Need help getting a measurement on the car - any owners???

[LymanSS]

Hi Everyone,
This is my first post here. Love the forum. I love the car too. Anyway, I don't usually introduce myself and then start asking questions right away, but here goes. Is there anyone here with a 3.5L 300 who'd be willing to go out and measure their hood clearance for me? It's a little bit of a pain, but the info would be incredibly helpful. My company is trying to figure out if we can develop a supercharger for this engine in this car and we need to know how much hood clearance there is. We can't just buy a car and then discover there isn't enough room for the supercharger :-) Anyway, if anyone would be willing to go measure for me I'd really really appreciate it. Here's how you do it: take a ball of clay or playdough and put it in a plastic bag. Set it on top of the highest part of the intake manifold and then shut the hood gently. It should squish the clay, which you can then measure and determine how much space you have between the top of the manifold and the hood. If no one volunteers I won't take offense cause I know it's a pain. But it never hurts to ask right? Thanks a lot everyone

Scott

[E8502]

Hello Scott, welcome to the forum!

Funny you ask, but I don't think we have any 3.5 owners on the forum (yet).

Did you contact your local dealer? I'm sure they would let you try it out on a Touring or Limited on the lot.

[DMAG]

I'll be back at the dealer today looking at an SXT. I'll see if I can persuade them to let me do a little test.

[joekd]

the rental companies have them now, maybe your company could spring for a one day rental?

[DMAG]

Can you believe they sold the Magnum? I thought they weren't letting them go? We did test drive a $39K Ram Hemi equipped Quad Cab though.

WOW!!!!

[tonben]

Hey Scott,

I get delivery of a 300 limited tomorrow. I'll CHECK and post the clearence by Tue morning

Tony

[E8502]

Hey Scott,

I get delivery of a 300 limited tomorrow. I'll CHECK and post the clearence by Tue morning

Tony
Our first V6 300 Member!!! :lol:

[tonben]

Yup!!! could not wait for my Hemi.

I struck a great deal with my younger brother to buy this 300 limited FROM me when "MY" 300c arives (hopefully in JUNE.... July.... august.......God I hope not september... or whenever)

Tony

[DMAG]

Welcome to the boards tonben. Get some pics of your car up!

[LymanSS]

Hey Scott,

I get delivery of a 300 limited tomorrow. I'll CHECK and post the clearence by Tue morning

Tony

Thanks so much to everyone who responded. You folks are a great bunch. I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier. I'm HAVING trouble logging on. Every time I try to post it brings me to the "log on" page. So I log in, and then try to post but it sends me right back to the same place. I had to use a friend's computer to post this. Anyway...

Tony
Congrats on the new purchase, and thanks for offering to CHECK the clearance. It'll be a huge help to me. We're working really hard on a lot of the details of this right now, to make sure the project is a go, before buying a car to use for development. This little piece of info will make it a lot easier for us.

joekd,
You say the rental companies have them now...any ideas which ones? We'd definitely jump all over the chance to rent one and thoroughly examine it for a day, if we knew where to get one. Also, I hope they have the 3.5 and not the 2.7, as that's what we need.

Again thanks to everyone for the responses. Assuming all goes as planned, I'll be around here plenty, and I should have plenty of helpful tech info for V6 owners, once we get busy developing mods for it :)

Scott

[E8502]

Hey Scott,

I get delivery of a 300 limited tomorrow. I'll CHECK and post the clearence by Tue morning

Tony

Thanks so much to everyone who responded. You folks are a great bunch. I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier. I'm HAVING trouble logging on. Every time I try to post it brings me to the "log on" page. So I log in, and then try to post but it sends me right back to the same place. I had to use a friend's computer to post this. Anyway...

Tony
Congrats on the new purchase, and thanks for offering to CHECK the clearance. It'll be a huge help to me. We're working really hard on a lot of the details of this right now, to make sure the project is a go, before buying a car to use for development. This little piece of info will make it a lot easier for us.

joekd,
You say the rental companies have them now...any ideas which ones? We'd definitely jump all over the chance to rent one and thoroughly examine it for a day, if we knew where to get one. Also, I hope they have the 3.5 and not the 2.7, as that's what we need.

Again thanks to everyone for the responses. Assuming all goes as planned, I'll be around here plenty, and I should have plenty of helpful tech info for V6 owners, once we get busy developing mods for it :)

Scott
Dolar and Thrifty should have them...Most of them should be 300 Touring's and Limited's.

