Aluminum Block Now Available on 2010 GT500???
9/24/09, 03:14 PM
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painted axle blah blah blah...
oh yeah well painted axle blah blah blah...
oh yeah well I see your blah blah blah and raise you another blah...
really?? Well I see your additional raised blah and raise you a blah blah...
have I made my point about this yet or do we need more blah blah about the same old blah blah???
oh yeah well painted axle blah blah blah...
oh yeah well I see your blah blah blah and raise you another blah...
really?? Well I see your additional raised blah and raise you a blah blah...
have I made my point about this yet or do we need more blah blah about the same old blah blah???
9/24/09, 05:05 PM
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painted axle blah blah blah...
oh yeah well painted axle blah blah blah...
oh yeah well I see your blah blah blah and raise you another blah...
really?? Well I see your additional raised blah and raise you a blah blah...
have I made my point about this yet or do we need more blah blah about the same old blah blah???
oh yeah well painted axle blah blah blah...
oh yeah well I see your blah blah blah and raise you another blah...
really?? Well I see your additional raised blah and raise you a blah blah...
have I made my point about this yet or do we need more blah blah about the same old blah blah???
9/24/09, 05:23 PM
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9/24/09, 07:48 PM
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I just wanted to point out how amusing it was to read you calling an end to beating dead horses... as you were beating it.
Dead.
I suspect we all understand your point about the axles already, if you don't do something about it (people have suggested painting them) or buy another car already, you're just enjoying the cathartic exercise of whining out loud.
Personally, my stance on it is nobody can see my axles (maybe that's an '08 GT thing that doesn't apply to the '10 gt500's?) and I'm sure other areas of the non-galvanized car will be problematic long before the axles will.
And back on topic, that Aluminum 5.4 block has been up on the FRPP site for a long time, I think that's from the Ford GT, isn't it? Is that actually the one that's going to be going into the GT500 next year?
Dead.
I suspect we all understand your point about the axles already, if you don't do something about it (people have suggested painting them) or buy another car already, you're just enjoying the cathartic exercise of whining out loud.
Personally, my stance on it is nobody can see my axles (maybe that's an '08 GT thing that doesn't apply to the '10 gt500's?) and I'm sure other areas of the non-galvanized car will be problematic long before the axles will.
And back on topic, that Aluminum 5.4 block has been up on the FRPP site for a long time, I think that's from the Ford GT, isn't it? Is that actually the one that's going to be going into the GT500 next year?
9/24/09, 07:52 PM
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I just wanted to point out how amusing it was to read you calling an end to beating dead horses... as you were beating it.
Dead.
I suspect we all understand your point about the axles already, if you don't do something about it (people have suggested painting them) or buy another car already, you're just enjoying the cathartic exercise of whining out loud.
Personally, my stance on it is nobody can see my axles (maybe that's an '08 GT thing that doesn't apply to the '10 gt500's?) and I'm sure other areas of the non-galvanized car will be problematic long before the axles will.
And back on topic, that Aluminum 5.4 block has been up on the FRPP site for a long time, I think that's from the Ford GT, isn't it? Is that actually the one that's going to be going into the GT500 next year?
Dead.
I suspect we all understand your point about the axles already, if you don't do something about it (people have suggested painting them) or buy another car already, you're just enjoying the cathartic exercise of whining out loud.
Personally, my stance on it is nobody can see my axles (maybe that's an '08 GT thing that doesn't apply to the '10 gt500's?) and I'm sure other areas of the non-galvanized car will be problematic long before the axles will.
And back on topic, that Aluminum 5.4 block has been up on the FRPP site for a long time, I think that's from the Ford GT, isn't it? Is that actually the one that's going to be going into the GT500 next year?
Man has this forum been on the decline since when the 05 came out.
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9/24/09, 09:13 PM
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9/24/09, 09:20 PM
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I honestly can never see my axles. Except the first time I was under there changing a panhard bar or a shock or something. I was surprised, but not aghast at the sight of it. Someday I'll probably paint it. Gives me a good reason to get a lift. 
9/25/09, 02:11 AM
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Yeah, I'm gonna spend $2999.95 for a bare ALUMINUM Engine Block. NOT!
http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...KeyField=10443
http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...KeyField=10443
9/25/09, 12:30 PM
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GrabberStang over at www.fordgt500.com claims to have just tried the magnet test on his new 2010 GT500 engine block and that it failed to stick suggesting that he may in fact have an aluminum block: http://www.fordgt500.com/forums/show...highlight=2011 
9/25/09, 01:37 PM
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There's a lot of other aluminum stuff on the engine (heads/timing cover, oil pan?, etc), so it would be easy to just put a magnet on the wrong thing and have it not stick.
9/25/09, 01:58 PM
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9/25/09, 02:03 PM
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9/25/09, 02:57 PM
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Exactly. I'm with you in that, also fueling my skepticism is the OP's (the person claiming they have an AL block) unwillingness to post pics of the block itself
9/25/09, 03:25 PM
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Well, I just grabbed a camera, magnet, & flashlight and checked out our freshly arrived 2010 GT500. I won't waste my time uploading pics (because it has an iron block). If it had been aluminum I would have snapped pics, but it seemed a moot point since it turned out to be iron. Ours being iron doesn't mean that someone else couldn't have an aluminum block, but that would seem quite unlikely, IMO.
9/25/09, 03:42 PM
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Well, I just grabbed a camera, magnet, & flashlight and checked out our freshly arrived 2010 GT500. I won't waste my time uploading pics (because it has an iron block). If it had been aluminum I would have snapped pics, but it seemed a moot point since it turned out to be iron. Ours being iron doesn't mean that someone else couldn't have an aluminum block, but that would seem quite unlikely, IMO.