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GT350 Engine Replacement - GT350 or GT350R engine?

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#1 ·
I just had my engine changed in my 2019 GT350. I had a Gen 2 GT350R (KA labeled) engine in the car when I bought it. The new engine from Ford is a KR3E 6006 BA built 26 Feb 2024. Is this a GT350 engine or is it a GT350R?
 
#9 ·
Mine was just replaced with a build date of April 24th 2024. Only a couple weeks before mine was ordered, so I don't know about all this backorder stuff. Arrived at the dealer within a week.

The new label shows it was built in Dearborn, only said "5.2 GT350" on it, and I'm not sure there is a way to decode the new label to figure out if it was an R engine. Can find more info here.
 
#11 ·
My 2019 had an engine replacement last Oct. The engine was built at the Dearborn plant, which is where they are now building the replacement engines.
I was on vacation in Charlotte, NC when the engine went. The dealer I found was well versed in working on these cars. They had a specialist there who worked on all the Mustang cars. They received a new engine in 2 days, and had it installed in about 2-3 days.
So there are plenty of replacement engines available for these cars. They are just now being built in the Dearborn plant.