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I've tried to blow up my engine on my past 4 cars by not changing the oil with no luck so far.this included waiting for the lifters to make noise before adding a single quart. dropping the trans into first randomly on the.highway and bouncing off.the rev limited.for miles at a time.
I think I've done 10oil changes since I was 16. and I beat the living cap out of my cars. if your throwing main bearing at less.then 30k, the problem is probably a lack of oil rather then the quality of oils and additives  used.

I've tried to blow up my engine on my past 4 cars by not changing the oil with no luck so far.this included waiting for the lifters to make noise before adding a single quart. dropping the trans into first randomly on the.highway and bouncing off.the rev limited.for miles at a time.
I think I've done 10oil changes since I was 16. and I beat the living cap out of my cars. if your throwing main bearing at less.then 30k, the problem is probably a lack of oil rather then the quality of oils and additives  used.

But I guess swapping a T5 into your car is pretty important, but not engine oil?

My dad has an '89 F truck, 5.0, manual trans, 4x4, etc. Always been taken care of. He maintains his stuff really well. Anyway, I started driving it in 2006, was hauling some square bales of hay in the back....gradually, over a period of several months, the oil pressure continued to drop. Would clatter at idle. Had the proper amount of oil in the pan. Either the pump died, or the bearings were so worn out that it wouldn't keep enough pressure....but anyway, that goes to show that even with proper oil change intervals, and great maintenance, sometimes things don't last. Ford, Chevy, Briggs & Stratton, or whatever flavor of fossil fuel power maker you prefer....with shiznit maintenance habits, most likely you'll be afoot. I learned when I was 16. Blew the oil pressure gauge feed line off on my ancient Jeep truck. Instead of parking it and walking the mile or so back home to get the other Jeep, I just turned around and drove it. The rods and mains were complaining when I shut it off. I rebuilt it in school, and worked the cost of the parts off the following summer, for my dad. Nowadays, if I break my shiznit, I walk. With kids to haul around, I can't afford it, so I try to take care of stuff.

And for people that deliberately try to blow their  up...it's one of two things: you're either a spoiled rich kid, or a f*ckin' dumbass. Little doubt here which is which in this case..

The t-5 was specifically so that I could drive my car on the freeway 900+ miles to a small town less then 20 miles from the canadian border for work. I'm not a rich kid, I've had to work my ass off for every penny I've ever touched. Otherwise I wouldn't be driving a 200k $400 car half way acrossed the country.


I'll bet I've put over 160k miles on my own personal vehicles, all 5.0's. (And only maybe 5k on my current vehicle in the last month) in the last 4 years. Trying to blow any one of them up so that I could use my mustang engine that's been sitting in the garage since 2006. Its ready to go and already been run. At the time I pulled it out, the car I put it in ate the tranny. .

Stacks you would hate getting a performance engine from me.

NO DIPSTICKS.

DIP STICKS ARE Not an option on my engines and never will be. You would go NUTS FOR SURE!!!

But blowing up an engine. I DON'T GET IT!!! Maybe i am missing something here???

By the way stacks tell your dad not to feel bad. Most new TOYOTA'S SUBARU HONDA and AUDI cars burn a QUART EVERY 500 Miles. And they say this is normal!!!

Ford says it's max allowable for warranty is 1 quart in 900 miles.