A 400HP Chrysler Crossfire Track Car?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- 400HP and 3200lbs. So why don't you see them at the track? Or, anywhere?
The Chrysler Crossfire was a joint venture between Daimler and Chrysler in the early 2000s. Despite being designed by Chrysler, it was built by Karmann and is 80% Mercedes SLK. The SRT6 was the performance model, making 330HP (20 less than the SLK had, despite having the same engine). It's light by modern standards, short, and quick.
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It is kinda funny how it sounds like a terminator mustang coming at you and then a 350z going away from you
Fr haha
That's exactly it
Lol
Theo looks like your little brother
Well the genetic test is in and SURPRISE
lmao id never expect a crossfire to be cool like this. kid has good taste. and the nrg carbon backs ! wow
"Bring your car to our show so we can take jabs at it for 15 minutes" - The smoking tire (when mike has a day off)
I love hearing this thing. As an owner of a C32 amg ,hearing your motor from the outside is something you don’t get many chances to do. 😆
The Mustang II did not have ball join steering. My memory of cars driven in 2014 can be fuzzy. ZK
*recirculating ball, gosh dangit Zack get your shit together! Haha
@Power 2 Weight im sure u got better sponsors .. Oh wait u r a sponsor .. U damn lame get on a diffrent high horse
How positive u r .. On your high horse ?!!
All v8 e39 had recirculating ball. Including the m5
There is a Crossfire car club here in east TN where I’m from. Use to see them all the time carving up 129 aka Tail of the Dragon like 20 deep. Pretty cool to see and hear all of them together like that.
pretty sure they were holding up Matt Moreman in his 991.1 GT3 in an Obsessed Garage video right before he got rid of it
Richard Gao I’ll have to check that out.
That is the International Crossfire Owners Club they go there 2 times a year!
Where in TN, i have one and live in Tn..
@@sonyadempsey5154 www.crossfireforum.org/forum/crossfire-events-meets/81258-14th-annual-fall-tail-dragon-october-1-2-3-4-2020-a.html
The second worst type of steering? The E39 M5 uses recirculating ball and it steers pretty damn good.
I've got a Non supercharged manual with koni yellows and SRT sway bar and love how it corners. Overall fun car for what it is.
I have to admire the individuality of this build. Was really nervous to see harnesses without a cage though.
Harness and no Hans is way worse
oscarlainz why? I believe you. I just want to understand.
@@mdcohen your body is fixed but your head is not, in case of a crash, it will break like a baguette
@@oscarlainz 100%
@@oscarlainz that sounds bad. also you have ruined baguettes for me.
Zack does one take with long lost brother.
I had one for a few years. The rear tires are very expensive. Also, oil changes averaged around $100. (Not at Mercedes dealership ) The oil was a weird weight, at least by American standards. Lastly the oil filter is mounted on top of the engine so you have to be sure if serviced that the filter is tightened properly, otherwise you will be replacing the super charger belts. (Not cheap)
David Houp If you take your car in anywhere to get an oil change you deserve to pay $100 LOL
The Crossfire SRT6 is awesome.
Pulley and tune wakes it up nicely.
So cool to see someone build something so unique.
If im not mistaken, recirculating ball and steering box are the same thing.
Tavarish (long ago), had a project car SRT6 that he had a european merc 6 speed manual that fit. I don't think he ever got around to installing it. but it would have been cool
It was an sl55. He still has it but he’s got too many projects. The srt6 as seen here can use the nsg370 out of the NA cars
@@DrewZ926 Unfortunately they probably wouldn't hold up to the torque of a boosted motor. I have one in my garage currently, just wanting to find the inline bell housing to use with an M104 NA build for my 190E Sportline. But god damn those cars are so easy to work on, we had it pulled in 30 minutes with basic hand tools at the yard.
Gearbox from n/a motor + diff from automatic (longer).
I have an ‘05 6-speed manual roadster. I like it a lot.
I always admire people who take an atypical vehicle and make it work 👍
One of the instructors had one of these at the very first trackday I attended in 2006; his was near stock, but looked lowered and probably had pads and fluid, and it was definitely quick!
Its true! No one forgets there first car! And like many wished they owned it to this day! Very cool car. Always have respect for someone modifying a car that unique!
This was my first car :D ... very comforting to see!
