How are Gen 2 Voodoos holding up?

[UpACurb]

13K miles on my 19R now.....about 4K under my watch....- I dont track it but every time I take it out ....many many pulls to redline ....lots of backroads

I check the oil every time I put gas in it- has never burned any oil
I put less than 3K miles a year on it- so change the oil once a year

So far other than that....tires and my front brakes just started making some noise so assume it needs front brakes

My car is definitely not BAT collector quality- I added PPF when I got it...but it definitely has road rash ...chips on front bumper...hood...in front of rear wheels.....my front spoiler is scraped up underneath.....but I never wanted a museum piece so it makes it much easier to take it out and have fun when its not perfect

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[Wildwildwest]

13K miles on my 19R now.....about 4K under my watch....- I dont track it but every time I take it out ....many many pulls to redline ....lots of backroads

I check the oil every time I put gas in it- has never burned any oil
I put less than 3K miles a year on it- so change the oil once a year

So far other than that....tires and my front brakes just started making some noise so assume it needs front brakes

My car is definitely not BAT collector quality- I added PPF when I got it...but it definitely has road rash ...chips on front bumper...hood...in front of rear wheels.....my front spoiler is scraped up underneath.....but I never wanted a museum piece so it makes it much easier to take it out and have fun when its not perfect

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[svttim]

13K miles on my 19R now.....about 4K under my watch....- I dont track it but every time I take it out ....many many pulls to redline ....lots of backroads

I check the oil every time I put gas in it- has never burned any oil
I put less than 3K miles a year on it- so change the oil once a year

So far other than that....tires and my front brakes just started making some noise so assume it needs front brakes

My car is definitely not BAT collector quality- I added PPF when I got it...but it definitely has road rash ...chips on front bumper...hood...in front of rear wheels.....my front spoiler is scraped up underneath.....but I never wanted a museum piece so it makes it much easier to take it out and have fun when its not perfect

Agreed. I will add, when I do track the car the oil is changed afterwards. These do tend to get warm (have a hopefull fix comming)

 

[john@fatfab]

I know some of these will be glory runs and there is the odd exception, but there is defo a trend to when they shut them down :

All the above are for 350's and they should be listed in order. Hopefully the filenames have carried through for anyone that wants to download them

It would be interesting to know from the owners what they actually shift at and what they were advised when they took delivery.

Hope that helps ?

WD

We keep the factory rev limiter in place on the 800R and 1000R twin turbo cars. These engine are quite strong and reliable in our many years experience specializing on this platform. We have ran the heck out of our development cars and have not had any engine failures. We encourage our customers to do the same! After all that is why you want more power, to use it! We only offer the stock ECU on the 800R as to push 1000 hp out of a stock engine we need better control and safeguards the MoTeC ECU enables us to do. We limit how hard the tubos and torque come on as well. This is why we don't offer more than 800 HP in our 800R supercharged package as those place more stress on the bottom end than a turbocharged setup. Once you get into the built engines packages, 1200R and up we actually increase the rev limiter and ramp up the power and torque application some. I honestly believe that most of the failures that have happened, like most things, have been blown way out of proportion...the internet has a way of doing that. It seems the engines that have actual manufacturing problems reveal themselves in the first few thousand miles. If you get past that and don't have any oil consumption issues, then run the hell out of it IMO. Lastly, as for the crank. ALL of our packages are still using the stock crankshaft and we have made almost 2000 HP on them thus far. That goes to show you must take what is posted online with a grain of salt.

 

[pilotgore]

We keep the factory rev limiter in place on the 800R and 1000R twin turbo cars. These engine are quite strong and reliable in our many years experience specializing on this platform. We have ran the heck out of our development cars and have not had any engine failures. We encourage our customers to do the same! After all that is why you want more power, to use it! We only offer the stock ECU on the 800R as to push 1000 hp out of a stock engine we need better control and safeguards the MoTeC ECU enables us to do. We limit how hard the tubos and torque come on as well. This is why we don't offer more than 800 HP in our 800R supercharged package as those place more stress on the bottom end than a turbocharged setup. Once you get into the built engines packages, 1200R and up we actually increase the rev limiter and ramp up the power and torque application some. I honestly believe that most of the failures that have happened, like most things, have been blown way out of proportion...the internet has a way of doing that. It seems the engines that have actual manufacturing problems reveal themselves in the first few thousand miles. If you get past that and don't have any oil consumption issues, then run the hell out of it IMO. Lastly, as for the crank. ALL of our packages are still using the stock crankshaft and we have made almost 2000 HP on them thus far. That goes to show you must take what is posted online with a grain of salt.

