There has been so much talk about the #8 cylinder taking a dump on the '11+ 5.0's its made every major site for mustangs go into a frenzy. There may have been an issue with a few TUNED vehicles, which is why Ford put out the TSB regarding checking for a molested OBDII.
Ford should not be responsible to cover under warranty a modded car! I think that if you take a risk on modding a brand new car then when something goes wrong you have to suffer the consequences, and not try to get it covered under the Ford Factory warranty, or blame Ford for making a weak product!
Who really knows besides the people who had this #8 issue if it were due to the tune or due to their own negligence! I believe that every company that provides tunes warns against using octanes less then what particular tune you are running and some recommend running a higher octane before switching tunes to be sure that the octane level is appropriate for the selected tune.
This is not saying that the tune is bad its saying that if you run a lower octane bad things can/will happen! Who's not to say that of the people (handful until they chime in and make it fact) who have suffered the dreaded #8 FAIL, weren't at fault themselves?
The easiest thing in the world is to blame someone else, perhaps these people decided to run a 93 race tune on 89 octane because the gas prices were too high and they decided to be cheap and say FU#K it! Is it possible that some tunes were too aggressive? Sure, but I think its more likely user error, and the possibility of altering the safer loaded by a professional tune, to an altered by user with options to change Global spark, air/fuel mixtures without knowing what they were doing!
So who do they blame? The company that made the tunes, or even try to pull the wool over Ford's eyes and try to turn it in as a warranty issue. Why erase posts from forums? What do you have to hide? Are you trying to commit fraud? Or are you a Camaro owner that is pissed off, that Ford makes a smaller engine that out performs your bigger more powerful engine and trying to troll your way into history, making potential Mustang owners turn to Chevy?
I say PUT UP OR SHUT UP! Your claims with ford have been denied! So feel free to post here and tell the world with pictures/statements on how it happened! OR ARE YOU SCARED/LYING? Sorry in advance this is not separated into paragraphs! Was written on my Blackberry! James
Ford should not be responsible to cover under warranty a modded car! I think that if you take a risk on modding a brand new car then when something goes wrong you have to suffer the consequences, and not try to get it covered under the Ford Factory warranty, or blame Ford for making a weak product!
Who really knows besides the people who had this #8 issue if it were due to the tune or due to their own negligence! I believe that every company that provides tunes warns against using octanes less then what particular tune you are running and some recommend running a higher octane before switching tunes to be sure that the octane level is appropriate for the selected tune.
This is not saying that the tune is bad its saying that if you run a lower octane bad things can/will happen! Who's not to say that of the people (handful until they chime in and make it fact) who have suffered the dreaded #8 FAIL, weren't at fault themselves?
The easiest thing in the world is to blame someone else, perhaps these people decided to run a 93 race tune on 89 octane because the gas prices were too high and they decided to be cheap and say FU#K it! Is it possible that some tunes were too aggressive? Sure, but I think its more likely user error, and the possibility of altering the safer loaded by a professional tune, to an altered by user with options to change Global spark, air/fuel mixtures without knowing what they were doing!
So who do they blame? The company that made the tunes, or even try to pull the wool over Ford's eyes and try to turn it in as a warranty issue. Why erase posts from forums? What do you have to hide? Are you trying to commit fraud? Or are you a Camaro owner that is pissed off, that Ford makes a smaller engine that out performs your bigger more powerful engine and trying to troll your way into history, making potential Mustang owners turn to Chevy?
I say PUT UP OR SHUT UP! Your claims with ford have been denied! So feel free to post here and tell the world with pictures/statements on how it happened! OR ARE YOU SCARED/LYING? Sorry in advance this is not separated into paragraphs! Was written on my Blackberry! James
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