What have you done to your mustang today?

[GriffX]

Wow Your car still has those factory brake rotor clips…. How many miles do you have?

Everything else looks brand new too...... Are these actual pics?

 

[rocknrod]

Everything else looks brand new too...... Are these actual pics?

Actual pics taken today. What do you mean "actual pics"?

 

[StockishS197]

Installed Cervinis Type 3 chin spoiler and a J&L catch can.

 

[WJBertrand]

Got the carbon fiber appliqué for the Dynavin. Now the bezel matches the center console.

 

[GriffX]

Actual pics taken today. What do you mean "actual pics"?

Looks like pics from a brand new car. respect

 

[rocknrod]

Anyway I did the front brakes. Tomorrow the rears.

 

[XJCasper]

Finally installed some new shoes. Only been sitting on these wheels since October of 2023.

 

[mpm_1]

Oil change, valve stem cap polish, etc

 

[kazman59]

Aeroforce x2 and d-Pic gauge install.

 

[eBokey]

Finally swapped in a 2012 steering wheel. Now having radio control on the steering wheel brings in some convenience of a more modern car.

 

[cavero]

Got the car back yesterday! Seemed to have lost a little bit of room in the front of the engine bay...

 

[GlassTop09]

1 of the main things I wanted to see was the amount of fuel dilution % in the oil......a good marker of how efficient my tuning is across the board--as well as how clean the injectors are spraying\atomizing the fuel & overall engine health. Results showed 1.43%..........well within normal ranges.........also indicates engine blow-by tendencies at the level of tuning I've done.......which is also very little thus she's old but still sturdy cyl-wise thus good piston ring-to-cyl wall contact\sealing w\ hardly any noticeable bearing wear indicated.....thus also shows how good Ford's own MC oil formulations are when run\maintained in these Modulars since they were specifically formulated for them.

On another note, this sample test results gives some validation to K&N's air filters ability to clean the air when correctly maintained.........NW NM is 1 windy & dusty area to be operating an ICE in...............

When the MC 5W-30 FS oil reaches the 3515 mi mark, I plan to pull a sample & send it in for analysis to get an apples-to-apples dilution comparison...........

Posted for those so interested..................

Well, I got her close enough (at 3316 mi vs the 3515 mi so from 178,255 mi to 181,571 mi) for me to go ahead & pull sample for analysis of the Ford MC 5W-30 FS oil that was put in @ 1-8-25 after drain & sample of the Ford MC 5W-20 FS motor oil that was put in by mistake. While in process, I had a sample of the same MC 5W-30 FS motor oil (straight out of the bottle thus a 0 mi sample) also sent in @ 2-15-25 for analysis to have as a reference so that I can use it to evaluate the 5W-30's performance going forward.

Got the results back Thursday...................sample AAB-6040 is the 3316 mi 5W-30 sample, AAB-2227 is the 0 mi 5W-30 reference sample & AAA-6744 is the 3515 mi 5W-20 sample.

As in the prior sample, all checks out good to go (all green), but the evidence also is evident that w\ high mileage 4.6L 3V Modulars it is prudent to step up the oil viscosity from a 20-grade to 30-grade.........the fuel dilution% results along w\ the metal wear results clearly demonstrate this. Both 20 & 30 grade samples had a bottle of GumOut All in One Fuel Treatment ran w\ a full tank of gas as soon as the oil was changed thus, IMHO, this cancels out as fuel system wasn't showing any signs of distress (all STFT+LTFT's were running within 3% across the board prior the start of these tests anyway.........I started using this off Lake's recommendations as a good practice to maintain a clean fuel injection system--especially the injectors themselves--like cheap insurance, due to the use of the chemical PEA which is tested\verified to reduce fuel dilution% in motor oils by maintaining clean fuel injectors........).

The fuel dilution% drop is definitely a function of improved ring sealing from the use of the 30-grade oil vs the 20-grade oil...........the higher viscosity oil improved the now 181,571 mi piston rings sealing in the cyl bores.......which has a direct link to fuel dilution in motor oils.......reduce the ring blow by, you've reduced fuel dilution % in the oil......simple as that.

This is backed up by the reduction in metals ppm wear per 1,000 mi as well.........which reduced from 10 ppm\1,000 mi to 9.3 ppm\1,000 mi........also a result of the higher viscosity oil providing\maintaining better overall lubricity thus reducing overall metals wear.

Car was treated\driven in the same manner during both samples...........got to perform a LOT of drivability tuning on these Hot Rod cams under the 5W-30 oil test period & have discovered a LOT of things that these type cams (other cams as well that use large overlaps w\ cam EVO timing earlier than .006" adv dur 90* BBDC @ VCT 0* that are ground for use w\ VCT....) get blamed for isn't actually due to the cams......but is due to the tuning choices currently being done\not done surrounding them thru the ECU's OS.......a sad but true fact. Issue is that none of this can be recorded on any dyno sheet off a chassis dyno for evidence as all of this is occurring during low RPM, part throttle operations--not WOT operations that chassis dynos are designed to record--from off idle thru 3,000 RPM's........but can be seen\recorded thru my HPTuners VCM Scanner datalog comparisons between tune setting changes then most certainly felt\verified thru the butt dyno afterwards as well during datalogging...........

But I'll digress at this point & get back on topic............

Since I used my sampling pump to pull this last sample thru the dipstick tube, the oil is still in the car, so I plan to continue to run it until I get to 5,000 mi (also is Lake's recommendation to do to see if trends hold up to then determine the optimum mileage changeout intervals......Ford calls for 5,000 mi using their FS oils.........) then pull sample before changing the oil........gonna stay w\ the Ford MC 5W-30 FS oil for obvious reasons.........just the overall better oil to run in this high mileaged Modular...........

In reality though, until I actually start putting more miles on her, most likely I'm just gonna stick to my time schedule (change every 6 months) in the end since the current mileage is falling around the 3,000-3,500 mi range within this 6-month time slot & all is stable & looking good within it.

But the data gained will be of value to have.

 

[GriffX]

Thanks, that was the info I needed. I use 5w30 since the 2nd change, but when I see the oil pinholes in the new style roller follower arms, I have some thoughts. Now I have a Shell Helix A3/B4.
I would like to have your tuning knowledge.

 

[2008_ScarlettGT]

Finally started assembling my engine. 3-2-1 coyote swap in my 2008. Plan is to do the swap over winter when I am not using the car.

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

What head gaskets are those?

 

[2008_ScarlettGT]

Gen 2 from Ford.

 

[Midlife Crises]

Installed brand spanking new F1 Supercars front and back. 255/45-18 front, 285/40-18 rear. Took less than a mile to figure out the Eagles are light years better than the Nitto 555G2 I took off.

 

[XJCasper]

Installed brand spanking new F1 Supercars front and back. 255/45-18 front, 285/40-18 rear. Took less than a mile to figure out the Eagles are light years better than the Nitto 555G2 I took off.

Got pics?

 

[Forty61]

Found more peculiar noises.. the Mustang has been returned to weekly service to keep some miles off the new car and it's definitely bringing up some noises after sitting mostly idle for a while. Brakes are squeaking, there's either an idler or the AC compressor intermittently making noise, some odd bangs here and there.. it's going to be fun to track them all down!

 

[GT R13]

Finally put on my trans cooler scoop. Forgot I had purchased this a couple of years ago when I was modding my car a lot. Was under my car fixing my splash shield for the third time.