Mishri
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The only problem is the auto's suck w/o a tune. or i would have considered leaving it stock for a couple of years 
and @popeye wtf? leave a vehicle stock? do you even own a car? oh sure, go buy a used 2011? that's the only 5.0L dohc 4v v8 with ti-vct out there..
We are still operating under the idea that bolt-on modification shouldn't hurt the engine unless there is a manufacturing defect. I thought I had read more like 10 different accounts of the #8 cyl issue but they might have just been multiple boards with the same person posting. It's still too new of an issue to isloate though, since like Rob72 said, one tuner said they left factory knock settings and someone using their tune blew up. so perhaps we still don't know whats going on. So far the only thing I've seen that is consistent is that people it's only pepole using a 93 octane tune has anyone heard of anyone on a 91 or 87 tune with the issue?
My main arguement here is, I don't believe this is a you modified it so you it's your fault thing. I believe we are seeing an engine defect of some sort, since clearly the engine is capable of handling 200+whp over stock.
And yes, this is a minority of cars, but if that minority are made with a defect they should be covered under warranty because the tune shouldn't have caused the problem without the defect. That would also explain why it's a minority and not a common thing.
either that or all these jokers are putting in 87 octane with their 93 tunes
@KJGT they know they cant get more power out of them, look at the BOSS, I doubt it takes much more money to manufacture the intake/heads/cams than it would for our cars if they were mass produced on the same scale. There are things to consider other than horsepower, emissions, fuel mileage, and octane, getting 30whp typically means going from 87 to 93. They'll throw a super charger on your car and warranty it for 3 years 36,000 miles, they know it can handle the power.
and @popeye wtf? leave a vehicle stock? do you even own a car? oh sure, go buy a used 2011? that's the only 5.0L dohc 4v v8 with ti-vct out there..
We are still operating under the idea that bolt-on modification shouldn't hurt the engine unless there is a manufacturing defect. I thought I had read more like 10 different accounts of the #8 cyl issue but they might have just been multiple boards with the same person posting. It's still too new of an issue to isloate though, since like Rob72 said, one tuner said they left factory knock settings and someone using their tune blew up. so perhaps we still don't know whats going on. So far the only thing I've seen that is consistent is that people it's only pepole using a 93 octane tune has anyone heard of anyone on a 91 or 87 tune with the issue?
My main arguement here is, I don't believe this is a you modified it so you it's your fault thing. I believe we are seeing an engine defect of some sort, since clearly the engine is capable of handling 200+whp over stock.
And yes, this is a minority of cars, but if that minority are made with a defect they should be covered under warranty because the tune shouldn't have caused the problem without the defect. That would also explain why it's a minority and not a common thing.
either that or all these jokers are putting in 87 octane with their 93 tunes
@KJGT they know they cant get more power out of them, look at the BOSS, I doubt it takes much more money to manufacture the intake/heads/cams than it would for our cars if they were mass produced on the same scale. There are things to consider other than horsepower, emissions, fuel mileage, and octane, getting 30whp typically means going from 87 to 93. They'll throw a super charger on your car and warranty it for 3 years 36,000 miles, they know it can handle the power.
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