Need help with modified used GT purchase

[ZLwhat]

Exactly why I will never own a car with forced induction.

That the only reason? Seems with 16k miles on a 2017 there's other reasons smh

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[The Watchman]

That the only reason? Seems with 16k miles on a 2017 there's other reasons smh

Anytime you supercharge or turbo these cars on stock engine you are greatly multiplying the possibly for catastrophic failure.

@ZLwhat if you do not have the disposable income or enough money set aside to repair a blown engine and/or transmission then DO NOT buy this car...

 

[ZLwhat]

Anytime you supercharge or turbo these cars on stock engine you are greatly multiplying the possibly for catastrophic failure.

@ZLwhat if you do not have the disposable income or enough money set aside to repair a blown engine and/or transmission then DO NOT buy this car...

I was being factious lol of course I have plenty of money to repair this vehicle. The tests leak down/pressure tests all came back good, got it up on the lift and underneath looks damn near new, I'm completely confident that this is a great buy. I'm not some 18 year old kid lol, I'm buying it as a fun around town on some back roads on the weekends car, I already have a GT500 that it'll be stored right next too....I understand what the added stress of adding a blower to a stock motor does lol.....I did ask in the beginning if anyone (if it checks out good) would have any qualms with a stock motor and a Roush Stage 2, and it was a resounding no....so it comes down too, can the internals handle a stage 2 Roush if the tests come back good, which they did?

 

[coffeehound]

Not trying to be defensive lol, it just seems that every thread on this forum seems to be someone trying to find the negative in everything

So in other words, you just can't help yourself.

Got it.

 

[ZLwhat]

So in other words, you just can't help yourself.

Got it.

You focus on fixing the door seal on the mustang you never drive and I'll worry about mine lol. I promise you I don't need the opinion of someone that doesn't even drive theirs.

 

[coffeehound]

That the only reason?

Yep.

 

[coffeehound]

You focus on fixing the door seal on the mustang you never drive and I'll worry about mine lol. I promise you I don't need the opinion of someone that doesn't even drive theirs.

LMAO, really? That's the best you can do?

I just bought the car 2 1/2 weeks ago.

It was the original owner who never drove it, all the better for me.

You see that's what smart people do - they look for 1 owner, low mileage cars w/o any aftermarket mods, it gives you a nice, reliable, blank canvas to work with that you can build the way you want to - as opposed to taking over someone else's failed, or incomplete project.

If the A-Pillar door plug (a $10.00 fix) is the worst problem I come across, I'm good.

 

[ZLwhat]

LMAO, really? That's the best you can do?

I just bought the car 2 1/2 weeks ago.

It was the original owner who never drove it, all the better for me.

You see that's what smart people do - they look for 1 owner, low mileage cars w/o any aftermarket mods, it gives you a nice, reliable, blank canvas to work with.

If the A-Pillar door plug (a $10.00 fix) is the worst problem I come across, I'm good.

Previous owner probably beat the shit out of it for 16k miles and dumped it....why else would they have it for so long with such little miles, I think i've seen it on youtube running over 30 people leaving a car meet while also doing doughnuts.....

 

[Timbuck]

LMAO, really? That's the best you can do?

I just bought the car 2 1/2 weeks ago.

It was the original owner who never drove it, all the better for me.

You see that's what smart people do - they look for 1 owner, low mileage cars w/o any aftermarket mods, it gives you a nice, reliable, blank canvas to work with.

If the A-Pillar door plug (a $10.00 fix) is the worst problem I come across, I'm good.

i Thought I was smart and did exactly that. Searched for 6 months and I got a 2017 with less miles than yours. A guy brought it for his wife for Valentine’s Day With her own custom name plates. It was her go to coffee Sunday car. I owned it for a few weeks and it blew up in my driveway on a cold start up The morning after a long highway drive on cruise control. I think I was the first person to rev it passed 5000rpm and that was on the test drive hahaha. They made comment how it accelerated onto the highway in 3rd. They had never did it.

