Recent content by AC53

Brett, unfortunately, mine is stored quite a long way from my place (5-hour round-trip drive) due to a need for space at my place last year as I was installing a 4-post lift in the garage and had no place other than the driveway for my enclosed trailer so no room in the garage for the Bullitt...

I feel pretty much the same way about mine Brett, and by coincidence, we've just about the same mileage with mine sitting at 4,932 kms. Wish I had more miles and time on it, but with the new bike, two other cars and travel, there's only so much I can do. ;-) Must be a glitch in my data as...

My mentioning the 15w-50 was in response to earlier posts recommending going to it for places like Florida and Texas rather than staying with the spec'd 5w-50. I don't see that you would gain anything, but you would definitely be giving up protection during warmup and putting a strain on your...

Didn't want to make it into novel-length if possible. ;-) My thoughts there are that, the driving factor for "climate" is heat which has a direct bearing on what is an appropriate viscosity oil for any specific application. The spec for the GT350 is WSS-M2C931-B, so you'd ideally want...

Unfortunately, as with all oil threads, everyone is an oil semi-expert and very few will back their assertions up with any credible data. Ford doesn't specify anything higher than 5w-50 (for either number) for the engine. For their 5L they specify from a 0w-20 (fuel economy, light-use, use...

Managed to hit 4,300 km last week. Bought a new motorcycle the middle of May and spend a bit over 3 weeks riding it through the Appalachians and as far south as Birmingham, Al. Did my BC trip last month but didn't have any spare time so I didn't drop you a note Brett. Rented a new H-D Street...

For me, the decision was based on what I wanted to do with the car, and where I would be using it most. Which, I think, some folks tend to not pay enough attention to. I chose the fully optioned Bullitt because almost all of my driving will be on public roads, not on the track. Primarily...

Sounds good Brett. We had a rough February and March, but I was away for most of it, so definitely can't complain. I've had one of my motorcycles out a couple of times but no room for the Mustang. :-( To fix that I'm getting a 4-post hoist for my garage, so the Bullitt doesn't have to go into...

Darn it Brett, stop showing me those lovely pictures (just kidding), now I'm really not happy I won't be able to get mine out of storage until the 12th or so. Just no room for it at the moment and we've still got black ice lurking around. I'm also going to have to clean the car up after it...

You guys are making it harder than it needs to be. The only things you need to know are: 1) RPM = 7,000 2) Tire diameter = PP1 is a 275/40/19 Pilot Sport 4S and its diameter is 27.7" 3) FD ratio = 3.15 and 3.55 4) 3rd gear A10 ratio = 2.15 That gives a speed of 73.95 for the 3.55 rear and...

I try to drive/ride around 10-clicks over but sometimes my evil twin gets the better of me, usually when there's nothing around and I'm using something very sporty. Far better now than when I was younger, but I still got pulled over last year on one of my favourite winding roads on my way to a...

Each of those components is seperate from the other so they heat up independently of each other for the most part. The primary reasons that the water temperature rises so much quicker than say engine oil, tranny, diff, etc., is that: the single biggest heat source on the car is the combustion...

Coyote Red, just wondering why you are looking at switching to 75W-140? Other than the heat in Texas, which a 75W-90 is fully capable of handling, especially quality gear-oil like Redline, are you drag racing or road racing the car? The reason I ask is that while it is common for folks to think...

I too was getting ready to order an M2. I had actually planned on doing a European Delivery of it for a 3-week trip to Italy. When the 2019 Bullitt was announced, I watched for the pertinent info to be revealed and then went to my dealer and had them verify that they could get one, then put a...

That's my feeling as well Alberto, and everyone has their own idea of what they want. For me, unless most of your driving is done on smooth roads and freeways (why???), then the 305/30/19 tires up front on the PP2 are going to wander and follow the road far more than the 255/40/19 PP1 setup...