Speedometer - 120 vs 140?
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Speedometer - 120 vs 140?
Does anyone know why Ford uses a 120 mph speedometer in the GT while the Focus ST gets a 140 mph speedometer? I'm looking at Ford brochures and noticed this. Ford's awfully optimistic about the 151 hp I4 in that ST.
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Actually my '06 GT has a 140 speedo.
I've never sat in one, but I'm guessing the V6 models get the 120 speedo.
I drove a '96 Mustang V6 for several years and it had the 120 speedo.
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I've never sat in one, but I'm guessing the V6 models get the 120 speedo.
I drove a '96 Mustang V6 for several years and it had the 120 speedo.
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Yep, it's the V6 that has the 120 speedometer, although I've never tried to top it out.
(but i got close!)
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the V6 does have the 120. but unless you have a tune to take off the gov. you can only make it up to 115 in 4th gear with about 4000 RPM's. sitll wants to run
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My 07 GT has 140. Find it suprising they use two different speedometers. Figured it was a more unique speedomter with the retro look why they would want to carry two different models in their inventory.
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They probably have the 2 different speedos for the 'people' that think that a speedo is how you tell how fast a car can go.
you would not believe the number of people that have asked 'is it fast? what does the speedo go too' ... I just don't even know what to say..
you would not believe the number of people that have asked 'is it fast? what does the speedo go too' ... I just don't even know what to say..
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I don't know where that theory ever came from. My Ford Tempo would bury the needle just past 80mph, but I know some older 'Vette's that can't hit the 150 mark their speedo had... come to think of it... might have even been 180 - don't remember, tried it with a friend once.
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I had a guy swear to me one time that his 2000 Celeca would go faster than my stang since it had a 160 speedo in it. He wouldn't take no for an answer, and strangely...he didn't want to race to prove it. He kept saying "if I get another ticket my license is toast." wussy...
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LOL, So true. I've been asked numerous times, "What's the speedo go up to...?" I'm not sure how this question got started... . Tell them 240mph, if they believe that the speedo is a determination of how fast the car will go, then they'll believe that... Tell them that the round Ford GT emblem/fake gas cap is a parachute too.
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My Dad's 98 vette has a speedo that goes up to 220 or 240 i think, but i know that car cant reach that speed. People ask me all the time what my speedo goes up to...geuss it just shows how little some people know about cars.