Cylinder 3 , Oil ring failed. possibly due to carbon or a Friday afternoon special build and tight or wrong size oil ring fitted.

and yet there are boosted builds out there it’s 150,000+ miles stock engines without issue.

it’s a lottery. Hahah.

 

[coffeehound]

i Thought I was smart and did exactly that. Searched for 6 months and I got a 2017 with less miles than yours. A guy brought it for his wife for Valentine’s Day With her own custom name plates. It was her go to coffee Sunday car. I owned it for a few weeks and it blew up in my driveway on a cold start up The morning after a long highway drive on cruise control. I think I was the first person to rev it passed 5000rpm and that was on the test drive hahaha. They made comment how it accelerated onto the highway in 3rd. They had never did it.

Cylinder 3 , Oil ring failed. possibly due to carbon or a Friday afternoon special build and tight or wrong size oil ring fitted.

and yet there are boosted builds out there it’s 150,000+ miles stock engines without issue.

it’s a lottery. Hahah.

It definitely is a lottery, you're right about that @Timbuck

That said, your experience is the exception & not the rule.

I drove my GT 400 miles to get her home and I definitely put it through its paces.

The car ran flawlessly.

I did have the opportunity to speak to the original & only owner, for about 20 minutes on the phone.

He had traded the car in, because he had a bout with cancer and his health had declined so badly, that he couldn't drive the car any longer and on top of that, it was his 3rd vehicle.

Since I've had it home the last couple of weeks, I've been through this car from one end to the other and I feel very good about the purchase.

As the saying goes, time will tell.

 

[ZLwhat]

Another quick question with this particular vehicle fellas. I was doing some research on the manual trans in the 2015 year and it states you pull up and go into reverse. My shifter you push DOWN and go into reverse. Did the previous owner swap out shifters to change that?

 

[coffeehound]

Another quick question with this particular vehicle fellas. I was doing some research on the manual trans in the 2015 year and it states you pull up and go into reverse. My shifter you push DOWN and go into reverse. Did the previous owner swap out shifters to change that?

I would have to say yes.

My wife has a 2015 GT premium and there is a collar underneath the shift knob you have to lift up on with your fingers in order to get the shifter into reverse. My 2017 has the same exact thing and I believe it's a standard feature with the MT82 6 speeds.

If you don't lift up on that collar you will never get the car into reverse - ask me how I know that, LOL.

When my wife's car was delivered I couldn't get the car into reverse for the life of me, so I finally broke out the owner's manual and that's how I learned about the safety collar underneath the shift knob to get the car into reverse, I would have never picked up on it otherwise.

I've driven a lot of sticks before, but I never came across one that had this particular safety feature.

So, if you have to push down to go into reverse, I'd have to say that is another aftermarket mod, that one of the previous owners did.

 

[ZLwhat]

I would have to say yes.

My wife has a 2015 GT premium and there is a collar underneath the shift knob you have to lift up on with your fingers in order to get the shifter into reverse. My 2017 has the same exact thing and I believe it's a standard feature with the MT82 6 speeds.

If you don't lift up on that collar you will never get the car into reverse - ask me how I know that, LOL.

When my wife's car was delivered I couldn't get the car into reverse for the life of me, so I finally broke out the owners manual and that's how I learned about the safety collar underneath the shift knob to get the car into reverse, I would have never picked up on it otherwise.

So if you have to push down to go into reverse, I'd have to say that is a mod, that one of the previous owners did.

Jesus christ, just another thing set to blow up.......i kid.....kinda ;)....thanks coffee

 

[coffeehound]

Jesus christ, just another thing set to blow up.......i kid.....kinda ;)....thanks coffee

No problem @ZLwhat

 

[Therealmattlex]

Another quick question with this particular vehicle fellas. I was doing some research on the manual trans in the 2015 year and it states you pull up and go into reverse. My shifter you push DOWN and go into reverse. Did the previous owner swap out shifters to change that?

I have a MGW shifter and you push down to get it into reverse. If that’s the shifter you have it’s a great upgrade. I’m not sure if the other brands are the same.

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