Thread: Why i will take 12mpg Ford over a 30mpg Honda
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by vip18971
so, what are they capable of going redline in top gear, if Ford could get the damn driveshaft to stop vibrating around and the tires wouldn't go bang?

with a 5500 rpm redline, 28" tires, .7 od (a 4R70W will shift into OD at WOT, mine does it about 120) and 3.27 gear 200.15 MPH. The same but with a 3.55 is 184.37. But taking a 4000# vehicle to 200MPH with a .34 drag Cof would take well over 1000 HP
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