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<blockquote data-quote="PM-Performance" data-source="post: 16352406" data-attributes="member: 176806"><p>Sorry, I just reread the post. I thought you were asking the difference in the 07-09 and which were better. </p><p></p><p>These are strong cars that will take just about anything you can throw at them within reason. </p><p>Common issues that you will find were likely already addressed in most of them are:</p><p>1. Early clutches were known to be problematic. TSB has corrected this</p><p>2. Alternators I think were known to be problematic. Not quite like the Terminator, but still an issue</p><p>3. Intercooler pumps dieing</p><p>4. Door panel leather inserts peeling up. Common in all earlier S197 cars as I understand. </p><p>5. 07 cars had some issues I think with the balancer and there was a TSB to replace with the 08+ I think. Either that or people were just replacing. </p><p>6. 1-2 gear lockout. Clutch can be a contributing factor as well as lack of traction, but usually its more drivetrain alignment related. PS: the tr6060 is not a butter smooth trans, so don't expect much more than strength out of it. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Really, in the grand scheme of things those were all pretty minor things and you likely wont find one that hasnt had all these addressed already. </p><p></p><p>If you are looking to hoon it quite a bit, you will find the following tend to be annoyances:</p><p>1. Heat soak! These blowers when pushed hard make lots of heat and the engine bays do not flow alot of air out of them, so you will most deffinately see loss of power when it gets hot. Look into a better IC pump and HE at very minimum and have the tune set them to on all the time. </p><p>2. Belt slip! Diff belt and pulley and aux pulley combos can fix alot of this, but just be forewarned once you start spinning it hard, you will be dealing with belt slip.</p><p>3 I hear axle tubes like to split from the pumpkin and people welding them, but honestly I think you need to be hooking hard on some serious tire for awhile to see that happening. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Thats all I can think of off hand. </p><p>I have a Youtube channel that I share as much tech on the 07-09 cars as I deal with them and my experiences and fixes. Check my sig and you will see some of these issues I addressed and how I dealt with them. </p><p></p><p>Really though, they are rock solid cars just as any other Mustang. Just look for a clean one and use best judgement. Also lower mileage ones are not always the best. I have found sooooo many trashed <10K mile cars and clean carfax cars that had bodywork/paintwork/accidents, ect. Most people with these have some money, so they bypassed insurance when things happened and avoided carfax dings. </p><p>Keep that in mind</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PM-Performance, post: 16352406, member: 176806"] Sorry, I just reread the post. I thought you were asking the difference in the 07-09 and which were better. These are strong cars that will take just about anything you can throw at them within reason. Common issues that you will find were likely already addressed in most of them are: 1. Early clutches were known to be problematic. TSB has corrected this 2. Alternators I think were known to be problematic. Not quite like the Terminator, but still an issue 3. Intercooler pumps dieing 4. Door panel leather inserts peeling up. Common in all earlier S197 cars as I understand. 5. 07 cars had some issues I think with the balancer and there was a TSB to replace with the 08+ I think. Either that or people were just replacing. 6. 1-2 gear lockout. Clutch can be a contributing factor as well as lack of traction, but usually its more drivetrain alignment related. PS: the tr6060 is not a butter smooth trans, so don't expect much more than strength out of it. Really, in the grand scheme of things those were all pretty minor things and you likely wont find one that hasnt had all these addressed already. If you are looking to hoon it quite a bit, you will find the following tend to be annoyances: 1. Heat soak! These blowers when pushed hard make lots of heat and the engine bays do not flow alot of air out of them, so you will most deffinately see loss of power when it gets hot. Look into a better IC pump and HE at very minimum and have the tune set them to on all the time. 2. Belt slip! Diff belt and pulley and aux pulley combos can fix alot of this, but just be forewarned once you start spinning it hard, you will be dealing with belt slip. 3 I hear axle tubes like to split from the pumpkin and people welding them, but honestly I think you need to be hooking hard on some serious tire for awhile to see that happening. Thats all I can think of off hand. I have a Youtube channel that I share as much tech on the 07-09 cars as I deal with them and my experiences and fixes. Check my sig and you will see some of these issues I addressed and how I dealt with them. Really though, they are rock solid cars just as any other Mustang. Just look for a clean one and use best judgement. Also lower mileage ones are not always the best. I have found sooooo many trashed <10K mile cars and clean carfax cars that had bodywork/paintwork/accidents, ect. Most people with these have some money, so they bypassed insurance when things happened and avoided carfax dings. Keep that in mind [/QUOTE]
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