Soon to be 5.0 owner

[fwd2rwd]

I come from a heavy Chevy background.
I also have lately been on the Mopar side of things as well and have ALWAYS disliked Ford (IDK WHY just did...).
But anyway post 2011 Ford in general has taken a turn that I liked and so I finally after long debate and lots of I told you so's I'm making the switch and trading in my 2008 Dodge Caliber SRT (#1380 out of 5674 for 08-09 and #1299 out of 4658 for 2008) fully bolted and tuned with a big turbo swap making 410whp and 440tq on old upgraded stock turbo setup.

I have big plans for the 5.0 that I just ordered. Since I will miss boost, you better believe that I will boost it ASAP!

Here is my Garage queen as we speak (75% restored 1963 Chevy C-10)

Here is what I'm trading in. (2008 Dodge caliber SRT signed by Ralph Gilles)

Wife's Car (2012 Genesis Coupe 2.0 turbo)

 

[99cobraUgotbit]

The Genesis is a cool looking car

 

[Snakebitten]

Welcome! and nice Caliber. Which guy are you?

 

[charba951]

Same here. I come from a GM family lol! You won't miss the SRT4 after a couple romps in the 5.0. And you can't beat the sound of a V8

 

[fwd2rwd]

The Genesis is a cool looking car

Thanks, I like it and we just lowered it too looks much better!

Welcome! and nice Caliber. Which guy are you?

Thanks man! I'm the tall skinny one next to Ralphe

Same here. I come from a GM family lol! You won't miss the SRT4 after a couple romps in the 5.0. And you can't beat the sound of a V8

Yeah Idk about that lol.. I loved the way it sounded all spooled up and when the External waste gate opened up it just screamed!!!!! 3 1/2 turbo back exhust! But yeah my 1963 has a SBC 305 (EWWWW) in it and Ive allways ran it with headers and straight pipe sounds sick even know it has no balls!!!!!!

 

[rattlesnake3:16]

welcome to the darkside lol jk your car looks nice What was the final straw that made you decide to get a 5.0?

 

[fwd2rwd]

welcome to the darkside lol jk your car looks nice What was the final straw that made you decide to get a 5.0?

ty, haha well decided that I was tired of no support from the only 2 vendors that work with the Caliber.. (btw totally different motor than Neon)
and since I was the test dummy for a lot of the performance things and received little to no valuable help, I had it..

currently as the caliber sits now.. Its almost 100% back to stock just waiting on the stock intercooler , armrest and turbo setup to be shipped back from people.

All in all on the part out I made $7.5k which $5k is my down payment on my 5.0
Dealer gave me $12.8k on car only owed $6k
got my 5.0 GHIG w/ track pack, security pack, and recaros for 32K otd so my payments are only going to be about $290-$310 at the 72 months. ( i like the longer months because I ALWAYS pay over)

But more because I was ready to move on to a more supported sturdy platform making good power to start!

 

[SILV03MustangGT]

ty, haha well decided that I was tired of no support from the only 2 vendors that work with the Caliber.. (btw totally different motor than Neon)
and since I was the test dummy for a lot of the performance things and received little to no valuable help, I had it..

currently as the caliber sits now.. Its almost 100% back to stock just waiting on the stock intercooler , armrest and turbo setup to be shipped back from people.

All in all on the part out I made $7.5k which $5k is my down payment on my 5.0
Dealer gave me $12.8k on car only owed $6k
got my 5.0 GHIG w/ track pack, security pack, and recaros for 32K otd so my payments are only going to be about $290-$310 at the 72 months. ( i like the longer months because I ALWAYS pay over)

But more because I was ready to move on to a more supported sturdy platform making good power to start!

i want a Boss in GHIG something fierce. I think id give up a nut for one lol, or a '13 GT500.

 

[fwd2rwd]

a boss would be nice, but I wanted to build my own like my other cars vs having it built.. thats why I did base model... i knew I would change almost everything.. so no reason paying more.