Purchased a 2017 S550 Mustang GT350 5.2L VooDoo

Any plans on adding a S550 5.2L Tech Section ??

For now I am not making any mods to my Shelby Numbered car, but you never know..

My Ruby Red Shelby GT350 Track Pack H6088

Congrats!

Thanks,
This girls expression says it all about this Car.

My goodness its beautiful. Videos please!

no plans at this time, being such a low production car and small number of members who own them.

What about when the GT500 comes out, I read that the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will allegedly be using the 5.2-liter supercharged V8, 720 HP, 650 lb-ft of torque.

CammedS197 said:

My goodness its beautiful. Videos please!

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I have a track event this month, I will try to get some videos

or do you mean Sarah-n-Tuned's Video
Thats here
Here is the Car with the Race Number

Sexy ride...wet basements are nice!

Nice ride, I have a 2016 Track Pack and its a beast in the turns

Love the GT350, have you been experiencing the oil cosumption issue? Reports of that engine using up to a quart every 500 miles.

Mine hasn't used any, its still low miles as most are from the track though.

When I purchased the 2017 Ruby Red / Black Stripes Track Pack Shelby GT 350 off the Showroom floor on May 10th 2018 it had been sitting since October 2017, the car had 4 miles in the odometer.

The first 2000 miles I had the oil changed. at 4000 mi I noticed the oil level was low, so I put in 3 qts. I continually checked the oil at every fill up and noticed that I was at least 1qt low at every fill up. then it increased to 1.5 qts then 2 qts. At 6800 mi, I took it to the dealer and they performed an oil consumption test. After several trips back for checkups they determined that I was using 1 qt every 120 miles; they also noted that Cylinders 1, 2 & 3 spark plugs had oil on them. They said that they were waiting for Fords approval to replace the engine, the service writer said that they never replaced an engine in the GT350 and have never heard of any issues. I was concerned about this comment and decided to take my car somewhere else.

I went to Ted Britt Ford in Fairfax, VA because I spoke with their Tech who is a Shelby expert who has replaced engines in the GT350. and they were ecommended by several people I knew.

Unfortunately, We had to be the Oil Consumption test again. The test results were the same 1qt every 120 miles. I dropped the Car off on Monday February, 4th 2019, for them to pull the valve covers and intake, do a borescope for Ford. It took 15 minutes after all results were submitted and Ford approved an engine replacement.

This was Thursday February 7th, today February 15th the car is ready. thats fast

I have only Tracked my car twice
The date of manufacture of my car is 9/2017 [H6088]
Completely Stock Engine no mods or catch cans
Oil consumption was 1 quart every 120 miles
35% highway use - I did drive the Car to Erie PA at 1000 miles (700 miles Highway)
I did not drive the Car hard until after my first oil change (2000 mi)

These are the Borescope Images





Here is the new Engine Build date Label

Here is my first time at Summit Point Last September.
i think this was the 3rd lap, my camera ran out of space so I did not get my best time of the day.

To what did they contribute that excessive oil consumption?

Bingo said:

To what did they contribute that excessive oil consumption?

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The rings failed in cylinders 1, 2 & 3
possibly due to the dealer who I purchased the car from let it idle for 1.5 hours trying to charge the battery, after 7 months on the show room floor.
they finally had to replace the battery. This Caused a glazing of the cylinders because it was not broken in properly. This often occurs after an engine has been run at idle or very light load for a sufficient enough time. This creates a case where oxidized oil has collected on the cylinder walls and created a somewhat shiny surface coating that has completely filled in the peaks and valleys of the honing process. The glaze creates an extremely smooth surface, making oil control very difficult. The net result is excessive oil usage.

It's important to follow the engine break-in process,
here is a good write up about this issue..
https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2018/05/how-to-break-in-your-piston-rings-the-right-way/

Gee a battery charger was not at hand... stupid fucks

dealershrimps are awesome. It's lucky it was 1 quart every 120 miles, if they had managed 500 you'd have been told it was "normal" and sent on your way, another Ford lemon.

Idle for 1.5 hrs to charge the battery? Jesus...how do they not have a battery charger on hand?

Complete bullshit. Though that's an obvious reason for unusual oil consumption, I wonder what the source is of the oil consumption problems other people are experiencing. I'm sure a lot of these were factory ordered and delivered to the owner almost immediately, so I can't see excessive idling at the dealer being the cause of those.

Bingo said:

Complete bullshit. Though that's an obvious reason for unusual oil consumption, I wonder what the source is of the oil consumption problems other people are experiencing. I'm sure a lot of these were factory ordered and delivered to the owner almost immediately, so I can't see excessive idling at the dealer being the cause of those.

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I am sure that there are many that are not broken in correctly, The Tech told me not to baby it, but keep the RPM's under 4500, row through the gears, the rings need to seat and they need load, then no load. do not let it idle for more then a few min, the let the oil come up to normal operating temps before any load or high RPM's. that 5w 50 needs to thin out a bit before you stomp on it.

Many who have had the oil comsumption issues tend to say they were easy on the car.
There are others with no oil consumption and they flogged the from the day they bought it.
so who knows. I would say I am part of the first group, I was easy on the car, I did let it idle until the oil temps were normal, 600 mile trip using cruise control, this was all bad during break in. the rings never seated correctly. This engine is not broken in at the factory like production engines are, so it's up to the owner to do it correctly. If a poll was taken and people answered honestly, I;ll bet you will find a majority of the people with oil cons. babied the car the first 500-1000 mi.

By the way, the New Engine is a 2019 GT350R motor with a build date of December 12, 2018, so it has all the latest bits.. so it should be a better motor all around.. and I am breaking this one in the right way.