New Owner! Engine and transmission questions

[NoVaGT]

.......Are 5.0 engines less torqy at low RPM? I am not trying to go past 3500 rpm for the first few hundred miles of break in anyway. I am also worried about over revving all the time to 4-5K and abusing my car...

Yes, they're less torquey, they are high RPM HP motors. Take it to the red-line as often as is safe to do.

DO NOT BABY THE ENGINE!!! Rev it hard, take it to the red-line, then ease off it. Modern engines need heat and pressure to break them in properly. Revving the engine is NOT abusing it, it's exactly what it needs. If you baby the engine, it won't be broken in properly, and it could become an oil burner.

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[w3rkn]

Breaking in your engine doesn't mean baby'ing it, it means being mindful of it's working components (as the engine sets-in). And within the first 10k miles, an engine is still polishing itself. So that is when proper Oil changes are most critical.

A few simple rules for the first 1~4k+ miles:
-Stay below 7,000rpms....
-Wait until the engine is warmed up before loading up engine (ie: getting into it)….
-Wind out 3 & 4th gear (under part throttle/80%) as often as you can to 7k....
-When nearing the end of break-in period, start to do some long coasting (at highways speeds) to induce long moments of engine/jake braking....

Use Different Gas Stations and different Octanes (always to full tank). When the engine's harmonics come into their own, it will sound different than the mustang next to you. Have fun with the remaining 800 rpms...


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[MikeHTally]

Yolo,Is a high paid engineer/designer who works for Ford,he know's what he is talking about. LOL !!!!!!!!!

Especially when discussing "frustrated" engines, it seems.

 

[Zrussian13]

My dad is so old school and tells me not to rev the engine because high rpm driving can wear out the engine quicker. Do you feel you have to use a lot of throttle to really push the car past 4K rpms?

The engine was designed to be rev'd. Stay up on proper maintenance and enjoy the car. I rev 7k rpms at least 3-5 times every day. Usually more unless I get stuck in bad traffic all day. You dont have to tack it out all day but going thru the gears isnt going to kill your motor... not sure what your asking about reving past 4k... the car does it very easily. Dont have to give it much pedal to get there.

 

[Ed M]

get the Ford Performance Tune

There is no Ford Performance Tune for 2018+ models.

-Wait until the engine is warmed up before loading up engine (ie: getting into it)….

That is good advice at all times...

-Wind out 3 & 4th gear (under part throttle/80%) as often as you can to 7k....

Which, on American highways, is ... never. Unless you don’t mind getting lots of speeding tickets.

 

[Stymee]

Yes, they're less torquey, they are high RPM HP motors. Take it to the red-line as often as is safe to do.

DO NOT BABY THE ENGINE!!! Rev it hard, take it to the red-line, then ease off it. Modern engines need heat and pressure to break them in properly. Revving the engine is NOT abusing it, it's exactly what it needs. If you baby the engine, it won't be broken in properly, and it could become an oil burner.

Exactly right, get it to operating temp

Then Rev it and decel, a lot
Let the oil splash the cylinder walls

After 500 very rpm and decel miles beat the snot out of it

 

[Sawyerjames]

Hello Everyone, I am so happy to finally join the mustang community. I have always dreamed of buying a ford mustang as a child and finally got a 2019 Mustang GT with manual transmission.
This is my first american sports car and I currently own a BMW 545i 4.4L V8 and Mercedes E550 5.5L V8
I have a couple of questions:

1: I am not sure why but I feel like the car doesn't rev as quick or feel as quick with about 460 hp compared to the BMW 545i 325 hp v8. I am not saying its slow but it feel like I have to throttle it hard to make it rev quick. The transmission shifts beautiful and I am getting better at shifting the MT82. I do find the clutch has a long pedal travel but now I am getting used to it.
Are 5.0 engines less torqy at low RPM? I am not trying to go past 3500 rpm for the first few hundred miles of break in anyway. I am also worried about over revving all the time to 4-5K and abusing my car.

2: The only mod I did was to get a weighted shift knob. It has made the shifting a day and night difference in terms of comfort. When I was trying to twist off the OEM shift knob it was quite hard to get it off so I had to use some force with my hands no tools. Maybe i am being paranoid but I feel like there is a little rotational play in the shift lever when I kind of twist the shift knob back and forth a little. I put the old one back and also noted that play and it may have been there before but I never noted it until now. I asked my dad and he said it was fine.

Attached in the picture of 700 gram shift knob.


I appreciate your input and again very happy that I purchased a mustang.

You have to rev it out my friend. I come from the BMW world as well and they are a lot more "peppy". Keep in mind 4-5k is not over revving what so ever, that is a little over half way to redline... this motor lives in the 4-5k range.

 

[Ebm]

If you think it feels slow, you need rear-end gears man. Don't fear the gear! 3.73 or 4.10s all the way!

 

[Kevin08]

I followed the manual's break-in for my 2018.

The 2019 I just got last Wednesday has already been shifted at > 7K rpm once, continuously driven up to 6500rpm, braked hard, engine braked regularly, etc. I'm still not using cruise control or doing repeated redline shifts until after 1k miles, but I don't feel these cars need to be babied during the break in. It was also a dealer stock car with 38 miles on it when I bought it, so who knows how many times people used launch control before I bought it.

 

[Qcman17]

Looking at the OP's original pic it seems he has the base model without the 301A or up addon so he doesn't have the drive mode settings that those of us with it do. Not that there's anything wrong with that but I'm sure my car without the added drive modes would feel like more of a slug. I find it really starts to amp up in Sport+ mode and even Sport mode is a bit too tame for me.

The throttle tip in in Sport+ seems to be quicker/further with the same amount of pedal applied compared to the more sedate modes. I saw on here someone added the head unit & toggle switches and he was able to program the car to enable those features. It may be worth a look to the OP.

 

[NoVaGT]

....who knows how many times people used launch control before I bought it.

Pretty much this;

 

[lacanteen]

Pretty much this;

Oh that hurts.

 

[Ebm]

Pretty much this;

I don't see a problem? AWD in the snow is pretty fun lol.

 

[Balr14]

1: I am not sure why but I feel like the car doesn't rev as quick or feel as quick with about 460 hp compared to the BMW 545i 325 hp v8. I am not saying its slow but it feel like I have to throttle it hard to make it rev quick. The transmission shifts beautiful and I am getting better at shifting the MT82. I do find the clutch has a long pedal travel but now I am getting used to it.
Are 5.0 engines less torqy at low RPM? I am not trying to go past 3500 rpm for the first few hundred miles of break in anyway. I am also worried about over revving all the time to 4-5K and abusing my car.

I also have a BMW (335i) and have owned other BMWs and Mercedes. Your BMW has a lighter flywheel, lower gears and 1/2" shorter stroke. It is going to rev a lot quicker, no getting around that. A 5 liter V8 with a pretty short stroke is not going to have big low end power.

 

[Silver Bullitt]

One other thing I've noticed is the T/C and ESC seem to neuter this car even in Sport mode. Deactivating the T/C and ESC by holding the toggle switch up until the warning message shows turns it into a different machine. Just be cautious so we don't see unglamorous video postings of you as the ass end likes to show itself without a lot of warning.

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