96 Accord Governer

[Drunk_Monkey]

On a recent road trip to Atlanta I had to pleasure of running into a couple of Integra's on the Freeway, anyways we all decided to push our cars a little and once my car hit 110 or so my governer kicked in and I was left in the dust by my new friends. Basically what im asking is does anybody know how to remove the governer?????????

[EliteAccordPH]

I too have a 96 LX and my governor kicked in at 110. You can get your ECU reprogrammed but you won't go that much faster if your tires and besides it isn't that cheap either to get a few more mph top speed.

[hondaman-iac]

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[JasonAccord98LX]

My car hit some sort of governor/rev limiter at an indicated 138 MPH. It like made this quick buzzing sound, which bumped it back down to like 135, then it hit 138 again and did the same thing. I think the engine was turning like 5200 RPM in 5th gear. I reached this on a slight downhill, the car wont do anymore than 134 or so in a straight line. Im sure this isnt the actual speed, but thats what the speedo says. Drift would probably know more about this, but im pretty sure that its a rev limiter, or possible a fuel cutoff which happens at a certain RPM in top gear.

[5speedaccord]

I was trying to see ho fast i could go tonight and i hit about 105 but it seems to accel very slowly up to 105. is that cause of the gov or will it stil accellerate at that rate with out the gov???

[drift]

all Hondas are governed at 200km/h, about 120mph. the only exception i know of would be the Prelude and ITR... they arent governed. my prelude has no governor... i've redlined 5th gear.

i heard some American built Hondas are also without governor... but my Accord is US built, but is also governed.

they incorporate a fuel cutoff. once you reach the governed speed, fuel is cut by the ECU. you can have this programming removed by any of many chip reprogrammers. the best known and arguably the cheapest would probably be Jet.

if you were to have an ungoverned vehicle, the top speed would be regulated only by gearing and motor output. maybe your gearing would be too low for your motor's output, and reach top gear redline even tho your car is still pulling (the case with my Prelude).

if your motor doesnt have enough output, and gearing is not a limiting factor, you'll hit a point where the motor cannot overcome the force of air as you travel, thus drag becoming the limiting factor.

[drift]

Originally posted by 5speedaccord
I was trying to see ho fast i could go tonight and i hit about 105 but it seems to accel very slowly up to 105. is that cause of the gov or will it stil accellerate at that rate with out the gov???

governors dont gradually slow your acceleration... that's drag slowing you down.

[1989 DX R]

The 01 Accords have the governor set at 95 mph. sucks doesnt it?

[toilet_ninja]

They have governer bypass things that run about a hundred bucks. I'm not sure where you can get it though.

[JasonAccord98LX]

Originally posted by 1989 DX R
The 01 Accords have the governor set at 95 mph. sucks doesnt it?

I would need to see some proof before I believe that. No offense.

[1989 DX R]

Well, i cannot offer proof like a picture, but my dad's 01 has the governor set at 95.

He was driving west Texas, and wanted to save some time and test the car, it was only 12000 miles old. He has never experienced a governor, but he described it as "I hit 95 and then i couldnt go faster. I had plenty of rpms left, and pushed the pedal all the way, but it stuck at 95."


Thats all the proof i can offer. Its a 2001 LX Sedan, so maybe trim levels have something to do with it?

[JasonAccord98LX]

thats really weird. i have a 98 lx and it doesnt cut out until an INDICATED 138. maybe the 2001's have their ecu's programmed differently. also, this could be way off, but was it a rental car before he got it? cause often times rental companies limit their cars as to how high they can rev and how fast they go.

[Dahmin8]

ECU re programming seem to be the likely answer. 110 mph is the fastest I've gone in my Accord and when I tried to go faster it seem to accelerate really slow. So I just discontinued trying to pull a higher speed. Does anyone know the top speed of a 90 Accord LX and when the gov kits in?

[1989 DX R]

Originally posted by JasonAccord98LX
thats really weird. i have a 98 lx and it doesnt cut out until an INDICATED 138. maybe the 2001's have their ecu's programmed differently. also, this could be way off, but was it a rental car before he got it? cause often times rental companies limit their cars as to how high they can rev and how fast they go.

He bought it brand spankin new with only 18 miles on the clock. Probably is the ecu programming.

[ShockJon]

Just topped my wife's 93 accord today!! 115mph..... But it seemed to be pulling the gear pretty good!!! I think I could hit 125+ Without the gov!!! Yes you can call me crazy!!! The car is slow off the line but after that it's a train!!! LOL