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Old 06-14-2008, 10:26 AM
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well yesterday i was heading home down the highway and had my GPS on and remember it read your MPH and obviously its very accurate. looked around and no 1 was near me for a long time. i was already doin 80 when i dropped it to 4th and let her rip. it hit a 140 very quick and it just kept pulling. at 7k rpms in 4th gear i topped out at 155 so i shifted to 5th. still pulled decent but i had to let off at 161 mph because a car ahead of me got into my lane. i mite of been goin a little faster cuz it seemed like the gps had about a 3 second delay in reading mph. for those who dont know i have 3.31 gears and my rev limiter set to 7k and my speed limiter turned off. i know its pretty accurate because on the dyno in 4th gear at like 6700 rpms it showed a 150 mph
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Old 06-14-2008, 10:30 AM
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Wow cool, but not safe.
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Old 06-14-2008, 11:31 AM
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That's so awesome!!! I wish my V6 could handle those speeds[:@]
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Old 06-14-2008, 11:49 AM
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Wow!
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Old 06-14-2008, 12:02 PM
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Dang man, you're nuts. I was messing around w/my one friend (he has a 91 5.0)...I hit 130 and shut her down cuz it was too fast.
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Old 06-14-2008, 12:27 PM
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wow dude ur crazy but does anybody hear know how to take the govener off the v6 mustangs cause I have top
it out and I can't get it any faster then 115 so is there something I can get to
take it off
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Old 06-14-2008, 12:30 PM
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after 115 your driveshaft will shatter by the way
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Old 06-14-2008, 12:37 PM
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Good thing your still here to tell us![sm=badidea.gif]
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Old 06-14-2008, 01:10 PM
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You have some brass ***** for that. [sm=alcoholic.gif]
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Old 06-14-2008, 01:58 PM
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[sm=icon_beat.gif][sm=headbang.gif] [sm=chairshot.gif][sm=badidea.gif]..wow
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