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Originally Posted by S2000man01
around the 130mph mark. you'll be limited to that. there's that whole legal thing about a manufacturer being required to limit a car's speed to a speed = or less than the maximum speed rating on the OEM tires.
Thats a 
thats on the net!There are no speed limiters on "most" cars.
^^^^I really don't think there is either I think that you would hit the rev limiter in 5th. I however am not going to try I get a bit nervous at around 120 in a civic LOL. I think that a auto tops out before the end of 4th however and I am not sure why??? Hmmm maybe there is a speed limiter. Oh well the fastest that I want to go is 110 or so in my car
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
hm, my old carbeurated escort had a rev limiter. so do crotch rockets that aren't EFI. but i dont know anything about your car so whatever works. lol
what year was your escort? and was it a coil-over ignition?
my 2000 Buell, non EFI has a rev-limiter due to a digital ignition.
my 1982 Celica, carbed, does not it has a anolog ignition.
engines with out computers, carbed, cap and rotor, or points ignition DO NOT HAVE REV-LIMITERS, they have RESTICTOR PLATES that limit the output of the engine by limiting the intake. you can still rev till a rod goes through the hood.
didnt your daddy teach you how to work on old school cars???
Well, it was about three days ago, and I was going 210 down the freeway in my bone stock '05 LX. I realized i was running out of room and decided to shut off the jet engines and deploy the chutes. The heat from the jet engines melted off my APC wing and euro tails. Then...........
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The fastest ive gone in reality was like 117.9, eh, we'll just say 118 to make me an official "racer". (stock 5 speed LX.)
btw: no genuine honda parts were harmed by installing apc in the telling of this tale. ALL JDM FOR ME!
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i woke up.
The fastest ive gone in reality was like 117.9, eh, we'll just say 118 to make me an official "racer". (stock 5 speed LX.)
btw: no genuine honda parts were harmed by installing apc in the telling of this tale. ALL JDM FOR ME!
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I hit 146mph at VIR (virgina international raceway) with my svt focus with a JRSC. I still had about 1000 rpms left.
Just to let you guys that will call bs there was a stock svt focus on the dyno that just did a speed run and hit 171mph at the rev limit.
Just to let you guys that will call bs there was a stock svt focus on the dyno that just did a speed run and hit 171mph at the rev limit.
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Originally Posted by pon55
Thats a thats on the net!There are no speed limiters on "most" cars.
federal law requires auto manufacturers to limit the cars to a speed lower than the maximum safe operating speed of their tires.
since the civic comes with H-rated tires from the factory, federal law requires honda to have the car speed limited by under 130mph (actual), the maximum safe operating speed of the tires.
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Originally Posted by 7r4c3r
what year was your escort? and was it a coil-over ignition?
my 2000 Buell, non EFI has a rev-limiter due to a digital ignition.
my 1982 Celica, carbed, does not it has a anolog ignition.
engines with out computers, carbed, cap and rotor, or points ignition DO NOT HAVE REV-LIMITERS, they have RESTICTOR PLATES that limit the output of the engine by limiting the intake. you can still rev till a rod goes through the hood.
didnt your daddy teach you how to work on old school cars???
my 2000 Buell, non EFI has a rev-limiter due to a digital ignition.
my 1982 Celica, carbed, does not it has a anolog ignition.
engines with out computers, carbed, cap and rotor, or points ignition DO NOT HAVE REV-LIMITERS, they have RESTICTOR PLATES that limit the output of the engine by limiting the intake. you can still rev till a rod goes through the hood.
didnt your daddy teach you how to work on old school cars???
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
lol nope he didnt, so that's why i'm learning as i read your posts.
oh, that was good. really.
go ahead and rag on me cause im proud of my old skoolin.
"gotta love my 64, my RA64."
at least i can drift.
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Originally Posted by 7r4c3r
oh, that was good. really.
go ahead and rag on me cause im proud of my old skoolin.
"gotta love my 64, my RA64."
at least i can drift.
go ahead and rag on me cause im proud of my old skoolin.
"gotta love my 64, my RA64."
at least i can drift.
by the way i had an 86 escort. jesus that thing sucked. lol
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Originally Posted by S2000man01
lol so can i.
by the way i had an 86 escort. jesus that thing sucked. lol
by the way i had an 86 escort. jesus that thing sucked. lol
yeah, S2000, the only Honda id want to own.
a friend of mine drives an old escort, OMFG do they suck.
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ive hit 123 in my sisters del sol si,,, shifting to 5th actualyl slows the car down , so fast it can go is redline 4th...
my old civic dx, i hit 124 with a new ecu...
my current car, all motor hit 148mph... i had about 500rpms left, but i didnt want to see how fast i could blow it... if i had the gearing for my turbo setup now, i would go into the 180+... but i dont so.... it pulls like mad at 140mph... pulls on my buddies 2001 ws6 with mods at 140... like hard... and we had his up to 168 and stopped...
ive had my moms stock civic ex 97 up to 123 i believe it was, either 123 or 117...
but im thinkgin about getting a ls tanny for it and large tires and getting it clocked....
hopefully into the 160-165 range shouldnt be hard..
my old civic dx, i hit 124 with a new ecu...
my current car, all motor hit 148mph... i had about 500rpms left, but i didnt want to see how fast i could blow it... if i had the gearing for my turbo setup now, i would go into the 180+... but i dont so.... it pulls like mad at 140mph... pulls on my buddies 2001 ws6 with mods at 140... like hard... and we had his up to 168 and stopped...
ive had my moms stock civic ex 97 up to 123 i believe it was, either 123 or 117...
but im thinkgin about getting a ls tanny for it and large tires and getting it clocked....
hopefully into the 160-165 range shouldnt be hard..
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man just browsing old threads, and i do alot of searches... just trying to gather info, so i can help others, and remember when i post in a thread, then someone needs info i remember that thread like instantly so i can copy and paste it for them
The top 10 list also helps.
I wanna revive threads that were cool, or had good info
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I wanna revive threads that were cool, or had good info
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^^ nice im sure with 236 u couldve hit more. ran out of space? u know ive always wanted to go those desert flats way out there in the middle of nowhere. you know? where they do all those speed tests and it just looks liek a huge dried up lake...that place is awesome.
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Hit 145 in my s2000 also didn't feel like had to much left in it might hit 160 if i had 10 minutes and like 10 miles of road. Wanna try to top it out but still haven't had the ***** if i do it i will make a video and post it.
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Re: your top speed
90mph in my '02 EX Coupe...
130mph in my '95 Taurus. At that point I just go scared as I was coming around a long sweeping turn in the middle of the night. It had A LOT more left in it. I'd like to top it out someday... Probably about 180ish mph.
130mph in my '95 Taurus. At that point I just go scared as I was coming around a long sweeping turn in the middle of the night. It had A LOT more left in it. I'd like to top it out someday... Probably about 180ish mph.
