Recent content by DCV

Check for soot on your exhaust tailpipes. My Shelby did not make any actual smoke but it seems the piston rings never seated and oil was in the combustion chamber and got burned up and turned into soot. I think Ford lost lots of money on it, as lots of people had engines replaced. But the second...

My new 2018 GT350 needed a new engine at 5K miles due to oil consumption. Ford made me do two 500 mile drive tests, it was using 1 quart every 125 miles. Then they did a compression and leak down test. Then Ford gave me a new updated engine. The second one did not use much oil.

Definitely very different vehicles.

Be warned that the factory warranty’s on the Shelby 350 are long over now. I’ve not been on those forums in a while, so I don’t know if all the oil consumption problems are done and over

I traded it for this…the 4BW is a Porsche of Pittsburgh if you want a nice drift metallic manual 4 BW with black interior, PDR, tech package and mid level seats. Not a single scratch on it. First service done and rear diff oil changed too. 7500 miles

A 200 dollar battery is nothing. Go see how much a Li battery costs for a Porsche.

I’d go green metallic with the brown interior. It’s close to the adventure green with chuffle brown that Porsche uses.

Yes. Paint to sample like Porsche does.

No happy ending though

Brakes are cheaper than engines.

If it’s down to bare metal the whole door will need painted and they might wants to blend the areas next to it. Depending on your color that could be hard to match. Blacks and silvers, and metallic can be very hard to match

Might be better to look on Copart for a whole new door in the same color.

For a while the 2025 Z06s were heavily discounted this summer and you could have got one for close to 15k or more under MSRP for one loaded up with the Z07 package and other goodies. Most of them are gone now and the 2026 ones are coming in. Not much discount on them but with the economy going...

Actually I have gotten a few test drives. One was used and the salesman told me to hit it, and I did! I’m quite used to high revving engines as I rode various sportbikes for 36 years that went up to 14k or so rpm. So I’m used to it. I also was a licensed racer in WERA and CCS.

Well I had two Shelby’s within the flat plane crank and six speed that by the grace of god I was able to manually shift. A screaming V8 manual sedan has never been done. It’s time! Think outside that box.