Do you track any of your development cars (not drag strip)? What percentage of your builds would you say get tracked often?

 

[Deathscythe Hell]

Doesn't longevity equal more profit? They believe in the engines enough to give them a 60k mile warranty from the factory.

Not necessarily,

Doesn't longevity equal more profit? They believe in the engines enough to give them a 60k mile warranty from the factory.
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I drive modify all cars since I was 16yrs old and drive them hard, street, strip or track. I add superchargers push the limits of horse power and durability. Factory OEM warranty is fine if you're not gonna be putting the car through hard driving. It's okay if you're mostly on the street and take it to the track every now and then. My gt350r is Whipple supercharged making close to 1100 horsepower at the rear wheels 23lbs of boost on e-85. I've yet to see a factory engine stand up to that kind of power increase.(blew up more than my share of engines) My gt500 came close w/ over 1200rwhp before I decided not to push my luck any farther and sent it off to RPG. It all depends on what you plan on doing w/ the car wether or not you rebuild the engine. I've owned a mustang since I was 16 they're beautiful cars and I loved each and every one of them, but I don't buy them just to say I have one look at it or trailer queens. They will be driven hard like they were ment to be.

 

[john@fatfab]

Do you track any of your development cars (not drag strip)? What percentage of your builds would you say get tracked often?

We have a few customers that have added our track pack cooling package as they do a fair amount of track events. This adds coolant to the turbos and wastegates. We have not heard any news back from them. So I suppose that means life is well. We haven't personally road race regularly any of our cars much. Other than the occasional trip to Putman, our local road course track. Its something we do plan to do some more of. After all the GT350 is a road course car. Our background and most of our customers seem to be more interested in street driving, 1/2 mile events or drag racing though it seems.

 

[svttim]

We have a few customers that have added our track pack cooling package as they do a fair amount of track events. This adds coolant to the turbos and wastegates. We have not heard any news back from them. So I suppose that means life is well. We haven't personally road race regularly any of our cars much. Other than the occasional trip to Putman, our local road course track. Its something we do plan to do some more of. After all the GT350 is a road course car. Our background and most of our customers seem to be more interested in street driving, 1/2 mile events or drag racing though it seems.

Possibly because customers and potential customers see you that way?

 

[stanglife]

^^ nothing to do with how the kits are engineered. It's just that this amount of raw HP delivery is not very compatible with road courses. There is always a compromise. ..well almost always - go get a GT2RS.

Road course with a boosted Mustang is like pulling weeds with a stump grinder. I should add - OEM applications do pretty well! It's these mega HP builds. ;)

 

[john@fatfab]

^^ nothing to do with how the kits are engineered. It's just that this amount of raw HP delivery is not very compatible with road courses. There is always a compromise. ..well almost always - go get a GT2RS.

Road course with a boosted Mustang is like pulling weeds with a stump grinder. I should add - OEM applications do pretty well! It's these mega HP builds. ;)

We can control the power quite well with the MoTeC. In fact if you put the car in weather mode it makes basically stock rear wheel horsepower. We can limit boost and throttle opening to achieve what ever power output we want. Power adders and stock ECU are where you have power delivery problems.

 

[stanglife]

^ I'm aware of the flexibility...and anything is possible but just not ideal. Extra weight, complexity, cooling requirements, tuning for tip in and decel at that stock power level.... It's all a balance and it comes down to should you, not could you. Weaknesses get exposed on a road course...not that any of those things would be a concern on the street and maybe even the drag strip.

 

[tobaccokid]

My 2019 Voodoo engine is holding up fine.

 

[svttim]

We can control the power quite well with the MoTeC. In fact if you put the car in weather mode it makes basically stock rear wheel horsepower. We can limit boost and throttle opening to achieve what ever power output we want. Power adders and stock ECU are where you have power delivery problems.

The presence on the track may change the perception of people. Some of the fastest Mustangs I have seen on track are Turbo Charged

 

[526 HRSE]

13K miles on my 19R now.....about 4K under my watch....- I dont track it but every time I take it out ....many many pulls to redline ....lots of backroads

I check the oil every time I put gas in it- has never burned any oil

I check my oil when the engine is cold.

 

[UpACurb]

I check my oil when the engine is cold.

Yes I do the same....should have been more specific ....when I know I need to put gas in that drive....I check my oil pre-drive when cold..... I believe we are doing it the proper way.....

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