Lol if these engines only made 210 whp they would last until the next ice age.
Exactly right. 9.0:1 compression, small cam, small ports, low rev limit. Nothing in that engine is being stressed heavily at all. You can easily make 400 HP with a 5.0 pushrod Ford engine, but Ford just didn't do it.Lol if these engines only made 210 whp they would last until the next ice age.
All because of the BBQ tick? Question, did it go away after it warms up a bit? I've noticed mine ever so slightly when my windows are down in a parking garage, but it doesn't last long. I just left it alone after reading several posts about it and it seems like nothing is wrong.
Either way, that sucks. Hopefully you can find a car you don't run into issues with.
Ford will be buying my Mustang back soon and I just wanted to thank everyone on here for their help, advice and knowledge while I owned the car...sadly I will not be buying another Mustang...not sure what I will get next, but for now I will drive my winter beater til next spring...without this forum and its members I would never even known my car had an issue and I thank you all for that! I will be on the forum for a bit longer and will have some aftermarket items up for sale when I get pics of everything...
True all cars/brands have issues, but I find this disturbing. We're a small portion of all mustang sales, yet I would guess 30% have this problem on this site? Maybe a little more or less but judging but the polls I looked at I may be close...Something is wrong here. I haven't owned an American car in nearly 20 years until this year, and always said after the problems my dad had with his truck, I'd stick to japanese makes, but said If I ever bought an American car again, it would only be a Mustang GT.. Even my wife was surprised when I said I was going to buy a new Mustang.I feel the need to revise a portion of my previous post. I in no way mean to cast negativity toward the MY17 Mustang. I have a friend that owns one and he is in love with it and hasn't experienced a single problem. Sorry you are having the problems you have but every year car from EVERY company has problems and that is the simple fact. Probably why they instituted the famous 'Lemon Law'. Peace to all MY17 owners and enjoy your awesome machines.
For awhile last year I had a 95 5.0 cobra and my 5.0 18 gt at the same time..i ran a 13.9 in the cobra....maybe 260 hp? it had a few mods like headers and gears,but it was low miles and looked like a brand new car..and in some ways we moved forward...like hp and safety,but in other ways we haven't , the 95 manual shifted better then the new cars do, it sounded better with the headers and flowmasters, and I felt more connected to the road with it and its really enjoyable flinging around a lighter car, woulda kept it but needed the garage space...but hell talk about noisy, these young guys would shit to hear all those rocker arms ticking like 20 sewing machinesI was just thinking about this whole concept when I drove my Mustang into work this morning while driving. When I was 17, getting close to 320 rwhp on my '97 Formula was a lot to me. Imagining that today, my current Mustang has even more power than a Dodge Viper in that same time period. Without spouting 0-60 times and quarter mile times, it's hard not to just appreciate driving a car with over 400 horsepower that's main stream. We've come a long way.
The old 90's GT's sounded so incredible. I couldn't fit in my cousin's '98 GT on the passenger side, lol.For awhile last year I had a 95 5.0 cobra and my 5.0 18 gt at the same time..i ran a 13.9 in the cobra....maybe 260 hp? it had a few mods like headers and gears,but it was low miles and looked like a brand new car..and in some ways we moved forward...like hp and safety,but in other ways we haven't , the 95 manual shifted better then the new cars do, it sounded better with the headers and flowmasters, and I felt more connected to the road with it and its really enjoyable flinging around a lighter car, woulda kept it but needed the garage space...but hell talk about noisy, these young guys would shit to hear all those rocker arms ticking like 20 sewing machines
Exactly right. 9.0:1 compression, small cam, small ports, low rev limit. Nothing in that engine is being stressed heavily at all. You can easily make 400 HP with a 5.0 pushrod Ford engine, but Ford just didn't do it.