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Chrysler Crossfire to receive AMG power in 2004

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Chrysler ups Crossfire performance with supercharged SRT-6

By AUTOWEEK

MOVE OVER SRT-4 AND Ram SRT-10.

Those hot Dodge models from Chrysler?s Performance Vehicle Operations shop are about to be joined in the showroom by PVO?s first rip at a souped-up Chrysler: the 2005 Crossfire SRT-6.

Due in September 2004, the Crossfire SRT-6 follows the May 2004 introduction of the sharply styled Crossfire Roadster convertible. SRT-6 is powered by a supercharged version of the car?s current 3.2-liter V6 engine borrowed from the Mercedes-Benz SLK320. Output jumps from the 215 hp provided by the naturally aspirated 3.2-liter engine to at least 330 hp. The supercharged engine makes 349 hp in the SLK32 AMG.

Chrysler?s chief operating officer Wolfgang Bernhard promised 0-to-60-mph times at about five seconds for the supercharged Crossfire. The hotter Crossfire gets special wheels and badging and a fixed rear spoiler replacing the motorized pop-up job on the current model. Chrysler will make the SRT-6 engine available on the coming Crossfire Roadster, along with all-weather Z-rated high-performance tires.

Oh baby! :Q:Q:Q
 
Now we're talking. Somebody on my street owns a crossfire and I really think it looks _awesome_. Unfortunately right now it's slower than a half-broken geo metro up a hill towing a load when you consider its price. But, with 330 horsepower it should do nicely. Unfortunately I bet it will cost a ton. Still, this is a good showing for Chrysler and is now one of the few domestics my royal self would find worthy of.
 
Originally posted by: geno
Originally posted by: Ornery
Why a hyper, complicated six, instead of a simple, NA, 345 horsepower V8?
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Because it'd take a miracle to fit that motor reasonably under the hood of that tiny car, not to mention the weight savings. Gas milage, unsporty power band, there's many reasons...
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Oh bullsh|t. That car has five inch longer wheelbase than an A/C Cobra, which got along just fine with a decent size engine. Who the hell would want a Cobra with a six? 😕
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Originally posted by: geno
Originally posted by: Ornery
Why a hyper, complicated six, instead of a simple, NA, 345 horsepower V8?
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Because it'd take a miracle to fit that motor reasonably under the hood of that tiny car, not to mention the weight savings. Gas milage, unsporty power band, there's many reasons...
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Oh bullsh|t. That car has five inch longer wheelbase than an A/C Cobra, which got along just fine with a decent size engine. Who the hell would want a Cobra with a six? 😕
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No one, because it's inconsistent with the spirit of the car, just like Hemi would be inconsistent with the spirit and image of the Chrossfire. BTW: what 427 Cobras got Power steering, AC, cruise control, and other luxury options that take room up under the hood?
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Originally posted by: geno
Originally posted by: Ornery
Why a hyper, complicated six, instead of a simple, NA, 345 horsepower V8?
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Because it'd take a miracle to fit that motor reasonably under the hood of that tiny car, not to mention the weight savings. Gas milage, unsporty power band, there's many reasons...
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Oh bullsh|t. That car has five inch longer wheelbase than an A/C Cobra, which got along just fine with a decent size engine. Who the hell would want a Cobra with a six? 😕
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the money it would have taken to re certify the car for another engine is not worth it. Think of all the reengineering and retooling that would happen if they were to have 2 seperate engines, one of them retrofitted to the car? Not to mention the cost of new crash testing. It's not financially feasible for a car that will not sell that well.
 
They should have designed it with the V8 in the first place! Sheesh. Now they have to wring more power out of a six. Makes sense to me.
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Originally posted by: Ornery
They should have designed it with the V8 in the first place! Sheesh. Now they have to wring more power out of a six. Makes sense to me.
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A front heavy sport-luxo car that eats gas like tic-tacs, does that make sense to you?
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
[*]The Cobra wasn't front heavy... AT ALL!
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This isn't a Cobra, it's a car that's already heavier in the front than it is in the back. I know you wish we could all drive bathtubs with awesome 427s in them, but unfortunately the Crossfire has an actual interior, power steering, brakes, AC, etc... that all adds weight in the front, not the rear. And I'm willing to bet a HEMI would add another 60-70 lbs, all in the front.

[*]"sport-luxo car"
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Well, where does it fit into the market then?

[*]Gas is cheap!
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MPG still rules over any dispute of how cheap gas is.
 
"I know you wish we could all drive bathtubs with awesome 427s in them..."

Great description of an A/C Cobra.
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Here we are, forty years after the first Cobra rolled out, and it's too much to ask to put some amenities in the same size chassis and engine configuration. Pathetic...
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
"I know you wish we could all drive bathtubs with awesome 427s in them..."

Great description of an A/C Cobra.
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Here we are, forty years after the first Cobra rolled out, and it's too much to ask to put some amenities in the same size chassis and engine configuration. Pathetic...
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it would weigh more and therefore would defeat the original concept of speed in a small package.
 
Hell, I see that as a positive thing! The original AC and Shelby Cobraswere just that, a light but righit chassis riding on a capable suspension with a huge V8 (speaking of the 427 model of course), the thing was a lightweight tub on wheels (not speaking about the styling of course).

And what you see as and amenity, others see as a drawback. The amenities come in form of luxury with this car, not power.

BTW: you didn't address the rest of the points I made in my post, such as, how much the Hemi would throw the weight balance further off.
 
Obviously, whoever buys this car is going to be crying if it can't perform. My point is that a V8 would be thoroughly possible, and preferable to me, because they already build that engine, and it would be less complex.
 
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