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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/18/2007 9:41:40 PM

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I have a 95 mustang with 71k on it.

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/18/2007 10:43:26 PM

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1998 with 170,425 miles, runs awesome, great pick up love the power, yes its a major upgrade from a 4 banger fox to a v6 with 150 hp. she runs great, shift is great, only thing is this squeeling with my tranny, which i can fix i am just to lazy to get under her......

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/18/2007 11:08:30 PM

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y2k with 60k and a busted tranny (a seal hopefully)

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 12:24:03 AM

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00 and ive got a little over 90k on it. still runnin strong.

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 1:26:06 AM

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2000 with 132,000 no major problems as of yet

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 1:56:55 AM

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98....84,000

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 2:55:41 AM

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on my 1996 i had 230,000 i think, only thing i did was a tranny rebuild. the flowmaster 40s lasted like what 10 years before i got a leak in 1. car ran STRONG would still have it now but meh needed more pep in my step

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 3:09:51 AM

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57,000 miles on my beaut!

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 9:59:13 AM

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69,000 on my '99, no problems yet.

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 10:07:00 AM

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I have 103, 5xx on my 97 and I seriously think it's getting stronger everyday. I don't have any problems at all. It really doesn't matter how hard you run it, as long as you maintain it aswell as you can. It's better to run it a little harder all the time, because then when you really want to get down on it it won't do the damage it would if you drove it like a granny most of the time. They say cars that are driven slow, asctually become incapable of opening up and being as fast as they should.

I think the engine in most mustangs should last to 200k, it seems pretty reasonable, but the thing is getting the rest of the car to last that long.

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 6:53:48 PM

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Who has a lot of miles on their 3.8L? The highest mileage 3.8L I've seen that's still running is 170k. Can these engines go to 200k+ like the average honda can?

#1 reason hondas make it that far. Old lady's drive them.
I'd love to see a car that gets it's arse kicked on a daily basis make it that far. The boosted or riced out ones I doubt make it to 200k+

A 3.8L Mustang engine or any domestic will make it to 200+ if taken care of. People forget that, beat the crap out of their cars, then cry when their car breaks down.

I've got 114K right now and don't see 200+ as a problem.

This is totally untrue. Most hondas are driven by kids that think driving is the Fast and the furious. I've seen modded ricers that get beat on daily with over 200k.

As for all engines lasting over 200k...?

Knew a guy who had an 02 cavalier.. it threw a rod at 82k. Oil was changed regularly.
My friend had a chrysler sebring. The engine caught on fire at 105k.
I had an 02 altima that ingested the intake screws into the engine. Died at 68k.

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/19/2007 7:11:35 PM

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those cars must have been mistakes because ur storys are prolly 1 out of every 10 million may have a flaw like that but for the most part if u change oil and do regular maintance you wont have any trouble

and as far as i know no matter how aggressive you drive your engine bay should never catch on fire

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/20/2007 12:59:27 PM

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64K on my 01..runs greatttt

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/21/2007 12:31:48 AM

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I've got a 98 with 66k miles on it. hehe, low mileage FTW

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 6/21/2007 12:59:00 AM

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This is totally untrue. Most hondas are driven by kids that think driving is the Fast and the furious.

Dude, your an idiot. Do you have any idea how many cars honda sells? And how many of them are riced out? You only think that because you only noticed the riced ones, i guarentee you see 100 hondas a day, and you can count on 1 hand the amount that are driven by kids who are beating on them.

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 7/6/2007 10:40:04 PM

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man i got 198k on my 97... runs just fine..

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RE: Miles on your 3.8L? - 7/8/2007 2:55:27 AM

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