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Re: Cop Car Top Speed?



In <48fo5q$j10@netnews.upenn.edu> george@mech.seas.upenn.edu ( George Jefferson ) writes:

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>:My parents own a '93 Caprice.  I would GUESS (and that's all this is, a
>:guess) that it would do 125-135 flat out.  (It has the LT-1 5.7L V8 and
>:the stock suspension.)  I would assume that the police are using LT-1s in
>:their Caprices as well

A Police Package Caprice is, for all intents and purposes, an Impala SS
without the aluminum rims and all the other luxury features.  A few other
heavy duty things aside like silicone radiator hoses, etc, it is the
same car.  Car and Driver clocked an Impala SS 0-60 in 6.5 seconds and a top
speed of about 142 MPH.  Throw a light bar on top and its top speed might
be in the low to mid 130's. 

A Ford Crown Vic Police Package has a dual exhaust, 4.6L SOHC V8 with
210 HP (50 less HP than a LT1 Caprice/Impala).  0-60 on these cars
is closer to 9 seconds, and top speed is probably about 130, without
a light bar.

Civilian versions of both of these boats have speed governors on them.

A Camaro or Mustang is much faster than either of these beasts, though,
and a lot harder to spot from a distance.

Andy

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Andrew Krenz  KE6BIP
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