According to Car and Driver, 2009 - 2011 F150s have a 96 mph governor. 2007 and 2004 had a 100 mph governor. Chevy/GM at 99 mph or 100 mph, Dodge at 108 mph or 109 mph, Old Tundra at 106 mph, Nissan Titan at 114 mph.

 

2007 has a 97mph limiter. Got this from a tech at Ford and from a test that got me off on a ticket. Cop stated I was doing 99 (wasn't even close, he just decided that is what he was going to use). Had a company that does notarized documents stating max speed and speedometer tests run a test Truck topped out at 97 indicated and 94 true speed. This got me a not guilty. Still have both documents.

 

did they choke down the Lightning to less than100 miles per hour ????

 

No. One of the reasons for the limiter is tires. LT tires are not speed rated like P series tires. LTs are an option. on the trucks Also with the high CG and P series tires which do not do as well in turns etc due to sidewalls being softer, it is a good idea for the limiter.

PS, F250 and above have a much lower max speed. Around 85.

 

My 2005 5.4 hit 99 then cut out, so I got a banks programmer and solved that problem. I set the limiter for 135.

 

My 2014 f150 5.0 reaches 99 and then cuts out

 

This is good to know. Probably a good thing for me too.

fr8daddy, what does your truck top out at now? Will it actually hit 135?

 

My little ol V6 doesnt even start stretching its legs until after the 100mph mark.

(Filmed on a back road in Mexico)

 

Hmm.. Mine has 3.31 gears and I have only had it up to about 90 but it pulls hard all the way to 90. Now you have me curious. Unfortunately, I cannot test it unless I go to a track.

 

Watch yer tire ratings - that's one reason fer a limiter (others being unremarkable stock brakes, chitty aeros, crappy handling, lighting reach, and generally poor driver skills)

Just because you can defeat the limiter with a programmer does not magically raise yer tire speed rating, or eliminate any of the above.

BTW - to my mind - the trucks should be built to sense the presence of a trailer, and peg the limiter at 65 - that's the rating fer trailer tires. Too many morons bragging aboot how they blast on down the highway, family & dawg aboard, towing a 30 foot TT, cruise set to 80....uncaring, ignant idiots, every single one of them ....

MGD

 

Yeah I wouldn't test it on stock tires but my new wheels and tires should be here today. They will handle the speed but I won't be getting a programmer for awhile.

 

San Angelo is in Mexico now?

 

Tires may, but the brakes won't - and nothing else changes either.

Just look up any of the published stopping distance versus speed versus reaction time relationship charts.



[ Don't git Ol' Bubber started on the significant impact that larger diameter rolling stock has on braking - that almost no one even considers, let alone account for ]

MGD

 

Oh I understand. Thankfully those days are behind me. I can't afford another ticket, or jail time.

 

Nice - 110 MPH and still in 4th gear! ()