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Must have OEM/Performance spare parts for 2013-2014 Shelby GT500
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<blockquote data-quote="Bad Company" data-source="post: 17020953" data-attributes="member: 141815"><p>I unfortunately don't believe we should have to spend thousands of dollars stockpiling parts to repair our cars in the near future. My car hasn't been driven much in the last 8 years and probably won't be driven much in the future on public highways, I estimate that it would be lucky to achieve 300 miles a year. Yet with age what could fail that would cause major issues? </p><p></p><p>I've been going back and forth on ordering a new Raptor 37" or a Raptor R recently, unfortunately Ford has delayed the release of the 24 trucks until a few weeks ago. I'd say it was a supply chain issue again. Now my history of these trucks is that I usually drive them a lot with the average mileage each year being 27,000. My current 19 Raptor has 137,000 miles on it and isn't 5 years old. This thread actually has me questioning why would I want the R with its limited production 5.2L engine and the fact that in less than 5 years from now it will be hard to find parts for this truck, engine and supporting electronics combination. I already know of a number of performance engine shops touting the 5.2L blocks as the strongest stock block for Coyote builds for racing applications and purchasing them from Ford depleting the limited inventory of them for the future. I would also assume that the cylinder heads are the best flowing from Ford and will also be depleted in the future. Ford's lack of customer support with no parts inventory or charging a ridiculous price for an inventoried item of limited stock to a customer needing a repair from damage while trying to maintain that item until the warranty expires without ordering replacements I find troubling. My experience trying to purchase the simulated beadlock trim rings for a vehicle less than 4 years old was enlightening to the problem of owning a limited production vehicle, so why would I want to purchase a special limited version of a limited vehicle? I'm 80% certain I'm going to order the 37" package with a 3.5L in the future. I already have the dealer willing to do either at window sticker, the only thing they're having a problem with is the allocation of a R. So Ford may encourage me towards the 37 package truck if they don't give this dealer the R allocation they been asking for in the next 6 months. </p><p></p><p>I secured a new 5.8 block and set of matching cylinder heads a while ago. I was afraid with the Hp the current engine was predicted produce at that time and the fact parts prices had increased substantially before I purchased that I was afraid Ford was going to eliminate them from the inventory in the near future at the time I purchased them. I'd like to thank J for the cylinder heads and selling them to me at a fair price at that time. Today Ford want 3 times that amount for them. I've heard of a person spending $10K for a new 5.8L block last year to replace a damaged one. </p><p></p><p>To me these cars aren't rare, yes they're limited production. Rare is finding one of one of a very small production number. Rare is a 67 Corvette L88 equipped car. A total of 20 L88 cars were built, of the 20, 10 are convertibles and 10 are coupes. Of that there was 1 red coupe with red interior. Unfortunately I looked at purchasing this car minus the engine, transmission and the hood. It had been driven on the street and drag raced extensively on the track, yet still had less than 10,000 miles on it. If I'm remembering correctly it had 9600 miles on it. The track racing is what caused the engine to fail with the car having such low mileage. After the engine failure the car sat around for years with the engine and transmission removed. The desirable 427 stinger hood was sold off the car. The person selling this car wanted as much as what a complete running low mileage 67 Corvette cost at the time. This was in the mid 80s and I passed on it because to source a correct date coded 427 block and build it back up to an L88 with the correct parts at the time I felt would make the car too expensive, the paint was faded and cracked by sun exposure, the interior was completely there and in very good condition............little did I know how much that car would appreciate in value to today's current value. I kicked myself quite a bit when the car was auctioned at Mecum in January of this year. Unfortunately I don't think our cars will ever appreciate that much in the future because it isn't that rare, but I could be wrong just like I was with the Vette. But It really doesn't matter because for me to see that type of hopeful appreciation happen, I'd have to be well past 100 years old. So I'm going to enjoy it for what I want, similar to what the guy that purchased the 67 Corvette L88 new from the dealer