What problems does the GT350 REALLY have...

[aham23]

still not horrible for a non DD 350 and much cheaper than buying at most dealers.


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[stanglife]

I just rented a 5.0 GT in PBI with 3K miles on it that had piston slap. Once it warmed up, it was gone.

Piston slap is not 350 specific.

Very true - my boss motor did he same. It seems that with the coolers, it’s a little slower to get the heat required into the pistons, on these. This is t really a problem, I guess

 

[nastang87xx]

I don't have piston slap but I've also never started my car at temps under mid 20 F.

 

[nastang87xx]

Very true - my boss motor did he same. It seems that with the coolers, it’s a little slower to get the heat required into the pistons, on these. This is t really a problem, I guess

Yeah Boss engines were bad. ZR1's were noisy too.

 

[Tank]

Same here - no piston slap... even on -20 F cold starts.

You're a braver man than I [MENTION=12069]Hack[/MENTION]:lol:

Re: piston slap, not noticeable in mine..

 

[Hack]

You're a braver man than I [MENTION=12069]Hack[/MENTION]:lol:

Re: piston slap, not noticeable in mine..

Hey [MENTION=21788]Tank[/MENTION], not sure brave is the proper word, but thanks for the benefit of the doubt!

 

[Shawnski]

One thing....piston slap....it's there. I find that regardless of oil temperature, you can still faintly hear it. I find that once there's just a little heat in the motor, I start adding some load - every gear, try to get some solid load and accelerate at maybe 60%. This gets heat into the piston itself and I notice that the sound goes away in short order. These engines are setup loose with extended high-RPM runs in mind - so the pistons need room to grow a bit. On the street, sometimes it's hard to get enough heat into them.

The price paid for forged pistons, although I have not detected any piston rattle when cold. As an aside, those heavy and noisy when cold OEM TRW forged slugs in the old 5.0 circa ‘86-‘91 did not create undue wear in the cylinders. But that was a cast iron block with a short stroke, vs a long stroke and very high piston speed (albeit with a relitively lightweight slug) within a plasma welded alloy cylinder block. :shrug:

Anywho, Mod motors are known for piston stability a benefit of the relitively small bore and piston.

 

[WetDuck]

I have a little over 7,000 miles on mine. I had to ad 1 quart after about 1,500 miles but haven't had to add any oil since. No issues and this car puts a smile on my face every time I look at it.

My similar experience - I find as I have driven this car a bit longer - oil consumption seems to relate to back pressure - using engine compression as a brake increases blow by.

 

[72&18]

6k on my '18. I purchased new in April of '20. I have tracked the car about a half dozen times. It is my daily driver, although with COVID I am still working from home.... No issues of any kind. Upgrade, you won't regret it.

 

[lightrules]

Upgrade, you won't regret it.

Just for the record, the OP posted this 3.5 yrs ago...

 

[ssmith891]

Just for the record, the OP posted this 3.5 yrs ago...

And also ended up upgrading haha! Zero regrets.

 

[526 HRSE]

"What problems does the GT350 REALLY have..."

Haters

 

[wingnutt]

Biggest problem I have is the obvious hole in my gas tank…I swear I fill it up every three days and it just flat out disappears within 200 miles or so

 

[dpAtlanta]

I have a serious odometer problem... when I purchased the car 24 months ago, they tried to sell me an extended warranty. I asked why? This car is NOT a daily driver and will NOT see rain. This car will NOT get driven more than 3000 - 4000 miles per year!

I believe my odometer is WAY out of calibration..... the odometer is currently showing almost 30,000 miles..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I keep checking to see if there is some sort of a TSB for odometer issues... nothing yet.

 

[rochoa21]

My ac went out at 16000 miles yesterday.. and I’m in Vegas…

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