Doesn’t seem to be the issue with mine either.
Yesterday I tried a few things like cardboard behind the grill and removing the top of the intake box to see if it might be related to MAF readings. That didn’t make a difference.
I sent another log to VMP today. Mine was doing it with a stock phase 2 with the VMP 730 HP tune. Since then I put in nee NGK plugs gapped at .028, new injectors and the VMP 67 twin throttle body and a new vmp tune for that setup. Still has the same behavior.
I don’t recall the car doing this...
Mine still has the same issue, but not nearly as bad as yours. VMP reviewed my logs and said everything looks good. I'm getting the car out today to do a few more logs for them to review. My car did it before and after adding the VMP throttle body and larger injectors. So I'm sure it isn't...
All depends on the model. The N54 engines are pretty bullet proof except for water pumps and injectors. I've been running e85 and 500 HP for the last 80k miles and have over 130k on the car. Their inline 6 engines are pretty solid. The V8s not so much (M series or non M series).
I wouldn't hesitate to take my n54 335 to 200k+ miles without worrying about it. The V10 M5s were only good to 50k miles when the warranty expired. lol. That's why you can get them pretty cheap now even though they were around 90k new.
I would change it ASAP. I have never left oil got that long on a new engine. The oil has a lot more metal shavings on a new engine which will continue to add more wear in the beginning.
My car has this issue. It almost feels like the car is missing occasionally. I have the Roush Phase 2 with the California Special front grill. I see that the grill does have that section on the left mostly blocked with a small opening for air to go in. I can't tell if the issue is tune...
I have the extreme contact and I'm pretty happy with them. They have exceptional dry traction. I can't comment on tire wear or wet traction as I haven't had them long and I don't drive the car in the rain. Their price point is a tad salty.
I reached out to Ford and put a case in. Obviously the damage didn’t happen overnight and the warranty just expired. So hopefully they will help with the situation
I’ve had cases where GM still helped out as a customer courtesy when my GM was just out of warranty a couple months.
Especially...
I noticed a similar issue recently on my hood. My warranty just expired a couple months ago. My car has also seen rain maybe 1 time and has 5,000 miles on it.
I've run multiple FI cars over the years. All of the cars running a MAF close to the filter can be finicky. The MAF sensor is designed to work with the stock airbox setup. Any changes in air flow at all can impact how the car behaves. Especially open filter designs. I have a Cervini grille...
I noticed this chip on my car yesterday. Car has 5k miles and no other chips anywhere. I wouldn’t have thought much of it and probably just touched it up until I noticed the bubbling around the chip which I thought was kinda odd. Then I noticed the white power under it when I pulled at the...
I got a set of the BMR jacking rails. I think they are around $120. They only weigh 10 LBs and it's a 15 minute install. Then you can put a jack or jack stands anywhere along the side of the car and don't have to work about bending anything. Especially for people that take their cars to...