What is the top speed of a 2024 Mustang Dark Horse?

[Q6543]

Just go do it and report back friend.

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[Junkyard Dog]

I think it is odd that this model has been produced for two years and none of us even know what the speed limiter is on the car.

 

[drive_55_not]

I think it is odd that this model has been produced for two years and none of us even know what the speed limiter is on the car.

At the 2:30 mark he sez it hit the speed limiter at 155.

Dark Horse Dyno Top Speed



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[LouG]

IIrc Autotop NL ran a EU spec S650 convertible to 255 kmh on unrestricted Autobahn and a Dark Horse hit the limiter at 260.

 

[robvas]

Other people have said the manuals have limiter at 7100?

 

[Junkyard Dog]

At the 2:30 mark he sez it hit the speed limiter at 155.

Dark Horse Dyno Top Speed



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Interesting. He also got 440 horsepower. I paused it to look, and you can see it is SAE in the upper right hand corner, so he got a lot more power out of it than others using SAE.

At least the redline looks right, 7240 rpm, which makes me wonder if he hit a "factory speed limiter" set to 155 mph or he merely ran up against the rpm limiter in that particular gear, which happened to coincide with 155 mph on the speedometer.

 

[Aggie1999]

Just think experimentation here. Since we can change the tire sizes with Forscan, we could make the tire really big in the computer, which would have a slower reading on the dash. That might allow someone, not me, to actually find out with a GPS tracking gizmo.

Just an idea.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

IIrc Autotop NL ran a EU spec S650 convertible to 255 kmh on unrestricted Autobahn and a Dark Horse hit the limiter at 260.

161.2 mph for us imperial folks.

 

[robvas]

Interesting. He also got 440 horsepower. I paused it to look, and you can see it is SAE in the upper right hand corner, so he got a lot more power out of it than others using SAE.

Goes to show you that dyno numbers must be taken with a grain of salt

 

[dbroush7]

Top speed for the Dark Horse, at least for the 2024 model with the manual transmission, is 168 mph (electronically limited). Sources for this information were directly from Ford, last year. Some of those articles on the Ford websites are no longer accessible. There were enough articles from reputable websites that also quoted directly from Ford. You're not going to easily find some infallible source at this point because that was one year 1.5 years ago, a lot has happened since then.

 

[drive_55_not]

Top speed for the Dark Horse, at least for the 2024 model with the manual transmission, is 168 mph (electronically limited). Sources for this information were directly from Ford, last year. Some of those articles on the Ford websites are no longer accessible. There were enough articles from reputable websites that also quoted directly from Ford. You're not going to easily find some infallible source at this point because that was one year 1.5 years ago, a lot has happened since then.

Easier way to figure this out is to Just borrow a MPV device and read the stock tune.

It's under the Speedometer section.

Ford has the stock GT listed as capable of 186mph when using the Start/Stop button,

However it's electronically limited to 145 via airflow limits.


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[Junkyard Dog]

Easier way to figure this out is to Just borrow a MPV device and read the stock tune.

It's under the Speedometer section.

Ford has the stock GT listed as capable of 186mph when using the Start/Stop button,

However it's electronically limited to 145 via airflow limits.

What does "airflow limits" mean?

And by GT, do you mean the Ford GT, or the Ford Mustang GT?

 

[npole]

I guess with "airflow" he means the aerodynamics. It isn't really designed to go above certain speeds (while still safe to drive).

 

[drive_55_not]

What does "airflow limits" mean?

And by GT, do you mean the Ford GT, or the Ford Mustang GT?

The actual button reads VSS Limit ETC

VSS - Vehicle Speed Sensor

IIRC, Ford is using airflow thru the radiator as a variable , but why Ford lowered the limit for the regular S650 Mustang GT to 145 when the S550 was 155 when the front is more open on the S650, I dunno.

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[JohnWimsey]

AI tells me that there is a speed limiter set to 168 mph, but that appears to be based on posts on forums like this one. If you review the posts, you find no source.

Does anybody know what my unmodified 2024 Dark Horse (handling package if that matters) has for a top speed?

Please do not post if you are going to post about how useless this particular information is. I am curious. I want to know. Therefore, this piece of datum has some utility to me. I do not care if you think the information is useless.

Anybody know?

Why don’t you go to Mexico and shoot a video of your car hitting the max speed limit.

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