Topic: 1996 Mustang V6 Governor Reprogramming (and other build tips)
We are a first-time Lemons team working on building our own car for the race in Sonoma this coming December. We have our car, a '96 Mustang V6, and we are working on getting all the necessary safety equipment together. As far as actual performance tweaking, we're really not doing much to the car. We are upgrading the entire brake system, dropping weight everywhere we can, and getting some strong racing tires, but we are not planning on doing anything else. What are some good budget-friendly ways to squeeze out a bit more speed and get the car running a little nicer? So far, the only idea that has come up is reprogramming the governor. As far as I can tell, our car is capped at 115 mph (I have a feeling my research yielded false results, and the actual cap is significantly lower), and while I doubt this will be much of a problem, I would like to dismantle this cap so we don't have to worry about it. Have any previous Lemons race teams done this? Is it worth it? What is the cheapest and simplest way to reprogram the speed cap? Aside from that modification, where should we look to improve our performance? Feel free to email me at anewman0623@gmail.com if you have any tips or bits of information you want to share.