I do not "feel" the speed in my Raptor?

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Donovan

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IMO 100+ is a bit excessive, but a large majority of American roads are long roads, and especially in the middle of America/Midwest.
 

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Lol, Ive hit 100 offroad

I think that's what keepin it 100 means
I've done the same in my raptor, when i was 19 I did 130 in my old mustang, pegged the needle and it started coming around again, I would never do that today, I had bigger balls and less brains back then, now it's the other way around, lol.
 

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Tires have speed ratings because of factors of safety and then some. So the answer is tires and tires alone. TRX is heavier and (just guessing here) probably not well balanced, but it has a higher limited speed. Dodge went and paid Goodyear or whoever is making their tires to slap a higher speed rating on a truck tire.

Negative. Goodyear engineered that tire for higher speeds. There’s no such thing as slapping a higher speed rating on a tire. It’s a precision science that if done wrong could result in millions of dollars lost to lawsuits. Look at Firestone V. Ford.
 

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Negative. Goodyear engineered that tire for higher speeds. There’s no such thing as slapping a higher speed rating on a tire. It’s a precision science that if done wrong could result in millions of dollars lost to lawsuits. Look at Firestone V. Ford.

Okay I simplified it a bit, but in essence they paid goodyear to design a tire that passes NHTSA standards for that truck at 118 mph.
 
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Because the roads aren’t super wide, straight and empty in western PA. And the tires and brakes on this truck simply aren’t made for it. Why do you think it has the factory limit?

Whats up with your reading comprehension? Who the **** said I was in PA? I was driving in NJ, down the turnpike dude
 
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Only time I'd exceed the speed limit by 20+ is passing on long straight/flat stretches of 2 lane high way. And then it's pass get over and slow down.

You ever heard about German autobahns?
 
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Speed limits are often set based on stoping sight distance which accounts for reaction time or they are based on the 85th percentile speed for the road. So in my poorly stated example the limit may be 20 due to road conditions and tight turns, kids in the area, etc. a 25% increase is a 25% increase.


I was basically trying to state that I bet a lot of people would go 5 over in a 20 and not think anything of it but would he is irate to do what you claim about passing +20 on a long safe stretch.

I would “argue” that what you said that you have done could be safer than 5 over on a real slow speed in the right conditions.

FYI speed limits were set decades ago to save fuel.
 

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FYI speed limits were set decades ago to save fuel.

what does that have to do with what I posted? I was comparing two examples about exceeding the posted limit and comparing the dangers of each.

I’ve never been to New Jersey, but those decades old speed limits are not set in stone around here. They have changed in my state and surrounding states.

But in transportation design for new roads or updating a speed limit in an area with an existing speed limit, things like SSD and 85th percentile speed are taken into account, along with other things for determining the new posted limit.
 
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