After four years of owning my crossfire I put a V 8 in it, now after five years of owning my crossfire I lowered it. I didn't lower that much, but I'm about an inch and a half to two inches away from the tires both front and rear. Right now I'm in the process of getting the car balanced, (not the tires ,,but the car), once I have that done, I could be finished with all the mods that I'm going to do. Jim

P. S. Take a look at the Pictures, let me know what you think.

 

It looks good and I like it.

Les

 

very nice! what set up did you go with?

 

I had a spare set of rear springs,, cut them maybe 3/4 of a turn. and used a smaller pad, (rubber ring), the V8 already pulled the front down,, and i wanted to match it third try it worked. jim

 

anything to adjust the camber?

 

yes mine is full adjustable only the lower control arm is stock. I take a pic of it soon,

 

Looks great! Dang I need to lower mine...

 

~ your car looks very nice... simple and clean. well done & thanks for sharing the pics!

 

Your car looks perfect now. I like.

 

Looks nice, that was the first thing I did to mine about 4 years ago. Thanks to the forum for the know how I had no problems. Everything went smooth.

 

Looks nice... With the heavier V8 in it, some other tidbits on lowering you may want to consider (from another link that you may or may not have viewed). What sort of HP/TQ are you getting out of that V8 with the lightweight/nimble SRT-6? .... or SRT-8 in your case.


https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...your-ride.html

 

[QUOTE=cudaman;673865] What sort of HP/TQ are you getting out of that V8 with the lightweight/nimble SRT-6? ....quote: I don't know I don't do Dyno's but the car so far runs 11.2 @ 124 weight 3550 with me in it and that equals to 508 hp

 

How do you get the car balanced? What does it do for the car or you?

 

At 6'4", the last thing I would do is lower the 6. It's already a ballet for me to get in it. But it looks d@mn good, Jim!

 

Looks great, I just lowered mine not too long ago

 

Looks great! Lowering mine is on the to do list.

 

most cars come from the factory balanced,,that means weight of the left front (scales under each tire) and the right rear weigh 1600lbs the left front weighs 805lbs and the right weighs 795 that =1500 now the right front weighs 815 ,,the left weighs 785 total 1600,,, the car is balanced

but if the right front weighs 815 and the left rear weighs 800 that is 1615,,,, the car is out of balance,, you can bal. a car with coil overs and a little lead shot.

now with my V8 my car is nose heavy, it goes on the scales this week I need more weight on the right rear,that means i will need to remove weight from the left front. I can do this by changing the spring pad,,or coil overs.,, this is important in any car that is used on the track.,,we do this when we make a larger engine change or move an engine back,,,this is my first of having the engine moved forward and then try to bal the car.

the end is to have the car Xed equal weight left ft. & right rear AND right ft. &left rear,
the total of each part of the x ( / ) ( \ ) must equal each other. hope this helps, jim les belo links are for you

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j..._lq6WVXRLIfeGw

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...Cl395VxiY4XcXw

 

Looks great. Something I would like to do as well, but it may take me 5 years to get around to it. The balancing process sounds complex, and it seems like you really need to know what you are doing! I am not an advocate for spacers at all, I am suspicious of them (although many people claim, if done right, you will have no problems), but playing the critic here - I think what would make your car look even better, would be to have the rear tires more flush with the lip of the wheel well. That will probably cause more trouble than its worth, but that is something that bothers me about my SRT, and I wish I could change if I had more time and knowledge.

 

Looks great - very clean.

People sometimes say they are surprised by how quick my SRT 6 is. My humble response is always "You should see the guys that dropped a supercharged AMG V8 in theirs." Really impressive.

Those wheels, are they off an SL 500?

 

Thanks Amx. So the idea is to get right front left rear to equal left front right rear weight.