I have a question regarding the speed limiter in my 2003 clp. I noticed that as soon as I hit 4th gear my car doesn't accelerate as it did in 3rd gear and doesn't even engage the vtec. Is there anyway around the limiter?

 

in 4th the vtech does not engage until like 190km/h or so so u gotta give it gas in 4th until u gain 10mp/h then it's right around vtech

 

The limiter is built into the ECU. Why are you even driving that fast?

 

who cares why they're driving that fast it's where and when that matters.

i still have not topped my car out :-( never had the room i wish one day i'll geter done.

 

You need to redline 3rd before shifting to 4th to get it to shift at a spot that wont drop out of vtec

 

I was racing my friends gst, and I had him until I hit 4th gear at 80ish and he started pulling on me and catching up to me and passed me. Now his car has a few bolt ons and mines stock but I am just wondering if you can tweak it or something?

 

Also what is a clp redline?

 

You hit 4th gear at 80mph??

Redline is 6300 and fuel cut off is 6600.

 

Yea I believe it was 80something and ok thanks.

 

dude u go well over 100mph in 3rd before shifting. my car says 170ish.

dunno what u are doing shifting at 80

 

Well have a clp not a cls so maybe something is different.

 

3rd (if using ss or gate shifting) will go much further.

 

There is NO limiter restricting any thing. the only limiter is the speed limiter at 149 mph.

 

Well from what I've heard Cls have a limiter of 150 while clp have it at 130. Also heard that there is a limiter in the clp that slows your acceleration down as it gets into the triple digits. As in you dont accelerate as fast. Now correct me if I am wrong

 

news to me

 

That would all be wrong "i heard" info.

 

When I had my cl-p I've done around 135mph before so I don't know what's your problem. Use the tiptronic mode and shift very close to the rev limiter.

 

My TL-P (same ecu, same car just 2 extra doors) would hit the limiter at 149

 

if there was only a road flat and straight enough. around me at least

 

Well when I was testing out my car I hit 130 and it felt like I was stuck there, but I didn't stay for long because i was running out of road, or maybe the power wasn't there and the car was slowly accelerating and I just didn't notice. Also I am investing money into my cl-p and i was wondering about what is better, getting a AEM CAI or a icebox?

 

5-speed Sequential SportShift automatic transmission with Grade Logic Control
Ratios (: 1):
1st: 2.563

2nd: 1.551

3rd: 1.021

4th: 0.653

5th: 0.470

Reverse: 1.846

Final: 4.428

 

Well I tried shifting at 6300rpm in 3rd and I believe I was at 100 and it dropped to 4th at 4500rpm or around there.

 

dude u need ROOM to get the car up to top speed just because ppl say they've gone faster in their car doesn't mean they did it in the same time u were thinking. 4th gear is a terrible ratio from 3rd so u literally need to hit vtec before it gets going again.

 

Oh I know. I just thought there was a limiter on the clp that keep it at 130. And also yea man 4th gear is crap and th gear. But I am about to get DC headers and from there convert my clp to a type s. I have been asking questions about just doing a engine swap but no one has given me a straight foreword answer everyone I ask says you should have bought a type s but I didn't. I can find a Cls engine for cheap and al, pretty much need to know is if it's a direct fit or will I have to modify the engine and other stuff to get it to fix?

 

the motor may be cheap but u always need to tear it down and make sure u're putting in a good motor, plus u'll need new ecu, seats, dash cluster, sway bars and so much more. to convert ur car to a cl-s would be as much probably as u selling ur car and buying a 6 speed.

and it'll never fly in 4th gear like u want it to. my car has 230whp and it's still annoying when u get into 4th. much better now than before when it was stock but still, if u like going that fast, cl6 is the way.

 

both cars fuel cut is 147mph according to acura. speedo is way off at that point. Using a garming GPS I was able to hit 148.7mph and the speedo was reading 156 on a 2002 CL type S. You pretty much have to run third gear all the way to just before fuel cut to avoid the slowdown that you get when you go into 4th. From what I have seen third is good for about 120mph or 190kmh if you wind it all the way out to 7.1K before shifting (CL-S) 2nd gear is good for 79mph....WOT

5AT 1-3 are close together and 4-5 are the overdrive gears meant for fuel efficiency, not speed.