My Shelby saga - at the dealer. They just called and Ford authorized motor replacement. It's scheduled to arrive Wednesday, might have the car back by the weekend! Hopefully this one only sips the occasional cup of oil instead of guzzling it by the quart. From the mustang board it sounds like they are taking motors from 2019 production line, and there are supposedly some tweaks done internally. We shall see
Oh no... find out if you can keep the original motor... resale value and collectibility will drop significantly without the original motor..
@UtahJoe would you concur?
no its being done by ford, and its the exact same motor....and Rick's car isnt a wrapper car...meaning he drives it so maybe one days its not going to be worth what an untouched 517 mile original car might be, but I dont think it would effect its value otherwise....There were tons of shelby hurst GT-350s that had their engines stolen, didnt effect their values much. .And its not like someone at the dealer is doing machine work to the engine...it is a complete engine swap.Oh no... find out if you can keep the original motor... resale value and collectibility will drop significantly without the original motor..
@UtahJoe would you concur?
Edit - or maybe a select set of dealers have mechanics with the abikity to work on those motors rather than do a full motor swap.
Oh no... find out if you can keep the original motor... resale value and collectibility will drop significantly without the original motor..
@UtahJoe would you concur?
Edit - or maybe a select set of dealers have mechanics with the abikity to work on those motors rather than do a full motor swap.
Edit - or maybe a select set of dealers have mechanics with the abikity to work on those motors rather than do a full motor swap.
Do you know what it is??jesus . . . took ya long enough
damn geezers . . .
Do you know what it is??
if the exhaust is tuned, won't this mess things up?
where are the side outlets?
Back in business. Amazingly the dealer was able to replace it, do a few miles of test driving, no dents or scratches and she is not throwing any codes. 100 miles of ring-seating breakin then another 900 of not taking it to the track.
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