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I have heard that I'll need to immediately switch to full synthetic if it wasn't done by the previous owner, paired with more frequent oil changes, I think most guys I've read recommend around 10k miles, I've also heard that I should flush the coolant every 24 months, and specifically use fords yellow coolant mixed with distilled water, because the water pumps are issues. Past that I'm not really sure, just wanted the SHO to be my first real "performance" car, because of their potential.
Got it, I had not heard about any PTU issues in previous searches for issues. I had heard about changing the trans fluid and diff fluid with every oil change though, not sure if that's too frequent or not.
probably won't drive it super hard for the first few years, only because I'm in college and can't really afford to break/modify it, but some simple maintenance shouldn't be too bad
I’ve definitely noticed! A much more welcoming community than others I’ve tried to be in (cough cough LS1GTO cough cough)
well here is some more - print it eat it, sleep with this link: https://shoforum.com/threads/sm105ks-ownership-performance-maintenance-thread.138235/
Well it is awesome until the end... lol then it makes a g a y twist
I make just over $20/hour so money isn’t super tight, and my state has a free college program called A+, so I won’t be strapped for cash, just not trying to mod it a bunch straight out of the gate and wanted to know what to look for, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have even taken a second look at the SHO
Don't take @luigisho advice as a deterent, these cars are fun, but problematic when it comes to the cost of maintenance and all the work. If you are a diy person, great that will save ya some money. Many of us including me have a daily driver.
That was pretty much my plan for whenever I decide to start modifying it. I was really looking at the LMS performance kit but reading through this forum I realized that would be a mistake, so I’m switching gears and gonna pick the gearhead tune (not that I really need to look that far into it without actually owning a SHO) and the corsa catback and call it good. Maybe pick up some aftermarket bov’s because I like whoosh-y noises lmaoDon't take @luigisho advice as a deterent, these cars are fun, but problematic when it comes to the cost of maintenance and all the work. If you are a diy person, great that will save ya some money. Many of us including me have a daily driver.
The best bang for the buck after an all around maintenance of ALL fluids, Tran, PTU, RDU, flush and fill radiator, flush and fill brake fluid, get a K&N drop in filter, 3bar MAP, replace plugs with colder range, get a tune from gearhead or a fan favorite here AJP.
That's it..... a tune will give your car performance and gas savings.
BTW the map sensor, requires a tune.
If you do it any other way you will come back to my advice in the end.
Please if my advice means anything...... don't do anything LMS. SEARCH THESE POSTS - My signature and others have parts you need. Stay away from their overpriced and bad tunes whatever you do. Plz.........
That is exactly why I said I realized it’d be a mistake. Plus I like that the gearhead tune is AO and have also read that it holds gears where the LMS won’t, which is another thing I like.
