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Old 09-15-2009, 12:12 AM
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I tried searching on the web, but I can't get the clear answer for this. Has there been a limited on the 5.0 mustangs. Mine is a 1992 auto and it fails miserably at 120mph. It gets up there alright, but at 120mph it just hits the wall. I don't know why, at one point it even downshifted to D while I was sitting at 120mph. I was at 5000RPM in D and still not going anywhere.

So back to the question, was there any type of the limiter on the 1992 auto 5.0 ?

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Old 09-15-2009, 01:41 AM
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you dont have enough hp to pass 120mph. ive been 130mph in mine and i know others have gone faster. there is a rpm limiter tho.
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Old 09-15-2009, 01:42 AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamics



no, no limiter
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Old 09-15-2009, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by luckythirteen13
there is a rpm limiter tho.
unless you can hit 225+mph I wouldnt worry about it
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Old 09-15-2009, 04:58 AM
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I wouldent recommend trying to top out over drive with a AOD transmission. You will burn it up.

if you MUST hit 120+mph, take 3th "drive" as far as it will take you to be easyer on the trans

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Old 09-15-2009, 05:01 AM
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I thought there wars a limiter too when I got my car. No matter what the car wouldn't pull past a certian RPM. Put a BBK SSI intake on there and flew right past it.
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Old 09-15-2009, 09:06 AM
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5000-5500 is usually the limit on the rpm range in stock mode.
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Old 09-15-2009, 05:54 PM
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Thanks for the responses guys. This is my first 5.0 so I am not knowledgeable in the AOD workings or the top speed. 120mph just seemed way too low for the car. You probably are right regarding it running out of HP, the car is 100% factory stock so in the best case scenario I have 170WHP.
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Old 09-15-2009, 07:08 PM
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Ive hit 130+ in my car, but its a 5 speed... usually around 120-140 is where the foxbody cant go any faster... aerodynamics take effect there
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Old 09-15-2009, 07:33 PM
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you need more power
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