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Originally Posted by patrickt
Uhhh, if I had wanted something that was absolutely reliable and never broke down I would of bought an FFR.  |
My point and I think Buzz's also is the fact that Tin-Man paid quite a bit of money for his dream car. I'm not going to look back 7 pages worth to find the numbers, but I remember it was "top dollar" to me anyway......
now to the issues:
loose screw in the distributor/will not start
pinched wire for the trans/rough shifting
seems like someone didn't do a quality install to me.........
problems with the computer controlled engine: Roush didn't do their homework on this,didn't do the needed testing before putting out a product, for the $$$$ spent on the engine alone, one would resonably expect it to run properly, at least I would......
I'm glad the vendors are taking care of the problems.But the question below was asked, and I answered and stand by my answer.....when spending top dollar on top shelf parts from top people in the business, one should/would expect the parts and pieces to perform as designed and advertised to do.....
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I would have the same expectation if I had purchased a high dollar turnkey with brand new components from big name suppliers. Yes/no?
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Over the years I've done a full blown/ground up restoration on 4 cars, 2 being 65 Mustangs,one being a road racer car and didn't have the problems this car has had and I'm just a weekend guy working in my backyard shop....
After doing a total restoration on one 65 Fastback,including a transmission swap (from a toploader to a Tremec)( I had to fabricate my own bellhousing spacer and trans crossmember as there were no aftermarket items out there at that time) and building the engine and disc brake rear end, I put all of 50 miles on it before leaving on a 500 mile trip, that was in the mid 90's and I have had less trouble with that car (to date) since then, than Tin Man did in 78 miles......
Just saying.........
David