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FWIW, Ford recommends 5w-50 in the Mustang with the 2.3 Ecoboost when it has the performance package.

In my 50 years of auto ownership I have always found you can get higher quality parts at much lower price from the aftermarket. The only time I use factory parts is when it is a unique item that is not available from the aftermarket. Keep in mind that the factory uses the cheapest part that...

Rock Auto for sure. Rotors go from about $20 each to just over a $100 for high performance drilled/slotted and coated. I usually get the plain coated for $40 to $50. Pads vary from less than $20 to a high of just under $60. You can save more with a kit that includes rotos and pads.

I have about 30 different orange and red paint chips on my night stand that I would look at most every night trying to decide. I like this one, no I like this one, no this one then look on line and order some more chips My wife was ready to divorce me if I didn't pick a color. ?

Well the Speedstar was finally painted today. The color is called Sunset Orange Pearl. Took a lot more work to get the body lines perfect and Lazer straight. Now it's time to reassemble and get it on the road.

Same here my kids are in a much better position than I was at their age.

That is a piss poor attitude and totally unfair. In my 45+ years working in corporate America I lived through quite a few lay offs and plant closings, not once did the local HR rep have anything to do with who was getting laid off. As with most corporate decisions shit rolls down hill and the...

As despicable as that sounds it is motivated by the number of incidences where someone has gone postal when being notified that they are being laid off. Doing it this way the folks being laid off are away from work and have time to cool off. Years ago I was working at a place that had been...

These bolts have pre-applied Loctite on them. The bolts are fine to reuse if you clean them and use liquid Loctite.

I will take mine with the sequence twin turbo Hurricane 6. Amazing both versions of the turbo 6 make more HP and torque than the 5.7 & 6.4 Hemis they replace.

FWIW, 30 years ago a friend of mine bought an F-250 to haul his horse trailer. Most of the time the truck was unloaded. If you think the Ranger is harsh unloaded try driving a 30 year old 3/4 ton pickup. Anyway, to improve the ride unloaded he made a plate with a threaded rod on it and attached...

It does not ride better because the springs are compressed. It rides better because the additional weight is a better match for the spring rate of the springs. The spring rate is chosen to safety support the max payload of the truck. What they do do is add a helper leaf to the spring pack that...

FWIW, I have had a truck continuously since 1976. They all road better with some weight in the bed. They also did better in low traction conditions like snow with some weight in the bed.

The FL510 has a 22mm thread, the FL910 has a 3/4-16 thread.

Did the shop reset the oil life in the truck? Ford Pass is going to reflect what the truck says and if the shop did not reset Ford Pass will not reflect the oil change.

Here's another one to get the emotions going.

In and around the Boston area that I live I would venture a guess that the ratio of crew cabs to super cabs is 10+:1 in favor of the crew cab. Also, the super cabs I do see tend to be lower trim levels which would suggest that the motivation to buy a super cab is more motivated by price than the...

No, you don't need a tune update. A cat back exhaust is not going to give you enough additional power to be noticable and does not change the way the engine runs.

Here is another outlandish build. This truck was built for SEMA to compete in the builder Build Off. It won overall.

I have no interest in owning that but I love the fact that someone built it. It's great when someone builds something that generates emotional responses. From the responses in this thread it is doing just that.