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i was going to school tihs morning and the highway was complety open, it was a straight stretch, of about 5 miles, no turns, no cops no other cars. so from my speed of 80 i dropped it into 4th and wanted to see what it would do. At about 103 i shifted into 5th and the rev limiter bounced and shut me down at 130. in only took it up to that speed because i knew there were no cops because i had just got off the phnone with my friend about 5 minutes earlier, that had pasted the same strip, and i have never sceen a cop on this stretch in my 5 quarters of driving to school. And it was clear of all traffic besides a little light traffic in the right lane of a 4 lane highway. So, to anwser the question of our cars it is in fact 130.

 
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you have a dx? ... dx's top out at 115. .. unless they changed it for 04

 
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^^^ex computer and d17a2

 
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oh ... then ;P

 
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fun fun

 
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dam i thought our cars topped out at around 120-125

 
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bingo

 
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co-sign.

There is a lil cpu in the ecu that says "hey, stop lying, you know you can't do 130 in me"...

 
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well it is slightly down hill and the needle hit 130.

 
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yeah the ecu will limit you at about 130

 
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nice i have had my ex up to 125. is there a way to disable the limiter?

 
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There probably is but its probably very hard!

 
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yeah but i believe you wont have any use of your spedometer

 
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just do like the guy with the 240 on pimp my ride. First buy an aftermarket tach. Then have your buddy ride beside you and tell you how fast you are going at a set RPM.
That **** was hilarious when X was mocking him.

 
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why would you have a need to go past 130 in a civic?

 
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ok......this has been posted before.......we dont have speed limiters ok.....we just dont have them...we have REV limiters...once we redline in 4th gear (AUTO) or 5th gear (MANUAL)....whatever speed yur at is how fast it'll go

 
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yes you do have a speed limiter. why? because your redline in last gear in both the auto and manual transmission exceeds the speed rating on the oem tires. therefore, ntsa and dot require that a speed limiter be set on the car that is equal to or below the maximum speed rating on the tires. it's a federal law.

so yes, you have a speed limiter that should be between 130-135 on the ex.

 
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Mine is limited to 112mph I don't know how you would get to 130mph, unless the limiter is different between model years

 
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no it's trim level that determines if your limiter is lower than 130

 
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and speedometers can lie. 130 may only be 127. or 125. factor in aftermarket wheels and it could be even slower than that. or faster. so this debate may never have a totally accepted answer for how fast the max speed is for those who only believe the speedometer.

 
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I'm thinking it may use a particular rpm to determine when to give the random misses on the ignition coils which cause the car to limit it's speed.

 
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not another one of these threads...

 
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Just go buy an HKS SLD and be done with it Mr. I drive 130 with no cars but there were some in the right lane.. lol

 
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ok well my setup is 205/40/17, (a little smaller and about 15 ounds lighter than stock than stock), stock suspension at this time, cai, and axel back, and a tuned VAFCII. i have everything else stock for winter. i do agress that maybe the speedo may be off, but shouldn't be by much.

 
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4% from what i remember when i plugged those into the TC here on the site...only cuz i run those same tires and they set up these speed things here in CA in a construction area...my needles point at 80 and it tells me i'm doing 77...could be i didn't align my s7 guages correctly either, but still....so yeah, i agree the speedo is off
edit: i freaked myself out going 120 one time...i dunno how long you were going for...

 
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hahah i hit 130 all the time only when i going down hill

 
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I hit 130 all the time to... wait... nm

 
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Yes that is why if you have a auto you will get to a point around 5k and your tach will just sit, I could never get past 5K-5.5K in 4th I rode it for over 1 min. I think that a manual may limit the same, but since there is no trany position info to and from the ECU I think it is different. That is why with my auto ECU and manual tranny I don't think that my speed is limited. I was at 125 around 6K and still pulling just fine.

 
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bah, everytime I drive off a cliff i hit a good 200-210mph.