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to: Don Hills
from: Robert Comer
date: 2006-05-07 07:34:40
subject: Re: Record fuel prices in the UK

From: "Robert Comer" 

> If it's pre 2000, it's electronically limited to 112.

It's a 2000.

>I would expect it to
> do about 135 to 140 without limiting

I don't think it's some kind of limiter, not the way it acts.

>with the right gearing.

Not easily changed. 

--
Bob Comer


"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> In article ,
> "Robert Comer"  wrote:
>>
>>Mine has 210 hp and it may be able to do 115mph, but I wouldn't bet on it.
>>I really wouldn't know as the fastest I've ever driven it was 100mph
>>passing
>>a long line of cars. (Ford Taurus DOHC 24valve V6, 25mpg during my normal
>>driving)
>>
>>I suspect it's geared for low end power rather than high end cruising (as
>>are most other American cars.)
>
> If it's pre 2000, it's electronically limited to 112. I would expect it to
> do about 135 to 140 without limiting and with the right gearing. In spite
> of
> their shape they aren't especially slippery.
>
> --
> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
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