I was looking at pics of the interior of the GT Premium and I noticed the speedometer digits only go up to 140. What's with that?! For a V8 300 hsp car, I figure it would go to 160, maybe even 180. I understand that I would probably never go past 140 but just seems like the numbers should be there.

 

Its governed to around 145 mph.

 

governer can be removed with a simple computer flash i believe since the throttle is electronically controlled on them

 

I don't supposed the USB cable and software is available anywhere affordable for consumers?

 

It's just numbers on a dash. Change the overlay if you want higher dash numbers. Do you plan on going faster than 140+ that you need the govenor changed? At that speed no one walks away from a crash.

 

I got up to 130 on the interstate and holy s!@# that felt like 160..[sm=badidea.gif].not that I have ever been that fast but you know what I mean

 

yea.. if you cant beat the other guy at 0-130mph.. then your not going to beat them at 160... but thigns look cool at that speed [sm=badbadbad.gif]

 

yeah and thats usually when that big a$$ buck runs into the road and stops dead center

 

I blv that the 140mph speedo and 145mph governor are there to remind you that the OEM tires are rated for sustained speeds of only 145mph; most likely a liability/lawsuit issue for Ford if they didn't limit the speedo/governor to the speed rating of the tires.

 

I believe the speedometer is reflecting on the past mustangs from the 65 era.