stock top speed

[K DASH]

what is the stock top speed on your cars? EFI and carb, is there a large diffrence in top speed?

[shepherd79]

i have got up to 110. but i know my car could do another 30 mph if i had long straight road.

[ryan88lxi]

ive gotten mine (stock 88 lxi 5sp) to 115, and it had some pedal left, couldnt go all out b/c a little traffic on i95, but yeah i think mine could do somewhere around 120 or so, yours could too

[3rd GEN]

ive had mine upto 180km/h about 113mph..
mine is an LX, and i still had room to go

[K DASH]

wow, i didnt think my 98 HP car could go past 110 MPH, i guess i underestimated it

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Originally posted by K DASH
wow, i didnt think my 98 HP car could go past 110 MPH, i guess i underestimated it

Hey I like your sig picture.

I could get my 86LXI to 115 day in and day out, faster that than ment a awfull lot of road.:banghead:

[K DASH]

haha thanks, just my lil something for the board.

hrmm..so that means i might be able to run my friends 2000 Corolla, 'cause hes only gone as fast as 110...intersting

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Originally posted by K DASH
haha thanks, just my lil something for the board.

hrmm..so that means i might be able to run my friends 2000 Corolla, 'cause hes only gone as fast as 110...intersting

I'll bet money that he's got a electronic speed limitor on his corolla.

[kicker1_solo]

Originally posted by K DASH
hrmm..so that means i might be able to run my friends 2000 Corolla, 'cause hes only gone as fast as 110...intersting and you guys are going to be racing at over 110 mph? :confused: :rolleyes:

[DarknessRS]

I've gotten up to 120 on flat road, and downhill I've been up to 140 (I'm guessing since the speedo doesn't go that far)

[K DASH]

late night freeway, its ceartainly possible to go past 110, assuming my car can do it.

and the corollas speedo only goes to 110 anyways, yeah prolly electonicly limited. are our accords electronicly limited too?

[oldriceracer]

no bull, i've gotten mine to 127, it felt like my car was gonna fall apart around me

[smufguy]

the fastest i have gone was 95 mph with a broken, sticky carb. Well, we will see how the efi handles it now.

hey kdash, i love ur art work on ur website. Your extremely talented bro. Good luck in ur ventures. :)

[K DASH]

my website? lol it sucks, dont go there.

in any case ive never gone past 100 on mines cause of traffic, thas why i was wondering.

[ACCORD EX]

180 km > out of road !

MIKE

[Phil]

195km.....

i got a picutre of it at 193km

[K DASH]

wow 120, on a '87 LX! is that car stock? doesnt the 87' LX have 90 HP stock?

[My 89 Accord Lxi]

Man my car must suck then i can only get it up to 105 i think it would have kept going faster but i ran out of road the road i was on takes about 10 min to get to the end if u do 45 so i should have gone to like 130 right? yeah my car sux :(

[DBMaster]

120mph at sea level (Corpus Christi), flat road, and a tail wind.

With a head wind 110mph. Car was only three years old with about 50K miles on it at the time.

Around here I never get enough empty road to do that, but I can hit 100 easy for a short time in the HOV lane on the weekend!

[Microstreak]

corollas are limited upto say 115, i dont know why, but ive never been able to get my car upto even a hundred, maybe its because there too many lights on the damn service road (least traffic although there a bit curvy, you only notice it once u start going 90...)

[88LXi68]

for top speed the DX and LX have an advantage. Your probably saying "they only have a 98hp!" Yea they do but they have TALLER gears which means better highway RPMs. So theoretically you should be able to go faster because you have more RPMs to go. I know! I have an LX-i and a DX, both 5spds. My DX can get to 110 easy and it is about 3800rpms. My LX-i at 90mph is at 4k! I simply run out of gear. When my LX-i was an auto i had it up to 120mph. Fastest i have gone since it was a 5spd is 115mph. So finally the DX and LX can win at something :flipa:

[‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›]

Hmm! Not to sound like a scrooge! But 120hp efi stock going 140mph? Sounds kinda funny!!! I know the speedometer might hover over the 110 or higher!! but arent most stock cars electrocally impossible to go pass a certain speed limit?? I love my 3geezer!! but it does not sound realistic!! Please I know some of u dudes has cai, wires + plugs, but c'mon!! just my 2 cents!!!! WOW our cars going almost as fast as an M5!! Those things top out around 150mph!! :omg:

[DBMaster]

Well, I am not exaggerating the 120mph. I don't know if the car would do it at our current elevation with our crappy reformulated gas, but I had it up that high for extended periods on the back roads in Corpus. These roads were so long and flat that you could practically see the curvature of the earth.

100-110 is not problem at all and I can hit that quickly. The 100-120 takes a bit, though.

