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GT500 Electronically limited to 180 mph

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This was news to me. So, I'm even more sure up top is where to run these mugs.

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That is fast.
 


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What a shame , if it can even make it to that ? :p
 


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I think Ford is afraid to run that engine combo over 180 for any length of time. Maybe.
 


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Or they're trying to limit bad publicity. You can get pretty far into a crowd at 180+
 


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Or they're trying to limit bad publicity. You can get pretty far into a crowd at 180+
And at 180mph you have a limited radius of cars and coffees that you can actually make it to in any given morning. I did the analytics on it, and at 180mph, in the most densely populated C&C communities, 180mph will net you about 100 total bystanders. Even if the limit was raised to only 190mph, that number goes up nearly 50%. Bean counters doing their jobs.
 


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I think she's not geared correctly to get to the 200MPH mark.
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Maybe that's the only way they can get more than 15min of fuel at WOT:oops: It might get a whole 20min going that slow:rolleyes:
 


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Maybe that's the only way they can get more than 15min of fuel at WOT:oops:
That’s a really good point she is a total gas hog. I am averaging 14-15 mpg while my Hellcats average 18 plus and they are bigger cars and the RE has more power.
 


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That's pretty amazing, that 14-15. Are you really getting on it? I have some spirited zooming and stuff everytime I drive my HC and I get 17 to 18.
 


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That's pretty amazing, that 14-15. Are you really getting on it? I have some spirited zooming and stuff everytime I drive my HC and I get 17 to 18.
Yes and I am truly amazed how she is a drinker and I drive all my performance cars the same.
 


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Still an awesome car, even though it looks like a big mouth bass from the side.
 


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See, if there was a Cobra emblem in its mouth, you'd just about have it.

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I’ve had my Hellcat to 186. I’ve not tried to Redeye yet.
 


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I’ve had my Hellcat to 186. I’ve not tried to Redeye yet.
Damn that's impressive be safe. And owing different cars with different power what I notice is the flat curve or should I say the dead curve. I am so used to having the Hellcat power and or GT500 power it’s an eye opener when you go to a 300 hp to 500 hp car. I can scoot around the roads and hit 100 plus like nothing in a very short period of time in the Helllcats and GT500. The advantage of this you can blast in a very short distance and have your fun and or smoke someone and then tame her down to stay off the radar screen. Then I drive my other cars like my Toyota Supra and once you hit 125-130 she just flattens out snd to try to get to the 150 mark you need way to much space and distance which then it’s getting way to risky to be seen and on the radar screen. So my theory with the GT500 is she is not geared correctly and the trans as well to hit the 200 Mph Mark without a Really lengthy area to accomplish this. So Ford shut her down so someone doesn’t find out the hard way it’s way too long a run and then you have to stop her as well. And my GT500 is at least 400-500 rpm difference higher on the highway over the Hellcats.
And I have run the Civic Type R and she has a turbo which around 3000rpm and 60mph she just pulls and pulls like crazy but getting her to that 100 plus mark takes too long.
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Damn that's impressive be safe. And owing different cars with different power what I notice is the flat curve or should I say the dead curve. I am so used to having the Hellcat power and or GT500 power it’s an eye opener when you go to a 300 hp to 500 hp car. I can scoot around the roads and hit 100 plus like nothing in a very short period of time in the Helllcats and GT500. The advantage of this you can blast in a very short distance and have your fun and or smoke someone and then tame her down to stay off the radar screen. Then I drive my other cars like my Toyota Supra and once you hit 125-130 she just flattens out snd to try to get to the 150 mark you need way to much space and distance which then it’s getting way to risky to be seen and on the radar screen. So my theory with the GT500 is she is not geared correctly and the trans as well to hit the 200 Mph Mark without a Really lengthy area to accomplish this. So Ford shut her down so someone doesn’t find out the hard way it’s way too long a run and then you have to stop her as well. And my GT500 is at least 400-500 rpm difference higher on the highway over the Hellcats.
And I have run the Civic Type R and she has a turbo which around 3000rpm and 60mph she just pulls and pulls like crazy but getting her to that 100 plus mark takes too long.
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What boost levels do you see in the Civic? Is the Supra turbo? I cant remember on this new one.
 


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What boost levels do you see in the Civic? Is the Supra turbo? I cant remember on this new one.
Yes the Supra. Is turbo and have not looked at the boost levels.
 


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Yes the Supra. Is turbo and have not looked at the boost levels.
Lots of toys. Nice. My hippie kid would bit%h about carbon footprints. I left a big as$ footprint to raise him.No filters on the last Big Truck. Do you have any fuel in the oil problems with your Honda? My Buddy owns one and has a paper trail started. He wants a new engine.
 


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Lots of toys. Nice. My hippie kid would bit%h about carbon footprints. I left a big as$ footprint to raise him.No filters on the last Big Truck. Do you have any fuel in the oil problems with your Honda? My Buddy owns one and has a paper trail started. He wants a new engine.
No issues but low miles.
 


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