did. Yet I have the block and heads to rebuild it whereas the Vette owner didn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bad Company, post: 17020953, member: 141815"] I unfortunately don't believe we should have to spend thousands of dollars stockpiling parts to repair our cars in the near future. My car hasn't been driven much in the last 8 years and probably won't be driven much in the future on public highways, I estimate that it would be lucky to achieve 300 miles a year. Yet with age what could fail that would cause major issues? I've been going back and forth on ordering a new Raptor 37" or a Raptor R recently, unfortunately Ford has delayed the release of the 24 trucks until a few weeks ago. I'd say it was a supply chain issue again. Now my history of these trucks is that I usually drive them a lot with the average mileage each year being 27,000. My current 19 Raptor has 137,000 miles on it and isn't 5 years old. This thread actually has me questioning why would I want the R with its limited production 5.2L engine and the fact that in less than 5 years from now it will be hard to find parts for this truck, engine and supporting electronics combination. I already know of a number of performance engine shops touting the 5.2L blocks as the strongest stock block for Coyote builds for racing applications and purchasing them from Ford depleting the limited inventory of them for the future. I would also assume that the cylinder heads are the best flowing from Ford and will also be depleted in the future. Ford's lack of customer support with no parts inventory or charging a ridiculous price for an inventoried item of limited stock to a customer needing a repair from damage while trying to maintain that item until the warranty expires without ordering replacements I find troubling. My experience trying to purchase the simulated beadlock trim rings for a vehicle less than 4 years old was enlightening to the problem of owning a limited production vehicle, so why would I want to purchase a special limited version of a limited vehicle? I'm 80% certain I'm going to order the 37" package with a 3.5L in the future. I already have the dealer willing to do either at window sticker, the only thing they're having a problem with is the allocation of a R. So Ford may encourage me towards the 37 package truck if they don't give this dealer the R allocation they been asking for in the next 6 months. I secured a new 5.8 block and set of matching cylinder heads a while ago. I was afraid with the Hp the current engine was predicted produce at that time and the fact parts prices had increased substantially before I purchased that I was afraid Ford was going to eliminate them from the inventory in the near future at the time I purchased them. I'd like to thank J for the cylinder heads and selling them to me at a fair price at that time. Today Ford want 3 times that amount for them. I've heard of a person spending $10K for a new 5.8L block last year to replace a damaged one. To me these cars aren't rare, yes they're limited production. Rare is finding one of one of a very small production number. Rare is a 67 Corvette L88 equipped car. A total of 20 L88 cars were built, of the 20, 10 are convertibles and 10 are coupes. Of that there was 1 red coupe with red interior. Unfortunately I looked at purchasing this car minus the engine, transmission and the hood. It had been driven on the street and drag raced extensively on the track, yet still had less than 10,000 miles on it. If I'm remembering correctly it had 9600 miles on it. The track racing is what caused the engine to fail with the car having such low mileage. After the engine failure the car sat around for years with the engine and transmission removed. The desirable 427 stinger hood was sold off the car. The person selling this car wanted as much as what a complete running low mileage 67 Corvette cost at the time. This was in the mid 80s and I passed on it because to source a correct date coded 427 block and build it back up to an L88 with the correct parts at the time I felt would make the car too expensive, the paint was faded and cracked by sun exposure, the interior was completely there and in very good condition............little did I know how much that car would appreciate in value to today's current value. I kicked myself quite a bit when the car was auctioned at Mecum in January of this year. Unfortunately I don't think our cars will ever appreciate that much in the future because it isn't that rare, but I could be wrong just like I was with the Vette. But It really doesn't matter because for me to see that type of hopeful appreciation happen, I'd have to be well past 100 years old. So I'm going to enjoy it for what I want, similar to what the guy that purchased the 67 Corvette L88 new from the dealer did. Yet I have the block and heads to rebuild it whereas the Vette owner didn't. [/QUOTE]
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