Ok. I'm sort of new to the TMO forum. sort of. Been away for 4-5 years.
I am a real Boss fan and have owned a '12 CO, now own a '12 LS in Ingot Silver and a Boss 302 motivated track beast built to Boss 302S/R specs "Thor".
My LS is #46. Has 2000 miles and is bone stock. Love it. Wonderful car. I think it is a special car for two reasons in addition to the limited Boss LS builds. Its's Ingot Silver. Actually like the black LS better but this one popped up 4 years ago and it was #46 so the LS# matches the Vin#. The first 50 LS's produced had the LS# match the VIN's last 4 numbers. I guess collectors go nuts for these little "Easter eggs" and there are only about 130 Ingot Silver LS's made to boot (alhough a buddy of mine made it a point to go out an buy a '12 LS in Ingot Silver so mine wouldn't be the only one in town just to bust my ballz. His has about 16K miles on it and he tracks the snot out of it. Mine's a garage queen embarrassed to say). I have all the "stuff" that came with the car new i.e. owners kit, car cover. The brake ducts and larger splitter have been installed so they are not "in the box" but that stuff can be repurchased. Plus although most here know that the Boss 302 motor is special a lot of people don't realize its substantial differnces vis a vis a 5.0. All my Boss 302's have been as reliable as an anvil.
The GT350R has grown on me though. I don't know the production numbers either but I think production is around 1500 and continuing. My reservations are my concerns with the FPC motor. I have read about some of the issues that concerns me. Also, while the FPC is a neat piece the FPC motor is the same across all GT350 platforms and I know Ford pulled the FPC from the GT4 and is using basically a Boss 302 now punched to 5.2. I also saw at the Rolex 24 when I was there last year they were having half shaft problems. I was in the garage and paddock and one of the "drivers" who knows me asked out of frustration if "Thor" was there since they wanted to use the rear. I said sorry, I didn't bring it with me. LOL.
My use is Cars and Coffee, cruise nights, car shows and pampering it. I have my track animals.
Any thoughts and wisdom thrown my way is appreciated.
I am a real Boss fan and have owned a '12 CO, now own a '12 LS in Ingot Silver and a Boss 302 motivated track beast built to Boss 302S/R specs "Thor".
My LS is #46. Has 2000 miles and is bone stock. Love it. Wonderful car. I think it is a special car for two reasons in addition to the limited Boss LS builds. Its's Ingot Silver. Actually like the black LS better but this one popped up 4 years ago and it was #46 so the LS# matches the Vin#. The first 50 LS's produced had the LS# match the VIN's last 4 numbers. I guess collectors go nuts for these little "Easter eggs" and there are only about 130 Ingot Silver LS's made to boot (alhough a buddy of mine made it a point to go out an buy a '12 LS in Ingot Silver so mine wouldn't be the only one in town just to bust my ballz. His has about 16K miles on it and he tracks the snot out of it. Mine's a garage queen embarrassed to say). I have all the "stuff" that came with the car new i.e. owners kit, car cover. The brake ducts and larger splitter have been installed so they are not "in the box" but that stuff can be repurchased. Plus although most here know that the Boss 302 motor is special a lot of people don't realize its substantial differnces vis a vis a 5.0. All my Boss 302's have been as reliable as an anvil.
The GT350R has grown on me though. I don't know the production numbers either but I think production is around 1500 and continuing. My reservations are my concerns with the FPC motor. I have read about some of the issues that concerns me. Also, while the FPC is a neat piece the FPC motor is the same across all GT350 platforms and I know Ford pulled the FPC from the GT4 and is using basically a Boss 302 now punched to 5.2. I also saw at the Rolex 24 when I was there last year they were having half shaft problems. I was in the garage and paddock and one of the "drivers" who knows me asked out of frustration if "Thor" was there since they wanted to use the rear. I said sorry, I didn't bring it with me. LOL.
My use is Cars and Coffee, cruise nights, car shows and pampering it. I have my track animals.
Any thoughts and wisdom thrown my way is appreciated.
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