19COBRA93
Ford Racing
On my '05 I generally can't hear detonation. I melted a piston down at the track last year and didn't hear a thing. On the new cars with as quiet as the engine compartments are, I'd be surprised if you can hear any pinging at all. There's always the possibility that it's happening and you're not hearing it. On stock internals, sometimes by the time you hear it, the damage is already done.
I have another buddy with a supercharged '11 who had 3 damaged pistons. He spent 2 weeks putting it completely back to stock, every nut and bolt. Took it in to try to get Ford to cover it, and it didn't fly. They figured it out pretty quickly and denied his claim. It cost him $1000 for the tear down at the dealer, and he had to pay for a new shortblock out of pocket. This isn't a Ford Taurus with a rod knock. Ford knows what they're doing with this motor, and this car, they know what it takes to make them fail, and they'll do everything they can to keep from paying a $8000 motor swap.
I have another buddy with a supercharged '11 who had 3 damaged pistons. He spent 2 weeks putting it completely back to stock, every nut and bolt. Took it in to try to get Ford to cover it, and it didn't fly. They figured it out pretty quickly and denied his claim. It cost him $1000 for the tear down at the dealer, and he had to pay for a new shortblock out of pocket. This isn't a Ford Taurus with a rod knock. Ford knows what they're doing with this motor, and this car, they know what it takes to make them fail, and they'll do everything they can to keep from paying a $8000 motor swap.
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