[87AccordsterLx]

Well there are a lot of open freeways here so I've gotten her up to 126mph... she's definitly not stock though....:flip: lol... If I still have the pics I''ll post them....

[pimping89lxi]

:bandit:

I took my Lx-i well over the 130 mark. with no hesitation whatsoever and alot of pedal left to push. It comes up quik to 100 fast whenever i want to push it to it! I dont often though, Them cops will get me i know it! But it is stock so i like it! I have left some mustangs behind... Speed Limiter!!!! :flip:

[87AccordsterLx]

hmm... thats interesting... no one has been able to report a 3g with efi even to be able to pass 130mph stock... but it may be your A20A4... I'm not sure... I dont think its possible with the A20A3 though....

[K DASH]

what? 130 with no hesitation?!? plenty of pedal left??!...STOCK!?!?!?

that seems really hard to beleive

[1989se-i]

Ive gotten mine past 130,,, way past

scary shit, especially on shitty tires

[87AccordsterLx]

hmmmmm... pics might justify this phenomenon....

[1989 Lxi Coupe]

I've gotton mine to 112 mph completly stock, it still had more go but I ran out of road. Havent had the chance to test it out since getting my header back high flow exhaust.

[89lxihb 00lude]

lol sorry for bringing up old thread. I was searching for somthing else. I did 118 stock with everything I've done to it I made 125. I also hit 136 round about speedo was buried past where 135 would be. I was racing a box body maxima. Did about 126 level then started on a gradual slope.

BTW the rear wiper does have a speed limit, it's around 135. LOL Sucker stood straight up like a T thought something feel off car.

[BMS]

I can go just past 110, and then it just kinda stops accelerating. I can go faster in 4th than I can in 5th

[3rd GEN]

i recently had my se0i up to the 210km/h mark :)
and i wasn't on the floor

[kicker1_solo]

with only a short ram intake which doesn't add any power I had mine up to 120+, now that I have an exhaust and cai I can easily hit 140.

[EvilPenciler]

I got to 97ish on 70 before I started to slow down to get off at my exit.

[danronian]

While trying to keep up with traffic on the PA turnpike about 90 is as fast as I can go without major vibrations that make you talk funny and shake your whole body. I really dont know what is wrong, but since I usually dont go that fast, I really dont care. It handles great and thats all I really care.

[pip]

i had mine at 180km/h on the 401 and i was still picking up speed, hey phil where abouts do u live in toronto? my name is phil i live in ajax

[BootMachine]

I drive an '87 Honda prelude 2.0L SI with the A20 engine in it (why I'm here)

And MORE than a few times I have opened it up at 4 in the morning on the highway!

When my engine was in its younger years...I could push my car to

228.6 KM/H at almost 8 grand. I measured with a GPS..no way I was looking down at my speedo going that fast!

I could go faster....the power was there but I needed another gear!!!

[BootMachine]

oh yeah...I forgot to mention...the car was totally bone stock except for a CAI and K&N with an NJK Ignition system!

Go A20's

[sporkHSP]

wouldnt the corolla accdelerate a little better. even if your top speed is higher, ud probably be smoked before you got there...
do a search for top speed, i know ive posted on threads like this one before, but im bored. ive gone 100+ (87 LX Auto), and have been at 90 before i ever used the overdrive, but i ran out of room.
However, i have several friends who tell me that i drive my car harder than F***...maybe thats why something breaks every 1000 miles. hmmm...

[Rendon LX-i]

Went 130 and the A20A3 wanted to still pull. yeah these old 2.0 can do some shit.

[Justin86]

When I still had the carb I could hit 120mph now I can get 130mph no prob.

[modu03]

I've had her to 140, of course it was a little bit of a downhill.... 130 on the freeway

[89lxihb 00lude]

I think some of you guys are exagerating a little. I have a cam, header, exhaust, intake, bored TB, MSD ign., and magnecor wires. Along with the whole suspension setup and I can hit 125 maybe little more If I push it. My Prelude will hit 140s and it's got 200hp. Maybe my speedo is off but I find it hard to believe you guys with carbs are getting 120.
NOT Trying to start anything just a just noticing some unusually high speeds.

[BMS]

I think that the 3g can go 130, which I think is kinda funny, cuz the 93 VTEC prelude tops out at...126 I think. Just below 130.

[wprocomp]

I have gone 122 a couple of times but its struggling...and I have a decent amount of mods

[MrBen]

I've had it up to 125-130 (around that speed my eyes are on the road, not the speedometer). I have no problem getting it up to that speed. I even burn oil at takeoff, have 235,000 miles on my car, and it's stock. Either some of your cars run like crap or maybe you just have a weight disadvantage or something. I am not exaggerating, either. If no one believes me, then the next time we have a meet I will prove it to you.

