civic top speed continued
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i think all ur comments r dumb, you are all a bunch of ricers, i cant believe u think ur d17s can get up to 180, are u fcukin serious?How nmany cars go 180, much less an economy car.
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Rep Power: 0 Well the first time i tried to see how fast i could get mine 01 dx maual i got to 113 and the gov. kickedin. I didnt redline it in 4th though. The next time, i redlined it every gear oncei hit 113 it kinda kicked in and then it just let me go and i hit 118 but i had to slow down.
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he is right about top speed and all. i hit the limiter in my 02 lx 5-speed today @ 114 mph while still in 4th gear with about 200 rpm to go plus all of 5th gear. i belive his calculations are right.
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Originally Posted by Metallica454
Oh and there seems to be something going on about drag limited and hp, well even if you had 1000hp your car will always be drag limited unless you change the way air moves around your car, so you don't need anymore hp to get to your 160mph top speed, just a long enough road. I'm not sure who was talking about it, I dont really care, but being limited by drag means that the air going around and behind your car is so fast, its creating a strong enough vaccum so that it actually pulls your car backwards thus keeping forward acceleration from happening. Horsepower wont save you from aerodynamics.
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Originally Posted by AznChinksta
if all ur civics can go to 160 and up then all my friends with faster cars can top 200...
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Originally Posted by AznChinksta
i think all ur comments r dumb, you are all a bunch of ricers, i cant believe u think ur d17s can get up to 180, are u fcukin serious?How nmany cars go 180, much less an economy car.
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Originally Posted by AznChinksta
im not tryin to flame, but be real a d17 cannot go 177 miles an hour....
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Originally Posted by AznChinksta
well then wouldnt this be tru for most cars if u removed the governor?
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Originally Posted by ricergribbs
no, it all depends on their gearing.
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1st lesson don't argue with S2000 
. He is smarter than most people on this site, except me because I have a degree and he does not 
(J/K S2000). Second, though believe that your calculations are correct (yes I check them). The scientist in me says we must test this hypothesis. So to the first step how do I remove the speed limiter (that kicks in at 110 if you all must know) from my car?? The next step is to find a GIANT hill that can use the forces of gravity to push my ex manual to its geared potential 
(step one must be completed before we even think about step two). Maybe I should wear a helmet hmmm 
. He is smarter than most people on this site, except me because I have a degree and he does not (J/K S2000). Second, though believe that your calculations are correct (yes I check them). The scientist in me says we must test this hypothesis. So to the first step how do I remove the speed limiter (that kicks in at 110 if you all must know) from my car?? The next step is to find a GIANT hill that can use the forces of gravity to push my ex manual to its geared potential (step one must be completed before we even think about step two). Maybe I should wear a helmet hmmm 
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about removing ur governor, i know my friend (well my friends uncle but i know him pretty well) has a computer program that can remove the speed governor from ECU's. dont ask me how but he already did it to his grand am, and actually he got some extra ponies out of it too lol. ok but yeah he said he doesnt have any program to do it to imports but there are some out there just gotta find someone with it.
about removing ur governor, i know my friend (well my friends uncle but i know him pretty well) has a computer program that can remove the speed governor from ECU's. dont ask me how but he already did it to his grand am, and actually he got some extra ponies out of it too lol. ok but yeah he said he doesnt have any program to do it to imports but there are some out there just gotta find someone with it.
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Originally Posted by thiscrackerntam
amen, but this thread sucks because this debate will never be resolved.
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Originally Posted by thiscrackerntam
^^speak for yourself
beleive me i have tried i am almst back to stock now mang. i
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Originally Posted by ricergribbs
^ READ!!!
about removing ur governor, i know my friend (well my friends uncle but i know him pretty well) has a computer program that can remove the speed governor from ECU's. dont ask me how but he already did it to his grand am, and actually he got some extra ponies out of it too lol. ok but yeah he said he doesnt have any program to do it to imports but there are some out there just gotta find someone with it.
about removing ur governor, i know my friend (well my friends uncle but i know him pretty well) has a computer program that can remove the speed governor from ECU's. dont ask me how but he already did it to his grand am, and actually he got some extra ponies out of it too lol. ok but yeah he said he doesnt have any program to do it to imports but there are some out there just gotta find someone with it.
