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2013-14 Shelby GT500
Who's putting miles on their 13-14
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<blockquote data-quote="Handlebar Moustache" data-source="post: 16117577" data-attributes="member: 187093"><p>I don't think the plasma sprayed bores are a cause for concern with respect to mileage. I have no evidence to support this, but I'd guess these motors are good to 250k plus if they are maintained and not abused. If you're not concerned about hurting value/adding mileage to the instrument cluster, I'd argue that going from driving 1 mile a day to 30 is not necessarily a bad thing. Now your car gets fully warmed up, all of the condensation in the crankcase gets burned off, the gas in your tank stays fresher, etc. </p><p></p><p>I bought a 2004 5.3 Yukon from a coworker/friend a couple of years ago to use as a daily beater. The guy lived less than a mile away from work and the truck had only 75,000 miles on it. I got a good deal on it, but it was junk by 90,000 miles. The short trips every day with no warm up killed it IMO. Oil pressure eventually fell off to less than 5 PSI, and I couldn't fix it without rebuilding the motor. I should have known that, but I didn't care I guess because it was so cheap. Lesson learned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Handlebar Moustache, post: 16117577, member: 187093"] I don't think the plasma sprayed bores are a cause for concern with respect to mileage. I have no evidence to support this, but I'd guess these motors are good to 250k plus if they are maintained and not abused. If you're not concerned about hurting value/adding mileage to the instrument cluster, I'd argue that going from driving 1 mile a day to 30 is not necessarily a bad thing. Now your car gets fully warmed up, all of the condensation in the crankcase gets burned off, the gas in your tank stays fresher, etc. I bought a 2004 5.3 Yukon from a coworker/friend a couple of years ago to use as a daily beater. The guy lived less than a mile away from work and the truck had only 75,000 miles on it. I got a good deal on it, but it was junk by 90,000 miles. The short trips every day with no warm up killed it IMO. Oil pressure eventually fell off to less than 5 PSI, and I couldn't fix it without rebuilding the motor. I should have known that, but I didn't care I guess because it was so cheap. Lesson learned. [/QUOTE]
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