a week or so ago i posted a thread on here about making a choice between a 05 or 02 ws6 and i got alot of objective opinions, so did some in depth research on the ls1 since i did not know that much about them. i must say i am quite shocked at the amount of problems these cars have, i mean ****, i'm not sayin a mustang is perfect in every way(had three of them and no problems),but the piston-slap, ticking, weak rear end, head lights going out,sqeaks,rattles,leaky t-tops, **** the list goes on and the ****y service gm seems to give. gm says its acceptable for a ls1 to go through a quart of oil between oil changes(3000), that pretty ****y. none of my stangs ate any oil or had any of the engine problems. ford has had some issues with piston-slap, but not anywhere NEAR what the ls1 seems to have, theirs even a website dedecated to the issue of piston-slap in gm engines(www.pistonslap.com). 
i love the look of the t/a, but not at the price of it falling apart(maybe THATS why they stopped making them
). i know the t/a will probably be slightly faster, but having all the problems is just not anywhere near acceptable for me. i've looked at ls1tech, ls1.com, carsurvey.org and others and every third thread is about,this breaking,that breaking,this knocking sound,that ticking noise,my rear end broke,its eating oil, and i'm not talking about racers, i'm talking about average everyday normal use. on a couple of threads i've read, somebody said there t/a knocked or ticked when it was brand new and this just normal. if i bought a new mustang and it ticked or knocked, i would definatly not be buying one no matter how "normal" they told me it is. now before any f-body guys get on here and let me have it, i just want to say i still think that the t/a is a good looking car,but there are to many problems and it is just fact, because i read it on the f-body forums and people bitching in masses about there own cars. i realize this probably old news to most but i am just glad i found out before buying one. i am getting the 05 ,put my order in today for a mineral gray with IUP, hope to see it someday. 
let the hammering begin
i love the look of the t/a, but not at the price of it falling apart(maybe THATS why they stopped making them
). i know the t/a will probably be slightly faster, but having all the problems is just not anywhere near acceptable for me. i've looked at ls1tech, ls1.com, carsurvey.org and others and every third thread is about,this breaking,that breaking,this knocking sound,that ticking noise,my rear end broke,its eating oil, and i'm not talking about racers, i'm talking about average everyday normal use. on a couple of threads i've read, somebody said there t/a knocked or ticked when it was brand new and this just normal. if i bought a new mustang and it ticked or knocked, i would definatly not be buying one no matter how "normal" they told me it is. now before any f-body guys get on here and let me have it, i just want to say i still think that the t/a is a good looking car,but there are to many problems and it is just fact, because i read it on the f-body forums and people bitching in masses about there own cars. i realize this probably old news to most but i am just glad i found out before buying one. i am getting the 05 ,put my order in today for a mineral gray with IUP, hope to see it someday. let the hammering begin
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