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Originally posted by kaisen
Why have a Camaro or Mustang as a cop car? A clean top Crown Vic will break 130 - isn't that fast enough?
A Camaro or Mustang is a 'pursuit' car - period.
BTW, Camaro B4C 'service duty' pursuit cars handle 150mph just fine, without breaking a sweat. They came from the factory with Z rated Goodyear Eagles and have suspension, cooling, and brakes to handle it quite well. They did just fine in showroom stock racing too.
That cop should have called off the pursuit, even if he were in a Ferrari Enzo and had been through racing school.
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We've had several police officers post here that most all police cruisers (impala, crown vic types) top out between 110 and 125. You have to remember the extra weight (handling/accel/braking) and light bars and bumpers (top speed).
Yep, the camaros will easily handle 150, but his apparently had issues. It could have been an existing problem, low pressure, bad tire, etc... or he might have hit something that caused the blow out.
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