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I hit about a dozen local caddy dealers and scored a South Jersey allocation in December for a CF2 in Drift Metallic, 6 speed. My build, not someone else’s. At MSRP. Arrives next week. So unicorns do exist in the goat rodeo.

FYI last time I checked, they were still banging out buyers for $10k over MSRP for CF1 and $15k over for CF2 5BWs…

Unless your order is attached to a dealer allocation, your order most likely won’t be picked up by GM. It will just sit there in the system. And unless *all* the options you want are available when an allocation pops up, you won’t be able to take advantage of that allocation. You can’t take...

Just got word that my 5BW is en route to the dealer, via rail. So much for the late deliveries getting enclosed transport.

I hear ya, but this isn’t about the plug design (which has been used on this engine successfully for years now), this is about an assembly error, Same thing could have happened with a threaded plug, the assembler could have not fully threaded it in with the same consequences. Human error...

However, I’ll say it again here: my opinion is that the majority of the handling improvements are due to the Cup 2R tires, and if you’re not going to be using them I’m not sure there is much value to paying the $9k premium on this package (over CCBs)…

Look at it this way: this was a press fit from the get go. The supplier slipped up on QC and GM allowed the defective part to be installed. Now that it is caught, all that has to happen is the original step: press the plug into the hole. It’s not like the plug got pushed out, it was never...

And here I am 14 months later and still haven't received delivery of my 2025 5BW! Does that make me an official member of the Goat Rodeo?

Ironically, that looks to be a 2025 5BW, even though it was 2024.

Weird. I see ‘em.

Nice, you there? Haven’t been back to the 12hr for a couple years, last time was as a corporate guest. My first time there was when they still had the mud bog between 8 and 9. Definitely not as a corporate guest. Wild times.

Race is on now and the safety car is a 2025 5BW. So far getting a lot of in-action screen time.

I find what he’s telling you very hard to believe. If oil drips are being left on the floor, not only could you unintentionally run low on oil, causing engine damage, but that leak could be an early warning of catastrophic failure, happening while driving. I’d escalate this beyond the service...

Weld steel to aluminum? That would quite the feat. This is a low pressure part of the oiling system (unless there is excessive combustion blow by, but that would be a worse issue). A press fit, when done properly, should be sufficient. The original press process wasn’t done properly.

Can you post installed pics and specs of your Forgelines? I’ve had a few Foorgeline sets in the past, and while they were top quality, they always seemed to get the front offset too conservative and I had to space them out. Was thinking of using them again on my 5BW.

It's been built for almost 2 months. First delivery delay after being built was an "unnamed part". Since end of Jan it's just been quoted delivery weeks that then slip, repeatedly. Silver lining is maybe this oil plug part was caught and my receiving dealer now knows officially to address it.

For what it's worth, my 5BW, which is due to be delivered by end of month, now has this bulletin attached to its record in the dealer system. However, each week that passes, my delivery date seems to be get punted to a later week. So maybe this is all moot as I may never see the car. Lol.

I’d hazard to guess the oil pan comes from a supplier as completed assembly. I highly doubt someone on the GM line or on the engine build team is pressing a plug into a casting.

Order picked up Dec 11, 2024. Built week of Jan 13, 2025. On hold indefinitely after build for unknown reason. Scheduled for delivery week 2 of Feb, 2025 Bumped to last week of Feb, 2025 Bumped again to second week of March, 2025. Over 10 weeks and counting.

And note that the tires supplied with the PP are Cup 2 “R” compound, with even less tread than the Cup 2 design. R as in Race. Michelin even calls them a “semi-slick”. IMO, this is mostly why the PP is such an improvement over non-PP.