Another 2020 GT350 engine failure

[Stevbas]

What LR number ? Mine is 167.

My Shelby blew today. 424 miles !!

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[DCShelby]

More info please!!

 

[Stevbas]

More info please!!

The car had 424 miles on it. The Ford Service Department said it was #5 Valve that caused the engine to seize. I am in contact with Ford.

 

[Stevbas]

The different crank layout is due to the intake. Ferrari basically uses two intakes and throttle bodies on their motor. For packaging purposes on the 350, this was not possible so they changed the order on the crank to be able to use one intake. At least that's how I understand it.

They said it was a bad #5 Valve in my car .

 

[That_Guy]

They said it was a bad #5 Valve in my car .

FWIW, same thing happened to me. Cylinder #5 valve, similar mileage, but 2019MY.

 

[cdh027]

WTF!!! How many is this now?

 

[That_Guy]

WTF!!! How many is this now?

I’m not new. Happened a while back for me. But almost exactly the same thing as Stevbas...

 

[Stevbas]

FWIW, same thing happened to me. Cylinder #5 valve, similar mileage, but 2019MY.

What did you do ! New motor ?

Steve

 

[Sdsaathoff]

I sure hope you’re wrong about the bad “early batch” for 2020. I managed to purchase chassis #001 last October and currently have just over 700 miles on the clock. I believe mine was built in August. Mine runs like a raped ape so far and hasn’t burned a drop of oil. I’ve also been judicious in my break-in technique. TBC...

I also have chassis #1 and would also hate this...

 

[That_Guy]

What did you do ! New motor ?

Steve

Long story... but I am out of that car and just getting into a 20.

 

[Stevbas]

I also have chassis #1 and would also hate this...

No #1 must of had phenomenal quality control Cool Hand Luke !! Keep flying !

 

[5.2 L V8]

Holy cow. Sorry to hear that Stevbas. 424 miles. The dreaded "#5 valve". Sadly, we probably will see more of these. C'mon Ford (or more appropriately Ford supplier).

 

[Sdsaathoff]

No #1 must of had phenomenal quality control Cool Hand Luke !! Keep flying !

Cool Hand Luke has Chassis 1 of the OG 2020 GT350R cars. I have LR001 of the Heritage GT350R. Why would they use the same Serial number on 2 cars with different trim packages? IDK, but I love his red badging everywhere. Mine is rapidly becoming my favorite car, but his is pretty awesome also!

 

[HPP]

Why would they use the same Serial number on 2 cars with different trim packages?

I think that's a pretty easy one to answer. Comic books love resetting to issue 0 or issue 1 every few years, because people have a love of "low numbered stuff".

Similarly, by differentiating between two trim levels and enabling them to offer two 001s is far preferable, from a marketing POV, than offering just one 001.

Why have one happy 001 driver, when you can have two?

At the end of the day, that's the main reason for the chassis numbering; marketing. And if I sound dismissive, I'm not! I love that my HPP will have a chassis number, too.

 

[Sdsaathoff]

I think that's a pretty easy one to answer. Just like comic books love resetting to issue 0 or issue 1 ever few years, because people have a love of "low numbered stuff".

So by differentiating between two trim levels and enabling them to offer two 001s in similar cars is far preferable, from a marketing POV, than only offering one 001.

At the end of the day, that's the main reason for the chassis numbering; marketing. And if I sound dismissive, I'm not! I love that my HPP will have a chassis number, too.

Variant covers for #special... that’s an awesome analogy! I have a pretty large collection of those as well...

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