What did you do to your GT350 or S550 Mustang today?

[808Boss]

Well i didn't do all of this today, but over the last few weeks.

Redline hood struts

Big Worm Graphix pinstripes

Diode Dynamics HP80 reverse light

 

[VoodooBoss]

Took mine to EuroSunday (local cars n coffee) and parked next to a Porsche GT4. It's amazing how big our cars look next to the Porsche. I also noticed how similar the rear wings are.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Track prep!

 

[GotCurvz]

So after over a year wait I received the call last Monday that my car had been delivered. I flew to Dallas Wednesday morning to complete the paperwork and take delivery. I had already decided that I would make a road trip of bringing it home to California. I took Hwy 118 down to Big Bend National Park and Terlingua to do something other than just interstate highway miles which was by far the most enjoyable part of the drive. Here's a few pictures from my journey.

The big day!


Paying homage


Terlingua Ghostown

 

[VoodooBoss]

Cisco, the cars looks fantastic and congratulations. I like your drive through Texas as well. Will I see you at the historic races in August?

 

[GotCurvz]

Thanks Rick. I'm very happy with it. My grandfather was originally from Texas. I was sort of reliving a trip I took with him as a teenager to his hometown. There's a good chance that I'll be going to the historic races.

 

[302 Hi Pro]

Cisco:

Congrats on the purchase of your new Shelby GT350. Looks like a nice road trip.

302 Hi Pro

 

[GotCurvz]

Cisco:

Congrats on the purchase of your new Shelby GT350. Looks like a nice road trip.

302 Hi Pro

Thanks 302 Hi Pro. It was a nice road trip. The only thing missing was a co-pilot.

 

[VoodooBoss]

With the GT reviews hitting today I decided to drive my GT350 to work. Parked next to a friends WRX STi.

 

[Fabman]

So after over a year wait I received the call last Monday that my car had been delivered. I flew to Dallas Wednesday morning to complete the paperwork and take delivery. I had already decided that I would make a road trip of bringing it home to California. I took Hwy 118 down to Big Bend National Park and Terlingua to do something other than just interstate highway miles which was by far the most enjoyable part of the drive. Here's a few pictures from my journey.

The big day!


Paying homage


Terlingua Ghostown

Im so stealing these pics....lol.


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[bpracer]

All the pieces are in place to start tracking with more safety.

Watson rollbar arrived today from OP, forum vendor. The harness clips and harness from another forum member in the classifieds.

The clips should work with a little massaging. Same with the rollbar.

But where is my car? Not at the mid America Ford meet. Not at home. It's at the dealer with a squealing accessory drive bearing. At least that is what I think it was. Not confirmed yet, but the dealer called to tell me it's low on oil... Checked it before I left for left for Tulsa for the Ford event, only drove 100 miles before turning back and arriving at the dealer. Hmmm...

 

[VoodooBoss]

Good luck, I hope it's nothing serious.

 

[ford20]

Good luck with the dealer, hopefully it is nothing too major, that would suck!

Do you plan on powder coating the rollbar a different color?

 

[bpracer]

Good luck, I hope it's nothing serious.

Good luck with the dealer, hopefully it is nothing too major, that would suck!

Do you plan on powder coating the rollbar a different color?

The service advisor got me a little worried today when he said the tech told him it was 3qts low on oil. Now, I checked it before I left, so 3 qts in 100 miles of 2000rpm driving would have meant something real bad.

So went up there to see for myself. Yes, its low, but like 2/3-1qt low not three. So the dealer said they were waiting on some "approval" from Ford, a little blurry here, but I think the tech thought he heard "internal" engine noises.

But they still had not heard the noise that I did. I asked them to take the belt off and check the accessory and pulley bearings. At least talking directly to the tech, he now knows exactly what I was trying to describe.

So they want me to get an oil change, which I don't think it needs , but... what the heck. (When the other dealer did the oil line recall, the owner's manual binder vanished, so my records are gone...) I'll let them do it.

Now, is the tech really hearing something?? Or did he misinterpret what the advisor wrote down and going down a blind alley. What I heard was a bearing going bad. I don't see how that could have been an internal engine noise, but a cam tensioner maybe, dunno.

Do you think 2000rpm running could use more oil than running it hard?

The car arrived home from the oil recall a half quart low. Did the dealer top it off, but I suddenly have oil consumption issues??

Not enough data points, but the noise I heard was real. Hopefully they will find a bad idler pulley and the oil consumption can be monitored more closely.

Forgot about rollbar coating. It is more that with a helmet and a HANS the seat may have to recline more than the crossbar will allow. So the color is not primary concern, but not having to strip powder coating to modify bars was the motivation.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Mark, as a reference I've done six track days in my GT350 and it hasn't burned any measurable oil. I'm very happily surprised by this as my Boss drank a half quart of oil every track day. Well at least until it blew. The new motor didn't drink any measurable oil either.

 

[OPMustang Tim]

All the pieces are in place to start tracking with more safety.

Watson rollbar arrived today from OP, forum vendor. The harness clips and harness from another forum member in the classifieds.

The clips should work with a little massaging. Same with the rollbar.

But where is my car? Not at the mid America Ford meet. Not at home. It's at the dealer with a squealing accessory drive bearing. At least that is what I think it was. Not confirmed yet, but the dealer called to tell me it's low on oil... Checked it before I left for left for Tulsa for the Ford event, only drove 100 miles before turning back and arriving at the dealer. Hmmm...

Happy to see that it arrived, still don't know why NC is on the way to TX from FLA....How did the box fair?

 

[OPMustang Tim]

The service advisor got me a little worried today when he said the tech told him it was 3qts low on oil. Now, I checked it before I left, so 3 qts in 100 miles of 2000rpm driving would have meant something real bad.

So went up there to see for myself. Yes, its low, but like 2/3-1qt low not three. So the dealer said they were waiting on some "approval" from Ford, a little blurry here, but I think the tech thought he heard "internal" engine noises.

But they still had not heard the noise that I did. I asked them to take the belt off and check the accessory and pulley bearings. At least talking directly to the tech, he now knows exactly what I was trying to describe.

So they want me to get an oil change, which I don't think it needs , but... what the heck. (When the other dealer did the oil line recall, the owner's manual binder vanished, so my records are gone...) I'll let them do it.

Now, is the tech really hearing something?? Or did he misinterpret what the advisor wrote down and going down a blind alley. What I heard was a bearing going bad. I don't see how that could have been an internal engine noise, but a cam tensioner maybe, dunno.

Do you think 2000rpm running could use more oil than running it hard?

The car arrived home from the oil recall a half quart low. Did the dealer top it off, but I suddenly have oil consumption issues??

Not enough data points, but the noise I heard was real. Hopefully they will find a bad idler pulley and the oil consumption can be monitored more closely.

Forgot about rollbar coating. It is more that with a helmet and a HANS the seat may have to recline more than the crossbar will allow. So the color is not primary concern, but not having to strip powder coating to modify bars was the motivation.

Hopefully nothing serious, Service Advisors are usually that because they do less damage in the cubicle than the shop LOL. Always better when you can directly speak with the mechanic working on your car.

 

[bpracer]

Happy to see that it arrived, still don't know why NC is on the way to TX from FLA....How did the box fair?

Errr, the box got dropped from high altitude. Good thing it had a rollbar inside!

No problems though.

 

[OPMustang Tim]

Yep, that is always my concern.

 

[VoodooBoss]

I let my 15 1/2 year old son drive my GT350 for the first time. He was very excited and did great. I'm waiting for: "dad when's my first track day".