There is great thread about Warranty litigation and HPDE in the GT350 forum. Many other threads about engine failures, are great reading.
Ford has been pretty generous so far in buybacks and engine fixes for some
From the 1969 Ford Boss 302 guides, page 6:
"Competitive Events are defined in...
Absolutely beat the snot out of her, until 8 grand appears ON DEMAND.
Don't take shit from a engine.
Old Boss 302 members were convinced that Ferrari built the B302 engine, and it could withstand 7500 for days on end, cold or hot, as it was not based on a cheap ford small block.
Delusions...
I don't hear "my wife will drive the M1 beast"........ at all..
Seriously, a Mustang GT is a far cry on the street from a M1 or Shelby GT350.
My sons wife will not drive his 16 Gt 350.....and my lady friend will not drive my M1..
Why..YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THESE CREATURES EVERY SECOND....ROUGH...
Ford built us racing cars.......... but do not cover racing.
All older Coyote Mustangs are now raced at owners expense. It is a good platform...... T-1, T-2, T-3, A/S, time Trials, NASA, SCCA.......drag racing.....
It is the American way.
Dallara, Porche, BMW, Mercedes, to name a few, also...
Insurance companies hire photographers to take pics of street cars racing at drag strips..........license plates....mostly.
Industy shares these photos.....but not actual racing cars without plates.
Forstalls warranty claims of any sort..especially collision and blown motors.
You simply...
HPDE, is essentially racing, same as Track nites and time trials...RACING.
FASTER THAN POSTED HIGHWAY SPEED LIMITS.
Arbitrators know this........
I started racing SCCA Regionals/Nat'ls back in the 80's.
MY personal experience is that on track you go as fast as you can, safely or...
This thread is a reality check...............the Warranty will not cover HPDE as it IS racing, no trophies but it is racing.
Everybody knows that, even non English speaking peoples, and plenty of Hot Rodders who do time trials.
Marie Antoinette said to let them eat cake and have it too, but...
Ahh Personal attacks! Not a Lawyer but my son, Grandson, Two first Cousins, one a State Supreme Ct Justice, DIL are....inspired by me....I was an expert witness..I will put it that way.
Old Judges lived thru NASCAR, F1, anddrag racing days of old friends............many lawyers raced.
FACTS...
As a guy who worked in the legal profession, some who have been Arbitrators late in life........when I heard this claim was going to Arbitration.....................I asked the question of drinking Lawyers at the Elks Club and Yacht Club...to a person. the said...... "RACING?" GTFO....!!
A...
Unhinged by the decision?
I have been around racing for way too long...blown engines wrecked vehicles are the norm..you all know it.........there is no free lunch, but you DID in the past get SOME repairs out of Ford.
Gas Ronda used to go thru trans all the time.
What gets me, is the very...
I just centered the plate, and drilled pilot holes for the screws............... and the bitch was done.
I also installed all weather General tires for cold weather. Driving to Fla soon.
Car is a TOOL.
https://www.ccarbitrators.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Insurance.pdf
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/publications/gpsolo_ereport/2023/february-2023/how-become-arbitrator-united-states/
Arbitrator IS a Lawyer, sometimes with experience in the field of contracts.
Many times they...
I watched the GT3 Mutangs rear wing, do the hula when on track...........
I see one wing failed and the deck lids blew off.
The restrictors limit the engine to 550 hp and that is monitored by torque sensors on the rear axel shaft.
I see no Mustangs in the top ten in the Michelin Pilot...
Nuisance lawsuits are filed all over the country, REGULARLY, against Shooting Ranges that pre-existed the new housing developments nearby, that developers got land for cheap.......... due to the proximity race tracks and shooting ranges.
Noise Ordinances can limit noise making to 10pm, and do...
I kept my 99 SVT Cobra convertible for 25 years, and I expect to keep my Mach 1 another 25 years.
2007 Shelbys are still around 30K, and sell on the Shelby name, as the current crop.........
Mach I is a follow on Shelby with many bells and whistles.
Dark Horse, too........
True performance...
I must add:............IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO TRASH/DESTROY THE CAR IN A CRASH, AND BLOW UP ENGINES.............don't do it.
A cheap car for SCCA Track Nites in America or NASA, or SOLO can be fun.......
My M1 will get a few nites...............but the old car will be the "disposable"...
More.
Back in the days of the huge SCCA Formula Ford wars...1975 on........at least before the Swift FF's took over in '84...........guys would hire race shops like Bally automotive, Joe Stimola, etc, to prepare their cars and just show up to race....extended into FSV too......
Big expenses...
If you want to win in a racing class, at any cost, to be first........., demolishing the competition---- is a $$$ black hole.
I have seen it in SCCA Regionals, Nationals, Drag racing ...all $$$ black holes.....................KILL MODE COSTS MONEY.
If on the other hand, you just want to track...