E.jaba
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Yes if you plan to seriously mod your car this would be a good upgrade. For example, if you were going to do full bolt ons and a tune this would go nicely with that but if you were going to do just an exhaust and intake then there would be no point in upgrading the driveshaft. Also I heard the driveshaft on the v6 is weak but I'm not sure if it's true or not.
Yeah I hated it too but a tune removes the limiter. I'm not really sure the reason of the limiter I assuming it's for safety. I don't really buy into the tires being the cause because many people go over the speed rating of them and nothing happens.Even if I'm not planning to drive 125+ mph, I hate having such a low speed limiter.
I wish there was an official explanation / research about what's driving this limit.
Driveshaft?
Tires?
Marketing?
Yes, that was about 2011 Mustang.There is a video out there, can't seem to find it of 2010-14 V6 going about maybe 135. It didn't take long for the driveshaft to break. I'm gonna take a wild swing here and just say there reason we can't go over 121MPH is because out driveshaft can't handle it.
EDIT: Found the sucker.
If you want to increase the speed limit or add big power with nitrous, supercharger, turbo, etc, yes its definitely worth doing to save really big, expensive repairs, much less the effect on safety when the driveshaft fails. If you intend to race the car, you'd also want to add a driveshaft safety loop.
We have these available for autos and manuals, we did all the fitment testing for the manufacturers.
Comparison pic of driveshafts and the safety loop attached.
I agree, the point is that in one year I will be back in Europe, as as you know we have some roads there without speed limit.Are you getting a procharger? Outside of those power levels I wouldn't consider touching the drive shaft. You'll also need better tires to increase the speed. At that point you'll be thinking about better, wider wheels etc or drag wheels+ slicks. Honestly, unless you are racing this thing on huge straightaways where attaining that speed is even possible I wouldn't bother. If you are naturally aspirated and just driving this as non-serious fun car it would be better to spend cash elsewhere like exhaust.