Two Months in a 2013 SHO (no-PP)

[Deez_Strutz]

Hey everyone,
I bought the car from a big Ford guy for 13k flat after negotiating. It had 71k miles at purchase, and he bought the car used at 48k miles for around 18.3k. The first owner was a retired Navy vet, and he added the magneflow cat-back. He said he loved the car but his family needed a truck.

So far I've changed the oil and tires, but I would love any and all advice as to fluid changes (last owner changed ptu, rdu, trans, and coolant at 48k and 60k miles), mods, and maintenance suggestions, especially knowing it's a non-PP. This car has been pure joy for me so far and I would like to see it pass 200k miles some day. The only issue I've had so far is that rear view camera problem where it turns off while backing up or doesn't turn on at all.

List of mods below were all installed by the previous owner aside from the exhaust:
1. 3-bar map sensor
2. Colder plugs
3. 170° thermostat
4. K&N intake
5. Magneflow cat-back
6. AO tune from Gearhead with SCT livewire TS+ (Thanks Matt)

 

[gwrabbit]

At some point, just prepare yourself to take care of the timing chain + water pump. The timing chains have been known to stretch on our engines. Frequent oil changes with full synthetic do wonders for this car. I'm at 132k miles right now and am still running on stock turbos, original timing chain + pump, and PTU.

The only problems I have now are a bad catalytic converter and *MAYBE* a timing chain issue (found a P0016 code), but I don't have any symptoms of a stretched timing chain (no rattle, no rough idle, etc.)

Treat it well and it will return the favor.

 

[zoomlater]

Welcome!

 

[tgabtg]

At some point, just prepare yourself to take care of the timing chain + water pump. The timing chains have been known to stretch on our engines. Frequent oil changes with full synthetic do wonders for this car. I'm at 132k miles right now and am still running on stock turbos, original timing chain + pump, and PTU.

The only problems I have now are a bad catalytic converter and *MAYBE* a timing chain issue (found a P0016 code), but I don't have any symptoms of a stretched timing chain (no rattle, no rough idle, etc.)

Treat it well and it will return the favor.

Thanks for this info. Mine is at 85K so I'll keep an eye out for these issues.

 

[FiveLeeter918]

congrats on the purchase and welcome to the forum!