Possibly buying GT350 today, any last minute advice?

[Champale]

Not super hard at all. You can have a muffler shop cut the resonators out and replace them with straight pipes or you can pick up one of these type of resonator deletes and do it yourself.

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[WItoTX]

That's what mine looked like on day 1, albeit with a red pinstripe similar to the Rs. Such a good combo. You will love it.

PS, after about 6 months or a dozen or so heat cycles, those PSS really fall off. Just keep that in mind if there's wet roads or anything.

 

[FirstGT]

That's what mine looked like on day 1, albeit with a red pinstripe similar to the Rs. Such a good combo. You will love it.

PS, after about 6 months or a dozen or so heat cycles, those PSS really fall off. Just keep that in mind if there's wet roads or anything.

appreciate the info!

 

[526 HRSE]

I have the same experience with Shelby GT350 owners. I do not why the owners of these two cars fight, if anything we should be allies.

Has another Mustang owner ever pulled up to you and started touting how his car was better than yours? That's all that happened here.

 

[-RAC-]

My Mustang is Best Mustang....

 

[526 HRSE]

My Mustang is Best Mustang....

Agreed, now go into the Mach section and let them know.

 

[BlkMach10510]

Has another Mustang owner ever pulled up to you and started touting how his car was better than yours? That's all that happened here.

Yes they have and I just ignored them because I thought they had a kid mentality.

 

[Blue 350]

Ive found the ignore button does wonders when the bragging or negative commenting starts.

 

[lunatect]

Best mustang ever was the 5.8 trinity.

Agree to disagree

 

[lunatect]

About to turn 50 and been around many cars in my life time and MANY people would agree that the last true 500 was the 13-14. And you owning ford's most unreliable engine ever built shows me your true knowledge. And that is a FACT.

Wow. Lol.

 

[-RAC-]

OP have fun in your car!

 

[CANTWN4LSN]

Also, OP, pay attention to your oil consumption. Don't be "that guy" who blew his motor and blamed it on FORD. Your car *could* consume up to a quart of oil in 500 miles. It is imperative that you figure out how much your car uses per your driving style and check it frequently. Also, i believe everyone in here will suggest an oil catch can for at least the passenger side of your engine. These are high compression engines with low tension rings.

I'm going to second keeping an eye on your oil usage. I'm going to disagree on the high consumption being normal per the owner's manual and the high compression engine/low tension ring rationalization. This from a guy with a 2017 with high oil consumption who had an engine replacement and has now used zero oil in nearly 5000 miles (have already saved the cost of 10 quarts of 5w/50!). If you are using that much oil, get compression and leak down test and get it fixed because something is wrong with an engine that uses that much oil when many with the same high compression/low tension rings don't.

 

[526 HRSE]

My guess is that your "gen2" now has different rings which could possibly be stealing horse power from your motor. (I have no knowledge of Ford changing rings to fix the issue)

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/low-tension-rings-and-oil-consumption.91109/

 

[CANTWN4LSN]

Don't disagree with you at all on some change being made. However, many Gen 1 engines with supposed same low tension rings don't burn any oil either. My point being the ones that consume a lot have something wrong other than "low tension rings". In my case was scored walls in three cylinders. Whether due to defective rings or defective treatment of the cylinder walls to begin with, something clearly different between my engine and those that don't consume oil. Therefore stand by my statement of check it out if that high of consumption.

 

[FirstGT]

I'm going to second keeping an eye on your oil usage. I'm going to disagree on the high consumption being normal per the owner's manual and the high compression engine/low tension ring rationalization. This from a guy with a 2017 with high oil consumption who had an engine replacement and has now used zero oil in nearly 5000 miles (have already saved the cost of 10 quarts of 5w/50!). If you are using that much oil, get compression and leak down test and get it fixed because something is wrong with an engine that uses that much oil when many with the same high compression/low tension rings don't.

I know it's complete different engine but that's how my harley is too and it doesn't sit well with me either

Bike holds 5 qts and when I drained it last at the 5k I only pulled maybe 3.25 qts out. Plus another few ounces that dumped from my filter

Mothership says that's within spec though as 1 qt per 1500 miles is "normal"

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