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Re: Top speed #293705 10/25/01 07:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 268 Virginia Beach Va T TomServo98 OP Member
OP TomServo98 Member T Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 268 Virginia Beach Va	Its not strange considering that every magazine that tested it has the top speed listed at 105(governed). Also ford has a reputation of over restraining its most enjoyable cars. Thunderbirds(104),Focus(107) 98 Contour SE Zetec ATX "Chevy Corsicas Fear me!" "There's no such thing as a PRETTY GOOD alligator wrestler"

Re: Top speed #293706 10/25/01 08:01 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,523 Surprise, AZ D D Davis Moderator
D Davis Moderator D Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,523 Surprise, AZ	Perhaps they're measuring true top speed, where we're just stating indicated speed. I could see an inaccuracy of about 3 mph or so at that speed... Naw...that doesn't make any sense, either. 125.2 FWHP - 126.5 FWTQ SVT exhaust (#4 of 9) - B&M FPR - Custom CAI - bnoon optimized TB #1 & 2 (beat that!!) Black '98.5 SE Zetec MTX Best quote seen in a chat - "Jinx 12345678910 you owe me a naked picture of yourself!"

Re: Top speed #293707 10/26/01 01:47 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 15 MD B B Junior Member
B Junior Member B Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 15 MD	i hit my govenor at 110 with my mtx. But I also hit fuel cutt off when i tried to push it past it. 97 Contour GL MTX K&N Intake Artic White Lights Blue Stobes Kenwood KRC-508S head unit Kenwood KDC-D300 11 Band Spectrum Analyzer CD Player MTX RT-2120 12" Polk EX

Re: Top speed #293708 10/26/01 03:31 AM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 620 Oakland, CA P Paul Kienitz Member
Paul Kienitz Member P Joined: May 2001 Posts: 620 Oakland, CA	It was my understanding that the cutoff is supposed to hit at 112. In mine it happens at an indicated 110. I think what's happening is that your speedometer is reading lower than most of ours do. Whether the actual speed is 105 or 110 I don't know. 96 GL Zetec ATX, white with pinstripe, nickname " Sam Smooth " mods so far: CTA intake with homemade heat shield, KVR drilled front rotors & carbon pads w/ 500� fluid planned mods: exhaust (want to keep it quiet), e-ram (awaiting installation), diablo chip involuntary mods: compression increased after head gasket failure

Re: Top speed #293709 10/26/01 03:38 AM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,455 Cornfields of Indiana P perry Master P
perry Master P P Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,455 Cornfields of Indiana	Quote: Originally posted by Paul Kienitz: It was my understanding that the cutoff is supposed to hit at 112. In mine it happens at an indicated 110. I think what's happening is that your speedometer is reading lower than most of ours do. Whether the actual speed is 105 or 110 I don't know. 112 would make more sense (and is a number that I can remember being tossed around a couple years ago), because 205/60-R15 would be 2.0% too slow compared to 185/70-14.. So an indicated 110mph would be a hair above 112. Save Contour.org -- Donate Now! Announcement Mailing List

Re: Top speed #293710 10/26/01 04:38 AM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 803 London Ontario Canada M mbb41 Member
mbb41 Member M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 803 London Ontario Canada	I hit 180kph a couple of times myself. I believe that number is the equivelent to 112mph. What I would like to know is what would the zetecs top speed be drag limited! hunter green 96 mystique mtx, sabb side markers deep tints car bra., K & N filter, hyper white low beams, after market fogs, JVC Kameleon head unit, 600 watt amp with 2 10" kicker subs, soon to come new rims New adition 01/11/2002 The original 95SE in Midnight Red all the toys including traction control Fog light mod, lightmoonroof switch from a focus, power antena (still wiring it up) post 98 sail panels, new water pump , Bosch quad plaitnum plugs, and a new Cat.

Re: Top speed #293711 10/26/01 01:08 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 268 Virginia Beach Va T TomServo98 OP Member
OP TomServo98 Member T Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 268 Virginia Beach Va	Could different years have different cutoffs programmed into the computer? I know that Dodge Stratus will do 125 in 98 but 99's only go 111 (V6) 98 Contour SE Zetec ATX "Chevy Corsicas Fear me!" "There's no such thing as a PRETTY GOOD alligator wrestler"

Re: Top speed #293712 10/26/01 01:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 268 Virginia Beach Va T TomServo98 OP Member
OP TomServo98 Member T Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 268 Virginia Beach Va	Also I am told that the faster you go the more inaccurate the speedo is (in most cases) 98 Contour SE Zetec ATX "Chevy Corsicas Fear me!" "There's no such thing as a PRETTY GOOD alligator wrestler"

Re: Top speed #293713 10/26/01 02:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,165 Oklahoma City, OK J JPett Moderator
JPett Moderator J Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,165 Oklahoma City, OK	Don't know about the rest of you but I've got the 250/60/15 tires on my car and I had it recalibrated a while back. I testet it with my gps and there was only a mile difference in speed readings throughout the range of speed. My little Z' cut off right at 110 on speedo and 111.7 reading on the gps. I'd say it's closer to 112 then. James jpett@flash.net StolonTour97 Riding on 17" ADR Trauma's wrapped in Falken ZE512 215/40/ZR17

Re: Top speed #293714 10/27/01 08:34 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,950 Chitown L LoCo Member
LoCo Member L Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,950 Chitown	I'm not even going to get into the who top speed thing. Mine was 120mph, I have a chip and it was on the stock rims and tires. 2000 Contour Zetec ATX Hector Mods...I got em' "Contour grills, Contour bills, check out the oil my Contour spills." 2.SLO = 17.6 at 80mph My profile

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