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09-05-2008, 07:14 PM | #1 | ||
4dlvr
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as stated, any one what the top speed of a manual lr zetec is??? is their any speed limiter???
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09-05-2008, 07:30 PM | #2 | ||
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Why?
Not sure if anybody here would have gone to limit mate. You could be the first to tell the rest of us :
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09-05-2008, 07:37 PM | #3 | ||
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'203 km/h (126 mph)' as quoted from wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fo...ternational%29 I've never tried it so can't confirm or deny that figure from experience!! |
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09-05-2008, 07:40 PM | #4 | ||
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There is a rev limiter (unless you've moved it!), not sure about speed limiter
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09-05-2008, 08:39 PM | #5 | ||
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Best I could muster at Wakefield park was about 140-145 on the main straight, not that it really matters to you.
Going back in June so I'll kick it a little harder and see what happens.
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09-05-2008, 09:02 PM | #6 | |||
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09-05-2008, 09:16 PM | #7 | ||
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128 mph (206 kmph) for the Focus LS 2.0 Petrol manual
taken from ford uk website specs |
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09-05-2008, 11:44 PM | #8 | ||
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I've gone 180km/h in my LR Zetec manual. But I didn't want to go any faster as it was getting a little bit light in the tail
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09-05-2008, 11:49 PM | #9 | ||
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A 2.0 LR Zetec will pull 130km/h at the top of third.
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10-05-2008, 01:46 PM | #10 | ||
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Well the LR speedo goes to 220km/h so I wonder what the car can achieve on an unrestricted autobahn in Europe? I've seen 170km/h on mine with a feeling of it's got plenty to go.
I used to see some of these signs in country N.S.W. and this one is from the previously-unrestricted roads in the Northern Territory.
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10-05-2008, 04:21 PM | #11 | ||
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I was just a tad over 160kmh at the end of the Oran Park straight
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10-05-2008, 05:57 PM | #12 | ||
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No way they'd do 220, they'd nudge 200km/h at an absolute stretch
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10-05-2008, 06:37 PM | #13 | ||
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LS Zectec. 168 on my GPS and still winding up.
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10-05-2008, 09:00 PM | #14 | ||
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Daughters LS LX 210 still had a bit more. has a cat back sports exhaust.
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10-05-2008, 10:28 PM | #15 | ||
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Just to remind everyone that all of these speeds were done on private race tracks......right????.....as the Forum will not condone illegal activity. OK????? :rolleyes:
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11-05-2008, 11:59 AM | #16 | |||
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12-05-2008, 07:42 PM | #17 | ||
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the speed I quoted was done in NT before the speed limit change and thats fair dinkum
the week before.
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13-05-2008, 12:45 AM | #18 | ||
4dlvr
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ive had mine up to 190km/h, and it had a bit more revs in it, but it was taking way to long to increase acceleration (1km/h every 2 seconds) so i had too back off. and also this was done in my drive way(private property).
it pulls decently until about 160 then goes slowly to 175 and then drains it until i got to 190. decent effort from a bog stock 4, but i would have liked to see it go a little bit more since it still had more revs in it
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13-05-2008, 10:46 AM | #19 | ||
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Do you live on the salt plains?
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13-05-2008, 11:16 AM | #20 | ||
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Might be irrelevant, but the last model of Laser before the Focus came out has no speed limiter - just a rev limiter. 7500+ in 5th gear is an indicated 192kph.
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