2.3 n/a mustang goes 120mph!

[Mustang5L5]

My old '90 2.3L A4LD would top out at 75MPH. I could never get it to go any faster that that.

 

[Bearded Forever]

DIE!

 

[93GreenLX]

I've been over 110 at least a couple time cruisin with my father in law up to NYC

 

[Monkeywrench]

The SCCA ITB guys are putting out around 150hp in a 2680lb Mustang. They're getting up to 120-130 at the bigger tracks. Those motors can easily be used on the street as they aren't that radical.

Also the Esslinger Engineering guys are getting 410+hp out of those motors set up for USAC midgets.

 

[Stinger]

My car will easily hit 85mph. it does it without even hitting 3000rpms.

Your speedo is quite a ways off...sounds like at least 5mph. Check it out in a gears/mph calculator. 3 grand should be high 70's.

 

[JadeFalcon]

NA 2.3's are so damn slow, it would take 20 minutes for my car to get to 85.

 

[89' RICE COOKER]

no disrespect, but my cars basically stock. Maybe 5mph off...but who's isn't?

 

[Stinger]

Stock tire size?

My SVO was stock and the speedo was 11mph off according to my GPS...the cable needed lubed.

 

[kiddiccarus]

LOL 2.3 stock is a terriable terriable thing. Can't wait till I get back from vacation so I can begin to do my CAI.

 

[89' RICE COOKER]

195/75/r14's, stock gears, a4ld. maybe right at 3000rpm's at 85mph.

 

[Stinger]

Must be the tach then...

 

[Dan P.]

I am sure that I have had my 92 above 100mph on the way to and from school. It was on a flat open road and took a little while to get there but I am sure that I was past 100, the needle was hitting the reset on the trip counter. If that 140mph speedo I bought would work I could get a number, but for now I am just guessing.

 

[WrongWay]

the only way my 2.3 would hit 120 was if it was falling off a cliff

 

[EspaceF1Fan]

I've gotten mine to peg at 118...mods were advanced timing removerd air ailencer and manifold back 2 inch exhaust with a dynomax superturbo............i even used the calculator on merkurtech.com to figure out how fast i was going...pegged at 4100 rpm in 5th....87 notch...

 

[89' RICE COOKER]

 

[Bearded Forever]

...

 

[km91mustanglx]

I have personally had my '91 2.3L OHC with the twin plug heads over 100mph (160kmph) on a few occasions with absolutely NO problem. With the 5spd. standard it is not a hard speed to hit while reving under about 4000 rpm.

 

[Ray III]

you can get just about any car over 100, but that's the point where the wind REALLY starts to factor in. A stock 4 banger Mustang will NOT make it to 120, you would need about 110-120hp and a long road to make that happen.

Going downhill does not count.

 

[Bearded Forever]

But I did go 120mph!

 

[351wcoupe]

NA 2.3's are so damn slow, it would take 20 minutes for my car to get to 85.

hey man what mods do you have to get there in 20 minutes flat?