[paulp032684]

lol my uncles 2000 4 dr v-6 vtec accord tops out around 135-140 and it has 230,000 plus miles when it was new me and him got it close to 150 (145-150 to be in closer range) now it pulls to 130 easy from then on is tuff. soon as my 89 dx is runnin i will see my top speed and take a pic when i hit it to prove my top speed shit next time i take my uncles 2000 accord for a ride i take a pic of 130.

[killerx]

i got mine up to a 130 MPH back in 97 in Montana . when they had no speed limit .......i fried my Dist when i did it .put a hurting on the bearings .i overnight my spare from cincinnati next day air. the perks of working at a honda dealer.

[Justin86]

Originally posted by 89lxihb 00lude
I think some of you guys are exagerating a little. I have a cam, header, exhaust, intake, bored TB, MSD ign., and magnecor wires. Along with the whole suspension setup and I can hit 125 maybe little more If I push it. My Prelude will hit 140s and it's got 200hp. Maybe my speedo is off but I find it hard to believe you guys with carbs are getting 120.
NOT Trying to start anything just a just noticing some unusually high speeds.
Do you have a 5 speed or auto cause it makes a big difference. Give be some time and I will hit 160mph. I know it is there but the power is not. I just need to find a longer road cause it will take a long time to slow down from that speed. Just hit the big red button!:D

[accordlxi2.0]

i took the lx to 130.
it still had rpm's left too.
and that was with the stock intake and hatachi dizzy.
it's no lie.
in fact when i get the chance again i'm gonna try it.
my lxi 130 also but it took less amount of time getting there too.

[89lxihb 00lude]

Hey guys go to this web site
http://www.csgnetwork.com/speedcalc.html
put in the gear and final ratios
in the 89 lxi final is 4.066 lx is 3.866
4th is .878 and 5th is .694
to figure tire dia. in inches I'll give an example.
my tire is a 205/50 r 15 to get dia. would use this
205 x .50= 102.5 thats sidewall height
102.5 x 2=205 cause you got a top and bottom
205 divided by 26.4 to convert mm to inches =7.76 in.
then you add wheel dia. 15 to that you get 22.76 in.
on a 195/60 r14 is 22.86
185/70 r13 = 22.81
195/50 r15 = 22.38

This can tell you to some accuracy you speed at that rpm. Those of you with big wheels it can tell you how off your speedo is. Any I figured my car at 6500rpm in 5th would go 155mph which even in it's hey day wouldn't do.

yes Justin I have a manual.

Sorry for the long post I just thought it was cool. More stuff like that at
http://www.csgnetwork.com/automotiveconverters.html

[Rngray5]

I have hit 125ish with my stock LXi -5 speed. it took a long rd( in canada, i wasn't worried about getting pulled over up there) and past 115 it was slow in accelerating. once i got to 125 i hit a wall and it would not go any farther. i don't recommend going that fast on long trips however, 6 hours later my bearings went, and goodbye engine #2

[zero.counter]

Up there in the 120s somewhere a long time ago. I would not dare out her through such a traumatic event again...

[86dxAccord]

It's a fact that Tach's & Speedometers are not accurate. if the speedometer is hovering @ 120mph, u are not doing 120mph.. U can really see the diffrence, when you buy aftermarket gauges. Example! when u rev ur car while on neutral and you hit 4.5k to 5k. it's more like 3k.

[Justin86]

Originally posted by 86dxAccord
It's a fact that Tach's & Speedometers are not accurate. if the speedometer is hovering @ 120mph, u are not doing 120mph.. U can really see the diffrence, when you buy aftermarket gauges. Example! when u rev ur car while on neutral and you hit 4.5k to 5k. it's more like 3k.
Yea the stock gauges do suck but I don't want to add a custom speedo and tach/shift light.

[86dxAccord]

Originally posted by Justin86
Yea the stock gauges do suck but I don't want to add a custom speedo and tach/shift light.

not really needed with an A20. They don't make power past 6k

[89lxihb 00lude]

The stock tach isn't so bad especially when in gear. The slower reaction catches up to the engine under load. IMO big tachs on the dash of cars that unless turbo'd aren't going faster than 15s in the quarter. I believe that would be called :rice: lol

[86dxAccord]

Originally posted by 89lxihb 00lude
The stock tach isn't so bad especially when in gear. The slower reaction catches up to the engine under load. IMO big tachs on the dash of cars that unless turbo'd aren't going faster than 15s in the quarter. I believe that would be called :rice: lol

that made no sence

[Justin86]

But still got the point. If you had a cam you can make power past redline but that is the only way or n20.