[DMAG]

Again thanks to everyone for the responses. Assuming all goes as planned, I'll be around here plenty, and I should have plenty of helpful tech info for V6 owners, once we get busy developing mods for it :)

Scott

Its great to have you here Scott. We look forward to any products and help you can offer. ;)

[tonben]

O.K!

As stated yesterday, I'm supposed to take delivery of a 300 Limited today.

I got a call FROM my delership informing me that Chrysler was preventing them FROM allowing me to take my car because GET THIS !! "it was the only one on the lot and they had no other 300 to show"

I'm not sure how to respond to this ($#*&@#$%*!?%$**&^&)
sorry for venting here

I was told it can be picked up on Wednesday

sorry Scott.

Tony

[DMAG]

Tony, that is RIDICULOUS!!! Why should other people be pawing over your car? I'd go down their and demand it.

But that's just me. ;)

[Greeneyej]

Yeah, Tell the dealer, Tough Cheese.
Its your (order)car, Tell them $1000.00 off for each
Day its late, and it better not be the road test Ho
For the dealer!

That’s just plain old unacceptable behavior by a dealer!

[tonben]

I had to keep cool about this. you see the dealership's sales manager "pulled" this car for me because he could not give me a definitive date of arrival for the HEMI.

As I said this car goes to my brother once the C arrives. Soooo, I HAVE to be understanding (aghrrrr) about the situation. it's only 2 more days

Were it under different circumstances, :twisted: :evil: :x :x

[LymanSS]

Tony,
I feel your pain. I know how it feels to wait for a car. I'd be down there at the dealer demanding a test drive. And I sure hope they're keeping it locked on the showroom floor. I wouldn't want every customer sitting in my car, nevermind taking it on a test drive :).

Scott

[LymanSS]

I stopped by a couple of rental places today to see if I could rent one. Turns out that dollar and thrifty have something like 3 total in the DC area. And one of them got taken in for an oil change just minutes before I got there. The "oil change guy" was gone for the night so they said they wouldn't rent it to me untill the next day. But as it turns out it doesn't really matter. All of their 300s are Hemis. Which is really cool (and I REALLY want to drive one) but I need to get measurments off a 3.5. Oh well :)

Scott

[tonben]

Hey all

So finally!!!! I got my car tonight. What a baby even though it's not the HEMI.

Scott call me at 646 996 7878. I'll wait to hear FROM you before doing anything so I'll get it right.
well take and post pics tomorrow

Have a great weekend all

tony.. :wink: :) :lol: :D :D

[tonben]

hey all,

I'm not sure if this is where I post pics. Not sure how to post to forum.

To admin and mods, please feel free to move them to where they should be - (Edit, I posted the picts for you, Chris, A.K.A E8502)

http://www.showtime-solutions.com/300/3001.JPG

http://www.showtime-solutions.com/300/3002.JPG

http://www.showtime-solutions.com/300/3003.JPG

http://www.showtime-solutions.com/300/3005.JPG

http://www.showtime-solutions.com/300/3006.JPG

http://www.showtime-solutions.com/300/3007.JPG

[Greeneyej]

Tony,
From your pictures I noticed that you had the A/C set manually.
I love the Auto settings on the A/C control. Read the O/M to
Figure out how to get the A/C system set so you never have to manually push the A/C button. It flashes the LED twice and then turns off (The A/C LED) Then you can turn the temp. settings to what you want..
Set and forget!

J

[Greeneyej]

Oh yes, Nice looking ride!
Congrats!

J

[E8502]

Sweet looking car, even if it's a V6.

I love black on these cars... :lol:

[DMAG]

Awesome looking car! Love that black!

[E8502]

Just wondering, did you get the walnut trim?? (Looks it but can't really tell)

[Greeneyej]

Would have to be the walnut, Since the T- shell is only on the 300C

J

[E8502]

Would have to be the walnut, Since the T- shell is only on the 300C

J
Yes, you're right, brain fart there... :lol:

[Babyboomer 1949]

Thanks for the pictures , that's a good looking automobile.

[tonben]

black is a great color but, CLEANING!!! did I say cleaning?

Here in NYC it's a daily sometimes twice daily routine.

i've only seen one other 300 on the streets here in manhattan so it's funny to see onlookers sustain major whiplash injuries when they see it rolling by. 8)

hey Greeneyej thanks for the info. I've have been poking and pushing every knob and button and just playing around i will read the manual one day (hopefully).