speed limiter

[SlickDevil]

Originally Posted by Darth_Nuruodo Stock for stock, you're not gonna see a major difference between straight-line acceleration between WRX and STI, at least on the new ones. In fact you may even have more of a problem either from a dig or low roll with the WRX than the STI because of the weight differences. Top end though yeah the STI's gonna shine a bit with the extra gear and different ratios. Big bonus to the STI's the diff in that is bulletproof and the drivetrain will handle the mods better, so once we start talking modded WRX vs. STI then that's a completely different story. Look up the times, WRX is minutely quicker in the acceleration department.

yeah just my buddy is getting a wrx and says from a roll hell take me easy? true or false?

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[Darth_Nuruodo]

Originally Posted by SlickDevil yeah just my buddy is getting a wrx and says from a roll hell take me easy? true or false? Holy Beach Balls Aquaman It's Tapatalk

From a roll I think we are pretty close, specially if you've got the mods/tune dialed in and he's dealer stock. Now from a dig that awd really makes a difference.

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[fortressofcomfort]

Originally Posted by Jake_MS3 I used to hit 155 with no problem when I was stock. Now with the ap I limited it to 160. No reason to go that fast anyways. 40-120 ftw! Sent from my iPhone 4S using Tapatalk

This.

I like to top out 5th gear when the road opens up. That works out to be 130mph ish. No need, for me, to see what 6th gear will do. ,would take too long and imagine standing in front of a district court judge trying to explain that one. Just isn't worth it.

[jordan11b]

Im 21. my dad hasnt touched the car and i bought it. not him. so no he wouldnt put a speedlimiter on it.

[lost]

hmm, mine is 155 only too

but it wasnt on the straight road (slightly curve, trucks in the other lane, windy, so too bad conditions)

6th simply wont allow more..

anyway, can we install 7th there? or lenghtenthe gears somethow ?

[MS6FL]

In for info on a How to: install a 7th gear on a MS3.....

[fortressofcomfort]

Old thread alert.

The reason why your car struggled is because the stock factory tune closes the throttle ALOT starting at 6k rpms and there's also about -5% boost comp in 5th and 6th gears. Open ATR and look at stage 0 and you'll see right away why the stock tune suck so hard big donkey dick.

[Voltron]

Wtf? No bullshit, I bought my speed brand spanking new down in Houston with 18 miles on the odometer, and I literally beat the snot out of my car outta the lot. Houston has wide open roads, especially in the middle of the night, and my shit never saw anything past 140. Houston's a pretty flat city too. Stock, my car struggled past 120, and when I say struggled I mean its like I had a parachute open back there.

Only since modding, have I seen that 150 mph mark, but roads out in NJ suck.

[fortressofcomfort]

Originally Posted by voltron Wtf? No bullshit, I bought my speed brand spanking new down in Houston with 18 miles on the odometer, and I literally beat the snot out of my car outta the lot. Houston has wide open roads, especially in the middle of the night, and my shit never saw anything past 140. Houston's a pretty flat city too. Stock, my car struggled past 120, and when I say struggled I mean its like I had a parachute open back there. Only since modding, have I seen that 150 mph mark, but roads out in NJ suck.

Yeah once you get it tuned and get all the main stuff right (boost, fuel, ign timings, throttle tables) you'll throw it into 6th around 140mph and it will still pull its ass off. If you struggled getting to 130-140mph before then yeah its the stock tune sucking and blowing.

[harryclay]

How fast have some of you gotten? I'm curious what it would top out at, havnt found the right road to do it on safely around here. My gues is in the 165 range fully bolted?

Hit 174 in a built sr20 240sx, pretty wild lol

[fortressofcomfort]

I've read in a couple of reliable sources that without the ECU limiter they will do 155-160 STOCK. Bolted, who knows. Probably not much more. You'll be at 6,500rpms ish in 6th gear and the K04 is fail at that point. I've personally seen an indicated 140mph several times in mine. I wind out 5th to 6k and then shift to 6th gear and gun it for a few more seconds to see how hard its still pulling. That puts me around 140mph before rear bumpers start appearing FAST Funk

[travis9935]

I had mine up to 135 and it was pulling like a freight train!

[GODspeed7]

Originally Posted by travis9935 I had mine up to 135 and it was pulling like a freight train!

Which feels like what in a car?! Because I am a locomotive engineer and pulling like a freight train is pretty slow. Lol

[travis9935]

Ok I had the jedi force pushing me....(for the nerds)

[harryclay]

Yea I've hit 135ish in mine and it was still pulling .. I'm happy with that lol

[travis9935]

Hell it felt more stable at 135 then it does at 65! Really sucked to the ground and rode awesome! (Pretty smooth road of course)

[Steven]

Originally Posted by lost anyway, can we install 7th there? or lenghtenthe gears somethow ?