[86dxAccord]

Originally posted by Justin86
But still got the point. If you had a cam you can make power past redline but that is the only way or n20.

N20 wont make u faster, it makes u quicker. If you car tops out @ 120mph, it's still gonna top out @ 120mph with Nos. If you upgrade your Valve train, then you can increase your powerband.

[89lxihb 00lude]

what I meant was the factory tach reacts slower than a aftermarket tach. When our cars are in gear there not going to accellerate fast enough to make a difference. Except maybe in first.

[PortugalFocus]

Got my 89 DX 4 Door up to 115mph once on a wet road with K&N Exhaust, NGK plugs and wires and someone else in the car.....

[Justin86]

Well n2o will give you more power and a higher top speed. The true top spees of the 3G with a 5speed is 160mph but we don't have that power to get there. That is why everyone can only get around 120mph cause it takes a long time to accelerate up to that point due to the lack of power.

[A20A1]

Originally posted by DarknessRS
I've gotten up to 120 on flat road, and downhill I've been up to 140 (I'm guessing since the speedo doesn't go that far)

The speedo goes all the way back to 0 and stops on the needle.
I don't know how good the mechanical speedo is... plus you have to take into account the wheel size.

I know my transmission slips a lot once I get up to 125... I don't go much over 70 since my right front tire wobbles... I don't want to end up like oldschool #1

[RED LXI]

I do'nt know if my car is a freak but i can do 115 in fourth gear easily. the fastest i've been though is about 126mph on the 826 hear i n miami. I go over 110 almost every other day.:smokin: , especially when I'm commong from work at night.

[Justin86]

Yea the speedo actually pegs out just before 0 or about 165mph. I made some custom gauges that continue on to that point. Just need more power to actually get there.

[1988_5spd_lxi]

I GOT MINE pass 110mph. i don't know the exact nomber, too busy focusing on the road. but i know i can go to 130mph. i had so much room left in 5gear, rmp at about 5000. i am too scared to blow my engine(i love her!)

[Justin86]

Originally posted by 1988_5spd_lxi
I GOT MINE pass 110mph. i don't know the exact nomber, too busy focusing on the road. but i know i can go to 130mph. i had so much room left in 5gear, rmp at about 5000. i am too scared to blow my engine(i love her!)
Just imagine if you built the top end to make the redline about 7500. We will need a bigger speedo! :D

[TWOLOUDNPROUD]

I been up to 130 but the is how far as my speedometer goes after my speedometer starts to bounce

[mugenprelude86]

why are your guys's cars so slow?? well maybe not slow but, i mean err no top speed. my prelude i've wound the speedo right off the end thats over 220 km/h. i also have a handheld gps and at 1150 ft elevation the fastest i have gone is 138.9 mph. then i ran out of road.. another time we used cardboard and taped all openings on the front end. That time the speedo was right off the end aswell but the rpm came right up into the 6800 range and if i'm not mistaken our limiter is factory set at 7250.. this is the run that made me buy the gps

[chaos]

If this shit is true than I might just have to take the A20 out of my old accord and put it in my GSR.

I had my LX-i out on I93 going down a hill trying to keep this civic from passing me once, and it was maxed out around 115 or so. This was right after I had a tune up as well. The accord is in good shape and had about 175,000 miles on it, no oil burn.

I haven't taken my new car past about 125, but car and driver says they tested the 1992 GS-R and it reached a top speed of 136 mph on flat ground at their test track.

[Justin86]

Originally posted by mugenprelude86
why are your guys's cars so slow?? well maybe not slow but, i mean err no top speed. my prelude i've wound the speedo right off the end thats over 220 km/h. i also have a handheld gps and at 1150 ft elevation the fastest i have gone is 138.9 mph. then i ran out of road.. another time we used cardboard and taped all openings on the front end. That time the speedo was right off the end aswell but the rpm came right up into the 6800 range and if i'm not mistaken our limiter is factory set at 7250.. this is the run that made me buy the gps
Thats pretty good, and I have the same problem with running out of road. I'm not sure what the rev limiter on the lude is but on the accord it is about 6800.

[mugenprelude86]

i have got a pic around here somewhere of my speedo i'll post it up when i find it

[mugenprelude86]

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/205000-205999/205854_70_full.jpg

here ya guys go

[Justin86]

Originally posted by mugenprelude86
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/205000-205999/205854_70_full.jpg

here ya guys go
Watch out I'm too fast. :D

[mugenprelude86]

you mean watch out i too am fast, RIGHT.... right...

[Justin86]

It was directed to you but it could go both ways. :)

[edgar]

I have maxed my speedo but that was on 110 octane gas...the engine was stock does that still count?...lol anyways my car will get 120 easy and its stock.

