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I bought my 2011 Mustang GT back in 2011. A few months after I started modding it, putting on a Boss 302 intake manifold, JLT Cold Air Intake, BBK Shorty Headers, and a BBK X Pipe as well.

I was using a BAMA 93 performance tune from American muscle and I threw a code for a cylinder 8 misfire. I took the car to ford, they voided my warranty and they re-installed cylinder 8, and told me the car was rebuilt according to "Ford specifications".

Two months later, I spun a bearing immediately after an oil change, the engine seized and I realized that I needed to rebuild it, because Ford refused to touch the car even though they did do work prior to the seizing of the car.

I finally got the car rebuilt (a year after the fact), and bought a Ford Racing N/A Aluminator Crate Engine. It's day 5 of having the car, and I've already got some major issues that I'm concerned about.

1) P0300, P0302, P0308 codes. I called Ford Racing and they told me that if I simply re-learn the Crank Positioning Sensor, everything will be resolved. I've an appointment on Monday with Scarsdale Ford to fix this issue and we'll see how that works out. I'm really hoping, but given my history with Ford, their delaerships and their worksmanship, I highly doubt that will solve anything. But I am certainly hoping! *crosses fingers*

2) A knocking / rattling / ticking sound in the engine. The motor is sounding very strange. A few friends of mine are saying: "Oh, don't worry about that, it's normal, forged internals are gonna rattle and make noise, that's what they do", etc. But this just doesn't sound normal to me and I'm worried dearly. Attached to this post is footage of the car today 10/4/2013, and what the rattle / knock / ticking sound sounds like.

Please, help if you can.

Information about the car:

Total Miles On Car 39007 Miles.
Miles on engine: 450-ish miles on it.

Videos:

Video 1: Aluminator Start - Idle Engine Sounds
Video 2:
Aluminator Start - Engine Sounds After Warmup and Subsequent Revs

Thanks!
-Lenworth

 

best of luck man

 

Are you still running the Bama tune thruout this whole ordeal?

 

That doesn't sound good, hopefully it all works out.

 

I have an aluminator as well and mine doesn't sound like that. That sounds like ****. They do have a 2yr/24,000 warranty I believe. Mine did anyway. My first step since ford is no longer footing the bill would be to find a very reputable shop that's worked on/tuned these cars and have them look it over. Also have them dyno tune the car with either this engine or the replacement. No more canned tunes at this point.

 

Thanks, man. I'll need it.

After the car took a sh- last year, I have not tuned the car at all. Not until I know that stock it will work fine.

Yeah, thanks, man.

I don't know where to take it to. I was thinking Mustang Magic down in Long Island, but heard about JDM Engineering. I'm not that big into the tuning scene, so I'm not too knowledgeable.

 

Here's another alternative on Long Island. They dyno tuned my '08 and I was impressed with how much time they spent getting the tune right.
http://tinyurl.com/mxddjky

 

Kind of hard to tell since it sounds like the mic is all kinds of awful. The clatter sounds normal, pretty sure it is the injectors, can't tell with the knock. Does the knock end up going away?

 

Have you had the Crank re learn done? I wouldn't drive it until then. Your noises may be from that alone. The PCM can't figure out the timing with the Crank positioning sensor reading out of wack.