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V10 power! (Governed)

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Old 02-09-2017, 04:29 AM
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V10 power! (Governed)

Yesterday I was on a country road in line behind three cars and a semi. The line was led by a slow-moving AutoZone maintenance truck doing five under the speed limit…
First available opportunity I gave the skinny pedal 100% and passed the whole line. It made me wish I had a high performance muffler :-)Just as I got to the front there was a good deal of spark knock as usual, and much to my surprise and dismay the engine completely died out. But I had enough speed and travel to still pull in front of the whole line. I was quickly refreshed when the engine started pulling after a moment. Then I realized the van is electronic limited to 80 something miles per hour… LOL. Good times!
 
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Old 02-09-2017, 10:49 AM
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mine was stuck at 77 mph
5star fixed it
 
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Old 02-09-2017, 11:47 AM
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Mine's governed at 100mph, need to get rid of that too.
As soon as you hit the fast lane on the Autobahn here to pass anyone, you better get your a$$ up to speed really fast. 100mph is the average speed in the fast lane, with a good number of people doing way more.
Having no speed limit on the Autobahn is
And no, there are no dozens of school busses full of nuns going down in flames every day because of speed. In fact, our Autobahns are the safest roads here and high speed crashes are very seldom.

"Speed doesn't kill! Suddenly becoming stationary is what gets you!"
 
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Old 02-09-2017, 01:47 PM
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Mine does 180km/h.
Glad the road had brand new asphalt and was straight. It's the 5.4 though.

Zumindest laut Tacho. Fühlt sich aber beschissen an. Welches Diff hast Du drin?
 
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Old 02-09-2017, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MoeDaMaster
Mine does 180km/h.
That's what my papers say (Zulassungsbescheinigung), but in fact it is governed at 160km/h (speedo), which is real 176km/h (GPS) due to the 235/85R16 tires which are about 2" bigger than stock.
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Mine does 180km/h.
Zumindest laut Tacho. Fühlt sich aber beschissen an. Welches Diff hast Du drin?
Diff is 3:73 with LSD. I wish I had a 4.10 with the bigger tires, I lost a bit of power from a full stop and shift points are off now.
 
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Old 02-09-2017, 04:05 PM
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I got the 3.55 w/ standard 245/75r16 tires.
works for me, low RPMs on the Autobahn.

No LSD though. It's an extended van so with all the stuff back there's enough weight in the back.

Ich bin zufrieden.
 
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