Hmm, that does help. And it just goes to show that maybe ignorance is bliss!
So turn up the radio (or the exhaust valves) and drive on.
Sounds like you sources are good to go since it's becoming more widely accepted and known that the 18 GT350/R got revised pistons and rings at some point during production. It would sure be nice to know when that change was implemented
Hi, do you have any update or news if the pistons and the rings were really modified in gen2 voodoo engines?
It's really hard to say - I can't remember how many times I posted that "there is no Gen 2". There's Gen 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, ... 1.9, 2.0, 2.1... etc. There were so many running changes that which parts are in which production run is pretty hard to know. And not every running change was to "improve performance". Many were just changes in parts suppliers or cost reductions or some other mundane reason. Since the engine performance specs never changed from 2015 to 2020, the notion that later engines performed better is a bit hard to defend. I had quite a chuckle about the 2020 engine with the GT500 block. It made the Voodoo heavier, and that's about it. In the end, the most reliable Voodoo's were the 2015-16 engines and the late 2019-2020 engines. The ones in the middle had a noticeable failure rate, but even then it wasn't that high but it was heavily amplified by social media. I'm just glad that the C8 Z06 has an FPC so the click-stream media folks can get on with slagging it and leave the Voodoo alone.
Well said except there is a Gen 2 per Ford. But the rest is spot on. Each year there were changes made to improve to Voodoo. The major change was in 19 and hence the Gen 2 tag, The GT500 block does allow for longer head studs although I'm not sure they used them. There is also changes to the cylinder head. Nothing to increase performance but reliability. And 19/20 were the only years the Base model received the same engine as the R. But, again, nothing that would make it faster than the earlier versions
I know this is completely anecdotal but issue/replacement threads do seem to hint at a bit of truth regarding which MY engines are most reliable. I've noticed a lot of late 2016 build, 2017, & 2018 owners with engine replacements. I really wish there was decent owner reported data to hint at some conclusion regarding this sentiment.
There was a website that one of the owners put up with stats on engine failures derived from forum posts and Youtube and other social media. He put a lot of work into it and included stats about the types of failures and so on. It's gone now, but that's where I got my sense of the numbers from. 2017 was the worst year, 2018 was better, and the early engines and the late engines were more or less on par.
Interesting, I wasn't aware of said website. I'm inclined to believe your assessment is accurate given nobody has spent the time or effort to litmus test his results. As for your pet theory, it feels like that could have some validity given the business importance of successful product launches. In a way it somewhat counteracts the whole "new model = stay away" mantra. Either way, your pet theory may be a good guiding principle to those in the market as prices fall.
This is what you're looking for: https://www.motorcraftservice.com/Home/Pricing
Dear All,
Unfortunately I do not have the pic but I will ask my mechanic to take some, he must have the old pistons. The ring I have but that is not so interesing to look at.