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That is exactly what I was hoping to read in your response. I suspected what you wrote is what I needed to do (especially returning to center at the right time) but I did not want to test my theory in real life. Maybe after I make the last payment on the car, I'll be more willing to let it hang...

@oldbmwfan Your post was helpful. I appreciate the extra perspective you provided. Your chart you posted above shows how quickly the driver gets back on the gas. I noticed your comment about TC and how the driver still rolls into full throttle. The question I have involves my remaining fear...

@oldbmwfan and @honeybadger I appreciate your perspective and knowledge, and the time you spent gathering the charts and creating a short clip too! Your description of the squeeze, and the difference between a squeeze and a jab seem small, but I can understand how a jab would be more of a shock...

I appreciate the advice. I often make the comment that a little bit of knowledge is more dangerous than zero knowledge. Just because you can start a fire does not mean you can control that fire. Seems I am in that danger zone between initial knowledge and competency. I am at the point where I...

I cannot say for certain what caused them to warp. It would probably be wise to try them with some new pads before I trash them since the pads show so much damage, the pads could be the cause of the pulsating.

That is a perspective about new drivers that I had not considered. Just to be clear, I consider myself a new driver since I can count the number of times I have been on a track on my fingers. The entry to Sebring's Turn 17 is what I am thinking about. On my first track day, I was braking at the...

I don't think the rotors look bad, but they are warped. This rotor has 16k road miles and 5 track days on it. Granted, days at the track as a noob are not all that hard on brakes. I am still amazed at well the brakes on this car work. I have many scary memories of asking too much of the brakes...

The brakes worked fine stopping me from speed. I was getting vibration though. I now not only have new pads, but four new rotors too. The damaged pads, if fake, were very well done. Ford box and sticker that showed the part number. I ordered them from a Ford dealer via the Web. I think it was...

My two cents are the OEM pads work great on the track until your skill level reaches a certain point. I did four track days and 14k road miles on the original pads. I replaced the front pads with OEM and returned to Sebring for a day at the track. I noticed on the way home the noise while...

There is a lot of fluid in the brake plumbing related to the ABS system. I am assuming there are special steps that one must follow in order to flush the fluid out of that part of the braking system. Am I the only one concerned about the fluid left in that part of the system? Or, does the...

Perhaps "schedule" was a poor word choice. The opportunities to go to 7000rpms in a 500+ horsepower car in Melbourne FL do not happen every day. I did constantly vary my speed during the break-in period, and if memory serves I would run to 7000rpms three or four times a week. Please don't think...

I think the best way to answer your question is to reveal how I broke my engine in: I took it easy for 1000 miles by varying my speed and running it to 7000 on a schedule for the express purpose of seating the rings. My first trip to 8250rpms happened at mile 1001. I think 7000rpms at WOT puts...

The engineers that design and build the engines in modern cars have a lot of history to reference when making decisions for their current projects. I have wondered why, with all the improvements in metallurgy, lubricants, procedures, and quality control, that the common break-in procedure has...

Maybe there is room for one from Melbourne?

My two cents: I have always been enamored with the Mustang. I have been fortunate to own a 65, 89 LX 5.0, 14 GT and now the 17 GT350. Mustang was the start of the whole Pony Car segment, and from my perspective that is both good and bad. I think it is bad because a Pony Car is not a Sports Car...

Endeavors that result in only gained knowledge are still worth doing. This is my first foray into anything mechanical on the GT350 besides oil changes and it is quite different from the 1965 Mustang I sold in order to acquire it. Seems that moving forward, I am going to have to add some special...

It is intermittent, but when it happens, it happens when I lift off throttle. I think "flutter" is a good word to describe it, but that word also works for the normal noisy nature of the valve train. The noise we are writing about is louder than the constant valve train noise and it only lasts...

I appreciate the offer. I agree, the valve train is and always has been noisy. Last week, a new clacking sound that is local only to the driver's side popped up. I hope to have time this weekend to pull the valve cover and look around. I might not have time since I will be reading your other...

@honeybadger, you mentioned in previous posts that you have an "engine build thread". I see in your signature, you have the build thread mentioned, but that link just leads to this thread. Leave it to me to click the link wrong. Would you point me in the right direction to read your engine...