[BMS]

If the head was taken off and cleaned good would this restore lost power or would I need to go deeper and get a cam that's not worn and some new piston rings and the like? I have about the power I should at lower speeds, but would my engine just having a lot of miles make it 20-25 mph slower than all of yours?

[IWLSF]

129mph, fastest I got after like 5 attempts on a highway at 6AM, like one car every 10 miles. Nice and flat. First thing I did when I got my DSM was go 130mph, just to set a new personal record.

[89 Accords Rock]

236 km/h on the 401.

[mugenprelude86]

there are many factors why you car may be slower than others: Lights up or down? windows open or closed? sunroof open or closed? a/c on or off? wheel/tire overall size compared to others. Basically top speed numbers are a combination of: Horsepower, Weight, Aerodynamics, Gear Ratio (transmission+tires). If you have a 100 hp car that weighs 1700 lbs and is very aerodynamic (no bumper vents, close to the ground) with a good set of highway gears in it, 140+ mph is achievable (ex. CRX, lowered with a civic 4 door tranny). If you have a 200 hp car that weighs 3200 pounds not quite as aerodynamis and still has good highway gearing, you probably only hit 130 mph(97+prelude stock). Weight does not mean as much as HP vs Aero vs Gearing, but weight also makes a difference. If there was no wind resistance we would be able to keep accelerating until we blew up our engines or hit rev limiter.

[mugenprelude86]

the reason why my car may be faster than some of yours is the prelude is more aerodynamic than the accord (windshield slope, hood roof and trunk lines and the way the air flows off the trunk lid), i probably have around the same hp, or a little more than the average here, but my car is lighter (gutted for track), and closer to the ground than others (89 prelude bumper), and also i used an accord 4 door transmission in my car (longer 5th gear). so not only is it more aerodynamic, but it has more power less weight and higher gear ratios so that i can be in my powerband (peak hp) with a higher wheel speed, when you guys may be in your power band with a lower wheel speed. many little things all add up to a mph here or there. Like i said before, my highest speed hit so far was with all windows up, sunroof closed, lights down, and all frontal openings or cracks (hood, grille, bumper vents, window trim, etc...) on the car were taped and cardboarded up. i have not gotten that one on gps but it will soon

[Justin86]

Or you can just add more n2o until it get faster! :D Then you can say hey I went 160mph but blew my engine!

[mugenprelude86]

or you could say hey i own an 86 prelude, no nitrous, and the basic bolt on's and i ran 160 mph by being smart and doing the couple things that made it top out faster.... haha.... but i don;t think i'll be able to get anything over this for speed

[ChaseR]

not a top speed but its still pretty damn cool. there was still pedal left and while following that corvette we got to about 116, at that speed I wasnt basly enough to take one hand off the wheel to take a picture. I was behind him becuase he had a Nice radar detector and everytime he slowed down there were cops so it obviously worked. http://members.aol.com/magman2x4/speedo.jpg

[BMS]

I see part of a picture anyway...

[ChaseR]

fixed now

[BMS]

I finally got my car up past 100 the other day. It was really cold, good straight with no cars...got to about 107 and then decided that if a cop saw me I was screwed to backed off.

[lilphillie78]

i was racing a 1.6 integra (93) and we were going down a hill that was real steep and about 4 1/2 miles long and the last time I remember looking at the speedo was at 135+ and I was only at 4000 rpms in 4 th I almost never get it into 5th whent I'm tryin to go fast. I was scared shitless. But i still beat a vtec

[Justin86]

Nice I should get someone to take a pic for me. If you don't want to take you hand off the wheel at 100 try it at 135 on a bumpy road. :D

[89 Accords Rock]

I topped mine out at 236 km/h last nite, No lies. Have the pic of the speedo! just gotta develop and shell be posted!

[momo8517]

Yea, I topped my 90 accord out at 120....dont have the pic to prove it, but i plan t get one soon. once i get off probation i'll do that more often (btw, i didnt do anything stupid, i just got my license on june 30, and theres a mandatory 6-month probation here in New York State)

yea i know its a 4th gen, but i wish it was a 3g...but, for $300, im not gonna complain...its only problem is the rust hole (im not gonna bother describing it because theyre in the same place on every honda.)

[Justin86]

Yea, I topped my 90 accord out at 120....dont have the pic to prove it, but i plan t get one soon. once i get off probation i'll do that more often (btw, i didnt do anything stupid, i just got my license on june 30, and theres a mandatory 6-month probation here in New York State)

yea i know its a 4th gen, but i wish it was a 3g...but, for $300, im not gonna complain...its only problem is the rust hole (im not gonna bother describing it because theyre in the same place on every honda.)

