[fred cook]

And far away! Many years ago, I had a Capri RS2600 clone that was quite fast. There was a stretch of empty interstate where the boys went to see what their cars would do on the top end. One night, I had the Capri up to 7500 rpms in 4th gear which calculated out to 145 mph. At that speed, it really needed a front spoiler/splitter as the front end got very light! The car had some more on the throttle, but that was my limit! After rebuilding the 3.0 in my SC into a 3.3SS, I took it up to about 130 with lots of pedal left. Somehow, the thought of losing control of a vehicle at that speed just doesn't appeal much to me anymore. Besides, it's more fun to go fast from zero to stoplight anyway!