How's my car running compared to yours?

[Lilby]

Car now has over 250 miles on it, was able to take it out for the longest drive I've been able to so far, a bit over 50 miles to hit some freeway speeds, higher gears, etc. Want to see how the temps are running compared to what others are seeing. Assume these numbers are after 50 miles of freeway speed driving alternating between 5th and 6th gear and 65-80 mph. I'll get some track stats once I get the car broken in a bit.

Axle oil temp - 194
Cyl Head temp - 201
Engine oil temp - 208
Trans oil temp - 131

I also would like to talk stereo. I have the Sync system (Convenience Package) and I'm wondering how bad everyone else feels it is. The sound seems like it's coming only from the center of the dash like it's a single speaker, even though it's supposedly 9. If I turn it up and adjust the bass all the way up, and move the treble and mid about halfway down it is juuuuuuust bearable. I get that it's a factory radio, but wow is it bad.

Also on the drive tonight the satellite radio cut out at least 30 times, several times to the point where it would display "Acquiring Signal". My last 3 (including current) daily driver vehicles were/are Ford Trucks with satellite radio and there are certainly 2-3 spots in town where there is signal interruption, very predictable and consistent across every vehicle. Nothing like this. The difference being the others were 2012-2014 Sync systems, not Sync 3 (I believe?). I read that some 2016 and above Ford vehicles were having the "aerial assembly" replaced and that has fixed the issue, but haven't found anything GT350 specific. Anyone else?

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[KiLLeR2001]

Those numbers look normal to me except the axle oil temp, never seen mine get that high, usually its in the 130's to 140's after my 45 minute drive to work.

 

[Lilby]

That's exactly why I wanted to ask. Everything else looks good but the axle oil temp was in the range you said then the next time I looked it was 194. I have no idea if that's normal or not. I was just driving on the freeway, not running it hard, going around a bunch of corners, etc. Looks like I'll need to keep an eye on that...

 

[stanglife]

Good idea for a thread. I'll post mine later after a drive.

 

[Coyote Red]

Coyote Red in sport mode

Well, I dd my GT and see about the same temps. BG diff oil change may help with a finned cover maybe? These "paddles" are the bomb as I gain experience using them. 6R80 forever!

 

[Demonic]

I thought the Cup 2's were sticky but man ^

And yeah that axle temps seems high.

 

[AirBusPilot]

I'll be adding a JBL Stealthbox soon with a 400w amp. That should make the stereo livable.

 

[cking]

It is easy to drive axle temp up in torsen diff with tight turns high torque plus very low mileage monitor it.

 

[Lilby]

Just drove a little under 30 miles here today, outside temp here in AZ is about 97 degrees right now. I drove almost non stop mostly from 60-80 mph, the diff temp just kept creeping up, I never saw it drop, even when I got off the freeway and onto surface streets on my way home, sitting at a few lights, maxing out at 45mph the last 5-6 miles, etc. Here's my final temps:

Axle oil temp - 178
Cyl head temp - 205
Engine oil temp - 217
Trans oil temp - 142

The temps from my first post were at night, so the ambient air temp was about 15 degrees or more cooler. I've read that the computer stores instances over 293 degrees on the diff, so clearly I'm not near that, but in another 700 miles or so we're going to start tracking the car so I'm a bit worried that I have a diff temp issue already and don't want to ignore it until I hit the track and find a real problem.

 

[JT1]

Stereo sucks ass, I have my fader set to the back and lots if bass added. I'm surprised how much better MP3s played over USB sound than SiriusXM.

I'm in a spot where I don't really get much HD FM so I don't really try.

 

[HizliBullet]

Well, I dd my GT and see about the same temps. BG diff oil change may help with a finned cover maybe? These "paddles" are the bomb as I gain experience using them. 6R80 forever!

are you in china or australia? why are you upside down?:lol:

 

[Colleton]

I also would like to talk stereo. I have the Sync system (Convenience Package) and I'm wondering how bad everyone else feels it is. The sound seems like it's coming only from the center of the dash like it's a single speaker, even though it's supposedly 9. If I turn it up and adjust the bass all the way up, and move the treble and mid about halfway down it is juuuuuuust bearable. I get that it's a factory radio, but wow is it bad.

Look at your sound settings. The speakers are admittedly cheap, but my system does not sound like that. FWIW, the audio quality has little to do with the media interface (Sync1/2/3) and more to do with the Shaker Audio system Ford puts in the Mustang.

Stereo sucks ass, I have my fader set to the back and lots if bass added. I'm surprised how much better MP3s played over USB sound than SiriusXM.

I'm in a spot where I don't really get much HD FM so I don't really try.

Sirius/XM uses really low bit rate audio. I avoid Sirius/XM for that reason - the audio system is mediocre enough without the added penalty of low bit rate digital audio.

 

[mnmike59]

I thought the Cup 2's were sticky but man ^

 

[kairojya]

I've had my axle temp hit 200F on a twisty road drive here in north TX with low 80F ambient. The temps look normal to what I've seen. Were you using 6th gear on the highway or staying in 5th (or lower)? I think it could heat the diff more when cruising in a lower gear.

 

[cking]

maybe the sensor is off some

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