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Hey contorted,
Are you by chance the guy I met outside of Circuit City a couple of weeks ago? I was the guy with the Black 99SE @ the circuit city opposite to 12 oaks mall.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
You SVT guys always seem to forget the fact that my SE will blow you away on the top speed number. According to Fords own literature, the top end for my ATX is 178 mph. Yes, that's miles per hour. - Admittedly, that is the only number I can think of where I've got CSVTs beat.
I have not tested that limit as I live in Florida & I don't know anywhere that I can get sufficient altitude from which to drop my car... 
NO WAY 178 my a$$ NO WAY NO way 178.....drugs are bad .
not going to happen no stock atx will do that....not even with the computer tweaked  going down hill with a tail wind you never hit 178.
I have a zx-11 and 176 is all that she'll make so B.S. 
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its a tad faster than my mystique duratec, but a little slower than my prelude vtec  they move pretty nicely for a ford sedan, but you just gotta free up the breathing before you feel anything real impressive for a 2.5.
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Originally posted by HITMANinMI:
I believe someone said before it was 143mph, just stock.
145mph if you lower the power antenna by turning the radio off.
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Originally posted by DeanJoyce.com:
its a tad faster than my mystique duratec, but a little slower than my prelude vtec they move pretty nicely for a ford sedan, but you just gotta free up the breathing before you feel anything real impressive for a 2.5.
Are you taking about a CSVT?? A CSVT is more than a tad faster than a mystique duratec. The SVT has 30 more horsepower. I have a 2000 CSVT(stock) and from my experience it is a tad faster than a vtec prelude(stock). The performance numbers in literature are almost identical. It comes down to the driver.
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Originally posted by Driver:
Originally posted by DeanJoyce.com:
its a tad faster than my mystique duratec, but a little slower than my prelude vtec they move pretty nicely for a ford sedan, but you just gotta free up the breathing before you feel anything real impressive for a 2.5.
Are you taking about a CSVT?? A CSVT is more than a tad faster than a mystique duratec. The SVT has 30 more horsepower. I have a 2000 CSVT(stock) and from my experience it is a tad faster than a vtec prelude(stock). The performance numbers in literature are almost identical. It comes down to the driver.
0-60 it's not that much faster look at the torque numbers.
I live in Detroit, I couldn't give a **** how good my car is in the "twisties."
"I could use a hundred people who don't know there is such a word as impossible."
~Henry Ford
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Originally posted by 99SVT:
0-60 it's not that much faster look at the torque numbers.
More than a tad (more than 0.3 sec). Same torque but more horsepower. No question torque is important but horsepower does count.
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Well....
I don't have 1/4 mile or 0-60 times from my personal experience, but I can tell you that the car will go over 135mph on the speedo. Haven't topped it out yet.
Oh, and on the track of course.
I also have a Taurus SHO ('92), that's I've owned for like 6 years. Up to 90mph I'd say Advantage SHO, but over 90 it feels like the SVT pulls harder.
-Josh
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Originally posted by TJSwoboda:
Car and Driver got the best 0-60 time I've seen listed, 6.9. Ford downplayed it to the tune of 7.9, but I'm guessing (and this is only a guess on my part) that this was to prevent it from cutting in on V6 Mustang sales. (Yes, I know there are big differences between the two cars; just a guess.  )
Speed I believe is drag limited at 144, but I chicken out before 120. 
--T.J.
No, it's because Ford's numbers are done with 200-300 pounds of ballast to simulate a passenger, and then it's still conservative.
Kerry
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98 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro Tiptronic, 30V -- SOLD!
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Hey thanks for all your info guys. Ancientsanskrit, I was at Circuit City recently to have a new radio put in at the beginning of the month. Do you work there? I briefly remember seeing it there. Did you chat with me because I'm having some vague recall.
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