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My escort will do 7500 stock. Well 7200 fuel cut and 7500 hard limiter. It doesn't seem to mind it.

I've had my Zetec 1995 GL up to 220kmh.
Someone must have shut my rev limiter off?
I don't have a tach but it must have been around 6000rpm.
My idle is very up and down. Some days it runs fine? No cels either. Keep hunting I guess.

my car HAD strange ideling problem about a week ago. ive read many posts and most people tell me that i should change PCV valve. so i did and guess what it idles like a baby now. i honestly dont knwo what the part does but when i went into AUTOZONE and told them " I need this part that makes your car idle smoother" and they were like possible PCV. so i got it it was like 3 bucks. and now its all good.hopefully this could help you

My MTX gives me the same problems. It's only every once in a while just like everyone has been saying. I noticed it get worse with the heater on(Great Ohio weather). I didn't notice a difference with whether or not the clutch was pressed or not, just with what accessories were on. I had my lights, fogs, heater, and radio on. Idles low enough to give you a good rattle.

Well looks like my g/f's 97 mystique (zetec atx) took a turn for the "not so much better" she was sitting at a drive thru today in "drive" and said that almost as soon as she turned the radio on the car just died, no stuttering just died. she said she turned it right back on and and it died a few minutes later, it did it one more time before she was able to calmly drive off. the car has 73k on it, it has the rough idling problem and the timing belt cover clicking. I was planning to do the plugs, wires, and pcv valve ina few weeks and clean out the egr. any ideas if this would be related or not? I was thinking possibly a coil pack problem or an alternator? Thanks in advance guys