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Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
As I've already mentioned previously it's exactly the same situation as with Ford specifying the 5W-20 syn blend for the 435 hp Mustang GT. Ford is on record stating that nothing heavier is required even for track use regardless of how high the oil temp's get as the electronic safeties will at some point kick in before the oil gets too light. Period. Full stop. End of story.
Not quite. The same car ALSO calls for 5w-50 if you order it with the Track Pack, which changes or eliminates the castration mechanism AND comes with an oil cooler.
Which, as I also said earlier, seems to support the logic that if you are going to track your Mustang, Ford wants you to buy the Track Pack version of the car, which, as the name implies, comes ready to run on the track
So while you can track the regular GT (and possibly run into the thermal castration mechanism as SteveSRT8 observed happening at his local track), why would you if there's a specific version of the car that you should have purchased for that purpose if that was your intention?
As I've already mentioned previously it's exactly the same situation as with Ford specifying the 5W-20 syn blend for the 435 hp Mustang GT. Ford is on record stating that nothing heavier is required even for track use regardless of how high the oil temp's get as the electronic safeties will at some point kick in before the oil gets too light. Period. Full stop. End of story.
Not quite. The same car ALSO calls for 5w-50 if you order it with the Track Pack, which changes or eliminates the castration mechanism AND comes with an oil cooler.
Which, as I also said earlier, seems to support the logic that if you are going to track your Mustang, Ford wants you to buy the Track Pack version of the car, which, as the name implies, comes ready to run on the track