so i took my xfire to the track a couple days ago,and i couldnt believe what i was witnessing! i was running low 10's on the 1/8 mile...i finally hit a 9.9 on my last run!WOW!
my acura integra that i had before this use to run mid 9s...i had traction control off but outbof the hole the xfire just sucks!!!! kept on bogging out in first taking at least 1sec off my times..so i heard u can "FULLY" take traction control off...anyone know how? im feeling lazy and dont wanna search for it



p.s after i ran one of my times, i heard someone in a low voice say."that car is slow'..like if it looks fast, but its not....I THOUGHT TO MY SELF OH NO!!

 

Trade it in and buy the SRT-6 on this site for $11k

 

i could never trade in my xfire...plus im not a big fan of the srt-6 spoiler,i love the self deploying spoiler on my xfire, and all my cars are always stick.......

 

Agreed!!!! I felt the same way back in 2005 when looking for my crossfire. They had SRT's on the lot but just didn't like the look of the fixed spoiler. Plus they wanted too much money at the time new. I also wanted a stick and the SRT only came in an auto. Didn't like the rims either... loved the non SRT rims better.

 

That can easily be arranged. I did it on mine.

 

Just curious, are you employing the 4200 rpm drop-clutch launch feature? Dead stop, clutch in, gas pedal to the floor (stabilizes at 4200), drop clutch & keep gas floored & never let off gas during shifts....

 

its just off the line it still stalls out..even with traction control off... what your talking about is called power shifting.

 

Ok under your hood passenger side thur is a set of three wires that run into a connection thur pretty heavy gauge pop open the cap and unhook the center wire all traction control will be gone I can do crazy burn outs with mine now full posi! Down side no abs and 2 dash lights this only works on 04 and 05s otherwise you lose brake lights but at the track who cares! This car isn't a drag car tho and wasn't designed to be used this way its heavy and under powered for that type of racing get it on a road course thats where it shines!

 

i'll try it out...

sick ride btw..soon i'll be getting the sickest wheels to have ever been on a xfire

 

If you buy wheels you are in for one hell of a project. The wheels must be similar offset and you will have to buy aftermarket lug bolts. Not just lug bolts that fit the wheel be it conical or ball seated but the correct length if they are 2mm to long you will run the bolts straight into the ebrakes on the back hubs and will do roughly 1500 bucks in damage!!! Do your research and ask questions PM me if you need to it'll save you time and money.

The hubs on our cars are centric hubs any wheel you buy needs to be centric fit or come with centric rings the bolt pattern is 5x112 I'm not sure of the stock offsets. I am currently working on getting spacers for mine.

 

Stock offsets are 35 for the front wheels and 22 for the back - got them off the stock Ronal rims that came with the car (mines a limited not SRT-6). Good to know about the bolts wreaking the e-brakes if too long I might have made a huge mistake if I didn't read that.

Thanks

 

Your very welcome if it wouldn't have been for another member i too would have wrecked my ebrakes!! You will be an expert on anything wheels after you buy and install aftermarkets on a crossfire thats for sure!!

 

I think that's overstating it a bit - I found the process totally painless. TSW makes a bunch of wheels that fit our cars - I just got a set of Doningtons in 18 x 8.5 and 19 x 9.5 and swapped my existing tires onto them. Had the install done at a well known, high end shop in Huntington Beach, CA that is familiar with high end Euro cars. They kept my 100mm rear spacers in place and just used the appropriate length and taper lug bolts. Had me in and out in about an hour.

As for drag racing a Crossfire, especially in the 1/8 mile..... why? I find drag racing, even in a car a fair bit quicker in the 1/4 than the Crossfire, to be kind of boring. A few seconds of straight line fun is no fun at all compared to running a road course for 20 minute sessions at a time - WOT acceleration, threshold braking, max g corning, heel & toe downshifting, and chasing down other cars that nobody expects you to be able catch in your "R170 SLK in a fancy party dress". No offense to Don Prudomme, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, John Force, etc but I'd rather channel Sir Stirling Moss, Tazio Nuvolari or Ayrton Senna while driving my Crossfire.

 

Mike i agree if you have a shop do it its easy but i only have 900 bucks in my wheels and lugs done myself at a shop what would that have cost me? To do it your self your in for a project i cut and dyed 20 lug bolts to length!! That sucked!! After learning wtf centric meant and centric rings all this "extra" stuff lol

 

If you buy the right rims they go right on here is an example of mine, rims and lug-nuts went right on no problems.

 

LOL!!! If that's your reason, stop racing your car, or stop complaining your car is slow. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hell, you can add paddle shifters now! Natural aspiration is fine if you have 8+ cylinders, otherwise, boost that s.o.b.

 

i would boost my xfire,but it has a embaressing redline at 6k.....(pointless)...-not enough time for the turbo to spool.and im sure you can chip the ecu to let it redline higher,but how much can a stock head take???

 

Spray it, I'm running a 75 shot and it made the car alot more fun.. It would blow the tires off in second if the TC didnt kick in.. A turbo would spool, but I'm convinced that nitrous is the cheapest way to push the NA engine to its limit without touching the internals. If you want more power, just put in bigger jets, but things will start to break ..