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Who has Whippled a GT350?
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<blockquote data-quote="JAJ" data-source="post: 16423917" data-attributes="member: 131874"><p>I've watched the progression of issues with the GT350 since they came out - I have an early 04/16 build and it's been great. </p><p></p><p>If you haven't seen this (<a href="https://overrunautomotive.com/articles/gt350-engine-failure-by-the-numbers/" target="_blank">GT350 Engine Failure: By The Numbers - Overrun</a>) yet, it's got a lot of data that's boiled down from social media and other sources. Tricky bit was de-duplicating the reports - "blown up Vooodoo" is high powered click bait, so a lot of people re-reported the same failed engine to drive revenue, likes and subscriptions. </p><p></p><p>Basically the 2016's had a few failures for random reasons, but on the whole they've got a decent reliability record. Starting 2017 and into 2018 they had two failure modes - high oil consumption or "random" spun bearings, broken pistons and other weird stuff. OPG's got a lot of the blame, but there's no solid evidence they're actually a problem. As an example, one poster on another forum decided to swap in new OPG's, and when he took his old pump out, it was damaged. He tore the engine down and it turned out that a valve spring had broken and a bit of super hard spring steel had gone through the pump. His engine didn't fail, but had it, it would have been another "we knew these pumps weren't strong enough" cases. 2019's have shown a few failures, and two of them have been with intake valve heads that detached from the stem and smashed up the head and the piston as the engine ran. At this point, the 2019's seem to be more stable than the 2017's and 2018's, and there just isn't enough data on the 2020's yet.</p><p></p><p>In terms of reliability with FI, the one thing that needs careful attention is the crank damper. The Voodoo damper is special because of the harmonics, and a regular Coyote damper could leave you with a damaged oil pump or even a broken crank.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JAJ, post: 16423917, member: 131874"] I've watched the progression of issues with the GT350 since they came out - I have an early 04/16 build and it's been great. If you haven't seen this ([URL="https://overrunautomotive.com/articles/gt350-engine-failure-by-the-numbers/"]GT350 Engine Failure: By The Numbers - Overrun[/URL]) yet, it's got a lot of data that's boiled down from social media and other sources. Tricky bit was de-duplicating the reports - "blown up Vooodoo" is high powered click bait, so a lot of people re-reported the same failed engine to drive revenue, likes and subscriptions. Basically the 2016's had a few failures for random reasons, but on the whole they've got a decent reliability record. Starting 2017 and into 2018 they had two failure modes - high oil consumption or "random" spun bearings, broken pistons and other weird stuff. OPG's got a lot of the blame, but there's no solid evidence they're actually a problem. As an example, one poster on another forum decided to swap in new OPG's, and when he took his old pump out, it was damaged. He tore the engine down and it turned out that a valve spring had broken and a bit of super hard spring steel had gone through the pump. His engine didn't fail, but had it, it would have been another "we knew these pumps weren't strong enough" cases. 2019's have shown a few failures, and two of them have been with intake valve heads that detached from the stem and smashed up the head and the piston as the engine ran. At this point, the 2019's seem to be more stable than the 2017's and 2018's, and there just isn't enough data on the 2020's yet. In terms of reliability with FI, the one thing that needs careful attention is the crank damper. The Voodoo damper is special because of the harmonics, and a regular Coyote damper could leave you with a damaged oil pump or even a broken crank. [/QUOTE]
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