Yea I had to do that BS too. If my birth day would have been three months sooner I would have made the cut off date of when they put all that shit into effect in Oregon. I was so pissed cause all my friends go off clean even though I have been driving since I was 11 and I can still work them today.

[cmzinner]

two weeks ago, i got my 89 LXi 4door up to 105mph on 417 in Orlando. It didn't much like it. It has 251k.

also note, I had the A/C on too...December's just too damn hot in florida - performance be damned if I'm gonna sweat.

[ChaseR]

heres another... Everytime I get it higher I never have my Camera... This is the best shot I have when I Have the cam.
http://members.aol.com/magman2x4/speedo2.jpg

[cmzinner]

using cruze there?...I'm too paranoid to use cruze when i'm "at speed"....(and i'm a fearless pilot)...(jj about the fearless part - fearless pilots are dead ones)

[accordlxi2.0]

damn our cruise control can work up at that speed???
when i had the beretta it was limited to 90mph.

[ChaseR]

yes sir I was using cruise control, this was on an open New mexico road where there are NEVER cops so i open her up and make a 2 hours drive 50 minutes or less.going up the hill like I am there it lost about 5 mph and then got it back on the other side of the car. my tires are S rated and thats 112 mph so i dont want to exceed that for fear of tread falling off! ive gotten to 116 before but the thought still erks me, lol

[Justin86]

well I haven't really been able to top mine out but with some new work I did it pulls hard up to 120 and that is where I stopped cause it was rainning at the time. :)

[HondaManDan]

1988 LX sedan completely stock.... 125mph on the highway, it had a little more, but not much...

[cmzinner]

every time i push it into the 100s I feel like I'm taking miles away from the life of my tired beast....need to finish college on with this baby.

[cmzinner]

I'd rather just save money by driving this old honda for as long as possible and then getting a Mooney and going fast in that (160 kts = 180mph).

[accordlxi2.0]

no offense cm, but i know some guys on this board drive 2x harder than some of us and they have over 400xxx miles on their 3g.

[cmzinner]

no offense cm, but i know some guys on this board drive 2x harder than some of us and they have over 400xxx miles on their 3g.
yeah, that's fine, but mostly I dont' go fast because I can't do driver's school again for another year.

[accordlxi2.0]

oh . . . . .i hated driver's school.

[momo8517]

Yea, my boss beats the hell out of his 3g, with 650k on the ticker (and still ticking!) I have no idea how anyone could ever drive a car that much, but i guess it is getting up toward 20 years old...it was made in december 85, and he bought it in january 86. and its still his daily driver.

[ChaseR]

well iwas born in February of 86 and im 18 on the 5th of febraury, so that makes the car 18 years old, lol... $650,000 thats a lot of miles, any rebuilds or anything?

[HondaManDan]

no bull, i've gotten mine to 127, it felt like my car was gonna fall apart around me

Wow that's nuts. I've had mine up there and the ride only got smoother the faster i went. Then again what kinda set up youhave? I was on brand new stock-shocks at the time and my tires are 6 inches wide. So that may have something to do with it.

[BITESIZE]

I've had mine to 130, and my car rides smooth as glass, except for the loud exhaust.

[$mokenB'$]

i dont have a 5th gear right now but in 4th it hits 100 at 5000 rpms.

[carfreak]

On a nice level road i got mine to 120 mph... but with some help of a hill i got mine up to 135 mph

Its so cool to see your speedo maxed out

[K DASH]

Wow, its been well over a year since I started this thread. Ah, i'm so much more wise about my accord now. After I rear ended some riced out Integra on the freeway a few months ago i'm driving a lot more carefull now, paying more attention. I swear if I get another car it will have ABS. The integra was messed up good too, his fiberglass bumper was falling apart, whilst I had two small dents in my hood, haha.

[FoX]

I think i have a problem... I have a 1988 honda accord LXi and it is efi. well anyway, i went to a local race track strait away, its like 5 miles long. anyhow it took me no time to reach 60mph, but when i got up to that my car was running really rich and wouldnt barly get past 95mph like starving for air... i have a cold air intake so do you think it may be timing?

[A20Accord]

i was racing a 1.6 integra (93) and we were going down a hill that was real steep and about 4 1/2 miles long and the last time I remember looking at the speedo was at 135+ and I was only at 4000 rpms in 4 th I almost never get it into 5th whent I'm tryin to go fast. I was scared shitless. But i still beat a vtec


Integra's are 1.8L not 1.6L..

