tmac450 Member 1,650 Member For: 18y 5m Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 03/11/06 08:33 AM Share Posted 03/11/06 08:33 AM Well I was told by a FPV engineer at last years Sydney motor show that the could not detect it in the BA's, but they could in the BF's.This is enough for me to not risk it.←Like I said in the initial question, I'm after actual cases where it has been detected, not a, "I was told this, by some bloke who must know cause he once met someone from Ford who told him so."There is plenty of evidence of Ford personel saying it can be done, but from what I'm seeing, no actaul cases. Is there anyone out there with a BF that has been detected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 1m 19d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 03/11/06 08:37 AM Share Posted 03/11/06 08:37 AM "One time, at bandcamp..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 20y 11m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/11/06 08:44 AM Share Posted 03/11/06 08:44 AM Well I was told by a FPV engineer at last years Sydney motor show that the could not detect it in the BA's, but they could in the BF's.This is enough for me to not risk it.←Like I said in the initial question, I'm after actual cases where it has been detected, not a, "I was told this, by some bloke who must know cause he once met someone from Ford who told him so."There is plenty of evidence of Ford personel saying it can be done, but from what I'm seeing, no actaul cases. Is there anyone out there with a BF that has been detected?←I agree that some "factory trained technician" telling you or a dealer service manager saying it is fact, would be taken with a pinch of salt, but this guy was the Transmission engineer for FPV who I was talking to for about 40 mins.He was very forthcoming pn any info about the new BF's, including the Edit issue and that Ford worked very hard to get some form of detection, as they were seeing a massive increase in warranty claims.You can ignore it or not, but it was enough to convince me that my $70k car needs a driveline warranty as I am hard enough on stock cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/11/06 04:05 PM Share Posted 03/11/06 04:05 PM (edited) It's all been discussed before, and at some length too:Capa Flash Not So Stealth, Got caughtA 111 post Merrygoround. End result same as this one. Edited 03/11/06 04:07 PM by SavageD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 03/11/06 07:14 PM Share Posted 03/11/06 07:14 PM It's all been discussed before, and at some length too:Capa Flash Not So Stealth, Got caughtA 111 post Merrygoround. End result same as this one.←You got that right.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac450 Member 1,650 Member For: 18y 5m Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 03/11/06 10:20 PM Share Posted 03/11/06 10:20 PM It's all been discussed before, and at some length too:Capa Flash Not So Stealth, Got caughtA 111 post Merrygoround. End result same as this one.←Sorry, it's not the same discussion. The last one was all, "I heard this..", theories about detection.My questions was, "Has anyone actually been caught, forget the bullsh*t of the rumourmill, I want to hear first hand from someone who has been caught." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 6m 18d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 03/11/06 10:24 PM Share Posted 03/11/06 10:24 PM It would appear that no one has.A No stoogesB Ford CantScotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 03/11/06 10:42 PM Share Posted 03/11/06 10:42 PM It's all been discussed before, and at some length too:Capa Flash Not So Stealth, Got caughtA 111 post Merrygoround. End result same as this one.←Good point...Threads merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/11/06 10:57 PM Share Posted 03/11/06 10:57 PM (edited) Sorry, it's not the same discussion. The last one was all, "I heard this..", theories about detection.My questions was, "Has anyone actually been caught, forget the bullsh*t of the rumourmill, I want to hear first hand from someone who has been caught."←The answer is no. And yes, it is the same discussion (literally since Adam merged the threads ). Though the question was not posed in the opening post of the original thread, out of the rest of the 111, there were MANY questions such as yours.You play, you pay. Hell, it would be in my interest for Ford NOT to be able to do this if I was a warranty stooge, but I'm not.For me personally, I'm going to Edit and tune my little heart out within the safe limits of the stock internals etc. If something breaks in the future, I'll take ownership because I can afford to, and am willing to accept it. Lets just say I'm paying very close attention to all those 'quiet engine/quiet forged piston/atomic bottom end' discussions... Edited 03/11/06 11:08 PM by Spruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 3d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 04/11/06 01:35 AM Share Posted 04/11/06 01:35 AM (edited) why dont we do a simple test...lets take 10 stock cars from the forum and edit one of them only... we drive all 10 cars to a dealer and ask them to point out the car that's edited this should resolve the issue and then we all know the answerthis should make it easy for the dealer as they are only looking for 1 in 10... ImaGgine how many cars they really have warranty claims on. Edited 04/11/06 01:36 AM by jetute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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