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Agreed. Dual mass is not a performance oriented setup. It's more for drive ability on a street car. Dual mass means even more rotating mass for the engine to spin up, which eats away at your available power. Mass takes energy and with higher mass, you need more energy to achieve same rates of...

BTW I just got my Mantic 9000 Twin Disc Organic and dropped it off at the dealer. Out of sheer morbid curiosity I weight the Billet Steel flywheel and other parts before dropping it off for install. 15.5 lbs for their solid billet steel lightened flywheel with ARP bolts all still in the plastic...

Don't forget TriboTEX is ONLY a isDLC coating. It remains AFTER the oil is changed, hence why it continues to work. If you read through my posts, my 2016 PP GT has both the BBQ Tick AND cold start cylinder rattle in the 2,500 rpm range. Scotty's also has both cylinder rattle (aka piston slap)...

Didn't realize Lexus made a luxury performance sedan with a NA 5.0L V8: https://www.lexus.com/models/GSF/specifications Looks like Ford is not the only auto maker that favors a higher revving mid-sized V8. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-f-2016-present/880731-dyno-d-the-gsf.html Pretty...

Since you can add me to the list of GT owners who have fried a stock clutch without ever drag racing in 30k or less...I did some more digging have come to following conclusions: Some GT owners, going all the way back to the introduction of the Coyote 5.0 in the 2011 S197 mustangs and later the...

Same failure mode, also FP PP2. 30k. Been driving stick for 12 years. My last daily was a used 2007 Focus ST I drove til 175k with the original clutch...was still giong strong when I sold it for $1,500...my 2016 PP GT I bought with only 5,600 miles on it certified used mostly stock other than a...

Agreed, I did like the feel of the steeda even though I only ran it for a few days, but the stock wasn't bad at all and balances pedal feel with linearity quite well. It's far better than the absolutely numb clutch in my friends 2013 BRZ...talk about vague... I think you'll get more feel out of...

I had issues with the pedal sticking to the floor at WOT when shifting in lower gears 1-2, 2-3, it happened constantly with the steeda 35 lb assist spring. So I returned it to stock and it occurred far less frequently and when it did, it was usually a slow return rather than a completely stuck...

I made a list a while back in several of these BBQ Tick threads. Out of 52 members on the list, only two or three had actual short block replacements and one of them had the technicians actually tell them they could not find any out of spec parts. Rod bearings, crank journals, cylinder walls...

Ended up putting down $1,500 for a Mantic 9000 white box. All the hardware sans the slave which is fine. It's a 9" unit that is lightweight in all the right places, focusing on minimizing total mass and keeping the mass as close to the center of the clutch assembly and flywheel as possible...

Finally got the some info on what they found. Clutch plates literally fell off. Looks like the typical POS Ford clutch pad de-lamination failure I've seen several people experience. Surprisingly to me, it wasn't the slave, so I'm footing the bill because none of the main stream auto makers cover...

I've had a mild case of the BBQ tick since I got my PP GT certified used with only 5,600 miles on the clock. At the time it was bone stock except for a Corsa cat back exhaust and window tint from the previous owner. Dealer had changed the oil when it was traded in for a loaded Explorer by the...

For what it's worth the HP FP on my 2.3L EB Mustang sounded pretty loud, in fact it always sounded abnormal an erratic to my ears. Eventually I learned to trust it was fine as I never had drive ability issues. Had 36k of thrashing on it with a Ford Performance Power Pack, ATM FMIC and some other...

Just this past Monday I had the clutch hydraulics let go on my 2016 PP GT. It's at the dealer and deemed a warranty covered repair under my 100k/7yr Ford Certified Used Power Train Extended warranty thankfully. The master tech is still tearing into it but suspects (as do I) the slave cylinder...

Some more interesting articles on oil viscosity from Driven Racing: https://www.onedirt.com/tech/engine/lubrication-myths-science-lubrication/ Interesting is their viscosity recommendation chart which ALSO takes into account common clearances for bearings. It's all about temperature. For...

Good point, but there is a difference. My point wasn't so much to focus on reducing flow restriction in the filter for tangible power gains, but to point to the fact that your not increasing pumping losses. Any changes I make focus on increasing reliability or performance, but avoiding...

Positive displacement pumps ensure fluid flow is constant IF there is no pressure loss path (a closed and pressurized system) and consequently pressures change after each restrictive element in the system. So it would make perfect sense that if the oil pressure sensor is after the oil filter any...

Thanks for the info. That information is quite old however, 1989. That's 30 year old information and your conclusion that lower viscosity decrease bearing wear seems in contradiction to multiple sources I have with very recent information. I don't have access to the whole article, but the...

Case in point, take a look at this:http://www.syntheticwarehouse.com/Specsheets/TSB_oil_filter_particle_size.pdf Now look at Amsoil's EA filter specification for filtration efficiency: https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/filters-and-by-pass-systems/oil/amsoil-ea-oil-filters/ 98.7%...

Take a look at the FL820 spec sheet from Ford Performance. I doubt you'll find a better suited filter for the 5.0. It has all of the important OE features like silicone anti-drain back valve and CLEAN SIDE bypass unlike all the after market filters that are dirty / filter side bypass. It has...