40k on mine, and I've battled the following demons: seat rub, A/C vent rattle, 1-2 gear clash, a chirping TOB, and a noisy door cup in my drivers door.
I loosened the passenger seat bolts and moved the seat over, elliminating that irritating noise. The TOB chirp went away after I installed the Fiore Quad and FWA. The 1-2 gear clash was fixed by Ford, under warranty. The A/C vent rattle & door cup rattles are still going on, but I'll deal with them in time.
In short, rattles are my only real problem; the powertrain has proven to be reliable thus far.
____________________________________ 03' DSG Mustang Mach 1 (5spd w/ IUP) Da' Mods:95' Cobra R Rims, Polished Shaker, Tri-Ax Shifter, Fiore Clutch Quad & FWA, K&N FIPK, FRPP 'C' Springs, MM C/C Plates, Tokico HP's, Steeda STB, MM K-Member Brace, Steeda Front Swaybar & shortened end-links, MM Rear Swaybar, Kenny Brown Subframes, Poly Rack Bushings, Welded Torque Boxes, JLT PCV pre-filter
Previous Stang's: 00' Laser Red Mustang GT 89' Dark Blue Mustang GT (9psi Kenne Bell powa'!) 89' Black Mustang LX (2.3L)
I Snaped my input shaft on the 3650 with stock clutch and the car was N/a. on a 3/4 shift. There is a TSB on the 1-2 grind thier is two much fluid in the tranny from the factory and it will cause a failure, also under the TSB thier is a revised 1-2 synchro.
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2004 Blk mach 1 510rwhp 515rtrq heaton supercharged, built rear,motor,viper spec t-56, awaiting different cams and whipple
I haven't had any problems with min eyet, but I have read that the stock oil pumps are a weakness.
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2008 GT 500 Vista blue w/white stripes
2008 GT Alloy Metallic
2004 Mach 1 Dark shadow gray metallic
2003 Cobra Oxford white (sold 3/08)
1988 GT Proud Member of the Mid-Atlantic CobraAssociation
my tranny does not grind at this moment it only has 22k on it. should I got ahead and do some preventative measures to it? What is the secret sauce....lucas and mobil 1? What is a quadrant and firewall adapter?
my tob whines like a banshee sometimes. new cluth at house waiting to install.
sterring problems, replace the sterring rack bushing w/mm alum ones problem solved
no shaker issues
no head tick
had rear end issues but that was due to doing cams and ported intake
and beating on the car. new cobra 31 spline diff and moser axles in and all good now
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04 DSG mach I
fr500 cams
naz ported lower intake
Tri-ax shifter
jlt intake
fidanza alum flywheel
ford racing alum driveshaft
Tokico illuminas shocks/sturts
H&R super sport springs
MM chrome C/C plates
MM full length subframes
bassani mid length headers
bassani x pipe
php intake spacer
dynoed at 350/343
sct tuned
my tob whines like a banshee sometimes. new cluth at house waiting to install.
sterring problems, replace the sterring rack bushing w/mm alum ones problem solved
no shaker issues
no head tick
had rear end issues but that was due to doing cams and ported intake
and beating on the car. new cobra 31 spline diff and moser axles in and all good now
The special sauce is 1 bottle lucas tranny fix and the rest is tranny fluid of your choice.
I see you have the fr500 cams....what did you dyno at with your mods? I'm pretty close to buying crower stage II.
When I sold my 04 it had 18k miles. I had been through and had every syncro replaced along with the clutch, fly wheel, and throw out bearing. Like stated lots of grinding in the tranny, which IMO it was a piece. Thats the only real problems I had with mine.
I had the door rattle/squeek really bad too. Popped the window switch panel off and found the rattle. It was the molded part of the door rattling against the sound proofing. I took a paper towel folded it a dozen times and shoved it between the two parts where they vibrated and it is now gone.
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2003 Azure Blue Mach 1
MGW Shifter, Full Baseline Suspensions kit, Pro Launch 2 UCA, DA LCA, Anit-roll bar, trac locator, MMR coil over rear springs, lakewood 50/50 shocks, Strange 10 way Drag Stuts, Weld pro stars 15x10 and 15x3.5, 28" Et Drags, 26" ET Fronts, Eibach Drag launch front springs, RSD, Magnapack catback, BBK LT's, BBK O/R X pipe, NX Wet 150 shot, Ported upper and lower intake, Accufab TB, Modified 03 cobra hat aand twin GT40 pumps, Daytona Progressive Controller, Sniper SF Software, Weapon X COP, Lc-1 Wideband, Auburn ECTED, 31 Spline Mosers, TA cover, CHE axle brace. 11.5:1 afr and 20 degrees on spray
Best 1/8 mile ET N/A 8.19 @ 86
DA 6500'
BEst 1/8 mile Nitrous 7.29 @ 94.91mph
DA 5761'
Mine is at 27k miles and the only thing i've had is a bit of a creaking noise out of the rear axle.. still tryin to figure out what it is... can really only hear it when theres somethign for the noise to echo off of.. but it's really annoying, lol.
My shaker rattles my car seems to tick it smokes too and now my 3rd grinds like a beeotch! 54000 miles
OH ya and it eats up rear tires really bad!
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2004 black Mach 1 Bassani headers, x pipe, catback, SCT flip chip, Aluminum D/S, Spec billet F/W, Spec 2, Mgw, Black Saleen's, 5.0 stroker, with cool head mod, eaton, LFP h/e w/dual fans, power pipe.
Sold 02 Twin Turbo GT HP 57mm tt kit, T-56, 3.73s, 5.0 Stroker. 504Hp.
Sold 99 Chevy SCSB 4.8 dropped on 20's, black, black primer, filler primer, and flat black. lol
Sold 99 Lightning House of Color Orange, Predator, Accel coils, Accufab T/B, 6# bottom, 3# upper, Trueflow U/I & I/P, 180 T-Stat, Aux pulley kit, 450Hp
Sold 04 Chevy 4x4 5.3 14.5 in the 1/4 with 305/50/20s
Sold 01 Black Hard top Z28, 46k, Black torq thrust wheels, Mac headers, Spintech race exhaust, MSD wires, K&N, 4.10 gears, BMR panhard bar, GM rear end support cover.
I had the tranny re-built at 18k miles and I don't run this car hard at all.
I had the driver seat belt replaced because the retractor was not working.
I had the front steering rack bushings replaced.
I greased the shaker stud mounts, took care of the squeak.
Otherwise the car has been great. I had all the work except the shaker done under warranty. I am still not happy with the tranny. My goal one day is to go with a t56 anyway but that will be a while.
overall this has been a solid car and with 35k on it now I have no real complaints...It has lived up to my expectations thus far.
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2003 TR Mach 1.
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My biggest problems have been going through 3 clutches and 2 rear ends in just over 56k miles and 5 years. I figure it's a byproduct of the nitrous, since the car becomes a torque monster on the juice!
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