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Old 11-03-2007, 06:02 PM
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I always wanted to know why the new Mustangswere limited on 140 on the speedometer.Even the gt500's were limited.The 1994's had altleast 150 on the dash.With so much power why only140???? Can anyone please answer that question.JUST CURIOUS!!!!!
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Old 11-03-2007, 06:03 PM
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Unless u're going for landspeed records, i dont see the point to even needing to go further or faster.
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Old 11-03-2007, 06:07 PM
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How about this: when you get over 140, just continuously reset the ave. speed on the message center.

...I'll look for your horrible car accident on the news...
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Old 11-03-2007, 06:15 PM
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ORIGINAL: tayl1da

I always wanted to know why the new Mustangswere limited on 140 on the speedometer.Even the gt500's were limited.The 1994's had altleast 150 on the dash.With so much power why only140???? Can anyone please answer that question.JUST CURIOUS!!!!!
I wanted to kno the same thing and ive asked here before but instead of answering the question everyone jsut makes a smart remark.

So maybe there is no real answer. It just is what it is.
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Old 11-04-2007, 10:40 AM
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Wind resistance these cars arent designed with the aerodynamics to go those speeds not to mention when everytime you doulble your speed you quadruple the wind resistance so the amount of power required to get your car to the 160 and above is ridiculous.
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Old 11-04-2007, 10:51 AM
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Just because a car can go that fast, doesn't mean that it should. What's the handling and breaking like at 140 mph in a Mustang? Probably pretty scary.
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:06 AM
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Ive taken her to 140 before my gears and she handles surprisingly well very little turbulence. I didint have to brake hard but from experience at lower mph it would be incredibly scary with stock brakes.
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:19 AM
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I've hit those sppeds on a dry lake bed. Never on the streets. I'm trying to fing pictures of my classic mustang but I think that had a140 or 120 mph gauge. They might have just been going for the old school look still with it. And yeah people don't always give you the answers to a question.
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Old 11-04-2007, 02:44 PM
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I've heard that a stock GT will only make about 145 MPHon a good day due to resistance factors. Without that, you could redline in 5th gear somewhere over 200.
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Old 11-04-2007, 03:49 PM
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I've had it to 150. Knowing this since my friend said he waswalking on me with his Evo at 155.
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