SicShelby09
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Sounds like the smart thing to do atleast for us guys that can run 93 is to request a 91 octane tune. Then keep running the 93. Maybe overkill but safe nonetheless.
Sounds like the smart thing to do atleast for us guys that can run 93 is to request a 91 octane tune. Then keep running the 93. Maybe overkill but safe nonetheless.
So what exactly is mode 6 and mode 9? It was only a couple months ago that big tuners were insisting that flashing back to stock would make tunes invisible. Nice. Does mode 6 and 9 pull information even after a complete battery drain? After a Ford calibration update (such as for a TSB)? It's one thing to blow an engine and fraudulently pass it off as stock, but I'd hate to be hassled for things highly unlikely to be related to a tune.
Formula, that's pretty muh the gist of it. Some peoPleare claiming that it is faulty pistons but several things show otherwise.
1: it only happens to #8 so far. If it was faulty batch, it should be happening to all cylinders equally.
So, when the piston ring land breaks like that, is it as simple as buying the forged kit recently offer by mmr(I think) and getting the cylinder cleaned up, and rebuilding with the new piston//rods?
JDV, I agree with you. I cant see when all 8 pistons share the same rings and tolerances why #8 would fail. I had the #7 piston on my 03 Cobra fail but we were able to clearly see what caused it and it was not Fords fault. The car was heavily modified (whipple 17#'s, tune etc). I am on at least 1/2 a dozen mustang websites and have not seen a issue yet about a stock car with a piston problem. I also wont count out that if there is a design flaw that a tune will expose it. But when you think of it Ford might have designed the engine to produce at its maximum safe output. After all we know its HP is under rated at 412. Which is incredible in my book for a small cubic inch naturally aspirated motor!
So, when the piston ring land breaks like that, is it as simple as buying the forged kit recently offer by mmr(I think) and getting the cylinder cleaned up, and rebuilding with the new piston//rods?
The #7 on the 03 was the last cylinder on the coolant path I believe too.
This one sounds like a Ford issue to me. No doubt the tunes are exacerbating the problem but I still think Ford f-ed something up with #8.
These new mustangs are def getting some douche owners. Even just at a car show. People air brushing shit or putting stuffed animals in their car. Then they have every bolt on in the world.
Skeltor, I'm sorry but Im not sure I believe you about stock cars. Its obvious you have a clue whats going on in the brains of these cars. No one, no where on the Internet is admitting to it. You claim to be over warranties, show us proof that it's happening. I want to see it. If people where popping #8, it would be all over the net. Look what happened when just a few (I think were up to 3 now?) popped it, and one of those thought he was warrantied originally. If your going to make claims without backing them up, then it's absolutely unreliable information. I've seem several ls camaros burn up clutches but that doesn't make it reliable information to assume a wide coverup and problem.
I still stand by tuning issue, possibly bad end of a learning curve, until I see stick cars with problems. Still none to be found other than rumor and word of mouth.
I do put a little more stock into what you say because you don't have a blown car. Everyone else screaming seems to be another butt hurt person with a denied warranty from a tuned car who now have a grudge against ford, even claiming sabotage by a union that didn't even build the motor or non disosure agreements in exchange for new motors (which isnt a term of my warranty). But I still want proof, information, I wanna see pictures of pistons with the same type of breakage as we've seen. Soooo many things can go wrong, I won't, and no one should, assume that it's all the same problems causing it.
I would give you more info on what I know but since I'm dealing with customers instead of my own car, I will leave that up to them. I know Ford products up, down and sideways. I do think a possible problem exists. I think it has something to do with fuel octane and tuners not having enough knock sensitivity, too much timing and not enough throttle input enrichment. But and I say BUT, I have heard through the channels that there could be bone stock issues and I will leave it at that. If you have seen the problems that I have over the last 15+ years of dealing with Ford only problems, you would know why I am a little worried. They told us the 6.4 was the cure all of all the 6.0 problems and that POS is the abortion of every diesel invented. I wouldn't give two shits about it if I didn't own one myself and know the things I know.