Holy crap those new 5.0's are fast!!!
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He's always admired mine and my uncles toys that come and go. So he traded his Silverado for payoff and bought this car last November, good fuel mileage was enough to offset the monthly payments between the truck and the Mustang.
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No that was'nt the problem....well the spec 3 was...just as all the other replacement clutches was. Weak PP are the problem. Anyway it's fixed and has been fixed for 4-5yrs with my own setup. A tilton 5.5 triple does the job nicely with a faceplated trans. No shifting probs for me!
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All the prior iterations of Ford's Mod motor were miserable turds at best. Complicated, unreliable, difficult to build, poor aftermarket support until the early '00s (the motor came out in 1991 if I remember). Ford finally did it correctly but it took 20 years to get here...
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Exactly, till now, they had to supercharge any 4.6 to run worth a **** and give it a iron block with forged internals.
And once again, the Stang is faster than the Camaro because of weight, just like the Fox body, no big deal, we all know the GEN 5 is a land boat, LOL.
The 2010 Camaro had a tail shaft issue or some this like that? Cannot remember, but at least GM warrantys the issue with no BS.
And once again, the Stang is faster than the Camaro because of weight, just like the Fox body, no big deal, we all know the GEN 5 is a land boat, LOL.
The 2010 Camaro had a tail shaft issue or some this like that? Cannot remember, but at least GM warrantys the issue with no BS.
The Cobras were aluminum, The Shelby's are now aluminum, and the Ford GT has always been Aluminum, The new Mustang GT is Aluminum. The cast iron block was for cost savings not strength issues.
Remember that boat has a 1.3 L larger motor to push those 3-400lbs of extra blubber around.
Mustang 5.0 has 1.37 CC per pound and a Gen 5 Camaro SS has 1.60 CC per pound. now what is your excuse?
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We got another phone number. They want it taken to a different dealership for a teardown and inspection. They said they can inspect and test the internals for reason of the failure and if it was a part defect or related to the previous dealers repair (or lack thereof) it will definitely be covered by warranty.
We will see.
I am not saying this situation would be any better with GM so don't take it that way, it was just a shitty handled situation so far regardless of brand.
We will see.
I am not saying this situation would be any better with GM so don't take it that way, it was just a shitty handled situation so far regardless of brand.
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I dont understand you buy a sports car to drive it, not granny shift it. Once in a while your going to drive it like it should be driven. So there gonna tear it down to see if its a defect, lol. It needs to be were with only a few thousand miles with some hard shifts, its should be able to handle it and if not then they need to fix it because they cant build a reliable durable transmission to handle the way a car should be driven. Sure any car will break down if your constantly hard on it but it seems like if its an old person who took it in like 40+ they probably would'nt have questioned the failure but a younger person and they have all kinds of doubt and they dont want to repair it.
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We got another phone number. They want it taken to a different dealership for a teardown and inspection. They said they can inspect and test the internals for reason of the failure and if it was a part defect or related to the previous dealers repair (or lack thereof) it will definitely be covered by warranty.
We will see.
I am not saying this situation would be any better with GM so don't take it that way, it was just a shitty handled situation so far regardless of brand.
We will see.
I am not saying this situation would be any better with GM so don't take it that way, it was just a shitty handled situation so far regardless of brand.
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We went through a huge ordeal with my wifes 2007 Civic SI. It grinded when going into third every once and a while. It only had 42,000 miles and was still under the 60,000 mile drivetrain warranty. I actually found a Honda bulletin that Honda released saying this was a widespread problem in these cars. We took the car in and they said they just have to replace the third gear set but only if they could "replicate the problem." Of coarse their mechanic takes it for a drive and it doesn't do it. We drive the car close to 6 hours a week and it does it once/twice a day, it's not gonna do it if you go drive it for 5 min. They told us to take a hike. My wife kept calling down there and we kept driving down to the dealer is well complaining about it and threatening to talk to someone higher up. Finally the manager said he'd talk to coorporate and after a week they finally said "bring it down and we'll change the gear set". They changed it for us and it hasn't grinded since. But man did we have to be on their *** about it.
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We got another phone number. They want it taken to a different dealership for a teardown and inspection. They said they can inspect and test the internals for reason of the failure and if it was a part defect or related to the previous dealers repair (or lack thereof) it will definitely be covered by warranty.
We will see.
I am not saying this situation would be any better with GM so don't take it that way, it was just a shitty handled situation so far regardless of brand.
We will see.
I am not saying this situation would be any better with GM so don't take it that way, it was just a shitty handled situation so far regardless of brand.
so far every car have been repaired, even the few blown engines.
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I dont understand why ford wouldnt cover their warranty? I mean they have a sweet *** comercial pretty much saying race this bitch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9wn...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9wn...eature=related
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Getrag MT82 rated at 384ft/lbs
Mustang 5.0 under rated at 390ft/lbs
If they do not repair it after the teardown, we will be finding an attorney. My degree in advertising and public relations tells me blatant advertising of the product in a manner not expected to be performed by the consumer and intentional install of a product not rated by the manufacturer to perform it's duties within reasonable expectations of the consumer is nothing but a dream come true for any competent attorney.
It doesn't take a genius to know 390 is more than 384. To quote Carl from Aqua Teen "so I put 2 and 2 together there...and decided you're pissing me off"
Mustang 5.0 under rated at 390ft/lbs
If they do not repair it after the teardown, we will be finding an attorney. My degree in advertising and public relations tells me blatant advertising of the product in a manner not expected to be performed by the consumer and intentional install of a product not rated by the manufacturer to perform it's duties within reasonable expectations of the consumer is nothing but a dream come true for any competent attorney.
It doesn't take a genius to know 390 is more than 384. To quote Carl from Aqua Teen "so I put 2 and 2 together there...and decided you're pissing me off"
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Well Mr. GM nuthugger, what does it prove to make the excuse that the Mustang is only faster because weight? That GM makes the more powerful engine? It's GM's fault it's slower, either way. Wake up, what about the 03-04 Mach 1's? Or does it **** you off that a little 4.6 was pretty much a driver's race for the almightly LS1?
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Maybe Ford putting there foot down on not replacing 2k dollar trannies in modded cars is the reason why Ford is much better off financially then GM. GM replaced an easy 6k worth of stuff on my V when it was modded with no questiosn asked.....I loved it of course, but it's one of the many reasons GMs finances SUCK!