So, I am buying my first Crossfire on the 22nd. It's an '05 6 speed with 10,000 km on it. I got it for an incredible $15,000 CND through my dad's buddy who owns a dealership. I guess they seriously hosed the person trading it in... and everything on the CARFAX comes up A1, So I'm confident I'll be ok with it.

Anyway, I know there is a Mercedes V8 swap project underway here on the forums, but I'm wondering what others think of putting the crate 5.7 Hemi from Mopar into it. My brother in-law works for Chrysler LLC and he gets massive deals on that kind of stuff ($4,000 for the fuel injected, computer and all, more than half the MSRP) - And I know STARTECH makes a 6.1 at some ridiculous price... so its doable.

Any thoughts on this? And if someone has already made a thread on this, sorry for the dup.

 

The Startech uses a Mercedes engine not a Chrysler, which does prove a Mercedes swap can be done. I would love to see someone do a HEMI swap. Mechanically these cars are Mercedes and it is easier to swap another Mercedes engine into it than trying to switch it to Mopar. You would also have to fab the motor mounts, and make sure you can bolt the Hemi to the bellhousing or you ware looking at an engine and trans swap. Then you have the computers to sort out which are pretty challenging with just a Mercedes/Mercedes swap.

 

Yeah man, save yourself the time and money and just do the M113 engine swap. In the long run it will cost you more money going with the Mopar block.

Otherwise just spend $10,000 on the SC kit for the SLK320. It's a complete package deal, so there is no banging your head on the wall trying to figure out the electronics, because the computers will be the hardest part of the whole conversion.