Stock Eclipse GS-X 165 MPH plus?

[Gateway]

A guy at work has a Eclipse GS-X with a huge fart can muffler tip. He said he lost his license because he was going 165 MPH. Can this car get up to that speed stock?

[metalhedskater]

I dont think the speedometer goes up to that speed stock therefore the car would be maxed out on the rpms at the stock speedometer which is like 140 i think id have to look a my car. Plus i think his car would be very unstable at those speeds, but it might be possible if he had a lot of upgrades including a suspension upgrade.

[george536]

the gst stops at 138, but the gsx has no comp. to stop it, so it can go higher than 140 , but not sure how much more than 140.

[JoeWagon]

Mine wouldn't go faster than 140 with an intake, no limiter. 15mph faster is a lot, the difference between a dodge neon and a GSX in top speed.

[kjewer1]

Stock speedo goes to 170 or 180, I think the highest number is not the highest marking. At any rate, I got up to 150 in mine eventually with basic mods but it was a struggle. Its going to take at least double the HP of a stock car to do 165, but I Can't say that from experience. I never tried it again, too boring.

[GSTRacerNVUS]

For those of you with 2g gst's interested in removing the limiter.

http://www.dsm.org/how-tos/speedlimiter.htm

[BoostedSpyder]

i had my speedo un-hooked when i got it back from RRE and that night i got it up to just past the redline in 5th. i have no idea how fast i was going but i hit the limiter around 5500 rpm with it hooked up. under full boost i can ping the limiter fairly easy and under heavy acceleration that is still comming. pushing 18psi to the line is pretty sic...

[1stGenRocks]

i know that a stock 1g gsx top out at 143

[gsxeclipse97]

im sorry but i have a 97 gsx and there is no way that this car stock can go that fast

[kjewer1]

How fast? There must be half a dozen different figure in this thread. PErhaps you mean to say that one or all of the posters in this thread is/are full of shit. OR perhaps you are talking to the original poster/thread title. No way to know due to a severe lack of information in your post.

Please people, be more clear in your posts, its not worth saving 3 keystrokes...

Thats my Public Service Anouncement for the day. Carry on...

[95_GSX]

the fastest i have had my GSX with intake and exhaust was between 135MPH -140MPH and it took it forever to get their from 130. so im going to say this guy is full of shit. something else to consider im at 5000 ft. less air friction, but their is also less dense air going into the motor there for making less power. but either way he is still full of shit. my

[Partizan]

Also, wouldn't the speedo be pretty far off at those speeds? How bad are the stock speedos?

[Andydg]

I topped out at 143 and I'm almost stock.

[kjewer1]

Originally Posted by Partizan

Also, wouldn't the speedo be pretty far off at those speeds? How bad are the stock speedos?

They can be pretty bad. Its often a percentage based error, so as the speed gets higher it does get worse. Thats why I'd rather do 150 at the track than on the street, accurate speed readouts

[Partizan]

That's what I thought, I've only done about 120-130. It's pretty bad traffic around here so I don't like to go too fast with other cars around. Digital speedos are more accurate right?