People like to believe mystical things about police cars. George L. Police Crown Victoria cars differ from the publics version in very few ways: they're equipped with heavy duty colling, brake, and electricl systems.
I believe the suspension is different also. They have no governor limited top speed, unlike the publics version which shuts down , I believe.
Given these cars weight, I think they could probably hit on an open straight. The police Mustangs, however, are usually taken from people who were caught drag racing, from drug busts, etc. Whatever mods are on the car at the time of transaction is what the police keeps.
They did, however, remove the blower due to the amount of head-gaskets the car was blowing. These cop Mustangs differ in top speed, from car to car. However, the Mustangs that are had directly from Ford Motor COmpany have a set top speed of , and they also have heavy-duty braking, exlectrical, and cooling systems.
Here on Long island is where the fun starts I know this because I know a number of cops here on the island. None however, have gotten into any high-speed chases with these cars. Unfortunately they said. Hope this helps. Jay 87 Mustang LX 5. I can't tell you about the top speed, but the weight difference between a new Mustang GT and a police Vicky is only about lbs or so. Any minor difference in aerodynamics may be overcome by the Vic's better stability at speed than a Mustang.
I also tend to believe the figures the deputy gave you as more realistic. I really don't know why anyone would actually get angry at you for saying that cop cars are not Ferraris. There exists two avenues of research for you. First I remeber seeing in the alt. You might try locating that or even asking around in the ford group concerning measured speeds on late model police cars.
This is an old enthusiast club that has regional shows involving special service vehicles. Even without the light bar the Crown Vic's top speed was approx. I do not know what the weight difference between teh Crown Vic and the Mustang but suspect it is more than the lbs someone else posted.
Sincerely, MarcW. Me either but a few people have gotten really pissed, both on the internet and in person. Someone told me that their buddy had an ex cop car and nothing could catch it and would do Another kid was trying to tell me that cop cars were all wheel drive!
Thanks for the info guys. The Marquis in question has power everything, leather interior, and added sound deadener. A police package Vic would be lighter to start with, but obviously gain some weight with enforcement equipment. My '86 Cougar V6 weighs lbs on certified scales.
Of course, nothing beats actually weighing a Crown Vic on scales. Anybody out there volunteer? I is a coop, and drives a Crown Vic. He is a Coop? Naw, here it is in the dictionary right here: Coop 1. A law enforcement officer who conducts surveillance from a building used to raise chickens. Southern for an automotive body type i. I drive a '96 Vic at work Mike 93 LX 5. Chris Alley 89 LX 5. Also weight , to a certain point Aero is the big killer,,, takes 4 times as much power to go twice as fast.
Crown Vic's as supplied to the police will definitely NOT achieve a true Add frictional losses and you need about another crank hp. On 26 Jan GMT, jay This is pretty much right. I drive a 92, 4. It came with 3. It would not shift into 4th gear. It seemed very stable at that speed. With lower gears and smaller tires now the AODE does shift into 4th gear but I believe as best the speedo is corrected top speeds are about the same, up to mph quickly in 3rd and a painful crawl in 4th.
The motor is the same as the civvie Vics according every bit of info I can get ahold of, including the shop manuals, although I swear it "feels" more gutsy than any civilian Vic I have driven. Later cars have a few more hp I am told. This EEC package also had a speed limiter at about mph. Later performance tests with our 97 Police Crown Vic Mule confirmed this.
Pretty sure his car's a '98, might be a '99 though. The weight involved here has very little to do with top speed, it really hurts you in acceleration but not top speed. Once you get all that mass moving it wants to stay moving, the extra weight will cause more rolling resistance as the tires have more weight on them but this is nothing compaired to all that air your pushing at high speeds. John Carlson. This is not really true, might be close on some applications but a 75HP Escort that can hit mph will not go mph with HP.
The last 3 or 4mph took somethihg like 30 to 40HP so they figured the next 6mph was going to cost them at least 75HP on a very tweeked engine. That wind at high speed is a bitch. To double your speed is roughly a cubed function of hp. For example, a hp car that can go mph would need hp to hit mph. Isn't HP cubed 1,,HP? Wind resistance will go up exponentially so HP will need to climb at the same rate, it looks like the cubed function might climb a wee bit too fast.
The increase in speed, proportionally, is cubed. Wind resistance, or drag, is indeed an exponential function. It is squared as you increase speed. Double your speed, you will Quadruple your wind resistence It is squared, not doubled Some people also like the idea of owning and running an ex-cop car, and the models they choose to use are often large, powerful models by the very nature of the job they have to do.
Ford Police Interceptor Sedan. Ford Police Interceptor Utility. It is the law-enforcement version of the Ford Crown Victoria. The Charger Pursuit—offered with a more powerful V-6 with all-wheel drive or a V-8 Hemi with rear-drive—both are now offered with the eight-speed automatic transmission for increased performance and fuel efficiency.
Muscle cars, pick-up trucks and Nascar, this is what springs to mind when non-Americans think about American motoring but to me, THE American car is neither a muscle nor a pick-up truck. If you are wondering what the life expectancy is on the 4. The Police Interceptor was motivated by a single-overhead-cam, 4. The engine produced horsepower at 5, rpm and foot-pounds of torque at 4, rpm.
For comparison, the standard Crown Victoria put out horsepower and foot-pounds of torque. They are extremely well-built, very reliable. Both vehicles have reliable V8 power and relatively easy maintenance. I personally believe the Crown Victoria is a great vehicle for a first car as it has RWD, few traction control interventions and the iconic 4.
Police cars are generally very well maintained over the course of their service life. But it builds power linearly and controllably. And despite the live rear axle, the ride is smooth, and body motion well-controlled. Its SOHC 4. The Charger lacks this sort of stretch-out space. This is an easygoing, comfortable workplace. And that does matter. And we do that all the time. They were familiar with its past performance capabilities, and they kept pushing the car and pushing the car.
The Crown Vic saw its biggest evolutionary change with the model year, when Ford replaced the box atop the chassis with a new Taurus-like body. That was when it also ditched the LTD name entirely, canceled the civilian station-wagon version, and replaced the overhead-valve 4.
Revisions to the solid-axle rear suspension included the addition of a new anti-roll bar. Appealing to retail buyers was still important, but what was good for consumers was also good for cops and cabbies. And vice versa. Those cars just kept going and going. They loosened up, but they kept on going and going. We just got rid of them in But seven years is incredibly old for a cop car. Out in a desert county, such as Inyo or Riverside, a unit can rack up several hundred miles a day because of the long distances.
But has spent its life in North Sacramento, mostly patrolling surface streets, and the mileage has accumulated slowly. Beyond all the cops who drove them and all the people who designed and built them at Ford, the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor has been a part of all our lives. For decades it meant the law was nearby.
We memorized its distinctive headlight pattern so we could spot one coming up behind us on a highway. Seeing one on a dark street could be comforting, and the desperate moments spent riding in the back of one with your hands cuffed were usually memorable.
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