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[Junior]

Hey guys , Name is Junior! Been browsing through this forum for a long time, Finally made an account- Wanted to get more involved.
I'm From Canada. Previous car was a Honda civic.
Well
First and for Most I am buying a SHO, Pretty soon
Any suggestion would help.
Also the SHO I'm buying I'm not too sure if it Comes with the PP like The Private seller says it does.
I've read this Article
https://shoforum.com/index.php?threads/sm105ks-ownership-performance-maintenance-thread.138235/
(shout out for a good thread).
But he does not have the Y-rated Rims. But does have the Steering wheel.
The Carfax came out good.
Anything Specific to look out for and check for Is just Helping a new member

 

[jman1200]

Welcome to the forum !

I'd recommend buying a 2013+, even better a 2015+ if within your budget.
Turbos and water pump will be near the end of their service life around 200k km, higher the mileage, higher the risk of them failing. Keep that in mind.

 

[SM105K]

Hey guys , Name is Junior! Been browsing through this forum for a long time, Finally made an account- Wanted to get more involved.
I'm From Canada. Previous car was a Honda civic.
Well
First and for Most I am buying a SHO, Pretty soon
Any suggestion would help.
Also the SHO I'm buying I'm not too sure if it Comes with the PP like The Private seller says it does.
I've read this Article
https://shoforum.com/index.php?threads/sm105ks-ownership-performance-maintenance-thread.138235/
(shout out for a good thread).
But he does not have the Y-rated Rims. But does have the Steering wheel.
The Carfax came out good.
Anything Specific to look out for and check for Is just Helping a new member

Welcome to the SHO.

The car you are looking at, does it have a spare tire in the trunk?

 

[stripSHO]

Aside from the lack of a spare tire, look for a traction control button in the center console. It is only present on PPs. I’m pretty sure you could get either wheel style with either package

 

[luigisho]

PP also should have cooling integrated with the PTU.

 

[FiveLeeter918]

welcome to the group and congrats on the (soon to be) purchase!

do you have pics of the car? there are certain tell tale signs.

Just make sure that compression is good, ask them to change all fluids prior to taking delivery, and get an extended warranty.

 

[Junior]

thanks guys for all the replys!
so the pictures he has on the ad are here.
I asked him for pictures of the T.C still waiting for a response
so the car is above 60k-km
I got the car fax everything turned out good, he didn't do an oil change looks like until 21k
he didn't know about the PTU fluid.
anything else I should look for? I plan on bringing my buddy who is a mechanic to fully inspect the car, lift it up check underneath, so anything specific? thanks

 

[luigisho]

Is this an email exchange or did you talk or meet with this person? What year and mileage is this car? How old is the owner? By mirror decor, Female driver? I see some external mods but if the oil change was over 20k I would be wary of the maintenance. If you grab the car I would get an extended Ford warranty from an online discount seller.

Page 8 of 12 manual diagram with PTU with cooling https://imgur.com/oC79zm9?
You can compare with other diagrams with ptu and no cooling in the same document.

 

[Junior]

it was through an ad I seen, have been speaking to him for the past couple of days. the site i found him on is pretty legit!,
this is the reported maintenance done on the vehicle car fax(pic below). not to sure if its good or bad, says he gets everything done at the Ford dealer ship.
also included a photo of the stickers on the side door panels ,maybe one of you guys can tell if its packing the PP

Is this an email exchange or did you talk or meet with this person? What year and mileage is this car? How old is the owner? By mirror decor, Female driver? I see some external mods but if the oil change was over 20k I would be wary of the maintenance. If you grab the car I would get an extended Ford warranty from an online discount seller.

Page 8 of 12 manual diagram with PTU with cooling https://imgur.com/oC79zm9?
You can compare with other diagrams with ptu and no cooling in the same document.

 

[Junior]

welcome to the group and congrats on the (soon to be) purchase!

do you have pics of the car? there are certain tell tale signs.

Just make sure that compression is good, ask them to change all fluids prior to taking delivery, and get an extended warranty.

how can I check if the compression is good ?

 

[Junior]

Aside from the lack of a spare tire, look for a traction control button in the center console. It is only present on PPs. I’m pretty sure you could get either wheel style with either package

so its confirmed a SHO with PP

 

[sperold]

There is a gear ratio listed on the data sheet.

That is another way to confirm.

 

[FiveLeeter918]

it was through an ad I seen, have been speaking to him for the past couple of days. the site i found him on is pretty legit!,
this is the reported maintenance done on the vehicle car fax(pic below). not to sure if its good or bad, says he gets everything done at the Ford dealer ship.
also included a photo of the stickers on the side door panels ,maybe one of you guys can tell if its packing the PP

yep the 2A axle code is another dead giveaway.

 

[luigisho]

how can I check if the compression is good ?

With a compression tester?