Interesting car, thanks for the review. Have not watched a video from you guys in a long time, However I watched this video from start to finish because I was genuinely interested in how the owner made a Crossfire cool, which the owner did with a lot of hard work so hats off to him and 3 cheers.
“It has a lot done to the motor” has an exhaust and intake 😂
There's more to it than that. Pause the video when you see his Wheel Well page and you can see the list of things done to it.
Ignorance at its finest... Look at his wheel well
Only SCharger pulley can give You a lot hp.
I have one of these with 440 crank hp. It will be for sale in the UK next year.
Its very very rare, any questions message me, ive had the car for 4 years so i know these things inside out. It didnt have 330 hp standard, it was 349.
nobody:
passenger: "Yeah!" "yep"!"
im this guys age, and when i was 4 or 5, seeing crossfires at the chrysler dealership had me wanting one ever since. Might build my own crossfire now that theyre pretty cheap 👀
Love ABD Racing! Used to deliver parts to them, and saw this car all the time!!!
Looks like you can pick up a slk320 with a 6 speed manual for about $4k. Same motor but without the super charger. Should be able to to a manual swap.
These came in manual. It's a mercedes commercial truck transmission that they put in the jeep wrangler but it's still a manual lol.
@@Shakshuka69 They aren't terrible in the crossfire either, which is shocking if you have ever driven a wrangler with the same trans.
@@RusnakAutoDesign I drive a wrangler with this trans every day lol. The engagement itself isn't that bad (its not cable shifted) but the throws are like 2ft long and it constantly sounds like it's full of marbles and gravel.
@@Shakshuka69 Lol, I've never heard any noise coming from my Crossfire's. It is not cable shifted but has an extension of some type from the trans and only has like an inch or less throw. Crazy how different the same trans can feel.
Awesome build and can't wait to get my crossfire to that caliber... However, I most likely will be doing a build series with a turbo since nobody has really done a successful one yet!
I really want to see this done. It is going to be the first Xfire done with turbo. Great.
Beautiful SRT6. Best I've seen. Black is the only color for these IMHO>
Goodluck w/the sale! What's next for you?
Let me guess since you're young but with money...2008+ GTR?
PSA the engine makes the same power as the slk32. Mercedes did a lot of lying about the AMG motors hp in this period, because they only made one version of each engine and put them in so many cars. So, if you bought the S55, it was rated higher than the e55, even though they were identical internally, and used the same ECU. Some cars had slightly bigger exhausts, and they're all hand built, so there's variances, but they all dyno similar numbers...
Im making a track crossfire as well, when I order my hellcat motor to put in my R/T the 5.7 Cammed twin turbo hemi is also going in the crossfire. Things going to be nuts!
hey, am interested in your project and i was wondering if you could update your progress along the way or if you have already done it all then maybe a quick review video of what u have done etc.
I had a white original SRT-6 with 485 bhp 380 rwhp with paddles, red seatbelts, ground control full suspension, killer chiller AC, pulley , tune, air, lowered. I started the www.srt-6.com website and registered 1000+ cars. Check it out. Car is now sold but very quick indeed. Fun build but that wing must be doing too much drag. We made a gold one too for track too. Redline is 6500+ if u do tune. Ground control, eurocharged and needswings are companies to use.
Never did understand the hate on these cars (cosmetically, anyway). I think they look great. In fact better than the slk. Other than needing a stick and more power, I think they’re awesome.
Great for a first car ,,,,that’s a strong dedication to Chrysler Crossfire enjoyed seeing it 👍
Steering box plebs rise up lol
They’re manual swapping SRT6’s quite often now. There’s even a M113K swap with a 6 speed and 5-6 M113 swaps with the 6 speed manual. The misconception that the 6 speed manual trans couldn’t handle the SRT6 hp and torque was just that a BS misconception. Lookup Josh Chase at the Mercedes Sawp Shop in Cali. They’re even throwing the beefed up 722.9 7-speed autos in them too.
This man made lemonade out of lemons applause 👏👏👏
everytime I see its the new guy I change the video
I had one with 420 hp for 11 months. It spent 9 in the shop.
I like zack and Matt, I think they are a good pare
Cool build. Nothing really unique about it besides the aero kit when looking at other SRT6 withing the community. But I'm sure he's not done with it so it'll be cool to see where he takes it.
