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Offline subdjoe

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Nice Paint Job - Blue Angels Mustang
« on: July 13, 2011, 04:31:56 PM »
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Re: Nice Paint Job - Blue Angels Mustang
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2011, 09:24:07 PM »
Nice paint job; killer engine in a sexy body. The Coyote-powered Mustang rocks.

Shame on Ford for that 114mph governor on the V6!
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Re: Nice Paint Job - Blue Angels Mustang
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 03:07:22 AM »
I have an 07 mustang with a v6, I know it will do more than 120. I bought it with 9,000 miles on it. So the previous owner may have done something with the chip set. That is what the nice officers radar gun showed. It was much closer to 140.
What year has the govenor? It is shame for car companies to do that.
 
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Re: Nice Paint Job - Blue Angels Mustang
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 03:52:41 AM »
It is due to the tires sold on the car. My Lincoln had the 120 limit also due to H rated tires. The car will have to have Z rated tires.

New speed ratings followed: "H" was up to 130 mph, "S" was up to 112 mph and so on. A few years later, the "Z" speed rated tire was introduced which was "unlimited" or over 149 mph.

I am guessing the V6 has S rated tires.

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Re: Nice Paint Job - Blue Angels Mustang
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2011, 05:43:29 AM »
Eh, it might be tires, but I think Ford just wants gearheads to get the V8. Speed ratings on tires have to do with sustained speeds - that is, H rated (130) means the tire is rated for a continuous 130, such as between Austin and Dallas. S rated tires should be fine to a quick burst to 130ish. It may have to do with other driveline components... or more likely, wussyfied kill-joy lawyers. Or, that an ungoverned 300hp Mustang - even if it is a V6? - would have GT-like insurance rates.

Either way... a shame to see a three hundred horsepower six-speed Mustang governed, so that a Honda Accord can outrun it... :( I know that you can get a package that includes 255/40R19 Pirelli P Zeros with the V6, but the limiter still kills the fun at 114. I suspect that a 3.7 Mustang, w/o limiter, would be good to around 140something.

I had H-rated tires on my '88 LX5.0, and they were fine for the occasional poke up to 130+.
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Re: Nice Paint Job - Blue Angels Mustang
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2011, 06:37:59 AM »
Beautiful car !
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