exit speed, then they disappear down the straight and you're screwed for the whole length of the straight with it all to do again. I even used to get this in the PT. I would move over on the straight to let an obviously faster car through only to baulked as they dawdled through the chicanes.

Simon.

The pedal did get a bit spongier after the first 30 minute event. I'll try to figure out if it is a bleeding issue or, as Gary Johnson recommended, upgrading to the SRT6 master cylinder to keep a larger amount of fluid in the system... But, they worked famously, I would recommend it to anyone looking to upgrade their brakes.

I always have the same issue of higher HP cars passing on the straights and then me having to re-pass in the corners... It's just part of the game...

Mar 8, 2006 | 07:47 PM

#23 (permalink)

x'ed

Senior Member

Joined: Apr 2004

Posts: 1,822

Likes: 1

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Quote:

Originally Posted by HDDP

Wrong track... the dyno is at ButtonWillow, so I didn't yet... Which headers ? the Custom Super Sprint, or the others ?

i'm not sure, have you been able to get either of them, i don't see any in your sig.

Mar 8, 2006 | 08:01 PM

#24 (permalink)

HDDP

Thread Starter

Senior Member

Joined: May 2004

Posts: 4,094

Likes: 8

From: Charleston, SC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Quote:

Originally Posted by x'ed

i'm not sure, have you been able to get either of them, i don't see any in your sig.

I'll keep you posted with the results, I'm still testing and don't want to steer anyone down the wrong path until I install both different sets and figure out which is better and more cost effective...

Mar 8, 2006 | 09:22 PM

#25 (permalink)

Roadkill

Joined: Feb 2006

Posts: 49

Likes: 0

From: Phoenix, Arizona

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Great Job. Maybe this twin turbo setup will materialize and you can have over 400 hp to run with the big dawgs in the straights. Or maybe DC will sit up and finally take notice of what they could have had if they had created an aftermarket for the crossfire.
So what was the total cost for the brake setup? Seems easy enough for anyone to do as long as DC supplies the right parts.

Mar 8, 2006 | 10:30 PM

#26 (permalink)

HDDP

Thread Starter

Senior Member

Joined: May 2004

Posts: 4,094

Likes: 8

From: Charleston, SC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roadkill

I think I posted all the correct part #'s and prices in a different post entitled "SRT6 Brake Upgrades"... I have been working with Lenny at http://www.chryslerpartsdirect.com.

He has everything squared away now for the correct part #'s and the sort, so you won't have to go through the headache I did...

Mar 17, 2006 | 03:21 AM

#27 (permalink)

HDDP

Thread Starter

Senior Member

Joined: May 2004

Posts: 4,094

Likes: 8

From: Charleston, SC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Last edited by HDDP; Mar 17, 2006 at 03:25 AM.

Mar 17, 2006 | 06:38 AM

#28 (permalink)

atrius

Joined: Aug 2005

Posts: 99

Likes: 0

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Quote:

Originally Posted by HDDP

I once thought that the Crossfire was Silver. Absolutely had to be silver. I was wrong. Black is good, too.

Mar 17, 2006 | 09:48 AM

#29 (permalink)

xfire1

Forum Regular

Joined: Oct 2005

Posts: 687

Likes: 0

From: NYC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

HDDP

XF brother...

you are a Class Act...

U put the H in crossfire...

CHROSSFIRE

nice photo update... as the blackhawk HELI photos on the other thread
are CrAzY...!!! ...crazy!

j

Mar 18, 2006 | 04:59 PM

#30 (permalink)

HDDP

Thread Starter

Senior Member

Joined: May 2004

Posts: 4,094

Likes: 8

From: Charleston, SC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

Waving the flag for DC at California Motor Speedway.

Mar 18, 2006 | 05:32 PM

#31 (permalink)

andrew

Administrator

Joined: Nov 2003

Posts: 7,525

Likes: 18

From: Columbus, Ohio

-C-I-C-C-I Associate Member

Re: Racing The Crossfire

i can't believe chrysler doesn't paint the entire underside of the hood... even if the sound deadening normally covers it.

Mar 18, 2006 | 06:13 PM

#32 (permalink)

HDDP

Thread Starter

Senior Member

Joined: May 2004

Posts: 4,094

Likes: 8

From: Charleston, SC

Re: Racing The Crossfire

I was surprised as well, maybe they saved $12 in paint... It all adds up in the long run... Don't worry Andrew, It's going to be a completely different car when you see it at the end of the summer. You'll hate it... LOL