Luv crossfire looks when it came out
Thought that was the slowly but surely crossfire
He he, me too :)
Yes these came with a 6 speed if you wanted it and you can find them all over with manual trans
Mercedes higher-ups kept Chrysler from releasing a mid engine twin turbo 6 cylinder because they did not want to be out shinned
How interesting
Schade, dass der Fahrer die Strecke nicht kennt. Ich habe auch einen und finde ihn wunderbar!!
guy said track car and followed it up with maganaflow mufflers and full exhaust and headers and full exhaust
Anyone know where he got the carbon fiber interior parts? Its not listed on the upgrade list thats linked.
Those are all custom. Most likely done by Dave Crossfire.
Every time I see a Crossfire, I think of the music from the commercials for the game of the same name. It's always a good time.
You must’ve watched a lot of Nickelodeon
He should consider a ZF8HP swap with a turbolamik TCU.
Mercedes didn't take 20hp, it was a marketing/PR ploy not to piss off Mercedes owners. They could essentially have the same car in the STR6 for 10'000$ less. Actually the car has better cooling stock over the slk32 amg. 349hp for slk32 and c32, around 362hp for the SRT6. Tests have been done showing said differences. So many misconceptions about these cars. Mercedes didn't give a rats ass about Chrysler during the merger. Just look into the Chrysler MEfour-twelve story. A car that even by todays standards would be a beast.
I know a guy building a turbo v8 crossfire - rollcage and all - Hopefully it wont kill me
Damn ...Carl Gallagher so well-spoken off set
Love this car.
looks really cool!!
I really like that car! Awesome!
Wat? So cool.
Hyvä auto
Rare version. Nice.
Craziest track car I’ve seen in a while
Perfect vid for the morning commute, thanks!
ilyketyorwy maybe pay attention when you drive?
@@Lenoch_ I'm paying attention to...driving :P
Love the car but way too many support bars holding up side skirts and rear bumper way too many of them
"like a Bentley"!!! Either the kid was very naive about cars or Chrysler had THE greatest designers at the time. Given that Chrysler is now owned by FIAT, I'm going with the former.
Surprised he went with cheap nrg seats wouldn’t put that In My Honda. Car looks good tho.
The only thing better is a hemi engine swap.
Hay, if Brabus can shoehorn a
5.5 liter sohc engine into the first generation slk,
A hemi will have no problem fitting.
They made them, its startech, a sub brand of brabus. Only sold them in europe as far as im aware though
Mercedes
295 size Toyos in the rear seems a bit excessive for only 400 hp
Not for a track car.
Huge difference bt rear and front in a heavy front car - thats the biggest mistake, i think.
Daddy's money got him a fully built track car right out of highschool. That's all you need to know.
THE GENERAL they live in California and he literally says I keep up on track with my dad in his lotus so you be the judge daddy’s boys
Never seen the host so uninterested in a build before.
As a crossfire owner, I hate to say it but... its because it's a crossfire and looked at as a poor mans mercedes lol.. I almost wish nobody knew our cars were mercedes and would only compare them to other chryslers and not the bigger brothers
Dream Driven Lifestyle as a huge Mercedes fan Crossfire > R170 SLK. Literally every time. The Crossfire looks so much better and significantly more modern. The R170 is one of my least favorite Benz’ in the last 20 years. It’s just super corny looking and had a terrible interior for a Mercedes. But the roof was really innovative for the time.
@@BeesonsCars I agree!
Great first car... The Crossfire; it always seemed they "just" missed the mark on what could have been a great car... especially the weird back end... wtf was up with their design team on that???
First time tuning in since Matt Farrah and all I have to say is....where is Matt Farrah???
merc slk
Should have given the kid the interview questions ahead of time. Has no clue about his own car.
You can get the crossfire SRT6 with a 6 speed manual
No you can't. The non-SRT had a manual. The SRT didnt.
AMGs don't come in manual, which is why only the NA version came in stick
Maybe there have been conversions
Wth happened to Matt farah
@Hobo Battleship yeah I believe he runs a business
haha so stock these are 330...CRANK......he thinks hes at 400 RWP from intake tune exhaust? hahahahahahahahahaha ya no
🤦🏽♂️ I so wanted to see this review, was hoping it was Matt behind the wheel. I don’t watch any reviews with this host behind the wheel, he doesn’t do as great a job as Matt. Tried to have it a chance just for the car but sorry I could not get passed 5:24sec mark, my lost I guess.
