Originally posted by tour96se:
6.9 to 60 for ths svt...the factory manual must be wrong it say 7.7 to 60....any magazine says 7.1 up to 7.6???? i've timed mine to around 7.8 w/mods and 8.1 back in the day


Mine does sub 5.5 on street tires.

However to answer the question the gearing is not well suited to give good results on the 0-60mph test because withthe OEM redline it takes a shift to 3rd. Just raising the redline to 7250 cuts close to a second off the 0-60 times without adding any more power. (high 6's)

A non-SVT would not be any quicker with a raised redline because the power peaks much earlier and shorter. That out weighs the extra shift.

2000 SVT #674 13.47 @ 102 - All Motor! It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.