[Morpheus]

i was racing a 1.6 integra (93) and we were going down a hill that was real steep and about 4 1/2 miles long and the last time I remember looking at the speedo was at 135+ and I was only at 4000 rpms in 4 th I almost never get it into 5th whent I'm tryin to go fast. I was scared shitless. But i still beat a vtec

Yah, tegs are 1.8. 4000rpms in 4th does not equal 135 mph. :rolleyes:

[Morpheus]

not a top speed but its still pretty damn cool. there was still pedal left and while following that corvette we got to about 116, at that speed I wasnt basly enough to take one hand off the wheel to take a picture. I was behind him becuase he had a Nice radar detector and everytime he slowed down there were cops so it obviously worked. http://members.aol.com/magman2x4/speedo.jpg

Yah, thats about as fast as my 3gee ever went with me in with my uncle driving. It starts to feel like its really moving going that fast. It still had more but he backed off.

[MrBen]

Beg to differ. JDM Integras had a 1.6L. http://www.torontoracing.ca/video/tech_hndacodes.html

[A20Accord]

Beg to differ. JDM Integras had a 1.6L. http://www.torontoracing.ca/video/tech_hndacodes.html


Dats funny, according to that chat the 86-89 Integra are 1.6L. Yet he said he raced a 93, which can be either 1.8L or 1.7L

[MrBen]

Or 89-91 Integras.

Yeah I didn't take into account he said 93. Whoops.

[nswst8]

I was on a run down to Daytona, Fl on I-95, 1st time I got to 110mph then the sunroof wind deflector started to vibrate "almost crapped".
Second time around I took the deflector off just in case I had an opportunity to try again, took it to just past 125 and the front end started to shake. So
i figured since it was only stock and probably in need of new bushings I'd better back it off.
Funny thing is that there was no one on the road at all after St Augustine, FL just past a Hwy patrol giving someone a ticket, there was two of them, so I figured I had a good shoot at topping out.
Can't wait to upgrade with the mods.
NSWST8 :cheers:

[Bioforge]

i've found that the stock motors werent meant to go above 100 with a cracked radiator....I was going about 130 (almost had it pegged) when the car overheated, and just shut down from overheating...you want to talk about a scary feeling, no power anything over 100 scared me shitless.btw, this is with an 89 lx-i

[sccrsteve5]

i got my 88 LX sedan to 95 on a 4-lane divided highway going around curves and that stuff, not straight at all, passing cars but not at 95, probly like around 85 at pass but it didn't feel like i had much more that that 95 at all, probly at 4k rpms but it still felt like it wanted to slow down to 60 or 70...any ideas what to do?(all stock)

[Bioforge]

fuel filter, plugs, the usual prob need to be cleaned....just cleaning it up makes a world's diffrence in the performance.

[Morpheus]

i've found that the stock motors werent meant to go above 100 with a cracked radiator....I was going about 130 (almost had it pegged) when the car overheated, and just shut down from overheating...you want to talk about a scary feeling, no power anything over 100 scared me shitless.btw, this is with an 89 lx-i

What was scary about it?
Should turn like nothing p/s or not going that fast.
Brakes arent that hard to push without the booster. :werd:

[Bioforge]

granted thats all true...but when was the last time you have a car completely shut down on you in traffic, with 2 semi's trying to get payback on you for cutting them off 2 miles back...Honestly It was the dumbest thing I ever did, and because I narrowly escaped with my life (along with my buddy who was with me in florida) I have learned when to TRUELY run on the interstate and when not to....And I will never in my life cut off a truker again...those f#@$# come after you with a vengance if they ever see you again.

[sccrsteve5]

cleaned? what cleaned? EVERYTHING?

[HaccordR89]

my personal best is 128...takes a little while to get there. i'll have to check it again now that i have the lude tranni though

[Ravenix]

ive gotten my car up to 100 going down a very steep hill and it felt like it was going to fall apart around me, but then again it prolly has something to do with my really fucked alignment/suspension and stock steelies with 3 bald tires and 1 good one. and my carb is dying out on me need to put the new one on. yea i really messed up my suspension and shit when i went sideways over a median in the rain and almost rolled off a very steep embankment, and by rolling i dont mean on the wheels.

[soljaboy2000]

I've gotten mines to 80mhp but I'm scared to go faster cuz it broke down while on the freeway twice and they say 3 strikes, your out!!!! LOLOL

[asid_9]

my old lx-i hatch w/ 5-speed went to 125 spiunning 4000 rpms it could go mor i just didnt have the balls. My dx auto hatch does 107 top

[Bioforge]

cleaned? what cleaned? EVERYTHING?

pretty much ya, just refering to what I said, and the air filter, the o2's can be cleaned with a bench top grinder(the polishing side obviously), and an improvement I have found is running synthetic in the tranny (if u have a manual)...runs alot smother in gear.

