98 civic speed limiter

my friend and i were just testin out his 98 civic and we got to around 105 mph and couldnt get it any faster. we were only around 4-5k rpm and i was wondering what are the options he has for removing this limit?

I've had mine up to 115 a couple of times (on the safty of a track.. never go that fast on a normal road)... and I've got a 98 EX coupe...
I'll admit, it takes a little time to get up that fast, because the faster you go in the higher gears the less pull the engine has to speed up... if you're going up hill or the wind is blowing against you that might make it difficult to go faster then 105...
Honda's weren't really designed to go that fast in the first place anyways.

yea i definitley learned my lesson going that fast.:finger: The voices in my head always argue with me tho.:argue: :D

fastest ive gotten was iirc, 108MPH...and that was on the Moorsville-Charlotte Speedway, in NC..... aka interstate 77 :-D yes, only do those unsafe speeds on the track....:D
that was in my 92CX....
might've been 109, but i know it wasnt more than 110.
i drive the majority of the way home from charlotte to NY going 90-100....best "lap time" was 8 hours from charlotte to NY, and that was with a full car :D

ive grown outta that tho......i was young and dumb....coulda killed myself doin that. (no, i didnt drive like a complete idiot, i had respect for others on the road...i'd slow down, give them room/priority, etc.)

unless you have an automatic you dont have any speed limiter. the only thing holding you from going faster is power vs arodynamics and mass. the car simply doesnt have enough power to push it forward any faster. personally i have hit the low 140's redlined in 5th gear in the lude, the only thing holding it back from hitting 150's is the gearing. after that arodynamics and power vs mass would kill it. like a porsche 911 twin turbo cant break the 212mph mark simply because there just isnt enough umph at that speed to propell the car against the atmosphere and more.

Hmmm, 120mph (no not in a honda... and coulda kept going but read on) on the Canada Speedway (uhhhh whatever the hell the damn road is to get back to the US... lol) But ummm yeah DONT ever go that fast, then miss your exit, and slam on the brakes and be forced to ditch into a NO U turn strip thats all rocks because there is a tractor trailer ON YOUR ASS not that im speaking from experience or anything :finger:

Removing the limiter? Its there for a reason... to LIMIT your car. Theres a reason theres a LIMIT on your car, not because Honda wants you to drive under 105, but because your car isnt designed to handle anything more. Drop in a new suspension, new ride height, bigger brakes, motor swap so you can actually go faster in the first place, then look into removing it :cool:

135 in my old gs integra, 130 in my civ

the teg was on a very slight decline

You shouldn't be speeding... That's some dangerous shit*

*I hit 136 on the speedo on my Civic Si with only AEM CAI...

i got my 1998 honda civic 4dr lx up to 123 and then the rpm just went back down to 4000 rpm.

I've gone up to 178 in my stock 6genDX standard..car seemed as if it could prob do 185..give or take a few...wind pushes like mad at that speed...highway was empty at the time and no I dont plan to do that anytime soon, not to think of the stress my engine musta gone through

oh thats km/h so dont bring out the bs flag

I've topped my 99 ex manual at 125...on a slight decline of course.

i went 100 up a steep hill in 4th and a want redlining

I got my 01 civix ex to 126mph @ i want to say 6200rmp...but now i don't remember...i guess i'll have to find out again:eek:

you guys must be headed down hill or had a damn stiff tail wind. my car hits 120 and then drops the rpms WAAAAYYYY down. down aroudn 1000 there isn't any play to it either....ithits 120mph and wham...teh motor bogs down...almost like it engages the clutch....i guess it doesn't really bog down, it just slows...

fastest ive gone was 80mph last weekend

ive noticed once you get the speed up that high, its hard to make any more power

Originally posted by sloth01
I got my 01 civix ex to 126mph @ i want to say 6200rmp...but now i don't remember...i guess i'll have to find out again:eek:

dang i heard it isnt good to be hard on news cars that arent broken in

i have over 10k miles on my car. If that's not broken in enough...well i'm screwing up my car...but it's so much fun:)

at 10k on your engine it sould be all broken in. i've been up to 120 and had still had some rpm left but backed off. if you drive a civic don't shift into 5th, the gear ratios and drag dont work together, top speed is achived in 4th gear unless you have altered the gear ratios or are pushing 200+ hp.

Originally posted by 1995HondaCivic
fastest ive gone was 80mph last weekend


hehehe
I average 80mph on the way to and from work every day (depending on how thick the traffic is). That's like the speed limit up here lol
I've been cruising at 80 right next to CHPs and they won't so much as glance over. ;) (...well maybe at MY car, but not the other traffic around me going the same speed :rolleyes: )
I've only gotten my car up to 120mph coming down the Sierra mountains from Reno. I was trying to see where she'd top out at but my radar started going off to all hell and 2 miles later after I slowed down I cruised by one of our '98 Camaro CHP cars sitting on the side of the road. :eek: :D

Here in So Cali, if you are going less than 80mph people are trying to run you off the road.
Every morning I am around 115 on the way to work. Gotta love toll roads!

i've done 112 in a dx auto, i was afraid to go any faster because of the tire rating in the 90s, i hope to beat that with the new tires.

I hit a new high in my car today.....127!

Originally posted by JayFidizzy
I hit a new high in my car today.....127!

Now look what all this 'whats the fastest u ever went' talk did...

If you speed, make sure you're not putting anyone else's life in danger (ie Other cars, passengers...) ...and I do hate to state the obvious

oh yea whats the speed rating on tires mean? No grip above xxx mph?

speed rating is what speed tires can take without falling apart.

No ones life was at risk except my own....I never drive that fast in an area where I could cause any harm to anyone. Its on a deserted road near the beach about a good 5 mile straight run with no entrances for cars to enter the road.

135 FOR ME
but dont worry i live in salt lake near the bonneville salt flats.

What turbo do you have?

Originally posted by i like naked girls
unless you have an automatic you dont have any speed limiter. the only thing holding you from going faster is power vs arodynamics and mass. the car simply doesnt have enough power to push it forward any faster. personally i have hit the low 140's redlined in 5th gear in the lude, the only thing holding it back from hitting 150's is the gearing. after that arodynamics and power vs mass would kill it. like a porsche 911 twin turbo cant break the 212mph mark simply because there just isnt enough umph at that speed to propell the car against the atmosphere and more.

Well Im not really sure about this! I have the european version of the EX with a manual transmission and I have a speed limiter, no doubt. It does exactly at about 112.5 mph stop the engine from going faster and this thing is just a pain on the german autobahn:frog: No really, I dont think u need to go faster than this...

check out my post on how to calculate your top speed:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t34970.html

I have a 97 civic ex and i know there is a gov. on it, how can i take it off, if thats possible

thanks

my fastest was 100 on side roads

check out my post on how to calculate your top speed:
quetzolcotl: you calculations were correct except you orignal numbers are wrong the 1992 hb si came stock with 185/60/14 it's a little bit shorter.

My car pulls hard all the way to 7200 rpm's in 4th and keep's on going when i shift to 5th it still pull's a little on level ground. The speedometer has 130mph on it and i've buried it in 5th with the rpm's reading 6500:sun:

I'm not sure my speedo only goes to 180 mph, and it was past that. :D
I use to love top speed runs on 81 until the messed it up.

hehehehe...i dunno how much i trust speeding on 81..maybe 81 from the mall to the syracuse exit or something tho....
watch out on 88 tho, statie pig got me for an 80 in a 65 :(