DIY Govenor Removal Needed.
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DIY Govenor Removal Needed.
Anyone with any clue, tips, hints, or actual instructions on either disconnecting or uninstalling the govenor and rev limited please let me know.
2002 LX Coupe
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Rep Power: 0 << Anyone with any clue, tips, hits, or actual instructions on either disconnecting or uninstalling the govenor and rev limited please let me know. >>
I thought that we already established that (manual at least) Civics don't have a 'govenor' or anything like that. Top speed of the car is limited by power vs. wind/road/transmission resistance. Only high powered cars need to be electronically speed limited, not 100HP Civics.
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<< Anyone with any clue, tips, hits, or actual instructions on either disconnecting or uninstalling the govenor and rev limited please let me know. >>
I thought that we already established that (manual at least) Civics don't have a 'govenor' or anything like that. Top speed of the car is limited by power vs. wind/road/transmission resistance. Only high powered cars need to be electronically speed limited, not 100HP Civics. >>
bwahahaha! couldnt say it better my self. you go in my "cool" book.
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This is the most newbiest thing I have heard to date....some people shouldn't even drive cars....
Even if there was a governor, it would be in the ECU, and even then....freakin DIY? I don't think so....
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<< newbiest >>
Lol...is that even a word? >>
well its not in the dictionary if thats what yuo mean, then again neither is "newbie".
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Rep Power: 0 well there's gonna come a point where your tires are supposed to go up to, speedwise, and there's a reason why certain tires go with certain cars. good luck getting your car past 120 or so anyways
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Well, I could have said something more along the lines of:
[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/IMG], "This is without a doubt the most incompetent and highly inept question that I have read to date."
But that wouldn't be as humorous, now would it?
Besides who takes that much time writing a post, as long as the point gets across?
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Rep Power: 0 The part that is a "speed limiter" is the govenor. I am aware that it is somewhere in the ECU and i've also picked up that the EX 2k1 does not have a govenor, or so i was told. I asked these questions because I've seen a 96 civic with the govenor removed and rev limiter removed somewhere on a website and i would think i would have to do that before I install nitrous and am just researching all the possibilities before i go out and get it done. Never drove the EX but as soon as my LX hits the tip of 7000 rmps where it just turns red it'll kick it back which isn't good for my engine and if i'm running NOS i need a little more room to play before it kicks it back if its possible. Thanks for the help!
Newbiest? pshaw!
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215/45-17 Nitto 555
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Newbiest? pshaw!
2002 LX Coupe manual
17" Q Tek S-7s
215/45-17 Nitto 555
Injen Race Division CAI
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Rep Power: 0 That's the problem though, see. The redline is there for a reason, to stop excessive RPMs on a stock engine. I know that the engine could take more in extreme cases (misshifts) but it is not something you want to do often. If you upgrade your engine internals to handle more RPMs, you would need to reprogram your ECU anyway, thus accomplishing what you wanted.
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Rep Power: 0 Rev limiters, yes.
Speed limiters, no. The speed limiter on your car is the point at which the horsepower = the aerodynamic resistance.
If you want to go faster, you can:
Increase the power
Decrease the aerodynamic resistance
Move to the moon (be sure and bring a supply of air for combustion to occur)
Good luck!
Speed limiters, no. The speed limiter on your car is the point at which the horsepower = the aerodynamic resistance.
If you want to go faster, you can:
Increase the power
Decrease the aerodynamic resistance
Move to the moon (be sure and bring a supply of air for combustion to occur)
Good luck!
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Rep Power: 0 I remember reading a bicycling magazine a while back that mentioned that something like 97% of the force applied to the pedals is used to overcome wind resistance, and that a bike could travel upwards of 200mph if you could ride in a vacuum. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
That would be pretty cool.
That would be pretty cool.
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so theres no way to get past governers? i have a hx and its turbo'd, i still hit governers at the same mph as i did stock, i just get there a crapload faster now lol
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Rep Power: 0 DAMN!!!! BRinging back the old posts from the Dead!.... do you realize the last post before BoostedCivic's post was in August of 2002? we are about to hit 2004... this is amazing.... going in the record books for this one.... LONGEST ANTIQUE POST EVER BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE IN HISTORY OF 7THGEN! anyways... what is ur "governor" speed?
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At least Boosted seems to be using the SEARCH function before asking a question that's been asked 1000 times before.
However, are you sure you have a speed limiter?
I'm not too familiar with how the HX's CVT works... Perhaps you are limited by gearing???
I think it has been fairly well established that no other Civics have speed limiters. I don't see why the HX, the most economical of all the Civics (until the Hybrid), would require a limiter.
At least Boosted seems to be using the SEARCH function before asking a question that's been asked 1000 times before.
However, are you sure you have a speed limiter?
I'm not too familiar with how the HX's CVT works... Perhaps you are limited by gearing???
I think it has been fairly well established that no other Civics have speed limiters. I don't see why the HX, the most economical of all the Civics (until the Hybrid), would require a limiter.
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I thought that we already established that (manual at least) Civics don't have a 'govenor' or anything like that. Top speed of the car is limited by power vs. wind/road/transmission resistance. Only high powered cars need to be electronically speed limited, not 100HP Civics.
I thought that we already established that (manual at least) Civics don't have a 'govenor' or anything like that. Top speed of the car is limited by power vs. wind/road/transmission resistance. Only high powered cars need to be electronically speed limited, not 100HP Civics.
so ur telling me my car havingggg 200+ hp is limited by powerVS wind/road/tranny..
LMAO STFU... ur an idiot.
a GEO metro with 80HP can still go over 120.
dont ever say something like that again.
