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Old Jan 1, 2004
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i hit 130 a couple of times on I 75 but never gone past that
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Originally posted by big_daddy_b_99
man i remember seein this thing when i first joined. haha hey guys face it our cars are SSSSLLLOOOOWWWW!!!!if you want somethin that'll go 160 get a 03 cobra or somethin else that'll do it cause our civic will NEVER go that fast...well maybe with an incredibly built motor kinda like the civic featured in honda tuning that went 220 in the salt flats of nevada, and
that issue came out probably a year ago.
why wouldnt my turbo civic(10lbs of boost daily) be able to hit 160 if i didnt have a speed limiter?
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humm.....sounds like it depends on where your civic was built.
different altitudes will also play a role in MAP calucations....plus air pressure.

my civic hits 112-120, then it's like the fuel cuts, the car jerks forward from the loss of power. thats not a rev limiter, that's a speed limiter!

it is always at a different....
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ok now that enough people are reading there is a way to get rid of the speed limiter
first of all you need an aftermarket tach and speedometer that way you can pick up your new speeds
then disconnect the sensors to your transmission, no sensor no rpm detected= no speed limiter
install the aftermarket speedo and tach
boom thats it
dont believe it??? try it
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Originally posted by BoostedCivicZex
why wouldnt my turbo civic(10lbs of boost daily) be able to hit 160 if i didnt have a speed limiter?
What is your current top speed?
What are the engine RPMS at your top speed?

You could be running out of gear...some of the most fearsome of the 60's musclecars with 400+ horsepower topped out at less than 120mph. Why? Gearing...
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Originally posted by civic-king
humm.....sounds like it depends on where your civic was built.
different altitudes will also play a role in MAP calucations....plus air pressure.

my civic hits 112-120, then it's like the fuel cuts, the car jerks forward from the loss of power. thats not a rev limiter, that's a speed limiter!

it is always at a different....
...It is always at a different what?

The symptoms you describe are those of a rev limiter.

Are you at/near the engine redline when travelling at these speeds? You may be feeling the rev limiter.
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Originally posted by civicr34
ok now that enough people are reading there is a way to get rid of the speed limiter
first of all you need an aftermarket tach and speedometer that way you can pick up your new speeds
then disconnect the sensors to your transmission, no sensor no rpm detected= no speed limiter
install the aftermarket speedo and tach
boom thats it
dont believe it??? try it
By how much did you increase your top speed with all this wizardry? lease:
Old Jan 2, 2004
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OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH now i understand u bro......makes sense man.....and who ever said their lx hit 120.....well ummmm they are full of it...........
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whats the point in haveing a High top speed any way? Whats the point?

But, If you really want to go 150 MPH down the freeway, you could always just change the gearing, but then you would have very slow acceleration, but Hey you can do 150.....
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What if you changed the final gear to a longer gearing. Like the integra type-r. It has a long final, 4.40 I think. But to push our cars to 150+, we need plenty of hp to pull us there.
 
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