#8 explained a little better:

[ViciousJay]

Its not fords fault you put a shitty tune in your car. Stock the car is fine.

:nonono:

 

[alex12gt]

And Shadow appears from under the rock. Yay for this thread.

:-D haha made my day

 

[2012GT/CS]

Shaun do you know if Evo/Lund tune has fixed this problem? i might buy a tune from you also and dyno and track both.

 

[SILV03MustangGT]

while that's true, I don't see puddles of oil staying in manifold, maybe a coating of oil. While I pulled mine with the stock pcv I expected to see a lot but actually seen none minus residue of oil in the intake. Also the oil could cause detonation from lowering the octane, but shouldn't cause it lean to a point that only those cylinders would go, it would affect them all within reason

My intake was bad, Shaun can attest to that! one pic actually had a small puddle in the front of the intake. I was doing a lot hard downshift decels and notice even with the blower and JLT oil separator that there is more oil in it (not much mind you) when I do that vice when I dont.

 

[Mikegee1028]

Shaun do you know if Evo/Lund tune has fixed this problem? i might buy a tune from you also and dyno and track both.

Judging by the #8 that popped with a Lund tune I don't think so

 

[SILV03MustangGT]

Judging by the #8 that popped with a Lund tune I don't think so

LOL beat me to it op:

 

[BlackFive.0]

can we say that catch cans are a must for these cars?

 

[01bluesnake]

My intake was bad, Shaun can attest to that! one pic actually had a small puddle in the front of the intake. I was doing a lot hard downshift decels and notice even with the blower and JLT oil separator that there is more oil in it (not much mind you) when I do that vice when I dont.

While I don't disagree you may of had more oil than mine, I will say I don't see this as being the issue. Where the port is at the manifold for the pcv, it would likely go to cyl 1 or bank 1 the most being right next to it. The oil is coming in as a mist at most under vacuum, but while under heavy vacuum it won't jump over to the other side of the manifold and all the way to the back before going to the other cylinders first and would cause other cylinders to fail first, more likely cyl 1 & 2. If you take a look at the stock manifold you can easily see why this is not the cause of number 8 failure. The pcv is only allowing a fine oil mist at most and only while the motor is running, so not very easy for it to only attack cyl 8 without getting to the others first.

 

[01bluesnake]

can we say that catch cans are a must for these cars?

Recommended yes, but not the number 8 failure alone.

 

[alex12gt]

Think it also depends on your motor and driving id say i drive my car pretty hard and with the can being on for 5k miles there is only a table spoon or so and some have stated the can half fill a jlt in that time

 

[BlackFive.0]

any feedback on the mmr head cooling mod?

 

[01bluesnake]

Think it also depends on your motor and driving id say i drive my car pretty hard and with the can being on for 5k miles there is only a table spoon or so and some have stated the can half fill a jlt in that time

It does. The higher the car revs, the more crankcase pressure it will develop, pushing it through the pcv or catch can.

 

[01bluesnake]

any feedback on the mmr head cooling mod?

I wish I could give some but will be a winter project with other things. regardless though anything you can do to help flow in the cooling system is a plus as it stops areas of hot spots.

 

[SILV03MustangGT]

While I don't disagree you may of had more oil than mine, I will say I don't see this as being the issue. Where the port is at the manifold for the pcv, it would likely go to cyl 1 or bank 1 the most being right next to it. The oil is coming in as a mist at most under vacuum, but while under heavy vacuum it won't jump over to the other side of the manifold and all the way to the back before going to the other cylinders first and would cause other cylinders to fail first, more likely cyl 1 & 2. If you take a look at the stock manifold you can easily see why this is not the cause of number 8 failure. The pcv is only allowing a fine oil mist at most and only while the motor is running, so not very easy for it to only attack cyl 8 without getting to the others first.

true, all of my plugs had a little oil on them.

 

[CPRsm]

I just have a hard time believing that so many people load up their cars in single gear pulls for that long.

I can. Maybe not 15 seconds. But a lot of cars running 11-12 secs at a time. If it's load based or on heat, I can really see it. On a dyno it takes longer. Full run, going into high gear, extra wind resistance to up that load and heat even more. That time frame is probably signifigantly decreased. Especially a tune that add timing and power. Damn things are too smart for their own good lol

 

[BlackFive.0]

does anyone have the writeup on the thermostat? i know it was on here but cannot find it. was that considered beneficial?

 

[BlackFive.0]

and second, can the head cooling mod be done with the motor in the car?

 

[corruptor]

does anyone have the writeup on the thermostat? i know it was on here but cannot find it. was that considered beneficial?

There was a front page article on it a few months ago

 

[01bluesnake]

and second, can the head cooling mod be done with the motor in the car?

From the look of the kit yes, but might be a pita to knock out the freeze plug in the head. When I had my intake off, it looks to be pretty easy as long as the plug comes out.

 

[alex12gt]

Im gong to do the mod when i swap motors i figure its cheap insurance