Originally Posted by ricergribbs
well seeing as u just completely changed ur argument i cant disagree with u anymore. ur previous one was that our civics could never reach this speed due to air resistance and vacuums, and now its sturdiness of parts? yes i agree that our civics would just plain old fall apart at those speeds, but it doesnt mean that its not geared to go that fast.
i thought it was a common saying but w/e
First off I HAVE READ lol
i think what this thread is trying to tell us is the potential of our transmission.. the only problem which everyone is discussing is the engine. which is a very big problem. (a big slow problem) yes i do believe our transmission can get us up to 160-170 mph the only problem is that maybe people arent realizing that doint simple things like a turbo or a bunch of bolt ons. will not be enough to do this i mean get real unless you have endless road this wont happen because you have to realize any car can do this "if the conditions are right" so in the long run our car is nothing special really. why dont we all settle this and find the guy who is running 500 whp on this forum and ask him what he has gotten it up to because im pretty sure he is on our transmission.
sidenote: i dont really agree with this all im just trying to make sense of it to myself , oh and btw i think our fifth gear absolutely sux and is there just to keep rpm down on highway speeds.
(im curious as to what calculations you did exactly...-not tryin to be a ****-)
i think what this thread is trying to tell us is the potential of our transmission.. the only problem which everyone is discussing is the engine. which is a very big problem. (a big slow problem) yes i do believe our transmission can get us up to 160-170 mph the only problem is that maybe people arent realizing that doint simple things like a turbo or a bunch of bolt ons. will not be enough to do this i mean get real unless you have endless road this wont happen because you have to realize any car can do this "if the conditions are right" so in the long run our car is nothing special really. why dont we all settle this and find the guy who is running 500 whp on this forum and ask him what he has gotten it up to because im pretty sure he is on our transmission.
sidenote: i dont really agree with this all im just trying to make sense of it to myself , oh and btw i think our fifth gear absolutely sux and is there just to keep rpm down on highway speeds.
(im curious as to what calculations you did exactly...-not tryin to be a ****-)
Originally Posted by ncirom2003
buddy im not tryin to get in a lil gay argument with you here but when i said to get to those speeds you would "need to be on a huge straight highway with wind to our backs" its an expression... me and my friends use it mocking people when they say they reached speeds that they cant like this girl that told us she reached 158mph when she took out her chip.
i thought it was a common saying but w/e
i thought it was a common saying but w/e
Originally Posted by ncirom2003
First off I HAVE READ lol
i think what this thread is trying to tell us is the potential of our transmission.. the only problem which everyone is discussing is the engine. which is a very big problem. (a big slow problem) yes i do believe our transmission can get us up to 160-170 mph the only problem is that maybe people arent realizing that doint simple things like a turbo or a bunch of bolt ons. will not be enough to do this i mean get real unless you have endless road this wont happen because you have to realize any car can do this "if the conditions are right" so in the long run our car is nothing special really. why dont we all settle this and find the guy who is running 500 whp on this forum and ask him what he has gotten it up to because im pretty sure he is on our transmission.
sidenote: i dont really agree with this all im just trying to make sense of it to myself , oh and btw i think our fifth gear absolutely sux and is there just to keep rpm down on highway speeds.
(im curious as to what calculations you did exactly...-not tryin to be a ****-)
i think what this thread is trying to tell us is the potential of our transmission.. the only problem which everyone is discussing is the engine. which is a very big problem. (a big slow problem) yes i do believe our transmission can get us up to 160-170 mph the only problem is that maybe people arent realizing that doint simple things like a turbo or a bunch of bolt ons. will not be enough to do this i mean get real unless you have endless road this wont happen because you have to realize any car can do this "if the conditions are right" so in the long run our car is nothing special really. why dont we all settle this and find the guy who is running 500 whp on this forum and ask him what he has gotten it up to because im pretty sure he is on our transmission.
sidenote: i dont really agree with this all im just trying to make sense of it to myself , oh and btw i think our fifth gear absolutely sux and is there just to keep rpm down on highway speeds.
(im curious as to what calculations you did exactly...-not tryin to be a ****-)
