Tips for buying a 2016 GT350

I just checked the HB website and the lots of actions on right now with the trial scheduled for Feb 4 2019... I guess we will know pretty soon.

There are a whole mess of tech cars for sale.. seeing prices for low mile tech cars reaching low 40’s. Some one owner super low mile cars being advertised for 41k, that’s before any haggling. I’m torn, because I want the new GT500 due to the transmission, but the prices on the tech cars are really coming down. However like everyone I don’t want to get stock with a car I can’t take to a road course, or resell. And I live in Florida and it gets hot and humid which is tough on cars.

ANGREY said:

Was yours a '16 tech package? The tech cars are much harder to sell because of the stigma and the class action suit. As many have said, unless you track it, should be fine, but if you run it hard at elevated RPM's for an extended amount of time, it will eventually go into limp mode when the diff and trans temps go too high.

Tech pack '16's are analogous to a car that doesn't have a clean Carfax. Car might be right as rain, but reality and perception don't always match up. The good news is, you can pick up a tech car for a pretty significant discount if you're willing to A) concede it's not going to be trackable and B) concede you're going to have a more difficult time finding a buyer.

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My car was a 2016 Tech Pack. Heated and cooled power seats, etc. I added coolers to it so I could track it. It was next to worthless on the track without the coolers, which was a bit of a pain, but I added the coolers because the trans overheated on the way to dinner on a hot summer night. I was not happy about limp mode while I was driving on the streets.

Realistically, I'll probably never buy another Tech car due to that. That said, the GT350 is by far, the most enjoyable car I have ever driven. I may get another one... but I have 2 other cars I want to pay off first.

662 said:

I just checked the HB website and the lots of actions on right now with the trial scheduled for Feb 4 2019... I guess we will know pretty soon.

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HB? What is the website link? I'd like to follow this myself...


I live in a warm climate also, never hit LM once. I've auto crossed in the middle of summer many times. Temps here reach the mid 90s with 30%+ humidity all the time.

Took it through a canyon in Colorado a couple years ago, about 45 minutes of spirited driving in low gears. 12k feet up with temps in the upper 80s. Didnt even know about the whole tech/track thing back then. Never hit it.

Had the fluids checked...all look fine...maybe I didn't hammer it that hard? Lol


I have another view on techs...I may sound biased, but I'm really not. I'm not trying to sell my car.

I think the values are low because of the things that we see on these forums but the general public who doesn't read this or care about it are going to see these techs as good values.

Not everyone who buys one of these wants to or will ever take it out on a track. To them, the car does what they need it to do and they'll be happy.

Still there will be others who don't a track pack car for fear that the car has been hammered on...In fact, one might find it advantageous to find a low mile tech and just put the coolers on they'll pay close to the same money as a 17 without the worry, or less of a worry we could assume, that the car was driven more easily than a track pack was.

Just a thought...

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Osiris said:

HB? What is the website link? I'd like to follow this myself...


I live in a warm climate also, never hit LM once. I've auto crossed in the middle of summer many times. Temps here reach the mid 90s with 30%+ humidity all the time.

Took it through a canyon in Colorado a couple years ago, about 45 minutes of spirited driving in low gears. 12k feet up with temps in the upper 80s. Didnt even know about the whole tech/track thing back then. Never hit it.

Had the fluids checked...all look fine...maybe I didn't hammer it that hard? Lol


I have another view on techs...I may sound biased, but I'm really not. I'm not trying to sell my car.

I think the values are low because of the things that we see on these forums but the general public who doesn't read this or care about it are going to see these techs as good values.

Not everyone who buys one of these wants to or will ever take it out on a track. To them, the car does what they need it to do and they'll be happy.

Still there will be others who don't a track pack car for fear that the car has been hammered on...In fact, one might find it advantageous to find a low mile tech and just put the coolers on they'll pay close to the same money as a 17 without the worry, or less of a worry we could assume, that the car was driven more easily than a track pack was.

Just a thought...

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I believe the people who buy a low volume car like this are educated. You might get some people who think they look good and buy one. Most people paying up to 50K for a three year old "mustang" are not your typical car buyers. The reason I know, is I have been browsing around at privately owned 2016's for sale.. Most of the people I have talked to who have them for sale.. know about the oil consumption and the limp mode.. In fact, one I looked at locally the guy said I was the third person to ask him about the oil issues and overheating..

Wow, i never knew about the over heating issue. Living in Phoenix with summer temps touching 120 and consistent 110's.. i wonder how would the car behave..

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Osiris said:

Yes you can. The coolers can be retrofitted.

Ford sells both kits. You'll save money if you run a manual pump on the transmission cooler but if you swap transmissions you can add both for about $7500 in parts.

Figure about 3500 less in parts if you keep the transmission it has and run an external pump.

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Oh boy.....to be clear for everyone reading this thread so there is no future confusion.

For 2016, you cannot have a Tech Package AND Track Package car FROM THE FACTORY.

However, an owner can add whatever upgrades, coolers, window dice, etc. as they see fit.

Tom

tomshep said:

Oh boy.....to be clear for everyone reading this thread so there is no future confusion.

For 2016, you cannot have a Tech Package AND Track Package car FROM THE FACTORY.

However, an owner can add whatever upgrades, coolers, window dice, etc. as they see fit.

Tom

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Correct. However, the only thing that a fully equipped 2016 Track Pack doesn't have from the Tech cars is the heated and cooled power seats. The Track Pack has the manual recaro seats and slightly upgraded splitter and wing.

To the best of my knowledge, unless Ford did a custom build for someone, there were no legit "Tech" cars that have factory installed coolers, nor Track cars that had heated and cooled power seats.

tomshep said:

Oh boy.....to be clear for everyone reading this thread so there is no future confusion.

For 2016, you cannot have a Tech Package AND Track Package car FROM THE FACTORY.

However, an owner can add whatever upgrades, coolers, window dice, etc. as they see fit.

Tom

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Lol did I say from the factory?

Who cares? Point is it can be done.

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Kevinbonds said:

I believe the people who buy a low volume car like this are educated. You might get some people who think they look good and buy one. Most people paying up to 50K for a three year old "mustang" are not your typical car buyers. The reason I know, is I have been browsing around at privately owned 2016's for sale.. Most of the people I have talked to who have them for sale.. know about the oil consumption and the limp mode.. In fact, one I looked at locally the guy said I was the third person to ask him about the oil issues and overheating..

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Right...and likely educated enough to know the coolers can be added, which was my original point.

That said, there are STILL a LOT of people out there who don't and even more who wouldn't care because the likelyhood of them taking their car on to a track where LM would occur is rather low.


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Have you guys seen the discounts on new ‘18s at some of the dealers? That’s the direction I would go..