10,000 RPM

[Steve Gorkowski]

Seen it on the reader at a Ford dealership it flagged the error and RPM was
logged with it. I'm just going by the Ford code reader. The 4.6 is a high rpm
engine and very well balanced engine.

Steve

David A. Cooley wrote:

> At 08:53 PM 6/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Ford has a production V8 built Police cars and Mustangs to handle 7k
> >over and over all over the USA and puts a warranty on it. This engine
> >will go higher if you bypass EFI but then your on your own . I think in
> >the price range that can be considered a high rpm engine. It puts a high
> >RPM engine in the hands of the average person. The Chevy Police car must
> >do the same.
>
> I'd like to see documentation on that...
> I have driven MANY Ford and Chevy police vehicles and never saw one that
> had any higher red-line than it's civilian counterpart.
> Police packages typically are silicone hoses for coolant, higher capacity
> cooling system, larger alternator/battery for powering the lights and
> radios, extra power taps in the fuse boxes, and possibly a different
> gearing.  Federal law for emissions keeps law enforcement agencies to the
> same calibrations in the ECM's as civilian vehicles with the exception of
> top speed limiters.
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