Bahahahaha, Oh wait, your serious arent you?

[travis9935]

I thought I heard BMW had/wanted to do a 7 sp manual?

[MS6FL]

Yeah I've hit just past 160 then start running out of road or coming up to traffic. Bah.

[MS3MYK]

been to 146mph a couple of times, got there easy and it felt pretty stable.

Sent from my 3VO bitches.

[texasboy21]

I hit 14X yesterday running a S2000. The car felt stable until there was a slight right on the highway, and when applying the brakes.

Im sure its pretty solid compared to a Honda or other POS, but compared to my old DD I thought I was going to fly off the road. Too bad the MS3 isnt awd.

[melbaro]

Originally Posted by texasboy21 I hit 14X yesterday running a S2000. The car felt stable until there was a slight right on the highway, and when applying the brakes. Im sure its pretty solid compared to a Honda or other POS, but compared to my old DD I thought I was going to fly off the road. Too bad the MS3 isnt awd.

Awd won't help you when you hit the brakes at that speed in a turn. Hit the brakes before or just let of the gas, otherwise a significant amount of traction is being sent to the front tires and you'll end up squirming or overturning.

The same happened when I was doing the same top speed run against a STi...he did it and almost shot into me. Luckily I felt stable enough to lightly lay off the throttle and keep going through the light turn at speed.

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[Macncheese]

Mods in sig got me an indicated 145mph.

I'd need a hell of a lot more road to do 155.

[CaptObvious75]

Originally Posted by captain slow Its that hood scoop holding you back son. lets not start a WRX/STI thread. I already did that and it got outta control

FUCK WRX/STi LOOLOLLLOLOLLOOL

On a serious note, fuck WRX/Sti.

[kylec_2003]

I am pretty sure that car and driver says the car is drag limited to 149 with stock horsepower.

[MS3MYK]

Originally Posted by kylec_2003 I am pretty sure that car and driver says the car is drag limited to 149 with stock horsepower.

No way that can be true, I'm basically stock. I was at 146 and still had more to go, alot more then 3mph more .

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[Vinnie]

hit 140 today on my way home from kanakee after installing some internals... she still wanted more though. too many cars!

[radioflyer]

@kylec_2003 el oh fuckin el and that avatar.

Ive gone 155 w/ sri + tih and stage 1 ots map.

[travis9935]

I've read in numerous mags that it tops out at 155 stock

[cesaros]

easily got up past 110, and then pulled to 13X with only a SRI/TIP and a roof rack

There is road out here that is newly paved, straight, and deserted. My buddy took me out there so we could video his Trans-Am..and I ran my car down the road a few times. Easily got up into the 130's before I ran out of road...don't know how anyone couldn't easily pull into the 140's

[melbaro]

Once you hit 6k rpm in 6th it struggles to go past that. From that point it depends on your stretch of road, your balls, or your tune/build.

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[harryclay]

I've seen 135 in mine but it deff had more in it. @doubleflusher I'm sure he has seen plenty of triple digits

[doubleflusher]

My car pulls quite hard in 5th gear.

My speed limiter is currently set to 255, but I've only taken it to 150ish.

Here's a vid of it pulling hard up top.

50 - 140 - YouTube

50 - 140 - YouTube

[texasboy21]

Lets all keep in mind that wheel and tire sizes that are different from stock will throw off the speedo (not much but worth adding); and the speedo on the dash is not to the MPH accurate (GPS is the way to track land speed).

[fortressofcomfort]

Originally Posted by doubleflusher My car pulls quite hard in 5th gear. My speed limiter is currently set to 255, but I've only taken it to 150ish. Here's a vid of it pulling hard up top. 50 - 140 - YouTube

Obv not a K04 lol. Nice setup and its pretty quiet it seems!

[doubleflusher]

Thanks, but it's mighty loud.

I must have had the waterproof cover on my GoPro that night.

It's def not a K04.

[thehead]

I can't believe no one referenced F&F yet... Sounds like you need NOS, make that two.

[Darth_Nuruodo]

^^^ No.

@doubleflusher Very nice, that's some mighty fast accelleration. Haha, love the new redline "My shit revs to ...." Some crazy numbers you're putting down based on your sig. Carry on with being racecar.

[harryclay]

Lol I don't even think my speedo climbs that fast from 40 to 60, that thiing looks mean as hell

[BLK_MS3]

Originally Posted by travis9935 I thought I heard BMW had/wanted to do a 7 sp manual?

The new Porsche 911 has a 7-speed manual. Rumor is the C7 Corvette will as well. The extra gears are not for higher speeds, but so cars can get past CAFE standards without cutting back on anything power/speed wise.