I took my roadster into a dodge dealership this morning to have some warranty work done (rotors turned). After the tech completed the repairs and came out to let me know everything was ok, he asked me if I had made some mods to the car. Well seeing I had very few miles on the car I said no why ? He said that he has worked on a couple crossfire with the supercharger and for some reason mine had far better pick-up then they did. He said in fact this car has as good if not better pick-up than cars with HEMI's. He commented I'd sure keep that car it runs better than any crossfire I've ever driven. He also asked were I got the crossfire emblems I put over the chrysler ones. He liked them much better than the chryslers. I really wanted to tell him about the sprint-booster I installed but didn't want to take a chance on voiding the warranty on the car. I gotta say it made me feel really good to think a tech noticed how much more power the car had.

 

Did you have anything else done? Turning the rotors isn't covered by the warranty is it?

 

The car only has 1k and it was covered by the warranty. No other repairs were needed, the car runs great. The car had pedal pulse when I bought it and it only had 30 or so miles on it.

 

Can you tell me more about the Sprint Booster. Is that only available for the SRT-6?

 

i'm shocked they just turned the rotors & didn't replace them.

 

Back up one page you'll see a 34 page long thread titled "Sprint Booster, a must have".
They are available for all Crossfires.
It is a little module that plugs into the gas pedal, then the factory plug, plugs into the module and it gets rid of all the throttle lag/delay.

 

Andrew - I was pissed too but they said they were not bad enough to replace. They told me they would warranty them for 3/36 since they turned them. I really don't think I'll have any problems since I don't drive the car hard. Now if only my rotex gold (back-ordered) pads would come in from brake world. Andrew the tech really liked your emblems he was really impressed with the quality. To the person that asked about the sprint-booster Mine is not supercharged! It's a limited with auto. and that's why the tech was so surprised about the fast pick-up.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

I would have told him to get the f' out of my car if he was driving it hard enough to notice a difference in the throttle response... So, basically he took your car on a little "slam the clutch" road trip around the dealership and wasted some rubber... LOL.

 

HDDP...Do you have a Sprint Booster, or driven a car with one?
I'm not trying to be a smart a** or anything, but if you drove one with a Sprint Booster, you'd know just how sensitive it is.
I had to learn how to drive my car all over again, with a light foot, too keep from spinning the tires on accident.
So its real easy to tell a difference just driving one like a normal car.

 

Derek, I do hope that you ordered one from the group buy because until you have tried it there is just no way to explain the difference. I understand your skepticism, but it does make that much of a difference...it is very noticeable. If I had not sold mine (it was just too aggressive for my style of driving) I would have shipped it to you to try.

 

I really don't think the tech was spinning the tires off the car. First off it's a automatic and with the traction control on the tires won't spin. As they stated in this thread the car has much better throttle response. It made me feel pretty good that he noticed how responsive the car was. I guess it's one of those "you have to drive it to believe" type of mod.

 

The difference in the throttle response with the sprint booster is unbelievable. The first time I drove my xfire with the sprint booster installed I was pulling out of my parking spot from the side of the road where I live, the speed limit is 25 mph so I accelerated very little and I shot out of my parking space like a bullet. I think anybody buying one will be impressed with the difference I have an automatic which is aggressive, I can't imagine the sprint booster for the manual which they claim is even more aggressive.