whats up with 145, I heard that 5th gear in the t5 can only go 145.
Is this true or was I lied to?
Stock, fox-body Mustangs are drag-limited around 140 mph. Gears will help increase the top speed by a few mph, as they allow the engine to rev higher into the power band to overcome some of the drag. Almost all cars (with the exception of some of the exotics) reach their top speed in the gear before overdrive. If you went into 5th you could expect that you would actually slow down, as OD pulls the engine out of the power band, and drag takes over. So 155 is highly doubtful.I have had mine to 142 (portable gps) in fourth at redline and I have 3.08's in it still. Had I had more road fifth would easaly pulled past 155. So 145 cant be right.
Stock, fox-body Mustangs are drag-limited around 140 mph. Gears will help increase the top speed by a few mph, as they allow the engine to rev higher into the power band to overcome some of the drag. Almost all cars (with the exception of some of the exotics) reach their top speed in the gear before overdrive. If you went into 5th you could expect that you would actually slow down, as OD pulls the engine out of the power band, and drag takes over. So 155 is highly doubtful.
wasnt there a vid of a TT 351 fox doing close to 200 on youtube or streetfire? I think it was a green car IIRC
I didn't doubt your claim of 142mph. Theoretically, the top speed in 4th gear, with 3.08 gears, and 25.5" tires, is 143 mph at red line. It would only take 10 to 15hp over stock to get it there. But, unless you're putting out almost 305hp @ 3900 rpm, you are not going to get it up to 155 mph in 5th.Car is not stock, read the signature.
He was just saying as far a gearing goes a stock fox is theoretically capable of 200+. We all know that wouldn't happen in real life.
I didn't doubt your claim of 142mph. Theoretically, the top speed in 4th gear, with 3.08 gears, and 25.5" tires, is 143 mph at red line. It would only take 10 to 15hp over stock to get it there. But, unless you're putting out almost 305hp @ 3900 rpm, you are not going to get it up to 155 mph in 5th.
I honestly dont think some of theese people claiming to have gone 140 in their stang really have..
Think what you guys will, but the car will do it. My mods are in my sig, pretty damn stock if you ask me. Now, I will say that my car has only 40k miles on it, so it's healthy, and it runs VERY good for a stock 5.0. I've beaten heavier modded 5.0s pretty badly. But, at the same time, it's clearly not much over 200rwhp with those mods, if at all. As far as 140mph top speed, I have had the car to 5k rpm in 5th. This is with a stock t5, 3.55s, and 225s on 10 holes. You can do the math, but according to an online calculator I found at the time, it was around 155. I should also mention that it wasn't stopping, I lifted cause I was running out of room. After I figured out how fast it was I found it hard to believe, but numbers don't lie. It didn't feel unstable at all like you guys are saying, even on bone stock 20 year old suspension. It seems like the guys that claim it won't do it are just the ones that haven't done it. Oh, and you should know that I don't give a **** what anyone thinks, so I have no reason to lie haha.
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