All the "rusty nuts" on my car have been broken and replaced... I am guessing a few knuckles were injured during the process (sorry guys).

My excuses are...
- It came that way
- Must have happend when I was not looking
- Sabotage
- Used a little too much de-greaser
- Winter road conditions

 

I'm gonna make a prediction:

1/4 mile ET: 10.97 sec

And that's only if Rudy and Paul are leaving the 55 AMG engine unmodded. If you add a tune, intake, pulleis, whatever else, you're looking at less.

Of course, that all assumes that you can actually get the car to stick at the launch without snapping all sorts of important parts. LOL

Damn. I really want one of these engine swaps.

 

Sabotage is my favorite! LMAO

It was probably FP!

 

heres the fastest sl55 timeslip
2003 Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG Hyevon Motors 1/4 mile Drag Racing timeslip specs 0-60 - DragTimes.com

he plenty modded but 1000 lbs heavier. isnt it .1 for evry 100 lbs? so stock v8 in the xfire should be close to this time

 

Do you recognize this car?

 

How difficult are these cars with the swaps to work on, compared to the 55AMG ... is there enough room to fix something that will inevitably go wrong on any car? Or will you need to pull the engine?

Great mod ... maybe one day

I'd thought that Rudy listed it previously at about $20k, but I guess not ... more pennies to save up

 

i had the privledge of seeing pauls car at the dragon gtg. from what i can see the fan will need to come out for any kind of pulley work. from the back and sides of the engine it looks as tight as the oem . i had to jack the motor to do mounts and the exhaust manis are a pain no matter what engine. plugs may be a bit tight but easier than a ls3 in a miata!!

 

Must be Beaner's car.

 

You got to see the car before I did? You got any more pic for me to look at?

 

No I haven't seen it in person. I found it on flickr while looking at XF pictures. Here is the link that will explain it for you
Blue Crossfire 55K Swap | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

Interesting...

 

The rear and sides of the engine are the same as OEM. When I installed my V8 I installed the engine with no accessories on it, not even a water pump, alternator, radiator, or fans. I wanted to make sure the car was serviceable, which it is. It is a tight fit but everything can be serviced just fine. There NO wasted space with the V8 conversion.

 

Open up a P.O. box number in a county/state that doesn't do emissions register the car there. THen have fun! Thats how street legal hot rods do it in emission towns.

 

Congrats Jim and give me a heads up when you go to the track and I'll head up there to see your runs...

 

whats it cost to have the V8 installed

 

Read page 2 of this thread.. usually the best information in forums is in between pages 1 and last.

 

yeah i missed it, thanks.

 

here is the latest update,,,,a lot, well most of you know i am getting a 5.5 amg v8 motor and tranny installed into my black crossfire srt6.. here are some of the details,
I contracted with Rudy and Paul of accelerated industries to do the trun key operation,( transplant)
I shipped my car to Wi in Dacember 2010
Paul had a hard time finding me the engine i want,, he found it and he will get it for me in the middle of Jam 2011
the rear (wavetrac) i am hoping is done before the car is finished so Paul and Rudy can install it.
I contacted patrick( pte), and had him build me a 180 therostat for the 5.5 v8, and he is shipping it to Rudy today
Rudy is working on the lettering for the rear deck of the car.
the intake maniflods, and the intake will be teflon coated black the valve covers will be silver.
Rudy has some peformance parts that he will install,, like pully tune, some exhaust tricks so i can use some the srt6 exhaust.
I also purchased the wheels and tires from Rudy's srt6 before he sold it.
i have two sets of drag radials to use ,,313 35 17 and or 255 50 16 will test them both the best for the ve i keep as both with the 6 got me 12.20 ET.
now we wait!

 

What happening with the original engine thats being taken out?

 

It's currently still available to go into someone's base/limited.