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Old 08-16-2006, 01:57 PM
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150. I only did it once on an empty 4 lane divided road (Indiana has a lot of them). Trust me, it's pretty insane going that fast with the top down. The amount of wind noise is incredible lol.
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Old 08-16-2006, 02:09 PM
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I went 145 plus a few hundred rpm's in 5th so probably around 150.
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Old 08-16-2006, 02:14 PM
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I don't know about you guys, but at those speeds it seems like just the tiniest movement of the steering wheel would send you out of control. Sure feels like it to me, so I back it down.
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Old 08-16-2006, 02:20 PM
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i took my friend for a ride and hit 120 on a fairly short secluded stretch of road. . . and he about $hit his pants . . . prolly cuz i got there so fast
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Old 08-16-2006, 02:28 PM
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180+ in my 01 S281. It stays pretty happy til around 175, then the front gets a little light.
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Old 08-16-2006, 08:29 PM
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Hit 145 between Vegas and Laughlin at 9:00 pm. It was so windy I was swaying a bit and decided to let it coast down rather than become a tornado like mass of mustang whipping around through the desert. Still felt like it had a bit to go though
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Old 08-16-2006, 09:20 PM
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George, what brings you to the lovely city of Laughlin? Good luck finding anyone there to do mods anyway, you will have some time to make payements first.
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Old 08-17-2006, 12:21 AM
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i got 155 racing a ws6 fire bird! p.s. he was 6 car langths behind!
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Old 08-17-2006, 01:24 PM
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ORIGINAL: imyy4u

i'm not saying you can get there stock, that's just what you can get if you were to max out 5th gear. probably need a lot more hp to get to 200mph though.
Vortech's 05 Mustang achieved about 192 at 6000rpms in 5th gear. Completely stock vehicle except for an intercooled supercharger kit at 17 psi, that car had 550 flywheel horsepower....
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Old 08-17-2006, 05:34 PM
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George, what brings you to the lovely city of Laughlin? Good luck finding anyone there to do mods anyway, you will have some time to make payements first.
All my friends are poor recent-college grads...they can't afford to come party up in Vegas where I live so they drive up from Tucson and I drive down to Laughlin to meet up with them.
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