[Prev][Index][Thread]
Re: Cop Car Top Speed?
In <48fo5q$j10@netnews.upenn.edu> george@mech.seas.upenn.edu ( George Jefferson ) writes:
>:
>: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
--
Andrew Krenz KE6BIP
uznerk@mcl.ucsb.edu
References: