1996 Cavalier Top Speed

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hello
I have a 1996 cavalier 2 door. At about 88 mph with the pedal to the floor the engine studders and it seems it wont go any faster. Does anyone know what is wrong with my car? Thanks

[Classicrocjunkie]

um...I can save you a lot of money on your isurance and tell you not to worry about going faster than that.

[Classicrocjunkie]

I was just messing with you man. It was a joke. What kind of transmission do you have and what was the previous owner like? There could be alot of reason why it dosn't go faster than that. Your speedometer could be off. Your tires aren't the correct size for when it was orginally caribrated, your rev limter has a default, the throttle cable could have been moved are downsized...there is a shit load of possibilites man. If i was you, don't worry about it too much. It would cost you a shit load to try and figure all of the possibilites out. Thats the reason for the previous comment.

[losingxposer]

Why would you want a Cavi to even go above 80? I mean come on.

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by losingxposer

Why would you want a Cavi to even go above 80? I mean come on.

Why not?

[-Jayson-]

well 80 MPH isnt that much, i know id want my cavy to do about 95MPH atleast.

[slicshake]

Cav's can do more than 95. Well mine can at least lol.

Got a 96 2 door with a 5 speed manual. No aftermarket parts nothin right know.

Got to 115 and the gov. kicked in. well i asume 115 becasue as you know the spedometer stops at 110 and as one click after it, i assume that's also where the gov was set.

~Note~ This was done going up and down hills, got to 115 going down, droped to about 108 on the ups, i assume it could do 115 on flat if it can do 108 on a decent grade

Also car rattles and shakes like a beothc, and there's alotta wind/road noise... its fun!

[-Jayson-]

well i know my Z24 will do well over 130 MPH if i remove the governor, but i dont want to go that fast.

[slicshake]

yea, i would also like to note,

i'm never going to get near 115 i a cavalier again.

it was late, and i was dumb, still had stock tires. bad things could have happned

[Kujoe]

Well...my 96 Cavi LS can get maxed at 102mph...thats when that damn chip kicks in and hits under-drive.

But thats as fast as it got....and within 3 miles, ate 1/8 a tank of gas.

Fun times.

[NickA62]

i have had mine up to bout 95 and still had pedal left. I have a 98 caviler.

[Frank G]

I have had mine just about 100 mph, without any problems but with 100,000 miles on mine, Id dont want to kill it (Or me)

I cruise on the highway about 85ish.

97 Cav 2.2L Auto
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7Lv8

[01Cavy]

I have and 01 4 door auto cavy and got it up to 100mph on the interstate without any problems.

Didn't take it any higher to max it out, but i'm sure i wasn't far away from the gov. kicking in.

[vaineo]

I have a 96 2 door 2.2L and got it up to 95 no prob in 4th. Then the road started curving so i eased off.

[Kujoe]

Heh, My Cav has about 130k miles on it...almost 140k funny tho seeing that its still got that kind of speed in it atm.