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While racing an Eagle Talon last night and barely
beating him, my car shut off at 110MPH.
Check Engine light turned on, Oil light turned on, etc.
I pulled over to side of the road, pulling on the E-brake light a Mudafuka. I waited about 5 seconds then started it back up again like nothing happened.
The car is a stock 96 Contour.
A friend said it could be vapor blow-off with the fuel line getting hot and the engine getting fuel-starved. Another thing is with older cars exist that are programmed by the governor to shut off at a certain speed.
Needless to say, I was scared s.h.i.t.less when I had NO brakes going 110!!!!
You guys know any reasons for what happened to me??
Should this be a cause for concern??
thanks!
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Weird, just had the SAME thing happen to me at about 70mph. I re-started it and drove it to work no problem, checked for codes and got none. First time for me and quite odd. 
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Check you OIL Level.
IIRC, if the Oil Light turns on, it sends a signal to your PCM, and the PCM will shut down the motor to prevent damage.
Remember, you should have at least 5.8 - 6.3 quarts of oil
in the pan, according to Rousch Racing.
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Originally posted by RoadRunner:
IIRC, if the Oil Light turns on, it sends a signal to your PCM, and the PCM will shut down the motor to prevent damage.
I've never heard this before.
What I would check is your battery connections. Might have jarred one loose when you hit the speed limiter. The speed limiter certainly won't shut your car down like that on purpose - that's not safe.
But then again, I bet the "officials" at the "track" didn't think it was safe for you to shut down like that either.  
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A loose battery terminal would cause ALL POWER to fluctuate and possible burn out the alternator.
It wouldn't cause a CEL and Oil light to light.
Check with Bill or Jim on this one.
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CEL and Oil light did go off, but I believe they turn on when you turn the key to the start position.
I doubt those lights turning on mean anything.
A friend at work says her Cougar shut off after hitting a "rev limiter".
As far as oil, I have the 4 cyl. so I only need about 4.5 quarts. I can't remember what Haynes recommends.
OFF-Topic, does anyone know if I can do better then $540 for set of Koni shocks?
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Originally posted by kjb219:
CEL and Oil light did go off, but I believe they turn on when you turn the key to the start position.
You said they turned on when you were running at 110 mph, didn't you ? Just as the engine died ? Lets stay focused on the topic please.
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This gives new meaning to the old phase "running out of breath"  sorry Paul
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a great reason to *NOT* drive that F'n fast unless you were on a racetrack...
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