how fast and is it limited electronically

 

I believe I read somewhere that it was limited to 140 with the top speed being 147 mph (stock).

 

Definitely over 150. When I hit my top speed my speedo was over 150mph. I dont know how accurate it is, but i'm sure its somewhere around that ballpark.

 

147 or 148

 

I think there is a govener at 147.....although I'm sure it could go well over 150mph!!!

 

My speedometer hit 150 at like 5 k in 4th gear befor cut off

 

With a six speed it is a bout 210 mph. That 6th gear is tall and has an aoutomatic 50 shot of NOS. The slush box is about 180 if u launch right.

 

Car and Driver tested a top speed of 149mph in the July 2002 issue.

 

There are no governors on Hondas based on speed of the vehicle. If anything, you hit the rev. limiter instead. You probably hit red line in 5th (or 6th) than hit some artificial governor-regulated speed set by Honda.

All Hondas these days are limited by drag in top speed. Governors are what's on BMW's and M-B's in the USDM. They can go faster but are electronically limited. Governors and rev. limiters are two different things, by the way.

 

There are actually software governors in our car though that limit speed.

 

Really? I'm surprised. From all the Honda following I've done, I never came across any new Hondas with governors in them. Most of the magazines say "Top speed: 1xx (drag limited)" for Honda vehicles.

Would the CL and/or TL be the first Hondas to have governors in them, then? And have you felt how the governor kicks in and how the car feels at the top speed?

And I wonder why there are governors in place. I'm guessing Honda didn't want to put Z-rated tires on the Type S models. But who knows?

 

According to the FAQ it is 147 mph limited by a "speed limiter". I've presumed this is ECU software controlled. Chod's FAQ quotes MotorTrend.

 

I dunno if it was a rpm thing or a speed thing, but I guarantee my old 95 2-door accord cut off at exactly 120. Hit it time and time again...

 

hmmmm... I had a 95 4 Door accord LX V6 model and hit 137... doesn't sound right to me imho... I have a pic on my HD of a CL/TL going 150 MPH in 5th gear at 6,000 RPM on 1/4th tank of gas.

 

The govenor on my car limits it to 148.5 calibrated, 150 on the speedometer.

 

The numbers and results in the various mags change all the time (140, 147, 149, 150, drag limited, etc)..

The speedos and tachs – in the cars -- are generally optimistic...

The top speed testers have produced pictures with the CLS doing 150+ (on their speedo -- and it is not going to be dead on).

The car definitely has an electronic speed limiter and if not for that limiter would be able to exceed 149 MPH in “dead/still air”.

(Without the top-speed limiter, you would see a number of people coming here with tales of hitting 160MPH+ and given a 10-20MPH tail wind, it would be plausible... )

 

Probably about 147MPH. Or it could be as high as you can get it before your tranny suddenly shifts into 2nd gear and your engine blows up. One or the other.

 

wrong the governor is set at 120 on civics and actually jettas. raced one and we both stopped at 120 was only at 5000rpm witn a 7000 red line