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cerhard

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Hey guys.

My 97 Vert Gt is 2 miles away from turning 100,000 miles. I got it used back in 02 so I never got the owners manual with it. JW if there is anything special I should be concerned with or have checked out. It's basically stock. Never done anything to the exhaust or suspension or engine besides a CAI and filter. It's a 5spd.

Thanks guys.

 

BlownStangGT

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• Mar 14, 2009

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Something special....yeah...keep driving it! 100k miles is just getting broke in! Keep changing the oil regularly and keep tabs on normal stuff.

 

02nightmaregt

To hell with your Mustang, I want to see your HOG!

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^+1 what he said. Congrats on the milestone dude

 

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stang06girl

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• Mar 14, 2009

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The cast iron mod motors will run forever! I had a '96 Tbird with a 4.6 2V, I put 265,000 miles on it when I traded it for my '06 stang, and it was still running strong!

 

DropTopPony

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• Mar 15, 2009

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Congrats, my 96 turned 100k about a month ago....still runs like new and turns heads. Keep up the maintenance and it will keep on going.

 

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1badsilver99

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yea man congrats on that mark ..... dont worry treat her right she'll treat you right.... i hit that about 25k miles ago but she still runs strong as ever

 

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blksq10psi

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• Mar 15, 2009

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i hope mine last that long ivebeen runnin a 150 shot at 25k till 50k went to vortech and now at 70k i got an awesome tuner but im eyeing up motors already but runs like the day i bought it with 25 miles on it orig owner!

 

02nightmaregt

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blksq10psi said:

i hope mine last that long ivebeen runnin a 150 shot at 25k till 50k went to vortech and now at 70k i got an awesome tuner but im eyeing up motors already but runs like the day i bought it with 25 miles on it orig owner!

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Dude as long as your tune is dead on you'll be fine for many many miles

 

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blksq10psi

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• Mar 15, 2009

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i sure hope so these mod motors are tough anybody check out the seafoam thread???? hahahaha

 

LaserSVT

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Yeah, the seafoam thread is a classic

But these motors are amazing. Just had a F-150 with 322,000 on it in my buddies shop. It was having a slight miss. Turns out two coils went bad. Other then that the thing still ran great! Not even a hint of smoke a start up. Hes the original owner and said he just does the maintenance regularly and thats it. He said he beats the hell out of that truck.
My Mark has 150K on it and runs just like new. There is another member on here with over 200K on his Cobra and runs it at the track, I believe hes still running strong too

 

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cerhard

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• Mar 16, 2009

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Thanks guys. It's only my second car. My first one had over 100k when i got it and my stang had about 44k on it when I got it. So its weird for me to see all the zeros. I hope I can keep her running for many more years. I need to pick up a DD at some point in the next couple years though. Esp so I can do some more modding.