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???
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smokin00GT
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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.
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mustangman9812
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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
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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
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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
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
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At least it's more erect and not floppy anymore.
+1 cams/intake manifold/heads will give you the extra pull up top your looking for.
smokin00GT
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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
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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.
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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...
there was a thread on svtp about it. I think some people sn95's are not healthy...
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
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Add some steeda pullies to the mix, it will help alot, i want to get some for mine, it revs quicker and faster.
BurningRubber
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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.
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
Actually it will, a faster gear will push the car quicker though the gear, hence faster to top speed
So, I was wondering why you want to see how fast you could go? high speed wise...
BennyBlown2v
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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 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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