Speed Cap???

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rellimpk

Discussion Starter · Nov 21, 2002

Does anyone know if there is a speed cap on my car? If so, what is it? I´ve hit 110 mph before, so I know there´s not a cap up to that point anyway.

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95 ´scort LX Hatchback 5-Speed 1.9L - The nut behind the wheel seems a little bit loose.

[ Edited by rellimpk On Date 11-20-2002 ]

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Type_R

· #2 · Nov 21, 2002

I´ve seen somewhere on the web that its 130!

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91scortgtboy

· #3 · Nov 21, 2002

Wow, 130!!! The speedomatere don´t even go that high. I don´t even know where i could even test that theory out at.

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Pimp_scort_89_GT

· #4 · Nov 21, 2002

Your right the speedo doesn´t go that high. I doubt the car does either. Unless your going down a really steep hill

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Juggernaut

· #5 · Nov 21, 2002

what´s 155kph (i´m guessing since spedo doesn´t say, and i had to slow down some before i was clocked @ 140 for the resulting ticket

) in mph? this was at around 3800 revs, maybe 4000. that´s the highest i´ve brought it

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Pimp_scort_89_GT

· #6 · Nov 21, 2002

I´ve said it before, and I´ll say it again, There NEEDS TO BE A METRIC CONVERSION THING ON THIS SITE.

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hmm.. just because your speedometer goes to 120 doesnt mean that your car cant get above that.. my speedometer only goes to 85mph and i have gone all the way to the beginning of the odometer. i have read before that the technical top speed for escorts is 120.. but i dont beleave this to be true.. my friend´s 02 mitsubishi lancer has a technical top speed of 115mph.. but we have taken it to 130mph before.. so, i believe the same could be for the escort..

also remember that you might have to disable the speed governer to get above 120mph

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James92Scort

· #8 · Nov 21, 2002

Every 25 miles per hour is 40 kilometers per hour. go ahead and do the math.

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birddog

· #9 · Nov 21, 2002

well my 94 gt has bumped the rev limiter in 5th gear. doing the math that is somewhere around 145mph or so. I wanted to check for that very thing and a friend had a 89 supercharged T-bird. A good draft makes a world of difference. as soon as he changed lanes I dropped speed but if there is a speed limiter I´ll be darned if I found it. btw that car was never meant for speeds like that. gets a little loose and feels about as solid as a tricycle.

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