I'm not in the US and I don't live near a big city so the usual big power V8 swaps are impractical for me and 400 whp would be fine. Which means that a supercharger swap may be more viable I guess, SRT's are stupidly priced here so forget that option. A V8 would still be great so I'm wondering if a transplant from a R171 Mercedes would do but the Xfire is R170 based so compatibility rears it's annoying head and they are under 400 whp. Basically I don't know what to do if a Xfire is the project car of choice.

 

A suggestion? Send a PM to one of the posters in this forum (since this is a Crossfire forum). Those who post in these specialty posts seem like they would share their experiences. Also, members here (for many years) have solved the dropping of a V-8 into a crossfire, and know a few who have either helped or solved the hardware/software enough to make it work (kinda expensive though). Good luck in your goals!


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Thanks for the advice, I have read a lot of V8 build threads here and they have sort of made me ask the question above. I don't really expect a specific answer otherwise someone else would have done it. But if you don't ask ......

Maybe the best option is to wait for someone who wants to sell a SRT at a sensible price and get that. Then it could either be developed as is or else single turbocharged, I have experience with turboing a 3 liter Nissan V6 making 420 real horses atw and spinning the wheels at low revs from starts. The SRT is set up for boost which is crucial.

 

I have a complete SRT6 powertrain, and, yes, I can put it on a pallet to ship to Oz. I've shipped pallets of turbochargers there in the past. US$2500 for the engine and trans, both in good operating order.

 

Good offer Neil but the idea of a Xfire has been dumped, see my topic in Competition.