05 Mustang

[screemingtp]

I had the pleasure of detailing this 05 mustang before it hits the showrooms. My engineering friend of mine asked me to detail it so he could take it to a carshow in Pittsburg. Let me know what you think.

[NotoriousGT350]

Awesome looking cars. Hopefully after I graduate next May, I'll start saving up for the 07' Cobra. Can't wait to see a new Mustang around here on the show room floor.

[gb387]

Looks good... did you get a chance to drive it?

[Beercan31]

Looks like Ford is putting the testosterone back in to the Mustang. I like it...Looks soaking wet, Good job.

[NewlyCarCrazy]

Wow! I honestly thought that the you took a picture of the car right after a rinse (water on ground), it is that wet looking!!!!!!!

[Rockpick]

STELLAR WORK!

I'm very anxious to see those moving up and down the road...

What products did you utilize?

[Zitosonic]

so Ford designers are going back to basics... they better



nice job... nice car...

[HotRodGuy]

AWESOME, how was the quality of paint? did the car have much orange peel?

[DSG Man]

Basics?? They just put a stop order today on new Mustangs with the V-8 engines due to a cylinder head problem. Also affects the GT-40 and the truck line.

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Originally posted by DSG Man
Basics?? They just put a stop order today on new Mustangs with the V-8 engines due to a cylinder head problem. Also affects the GT-40 and the truck line.

That stinks!

[Marc08EX]

WOW!!! I really like how that car looks... Not to mention your exceptional detail!! So, when will it hit showroom floors?

[Zitosonic]

Originally posted by DSG Man
Basics?? They just put a stop order today on new Mustangs with the V-8 engines due to a cylinder head problem. Also affects the GT-40 and the truck line.

as a design student i was talking about the car design *exterior design* not engines...
anyway the new design reminds me of the classic mustang design, the type of cars that makes me



what you guys think?

link


DSG Man, can you post a link with more info about the V-8 problems you mention? please i know this is off topic but someone around here is planning to buy this car

thanx
Ahmed

[DSG Man]

Sorry, fellows.I didn't mean to interrupt the thread. It just ticked me off that they are having more cylinder head problems. But since Meguiars users do buy new cars from time to time I thought it worth mentioning.

Sorry. The article is a little long. Additional info is available at Mach1registry.org, and mach-1.org.

HOT OFF THE PRESS 05 Mustang stop shipment
Ford Orders Stop Shipment Of 2005 Trucks, Mustang Due To Defective Engines -
Ford GT "40" Alleged To Have Defective Cylinder Heads
07 September 2004
Dearborn, Michigan.
Robert Lane

Sources at one of Ford's engine plants told BlueOvalNews that Ford Motor Company has instructed assembly plants to stop shipping certain 2005 model year vehicles because they can contain defective 4.6L or 5.4L engines. BlueOvalNews was first altered to the problem after we received a news tip at the end of August.

The products that can contain the defective engines include the 2005 Ford Mustang GT, 2005 F-Series, 2005 F-Series Super Duty, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. Ford has instructed the assembly plants to stop shipping vehicles until they are screened to see if they contain the defective engines. It is not known if any products were shipped to consumers before the problem was noticed.

The 2005 model year 4.6L and 5.4L engines in question were built with defective cylinder heads. According to sources, the defective cylinder heads will have an adverse effect on performance and will cause the engine to fail to meet Ford's specifications.

It's not immediately clear if Ford will replace the entire engine at the assembly plant or just replace the defective cylinder heads and approve the vehicle for shipment to customers.

A Team Mustang source told BlueOvalNews that a stop shipment order means that Ford won't ship GT Mustangs to dealers, but it doesn't mean that Ford will stop building Mustangs - they can still build V6 powered models until problems with the 4.6L engines are corrected. Further, even though Ford officially launched JOB1 of the Mustang today, shipments don't occur immediately. "Somewhere within two weeks after Job #1 we have an OK to ship meeting where all the upper management on the program proclaim the vehicle is OK to ship. . . .launching a new vehicle in a new plant can have its issues. That's just part of what a launch is all about.", said our source.

In what could prove to be the most devesting news; however, is that the Ford GT "40" is alleged to have cylinder heads that contain defects in the combustion chamber pocket area. According to sources, Ford is allegedly making design changes to the cylinder head and will create a new casting which is targeted for release by 01 January 2005. Rather than issue a recall for the Ford GT, Ford would most likely issue a TSB (technical service bulletin) and repair the vehicles only as needed. Look for an update on the GT heads at a later date.

[Beercan31]

OFF TOPIC

Better to catch it now than it is when there are 3-4 thousand of them out there and inconvenience many people and there schedules.

[Estranged]

Originally posted by Beercan31
OFF TOPIC

Better to catch it now than it is when there are 3-4 thousand of them out there and inconvenience many people and there schedules.

Yeah like what happened with the 03 Cobra's. Rear end clunk, vibration at 80 mph, ticking cylinder head, defective paint, etc...what a mess that car was.

When working normally though, what an awesome car