Do you Daily Drive your Mustang?

[MarcSpaz]

Is it just my imagination, or is Ford having a reliability issue with the 5.2 engines? GT350s that eat oil and grenade for no reason and just saw 2 youtube dudes with the new GT500s blow their engines.

Meanwhile, VMP shows off a dailied 2012 GT500 with powder metal rods make 800RWHP on stock exhaust with the Gen3 2650, injectors, race fuel and a BAP. Guys with the Trinity pullied on E85 with injectors making 800 (with powder metal rods too)....

Not to mention all the guys with the 2015+ 5.0s literally on the stock long block, twins or a centri and E85 making 800-900 RWHP. Never would I have thought that the S550 SVT... I mean Ford Performance Shelby's would have had such an issue with their engines.

I think the problem is, people don't drive them the way they were designed to be driven. The GT350 engine was designed for high revs, high heat and abuse. So, the cold tolerance are sloppy... you need to rev it up and dog it or it doesn't get hot enough for everything to expand and seat correctly.

While it may be anecdotal, the reason I say it is because everyone I know who babied their GT350 had massive oil consumption issues and premature engine failure.

Then there are people like me. I know more GT350 owners who revved it to 5 grand or more every gear, every day, while driving causally. I had it on the track a few times a month, hanging at 8,000+ rpms for 2 hours a day. And so did many other 350 owners I know. I don't know any of us that had oil consumption issues and only 1 guy who's engine let go due to a valve guide popping out.

 

[Dirks9901]

I think the problem is, people don't drive them the way they were designed to be driven. The GT350 engine was designed for high revs, high heat and abuse. So, the cold tolerance are sloppy... you need to rev it up and dog it or it doesn't get hot enough for everything to expand and seat correctly.

While it may be anecdotal, the reason I say it is because everyone I know who babied their GT350 had massive oil consumption issues and premature engine failure.

Then there are people like me. I know more GT350 owners who revved it to 5 grand or more every gear, every day, while driving causally. I had it on the track a few times a month, hanging at 8,000+ rpms for 2 hours a day. And so did many other 350 owners I know. I don't know any of us that had oil consumption issues and only 1 guy who's engine let go due to a valve guide popping out.

I agree with this. Makes a lot of sense.


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[MarcSpaz]

Screen grab from one of my sessions. This was life for a few years.

 

[RedVenom48]

I think the problem is, people don't drive them the way they were designed to be driven. The GT350 engine was designed for high revs, high heat and abuse. So, the cold tolerance are sloppy... you need to rev it up and dog it or it doesn't get hot enough for everything to expand and seat correctly.

While it may be anecdotal, the reason I say it is because everyone I know who babied their GT350 had massive oil consumption issues and premature engine failure.

Then there are people like me. I know more GT350 owners who revved it to 5 grand or more every gear, every day, while driving causally. I had it on the track a few times a month, hanging at 8,000+ rpms for 2 hours a day. And so did many other 350 owners I know. I don't know any of us that had oil consumption issues and only 1 guy who's engine let go due to a valve guide popping out.

Interesting insight. Honestly, the GT350R should probably have had the 5.2 Voodoo only. The Base GT350 with a 5.2 Coyote variant. That probably would have kept down under utilized engines from popping on owners.

Agree, the VooDoo is designed for a hard, rough life. Should have made it available to the truly hard core road racers. Most would have been fine with the Coyote in the GT350 chassis.

 

[Lambeau]

Nope.

 

[merc lover]

Not anymore. Daily drove it from new in ‘06 til about ‘14. Has almost 200k miles on it now. She gets put away for the winters since then.

 

[IronSnake]

Nah. It just covers when I'm working on the Yota' doing offroad stuff to it.

 

[patc84]

daily mine

 

[Gpcalero]

Nope.

I daily my truck and don't have to worry about rain, pot holes or brake distance. I've modded the Mustang too much to where it's a track/weekend only car at this point lol.

 

[NoSlowGT]

I daily drove my '04, '10, '11, and '14 Shelbys until I finally bought an F150 then the '14 was a garage queen. The '20 has only been driven maybe 5 times since I bought it. Would never want to daily that car.

 

[tones_RS3]

I was thinking I'm more of a Chris Hansen, being I watched you attack a members adolescent daughter.
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[HudsonFalcon]

I was thinking I'm more of a Chris Hansen, being I watched you attack a members adolescent daughter.

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Wow, OP posted twice in his own pointless thread. Gotta be a record for him.

 

[mysticsvt]

I think the problem is, people don't drive them the way they were designed to be driven. The GT350 engine was designed for high revs, high heat and abuse. So, the cold tolerance are sloppy... you need to rev it up and dog it or it doesn't get hot enough for everything to expand and seat correctly.

While it may be anecdotal, the reason I say it is because everyone I know who babied their GT350 had massive oil consumption issues and premature engine failure.

Then there are people like me. I know more GT350 owners who revved it to 5 grand or more every gear, every day, while driving causally. I had it on the track a few times a month, hanging at 8,000+ rpms for 2 hours a day. And so did many other 350 owners I know. I don't know any of us that had oil consumption issues and only 1 guy who's engine let go due to a valve guide popping out.

Agreed, on our Naval Minesweepers we have to stop Minesweeping, exit Minefield and conduct carbon burn runs. Enough that the entire ship is shaking from hauling ass, what little ass we had. If we didn't do that...it would be ugly. Another scenario to back up use the damn thing for more than car shows and Sunday drives.

 

[1Kona_Venom]

When I was a GT owner, yes. (91, 93, 2000)

When I procured my first SVT product in 2010, it turned serious, and no.

 

[jeffh81]

Screen grab from one of my sessions. This was life for a few years.

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what world record is that?

 

[MarcSpaz]

what world record is that?

Huh? World record?

 

[jeffh81]

Huh? World record?

my bad man...you’re avatar looked like another member from the World Record thread so i meant to bust your balls.

 

[MarcSpaz]

my bad man...you’re avatar looked like another member from the World Record thread so i meant to bust your balls.

Oh! Ha... no worries. I am clearly missing a good time. Have to go look at that one.

 

[jeffh81]

Oh! Ha... no worries. I am clearly missing a good time. Have to go look at that one.

all of yall with the red car avatars are starting to look alike to me lol. I think yall are up to 4 now. All red all head on shots

 

[MarcSpaz]

all of yall with the red car avatars are starting to look alike to me lol. I think yall are up to 4 now. All red all head on shots

LOL... I hope I'm the original. Been using that one since 2016 and too lazy to change it, even though shes gone.