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Chrysler 300: Accessories & Modifications
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What about any other add ons to the exterior?
I'd like to find one that mounts lower, so the plate doesn't block the grill.
Has anyone adopted some new tires or rims? I'm not talking about the gigantic over-chromed spinners..... I'm referring to a tuner style or something more elegant.
Actually front license plate would be a no issue for me since I am in Florida.
Wonder how you could mount it? Zip-ties would be kinda tacky.. Maybe if you could remove the front grill you could take a couple of stainless sheetmetal screws and drill them into the back grill (as long as the holes matched up with the bars it should be easy. Anyone know if this is legal in MN or other states?
This would be worse than no license plate at all in California.
Got a 1/3 size plate holder from Pep Boys. Put plate on by two long plastic screws on bottom tightened with plastic nuts. Put soft velcro on back of plate and holder, everywhere it would touch bumper. Then stuck the screws through the lower grill and hand tightened second pair of plastic screws. I can add or remove the holder by opening the hood.
I'll have to wait until I get my 3ooC (on order) to see how I can do it.
I want one I can put on and off easily because I don't like the way they look on the front of cars. I know that police issue citations at convention centers, stadiums, airports etc. for no front plate, that's when I put mine on.
The salesman at one of my local Chrysler dealer (who is fighting for my business against another Chrysler dealer - ha!) talked to the service manager about the license plate conundrum.
They said that they can employ the rubber grommets used on the front bumper of the Jeep Wrangler to mount the plate lower on the bumper.
It was based on my suggestion that there must be some kind of doughnut shaped grommet that would fit. Isn't this ingenious? I'm pretty sure it will work.
Let me know what you think.
Is there an aftermarket performance chip available for the 300C yet?
However, I'd call Corsa about an exhaust system for this car. They already have a Hemi system for the trucks, and last I talked to them, they are interested in developing a system for this car. They first need to get one in their shop. If anyone lives in the Cleveland area, give them a call. Check them out at http://www.corsaperf.com Anybody that's not familiar with them should note that their system are used on a lot of the pace cars. They are the best. See what they have done for Cadillac. Wow.
I have one of their systems and all I can say is that it's the greatest and they know how to tune one of these things for a luxury sport car.
I'm sure a free breathing intake will come around too.
You can look them up on www.mopar.com
Thanks for your comment...curious about your conditions. Were your mud flaps hard or rubbery??? I think the 300C has both thermoplastic and thermoset (rubber) materials which give them both hard and rubber feel. Not sure the orientation???
Anyway, is your paint peeling from the back edge toward bottom or sides and then working its way in???
If you could do this over again, it sounds like you would stick with the basic black flaps????
As for polish, Zaino is where it's at! I learned this in the 300M site. This is extraordinary stuff! Just don't think you need to cake it on, and you apply it in up and down motions, not a swirl! Take it off in a circular motion. I just did my Hemi Sunday wash and wax in an hour with Zaino.
Enjoy the ride!
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It's on it's way to me now, cost was $44 shipped. One of the members of another 300Cforum did a bunch of measuring and research and found out this nice little tid bit... I'll let you know if I find out anything else. Glad to help.
Does anyone have Sirius and how do they work?
P.S. I'm in Canada.
I am very impressed with Sirius. I drove round trip from Pa. to NC several weeks ago and it worked flawlessly. What was really great was not having to constantly look for my type of entertainment as you go through different areas. Nice clear reception at all times. Only a bit of negligent signal loss from the satellites near certain areas near my home. These areas are tightly wooded with abundant huge trees, which I guess block out the signal.
When the yearly free subscription is up, I will have to decide whether I will fork over the $12.95 per month to continue the subscription. Since I am retired, I don't commute as I used to, so I'm not sure whether I want the extra bill. It's like paying a cable tv bill and you hardly watch tv.
That said, that doesn't mean the K&N will necessarily help. If the intake is designed such that a large effective area of the filter is utilized, a paper filter may perform as well as a K&N. It just depends on the overall air requirement of the engine and the intake design.
Since the pressure drop across the filter is a function of the approach velocity squared, the importance of utilizing a large filter area is important. Furthermore, I'm sure the K&N filter media has a lower loss coefficient than paper. The bottom line is that for cars that require an air flow at WOT (top end) that translates to a high approach velocity, the K&N will help a little. For a system where the approach velocity is slower, it just won't matter much because the pressure loss number never gets big enough to be much of a factor anyway.
I've dyno tested my car with and without a K&N a bunch of different times and it did help - about 6 HP at the wheels. But it was top end only. Up to 4500 rpm or so, the gain was very small. The car - an Aurora with the 4.0 DOHC V8 that revs to 6200. GM uses the same panel filter on the 3800 V6 that revs lower too, and the panel filter for the 3100 is about the same size too. Now, the pressure loss across the filter for each of these cars is not going to be the same. As you can see, it is possible the larger, higher revving engine may indeed utilize the filter at a point where the approach velocity (V^2) starts to get big.
Sorry, butt dynos don't really mean anything.
Also - about mileage. I don't see how a K&N will help mileage. For a given rate of speed or a given rate of acceleration, a specific amount of air/fuel is required. That doesn't change assuming same conditions each time. Now, if the filter doesn't flow as freely, the throttle body simply needs to be opened up a tad more to compensate. Basically, your throttle body position is the ultimate/final control of air flow. Your car does not know if the filter is dirty and the TB is open 2% more for the required task, or the filter is clean and closed 2% more. Under WOT conditions or near WOT, then yes, the filter condition will make a difference in the amount of power that can be made.
Anybody interested to read to the end of this rambling post should also consider an exhaust system and call Corsa to encourage them to develop something for this car. Their systems are incredible and they know how to design for a luxury sports car. Believe me, I have one of their systems. It's a treat every day. See my post number 14 or 15 here.
Doing a test on the dyno is a total rush. It is a lot of fun. I highly recommend it. But since you are putting the engine through the paces, I'd wait until it is broken in and use Mobil 1 oil for the test.
Another thing to consider, for cars like the 300, it is supposed to be a luxury ride, so the intake and exhaust are usually not the most free flowing. A wide open box that utilizes a lot of filter area may resonate too much and be loud. To make sure the air box has great air flow capabilities and is also quiet would probably require a very large box - one that also lets the inflow jet of air a chance to expand it's flow path to the larger filter area. It would need to be double walled to insulate the resonations. (which I have seen done). In short, it's not a very practical design for under-hood layouts, so there is some compromise.
The exhaust - on a car like the 300, it guaranteed to be pretty restrictive with well baffled mufflers and not so large piping. Luxury quiet is more the goal. Again, large diameter piping can resonate some noise and the baffles in the mufflers kill all the exhaust sound, but also kill flow. What happens is that more power from the upstroke of the piston is actually used to push the exhaust through the restrictive system and less power gets to the crank - and thus the wheels.
Hence there is usually some nice power gains to be unlocked in the intake and exhaust of such a car.
I love the idea of a luxury ride with a very powerful engine and a sporty exhaust note. It's probably not the majority of sport/luxury buyers, but it's for me. Again, Corsa already has a HEMI system for the trucks, and they just need a 300 to build a prototype and digitize it. They put a lot of time in adjusting the exhaust note just right too.
Oh, by the way, if you saw a 6 HP gain at the wheels, that translates to about 7.5 or 8 HP at the engine - the number quoted by the manufacturer. You lose about 20 to 25% of the power through the drive line.
Typically, an exhaust upgrade will make the biggest power improvements too.
Anyone actually done this (presumably since I already have the 6-CD unit, I won't pay the full nav unit price/upgrade from the single CD unit)...
Thanks
Tony.