Governed?/Top Speed

Old Sep 13, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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I have a 1998 z28 and my car has no speed limiter, the speedo stops around 5500-5700 in 5th gear. I believe the top speed is supposed to be 162 mph for a stock LS1 around my year, that's power limited though.
 
Old Dec 28, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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I just bought a 96 z28 convertable and took it on the highway and it stopped at 115 lol! bout made me cry and wished I would of stayed with mustangs! My car has z rated tires now but didnt come with them stock so I will have to get a hypertech I see! What kind of shop would re program one???
 
Old Dec 28, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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LT1 should stay with most mustangs of its day. The exception would be the 32 Valve 4.6 in the mach1 and the cobra they tend to have a good edge on the LT1. However pre 99 GT's should be easy kills for the and even the better flowing 4.6 2 valves should be a good race. Not sure about 115 she should be able to push a little bit harder. For the LS1 she should be up in the 160 range.
 
Old Dec 29, 2007 | 01:37 AM
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so while on this subject does any one know the top speed for LT1s?
 
Old Jun 4, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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This is such an old topic, but I have a 94 Camaro Z28 that had 2.73 gears in it.&nbsp\\; I recently changed the gears to 3.73, and I have had my car to like 160MPH.&nbsp\\; I was only at 4000RPM when I let off because I was getting off the interstate.&nbsp\\; I figure (and will find out soon enough) that my car will redline at about 175MPH.&nbsp\\; My car doesn't look the best........but haven't run anything that has had a chance.
 
Old Jun 4, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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2.73's means it had the Auto in it from the factory.&nbsp\\; Stock with the "performance" gear ratio of 3.23 the car tops out, RPM limited, around 145 or so.&nbsp\\; With a 3.73 gear your top speed is actually going to be decreased.&nbsp\\; It sounds to me like you need to get your speedo adjusted for your new gears.
 
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