I love seeing weird track cars like this
Hot V6s are criminally underrated, especially when the exhaust is done right and everything
yeah we have xr6 turbos in australia :)
Imagine this with a hellcat motor
Too heavy nobody wants a nose heavy track car
19 and drives a sports car with 400hp. As a European this seems like an impossible achievement unless your parents are multimillionaires.
Well that's not that uncommon, actually.
Not uncommon at all. My first car was a 2010 Camaro SS 6 speed with 426bhp at 16. (Parents had it for a few years before I got my license and gave it to me.) I know a lot of teenagers in highschool and college with 350+ hp sports and muscle cars. Insurance is expensive, but there’s some ways to get around it. Charger RTs for example have like 370hp and are decently cheap to insure as they’re a 4 door sedan.
Millionaires? Why are your parents buying your car is the first question lol
@@Maroco918 i think the real question is why are you so triggered
@@Audfile triggered? Im not upset one bit lmao. Just asking questions, that no one likes to answer 😏
They were pretty decent looking. I think the price for what you ended up getting, completely killed it off.
They looked like the deformed lovechild of a McLaren SLR and the Audi TT.
This car literally defines the car guy mentality. We can’t always get cool cars but we work with what we got.
The engine was rated at 330 but with the Chrysler intake mods it was actually around 370 horsepower! These cars with the overdrive supercharger pulley and exhaust run high 11’s in the quarter mile.
The 722.6 transmission is a pretty solid automatic. M112K sounds insane though! This thing is pretty cool.
The KLAP IS BACK 🤣
60s "steering box" = recirculating ball. You either have rack and pinion or a recirculating ball box. The differences in older systems have to do with how the Pitman arm and drag link(s) are arranged.
“Looks like a dog taking a poo” -Jeremy Clarkson
alek wormuth this is a different model
He's a flog
not 400hp....
Haxixe 13 330 from factory... his is tuned
Cesar Diaz no chance with a tune this thing is making 400 wheel horsepower
400 crank is likely but 400whp no way. His SC pulley is stock so even with the biggest crank pulley he ain’t getting 400whp
@@DrewZ926 There are pulleys on the market to get 400+ from the srt6, pretty common but the fact that 90% of the people owning one are in their 60s, nobody outside of the crossfire forums really knows about them
Absolutely. I have a c32 and have been running a 185 crank for 10 years. 400+ crank is fairly easy but cracking 400 to the wheels you’re really pushing the factory SC and generating a lot of heat.
I had one of these in 2008. Pulley/intake/tune and I was in the mid 12's. Crossfires were the only cars 350z's and RX-8's could beat in a straight line, so they were sorely disappointed when they happened upon an SRT-6.
So the 350z could beat them is a straight line? Mid 12 quarter mile?
@@nicholaswortman6454 they could beat regular Crossfires. Most people didnt know the SRT-6 existed, they thought it was an easy kill. Then they'd get dragged.
Honestly feel like Mercedes should have used the Crossfire as a base for their A class hatch’s. This almost could be an A35 AMG
Fun fact , I had one of these 👍 , and I did mod mine. Actually just simple bolt ons and stance mods. Then I had a child and needed a back seat . I do miss the only NA car I've ever owned
Zack, recirculating ball steering is a fancy ass name for gearbox steering. The mustang you drove would have been rack and pinion. Mustang IIs and foxbodies are rack and pinion. The two main types of gearbox steering are worm and wheel and recirculating ball. Recirculating ball is infinitely better than worm and wheel, but still not excellent. Worm and wheel is downright scary, that's what you get in old beetles, and some really early american stuff (pre-mid 60s ish). Like a C1 corvette has worm and wheel. But most wollowy old American cars rock recirculating ball gearboxes.
I’m fairly certain even the mustang ii’s and foxes had rack and pinion steering...
Nicholas Arceri you are correct Sir
Especially that foxbody was an SVO, I own one and those were made to be the best driver focused mustang in the 80s...lol the guy just shit on that idea 😂
Yep. I was wrong. ZK
TheSmokingTire I was prepared to be wrong but was thinking of all the mustang ii front ends that are swapped into everything. Makes it even crazier that this crossfire has recirculating ball... great video, love the odd balls.
The guy who is driving likes to really hear himself talk and talk and talk...
That steering wheel looks atrocious LOL
"It's got a bunch of stuff done to the engine"
*Lists literally nothing done to the engine*
These cars are a blast to drive, and definitely underrated too. I have bout 350 crank on mine right now, hoping to bump that up soon