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SXYXC · Nov 11, 2007

ok, soo i just wanted to see how fast i could go... and wow my car sucks at high speeds. I sware it took as long for my car to go from about 105-123. it just dragged on.... not that 105 isn't fast or anything, but are almost all 97 gt autos like that No Balls up top???

Maza4ever14 · Nov 11, 2007

smokin00GT · Nov 11, 2007

Do you have a set of good gears? That would help dramatically. If you are not running a supercharger or nitrous 4:10 gears would work great. If you are planning on running any of those in the future I would reccomend 3:73 so you aren't running out of gear in the 1/4 mile at the dragstrip.

IICrazy · Nov 11, 2007

I hope there was nobody around at the time

mustangman9812 · Nov 11, 2007

you must have stock gears b/c my car with a 4.10 gear off spray pulls good! Get you a nice set of gears (cough 4.10's cough) and she will do some better.

04YELLOWGT · Nov 11, 2007

You do lose topend though with 4.10s. Hence the reason why I got rid of mine, you can only do about 115-120 w/ OD off with 4.10s. My car was hitting the rev limiter at the 1000' mark at the track so I could never make a full pass.

BennyBlown2v · Nov 11, 2007

I hit top of 4th (129ish) all the time...when i say all the time probably every time I drive the car LOL It gets there fast enough, will get there a lot faster soon

And I don't think its a matter of 97s or autos, its a matter of all NPI cars are slow, and all PI cars are slow without a healthy dose of poweradder

CobraRed_96_GT · Nov 11, 2007

gear won't help top end, cams/intake manifold/ and heads will

Mustang5L5 · Nov 11, 2007

PI swap time.

fobra559 · Nov 11, 2007

CobraRed_96_GT said:
gear won't help top end, cams/intake manifold/ and heads will

+1 cams/intake manifold/heads will give you the extra pull up top your looking for.

smokin00GT · Nov 11, 2007

SXYXC said:
ok, soo i just wanted to see how fast i could go... and wow my car sucks at high speeds. I sware it took as long for my car to go from about 105-123. it just dragged on.... not that 105 isn't fast or anything, but are almost all 97 gt autos like that No Balls up top???

The way I understood this thread is that he was looking for getting to top speed faster, not increasing the top speed all together. I agree that intake, cams, and heads will make a world of difference, but a cheaper fix to boost his get up and go factor would be to get a diffrent gear ratio.

CobraRed_96_GT · Nov 11, 2007

nitrous is an easy route. Or you can get some comp 268ah cams for NPI heads and a PI intake manifold and your powerband should be switched up top fairly easy.

281CI96Coupe · Nov 11, 2007

I dont know whats with you guys sn95, mine can pull easily pass those speeds, my buddy did it in his 96 GT Vert - auto, took a while but he got to 140+ racing a SER Maxima, no b.s...takes long but it can, i know it can.

there was a thread on svtp about it. I think some people sn95's are not healthy...

SXYXC · Nov 11, 2007

well right now i have both the PI cams and intake, but i was thinking about selling the cams and looking for some stage 2's for a nice lob, and great power.. but this weekend i'm changing the oil to fully synthetic mobil 1. and a K&N oil filter, so it will be probalbly next weekend, or the weekend after that to see if i put the new intake on.... but i'm hoping the oil will help some. Its alittle passes when i needed to change, but i have finaly gotten out of my money problems. (dang bank, with over draft charges for .01) but its all good now!!

281CI96Coupe · Nov 11, 2007

SXYXC said:
well right now i have both the PI cams and intake, but i was thinking about selling the cams and looking for some stage 2's for a nice lob, and great power.. but this weekend i'm changing the oil to fully synthetic mobil 1. and a K&N oil filter, so it will be probalbly next weekend, or the weekend after that to see if i put the new intake on.... but i'm hoping the oil will help some. Its alittle passes when i needed to change, but i have finaly gotten out of my money problems. (dang bank, with over draft charges for .01) but its all good now!!

Add some steeda pullies to the mix, it will help alot, i want to get some for mine, it revs quicker and faster.

BurningRubber · Nov 11, 2007

You have the slowest combo possible for a 96+ V8 Mustang. Your GT will get up to 140ish but it might take a few hours, lol.

DTNODYA · Nov 12, 2007

Forget mods ... Just air it out on steep hills and you'll be turboimpressed

tomustang · Nov 12, 2007

04YELLOWGT said:
You do lose topend though with 4.10s. Hence the reason why I got rid of mine, you can only do about 115-120 w/ OD off with 4.10s. My car was hitting the rev limiter at the 1000' mark at the track so I could never make a full pass.

Actually you don't, you won't catch up to the theoretical top speed between the trans gearing and 4.10, I'm sure you're referring to the 1/4mi

CobraRed_96_GT said:
gear won't help top end, cams/intake manifold/ and heads will

Actually it will, a faster gear will push the car quicker though the gear, hence faster to top speed

SXYXC said:
well right now i have both the PI cams and intake, but i was thinking about selling the cams and looking for some stage 2's for a nice lob, and great power.. but this weekend i'm changing the oil to fully synthetic mobil 1. and a K&N oil filter, so it will be probalbly next weekend, or the weekend after that to see if i put the new intake on.... but i'm hoping the oil will help some. Its alittle passes when i needed to change, but i have finaly gotten out of my money problems. (dang bank, with over draft charges for .01) but its all good now!!

So, I was wondering why you want to see how fast you could go? high speed wise...

BennyBlown2v · Nov 12, 2007

tomustang said:
Actually you don't, you won't catch up to the theoretical top speed between the trans gearing and 4.10, I'm sure you're referring to the 1/4mi

Yeah if you shift into OD! That's just dumb though... that puts super high loads on the motor to maintain speed. Racing + OD = bad

2002BLGT · Nov 12, 2007

SXYXC said:
ok, soo i just wanted to see how fast i could go... and wow my car sucks at high speeds. I sware it took as long for my car to go from about 105-123. it just dragged on.... not that 105 isn't fast or anything, but are almost all 97 gt autos like that No Balls up top???

get some 3.73s and do some weight reduction , convertibles weigh more than the coupes ......weight and gears are probably your problem , good tune up and new fuel filter wouldnt hurt either if you have done that in a while

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