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2013 GT now takes 5w50??
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<blockquote data-quote="UnleashedBeast" data-source="post: 11806217" data-attributes="member: 112023"><p>Ford, you mean the same engineers who decided the MT-82 (a German design manufactured and assembled by the Chinese) was the best idea? An inherently noisy design that was quieted by using a lubricant with equivalent viscosity to 75W-90 gear oil. Only to discover, it was causing grinding and transmission failures?</p><p></p><p>The same engineers who got the engine to rear differential alignment wrong in the S197, causing drive line resonances, with a two piece steel driveshaft being the only affordable solution to fix it? Why do you think there is a Carbon Fiber shaft with dual CV joints on the 2013 GT500?</p><p></p><p>Same engineers who didn't partially fix the common wheel hop problem on the S197 until the 2011 models came out? All that was required was an upper control arm mount with a lower mounting hole on the chassis side to correct improper instant center. No such change occurred until 2011.</p><p></p><p>Same engineers who took 3 model years to fix the "loose lumbar" clunk noises in the front suspension? Simple change of upper strut mount. </p><p></p><p>Are we talking about the same engineers?</p><p></p><p>To be fair, many of the decisions made that caused the issues above are due to the bean counters. Engineers fight them all the time, but in the end, they have the edge to win. It's no different when it comes to engine lubrication recommendations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnleashedBeast, post: 11806217, member: 112023"] Ford, you mean the same engineers who decided the MT-82 (a German design manufactured and assembled by the Chinese) was the best idea? An inherently noisy design that was quieted by using a lubricant with equivalent viscosity to 75W-90 gear oil. Only to discover, it was causing grinding and transmission failures? The same engineers who got the engine to rear differential alignment wrong in the S197, causing drive line resonances, with a two piece steel driveshaft being the only affordable solution to fix it? Why do you think there is a Carbon Fiber shaft with dual CV joints on the 2013 GT500? Same engineers who didn't partially fix the common wheel hop problem on the S197 until the 2011 models came out? All that was required was an upper control arm mount with a lower mounting hole on the chassis side to correct improper instant center. No such change occurred until 2011. Same engineers who took 3 model years to fix the "loose lumbar" clunk noises in the front suspension? Simple change of upper strut mount. Are we talking about the same engineers? To be fair, many of the decisions made that caused the issues above are due to the bean counters. Engineers fight them all the time, but in the end, they have the edge to win. It's no different when it comes to engine lubrication recommendations. [/QUOTE]
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