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1/4/08, 08:29 AM
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Ditto...
I bought my '08 V6 vert on a business trip to Denver in late November. I'd been shopping for a month in the San Francisco Bay area and could not find a dealer willing to deal. I paid well under invoice before rebates. Guess the Denver dealer knew they'd likely be sitting on a vert until Spring.
Anyway, driving home through the Rockies, I was easily keeping up with and leading traffic up the grades. Crusin' US 50 across Nevada I was loping comfortably at 85-100 MPH and on one stretch found the top end is governed at 115.
I love my v6 vert!
Martin
I bought my '08 V6 vert on a business trip to Denver in late November. I'd been shopping for a month in the San Francisco Bay area and could not find a dealer willing to deal. I paid well under invoice before rebates. Guess the Denver dealer knew they'd likely be sitting on a vert until Spring.
Anyway, driving home through the Rockies, I was easily keeping up with and leading traffic up the grades. Crusin' US 50 across Nevada I was loping comfortably at 85-100 MPH and on one stretch found the top end is governed at 115.
I love my v6 vert!
Martin
1/4/08, 10:50 AM
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Ditto...
I bought my '08 V6 vert on a business trip to Denver in late November. I'd been shopping for a month in the San Francisco Bay area and could not find a dealer willing to deal. I paid well under invoice before rebates. Guess the Denver dealer knew they'd likely be sitting on a vert until Spring.
Anyway, driving home through the Rockies, I was easily keeping up with and leading traffic up the grades. Crusin' US 50 across Nevada I was loping comfortably at 85-100 MPH and on one stretch found the top end is governed at 115.
I love my v6 vert!
Martin
I bought my '08 V6 vert on a business trip to Denver in late November. I'd been shopping for a month in the San Francisco Bay area and could not find a dealer willing to deal. I paid well under invoice before rebates. Guess the Denver dealer knew they'd likely be sitting on a vert until Spring.
Anyway, driving home through the Rockies, I was easily keeping up with and leading traffic up the grades. Crusin' US 50 across Nevada I was loping comfortably at 85-100 MPH and on one stretch found the top end is governed at 115.
I love my v6 vert!
Martin
I have topped out at 125 with the 87 tune.
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1/4/08, 11:14 AM
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The speed limiter is a real pain. When I go to the track every lap is hampered by the limiter. I could easily hit 135 or 140 on the straight bits, but in a way I'm actually glad the V6 has a limiter at 115mph. The stock V6 brakes can't handle speeds higher than 115 when you need to slow down in a hurry multiple times in a 30min span. Once I upgrade my brakes I'll kill the limiter.
1/4/08, 12:15 PM
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The speed limiter is a real pain. When I go to the track every lap is hampered by the limiter. I could easily hit 135 or 140 on the straight bits, but in a way I'm actually glad the V6 has a limiter at 115mph. The stock V6 brakes can't handle speeds higher than 115 when you need to slow down in a hurry multiple times in a 30min span. Once I upgrade my brakes I'll kill the limiter.
1/4/08, 06:54 PM
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Just a note on removing the speed limiter for those not aware of it:
The '05 and some '06 V6 Mustangs have a driveshaft where the universal bearing caps are just staked in, no retaining clips. These shafts can (and have) come apart at speeds over 110 as the caps walk out, the universal comes apart and the shaft pretty much explodes.
Raising the limiter on a car with one of these driveshafts is more than a bit risky...
The '05 and some '06 V6 Mustangs have a driveshaft where the universal bearing caps are just staked in, no retaining clips. These shafts can (and have) come apart at speeds over 110 as the caps walk out, the universal comes apart and the shaft pretty much explodes.
Raising the limiter on a car with one of these driveshafts is more than a bit risky...
1/5/08, 01:03 AM
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Just a note on removing the speed limiter for those not aware of it:
The '05 and some '06 V6 Mustangs have a driveshaft where the universal bearing caps are just staked in, no retaining clips. These shafts can (and have) come apart at speeds over 110 as the caps walk out, the universal comes apart and the shaft pretty much explodes.
Raising the limiter on a car with one of these driveshafts is more than a bit risky...
The '05 and some '06 V6 Mustangs have a driveshaft where the universal bearing caps are just staked in, no retaining clips. These shafts can (and have) come apart at speeds over 110 as the caps walk out, the universal comes apart and the shaft pretty much explodes.
Raising the limiter on a car with one of these driveshafts is more than a bit risky...
Breenspeed has the limit set at 120 for my tunes but I have to go into adjustable parameters to delete it.
1/5/08, 06:34 AM
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Here's a couple threads on the driveshaft issue:
http://www.2005stang.com/viewtopic.p...ht=drive+shaft
http://4.0collective.com/showthread....riveshaft+dyno
1/5/08, 06:28 PM
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First I`ve heard of this, Thanks
My car is at the dealers for a few days awaiting parts for a water leak, I`ll get them to check which drive shaft I have. Maybe I can get them to change it if need be.
My car is at the dealers for a few days awaiting parts for a water leak, I`ll get them to check which drive shaft I have. Maybe I can get them to change it if need be.
1/5/08, 06:35 PM
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For my car, I bought an aluminum shaft from The Driveshaft Shop. It'll hold together at speed and is about 1/2 the weight of the Ford shaft.
1/6/08, 08:02 PM
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Worth having it checked, but they won't change it (at least not under warranty). Ford hasn't admitted it's a problem (and honestly at legal highway speeds it almost certainly isn't a problem, all the failures have been at very high speeds).
For my car, I bought an aluminum shaft from The Driveshaft Shop. It'll hold together at speed and is about 1/2 the weight of the Ford shaft.
For my car, I bought an aluminum shaft from The Driveshaft Shop. It'll hold together at speed and is about 1/2 the weight of the Ford shaft.
But really a difference of 5 or 10 mph as we try out the top end occasionally won`t give a break or not situation if its going to happen. I mean we all exceed the speed limit some time. After all it is a Mustang.
1/6/08, 08:11 PM
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Me? I'm much happier and more relaxed at high speed with my quality aluminum driveshaft and CHE safety looop installed.
1/6/08, 09:01 PM
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1/9/08, 12:33 PM
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Does anyone else think that this was a super poor engineering decision on Fords part? 
"Hmm, Let's put friction held drift pins in a part that spins at 6k rpm with high centrifugal forces and hope they stay in place."
I'm glad they fixed the design, and I'm glad I have an 07. Although I am going to check to make sure I have the updated part.
"Hmm, Let's put friction held drift pins in a part that spins at 6k rpm with high centrifugal forces and hope they stay in place."
I'm glad they fixed the design, and I'm glad I have an 07. Although I am going to check to make sure I have the updated part.
1/9/08, 07:43 PM
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Does anyone else think that this was a super poor engineering decision on Fords part?
"Hmm, Let's put friction held drift pins in a part that spins at 6k rpm with high centrifugal forces and hope they stay in place."
I'm glad they fixed the design, and I'm glad I have an 07. Although I am going to check to make sure I have the updated part.
"Hmm, Let's put friction held drift pins in a part that spins at 6k rpm with high centrifugal forces and hope they stay in place."
I'm glad they fixed the design, and I'm glad I have an 07. Although I am going to check to make sure I have the updated part.
The aftermarket shafts (wisely) move that joint towards the front end of the shaft.