smoked by a crossfire!!??

**Too Fast** · 03-27-2010, 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by Firebirdjones

Is that what is pictured above in this post??? I can't honestly say I remember even seeing something looking like that on the road. Strange looking little thing.

Yeah they are a bit strange looking, but kinda cool in a weird way. I see a lot of 'em here in Indy.

**Firebirdjones** · 03-27-2010, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Too Fast

Yeah they are a bit strange looking, but kinda cool in a weird way. I see a lot of 'em here in Indy.

Hmm,,,I'll have to keep my eyes peeled and see if I spot one on the roadways.

**white98** · 03-28-2010, 09:20 AM

heading back up to the mountains to see if i can meet up again, maybe get some video/sound clip.
the area is a fun place to drive so the trip is fun no matter what!

**GettinIt** · 04-05-2010, 02:46 PM

Ahh Id love to find out more on this car. Im a former LS1 guy, and probably will wind up having another LS powered vehicle eventually.
I came across this thread while aimlessly googling "LS1 crossfire"
Its something Ive had in mind for sometime.
And me being a former owner of a LS1 powered RX7, I could only imagine how much fun a LS1 powered crossfire could be...
I wonder if Brian Hinson would be interested in taking on this venture.. the vehicles are dropping in price significantly, and are pricey to maintain...
I am not complaining, just stating a fact.

**jiveass** · 04-05-2010, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by GettinIt

Ahh Id love to find out more on this car. Im a former LS1 guy, and probably will wind up having another LS powered vehicle eventually.
I came across this thread while aimlessly googling "LS1 crossfire"
Its something Ive had in mind for sometime.
And me being a former owner of a LS1 powered RX7, I could only imagine how much fun a LS1 powered crossfire could be...
I wonder if Brian Hinson would be interested in taking on this venture.. the vehicles are dropping in price significantly, and are pricey to maintain...
I am not complaining, just stating a fact.

my cousin was thinkin the same about an ls1...but its his daily driver.

**seamurda** · 04-05-2010, 07:40 PM

How fast was the LS1 Rx 7?

**white98** · 04-06-2010, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by GettinIt

Ahh Id love to find out more on this car. Im a former LS1 guy, and probably will wind up having another LS powered vehicle eventually.
I came across this thread while aimlessly googling "LS1 crossfire"
Its something Ive had in mind for sometime.
And me being a former owner of a LS1 powered RX7, I could only imagine how much fun a LS1 powered crossfire could be...
I wonder if Brian Hinson would be interested in taking on this venture.. the vehicles are dropping in price significantly, and are pricey to maintain...
I am not complaining, just stating a fact.

ok, here's some info:

i found the black crossfire
found him again at the observatory!
got to check it out close and personal.
1st of all, no sound clips and no video. he asked that I not do it and I gotta respect those wishes. He says he's working on it for a cross country run.
anyway, i could have taped everything with the phone but respect is respect!

side note, he says he knows other guys that have done a ls6 swap and a jag supercharged 4.0 [?] swap. fast company!

6.1L hemi out of a magnum
comp cam [very quite idle, very little if any lope]
90mm t body
auto trans
18" front, 20's rear
3.07 rear

now for the good stuff. i was asked if i was stalking him [lol].
we chatted a bit and he offered to take me for a spin.

ok, i know i don't have many mods listed. but after owning my baby since 99, i've added enough toys to pull about 450. [last dyno was years ago]

this car is insane.
he says from a standing start, a moped could take him. just smokes the tires.
lots of problems with this much power [he says after the cam, t body and tuning it pulls about 475] i think he was mis-informing me.
this thing was like a rocket. the roads in the area are quite twisty but in the areas where he could, i got to experience the feeling that i was trying for in my t/a. very good cornering and very smooth

hoping to meet up again and maybe get some photos.

this car pulls extremely hard and sudden. [i was in a friends z06 and it didn't compare to the feeling i got while watching the speedo climb]

after about an hour of fun i wanted to see how i'd do against him from a 40 mph rolling start.

well....

did i say rocket? he left me in a fog of tire smoke and was gone.
it seems the faster i went the further away he got.

how much for this much fun?

he says the work was done over about a 6 month time frame and he did most of the install himself.

says he has less than 20k into the swap.

**GettinIt** · 04-06-2010, 04:51 PM

the LS1 FD was fast.
the engine was out of a 2001 C5, i bought the entire drive tran out of a wrecked car, through a company in PA i think.
I put the engine in to a 94 rx7, pulled the power steering & a/c
had some basic bolt ons..
I never got it on the track, I wound up selling the car about 3 months after I got it running, and wasnt even 100% complete when I sold.. Still regret selling it, but due to being in college at the time, having a 110 pound dog, and not being able to justify having 2 vehicles while being in college, I had to make that sacrifice.
I had a friend who said his SS was running 12's w drag radials, spray and a few bolt ons raced and it wasnt close
and speaking of tires, i was running mismatched tires on the car, one was filled with fix a flat... not my brightest of moves looking back on it.lol
If I had to guess, Id say it was a low 12 second car with the few things i had done to it. I sold the car 6 or 7 years ago.
id love to have one a again.. Thats why I think this LS powered crossfire is a great idea!!

Or maybe the 6.1.. you can keep the jag 4.0 swap lol

**LS666** · 04-11-2010, 07:57 PM

Seen this???

http://www.mallettcars.com/solstice-conversion.htm

**az gt eater** · 04-11-2010, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by needls1again

so since were talkin about the crossfire, heres a couple of pics of my cousins candy custom crossfire

that's a sweeet paint job.but, seriously.,i would be questioning the driver's sexual orientation, that's a chick car. I wouldn't look twice if a hottie wasn't drivin. seriously, grow the extra appendage.

**jiveass** · 04-12-2010, 04:17 AM

Originally Posted by az gt eater

that's a sweeet paint job.but, seriously.,i would be questioning the driver's sexual orientation, that's a chick car. I wouldn't look twice if a hottie wasn't drivin. seriously, grow the extra appendage.

haha yea well i assure hes strait...married with kids...its crazy though cause a lot of times when hes drivin theres people pullin up beside him takin pics of the car n stuff....and why is it a chic car? just about every crossfire i see around here has a dude drivin it....hell, theres two of em here at work and both dudes..

**Too Fast** · 04-12-2010, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by LS666

Seen this???

http://www.mallettcars.com/solstice-conversion.htm

Yes I have, it's very cool. I'd like to have one. Reminds me of when the Miata first came out, there was a company doing 5.0 Mustang engine conversions, you're prolly old enough to remember those?