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3.8 top speed

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ok i am thinking about buying a 2001 Mustang V6 3.8litre., but i want to know the top speed before i buy it, and what kind of horsepower and torque it makes? anybody know
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193 hp, 225 tq, top speed is electronically-limited to OEM tires (TR's, I think) which is 112 mph.

With the electronic limiter removed -around 136mph. but you shouldn't remove it unless you've upgraded the tires.
My `02 SIX top out around 110 , maybe it was 112 like kscoyote said , cant remember !
I've had mine to 120 then a slowed down, it could have easily kept going, I have the limiter removed
ye mine topped of on the interstate around 112 , i didnt know about the limiter . I was flooring it just seeing what it could do and i hit around 110 - 112 and all of sudden my stang just slowed down with me on gas and all , I started panicking and pulled off to the shoulder . I thought i blew my tranny and called my roadside service '' while I was waiting a state trooper pulled up behind me and got out to see if i needed help , looked under the hood and gave me a stern look and asked how fast was I going . I was like Oh Shxt what else could go wrong and then he started laughing and told me what happend and sayd he did the same thing with his Gt . So he dissconnected my battery and waited 15 mins connected it and it was ok lol.
Venom810 said:
ye mine topped of on the interstate around 112 , i didnt know about the limiter . I was flooring it just seeing what it could do and i hit around 110 - 112 and all of sudden my stang just slowed down with me on gas and all , I started panicking and pulled off to the shoulder . I thought i blew my tranny and called my roadside service '' while I was waiting a state trooper pulled up behind me and got out to see if i needed help , looked under the hood and gave me a stern look and asked how fast was I going . I was like Oh Shxt what else could go wrong and then he started laughing and told me what happend and sayd he did the same thing with his Gt . So he dissconnected my battery and waited 15 mins connected it and it was ok lol.
Why did you have to dissconnected the battery ?
I didnt , the state trooper did . he sayd it just reset my cars computer so it would be like i didnt even top it out. I dont know if it helped or anything that he did that but i was just glad he didnt hand me a ticket ya know ?
That's odd, my 99 tops at 115. The needle goes up to the line and stops dead on it.
I have the speed limiter removed with the chip and I've had no problem peggin it out. Although, like kscoyote said runnin that fast on those tired isn't completely safe.
How can the limiter be removed?
jrspony said:
How can the limiter be removed?

maybe you oughtta' pay that speeding ticket 1st!

:laughlitt

you need either a chip or a programmer.
Yea i might need to find out how to increace the limiter :laughlitt!! But we all have that need for speed thing goin on!!
a v6 will make it to 130mph + , this vid proves it , 4th gear I finished at 118.5mph , so at 118mph i shift to fifth and the rpm is only at 3800 , didn't have enough room to push it more , but yea ... there more to these 3.8s then ppl think , and a stock one well theres a big diffrence when you mod then

Mustang 3.8 Top Speed - YouTube
Had the needle past 120 mph at 4500 rpm (have a 120 mph speedometer so not sure exactly how fast I was going). Did this for 20 miles two years ago and haven't had any troubles with the car since. (almost late to work). ;)
With a v6 you should focus more on acceleration rather than top speed


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still I ended 4th at 120mph...thts all im tryin to say here lol
Back when I had my 2000 V6 mustang I topped it out at 118 and it would go no further. It was an automatic though. And I never messed with the limiters. She was a good little pony. But it didnt feel like it had much more to go when it hit 118 lol.;)
So besides a tuner and tires, what's the best mod for top speed?
That's really it for top speed.
But acceleration is where it's at for a V6 since top speed won't be much around 120-125.



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