Delivery any day now?

[Hack]

I still haven't seen anything different happen than what the local dealer told me would happen last spring when I discussed ordering a car.

They said Ford would build some cars. Then they would run quality checks. Then they would make any needed changes. Then they would build more cars. More quality checks, etc. until they felt the cars coming off the line were good enough. The dealer also said that Ford likes to build quite a few cars and ship them all out at once. They said the same thing was happening with Explorer, F-150 and Edge - which were all recently refreshed.

I agree that exhaust vibration on this car is probably a challenging engineering problem, but I have not seen anything that convinces me that there is a significant problem with the cars or that there is even a delay.

The most convincing theory I have heard is Ford will use the GT350 release timing to steal Chevy's thunder on the 2016 Camaro release. I could see that happening.

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[AMpowerJ]

These flex sections on exhaust sections are nothing new. My current BMW M3 has the same thing on the downpipes and it's a straight six.

 

[5.0 435]

My 2013 boss also has those flex connections. No big deal. We need to stop the rumers and deal with facts. I can't add anything because I'm not in the loop of things.

 

[TraKWeapon]

The most convincing theory I have heard is Ford will use the GT350 release timing to steal Chevy's thunder on the 2016 Camaro release. I could see that happening.

With a quick internet search you'll find the gen 5 Camaro will be in production until early November. So Ford built the 137 2015 GT350's in mid July to hold for 4-5 months? :headbonk:

 

[TraKWeapon]

My 2013 boss also has those flex connections. No big deal.

These flex sections on exhaust sections are nothing new. My current BMW M3 has the same thing on the downpipes and it's a straight six.

Too bad we're not talking about the flex connectors. :frusty:

 

[AMpowerJ]

Too bad we're not talking about the flex connectors. :frusty:

Please enlighten us then. What are we supposed to be looking at and so concerned about? The rubber mounting point for the exhaust? Again common ...

 

[_M_]

^ you mean those aren't some special harmonic balancers that keep the whole car from vibrating apart? Remove those and catastrophe.

 

[bpracer]

^ you mean those aren't some special harmonic balancers that keep the whole car from vibrating apart? Remove those and catastrophe.

Rookies.... jeesh. Those are the muffler bearings! C'mon, everything is on bearings in these new fangled, auto-mobiles.

 

[_M_]

its all bearings these days…nice

 

[mattlqx]

They're made out of special lambs skin. Works better on FPC than traditional rubber bushings.

 

[Mustang1260]

With a quick internet search you'll find the gen 5 Camaro will be in production until early November. So Ford built the 137 2015 GT350's in mid July to hold for 4-5 months? :headbonk:

Yes. 2015s needed to leave the line before the 2016 Mustang went into production. The GT350 is a Mustang first and a Shelby second.

 

[BigSam]

its all bearings these days…nice

 

[_M_]

for this that have build dates and/or delivery dates, do you have OTT stripes or no?

 

[5.0 435]

for this that have build dates and/or delivery dates, do you have OTT stripes or no?

I ordered with out stripes is that a concern ?

 

[_M_]

I ordered with out stripes is that a concern ?

Not based on what I keep hearing. If what I have is true, that the supplier for the OTT stripes is having difficulty meeting the order, then cars without OTT will probably get delivered first.

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