[sccrsteve5]

i have an auto so probly no synthetic and i'll get up to cleanin it soon. thanks

[HaccordR89]

synthetic in the tranni huh?? i use 50 weight and its awesome for lubeing the gears, keeping the syncros from going out and shit, next time i change it i'll try the sythetic though

[Corey's89]

I got my 89lx up to 145 or so(neighbor on a harley told me) with a shaved and worked head on a rebuilt motor. oh yeah then blew the motor up. not good!

[AD9SloAccrd]

i got my 89 LX up to 110 and probably could have pushed it more but decided not to because a ticket would have sucked bawls

[cdscowboy]

Got up to 107 on flat ground in my 89 auto coupe. It's been a while since I've tried, and I've done some mods since then.

[Lok]

MY CAR, HONDA ACCORD 1.6 EX ( 88Hp/6000rpm-12.4Kg.m/3500-weight:1060Kg) HAS MAX SPEED 110mph (~175Km/h) .
I reached this speed several times....

[jagojon3]

I didn't know 3Gs came with a 1.6???

[Justin86]

I got my 89lx up to 145 or so(neighbor on a harley told me) with a shaved and worked head on a rebuilt motor. oh yeah then blew the motor up. not good!
Thats pretty intense. I haven't had a chance to go for top speed since summer time but now my max with out going bigger tires or increasing the redline is about 150mph if I can find the the right road with no traffic.

[x3r0]

Thats pretty intense. I haven't had a chance to go for top speed since summer time but now my max with out going bigger tires or increasing the redline is about 150mph if I can find the the right road with no traffic.

Me and my friend used to race, he has a 2002 Kia, the coupe, and I had a mustang.. he would win all the time.. when I got my accord, we raced... I cant remember the speed, well my speedomter was maxed, i think its 120 or 130mph... Stock everything, but the carb is cleaned up and adjusted a lot to my liking. Definitly didn't take me long to get to that speed, we have a lot of freeways with lots of str8aways. I'm getting a better carb, dunno how that will improve my speed since my speedomter cant really tell me more :-)

[mattalica]

I've had my 87 accord lxi hatchie up appox.128 mph!!I drive the 15 freeway south in Escondido and can get up to top spped in about 6 mi. + or -.I did recently have my speedo checked by local law enforcement!It's accurate!(73 in a 35 on Thanksgiving!!)$693 later I invested in a radar detector that works pretty good.If I can fix my rev limit problem I KNOW I can go at least 135.My mods to the engine are pretty simple right now new Venom injectors and an APC 3" straight thru muffler which ,by the way makes my car sound awesome!!Other than that...stock.My baby is EFI w/very clean intake 7mm "nascar" plug wires and simple nippon/denso v-groove plugs.

[Accordtheory]

Anyone who says their accord has done much over 115 is completely full of shit, unless their car is heavily modified or they were going down a steep ass hill... If you don't have forced induction, etc, and you say you were doing like 130, then you better post a picture of it before you expect anyone to believe you. I do have forced induction, by the way. (Mitsubishi big 16g turbo/ additional injector controller/J&S Safeguard knock control, etc, etc)

[accordlxi2.0]

i have to say these car's are capable of going at that speed so. some may take longer to get there and some maybe quicker.
and i can say on my granma's grave i went past 115.
and it was'nt a steep hill either it was chicago highway.

[A20A1]

There is a 1.6 L
It's the the A16AX I believe. He's from Greece so...

[Dragonfly]

My car is still in the adjusting stage lol after taking the vacum lines out.. i have only had the balls to push it to 100 mph so far ehhh im working up to it :beat: i cant get anuther point on my licesne or thier gone for 3 years

[Bioforge]

Anyone who says their accord has done much over 115 is completely full of shit

full of shit eh? tell you what, come get in my car, and tell me I am full of shit....if you know how to drive, and how to take car of your car, you can get up to 120 fairly easy.....and if I go racing tonight, i'll take a pic and show you whos full of shit :-D

[Accordtheory]

let's see the pic...just be careful if you're the one taking it

[Accordtheory]

Also, I said "much over 115", 120 isn't that much over 115.

[accordlxi2.0]

why don't you try the saerch other's here say they pegged the speedo, and some have picture's too!

[MrBen]

Haha I will take a picture of my engine, and of my speedo at 125mph on a stock engine.

"Anyone who says their accord has done much over 115 is completely full of shit"

Lol, funny... *checks self* I'm not full of shit.

[accordlxi2.0]

lol funny . . . ghetto

[mattalica]

I've had my 87 accord lxi hatchie up appox.128 mph!!I drive the 15 freeway south in Escondido and can get up to top spped in about 6 mi. + or -.I did recently have my speedo checked by local law enforcement!It's accurate!(73 in a 35 on Thanksgiving!!)$693 later I invested in a radar detector that works pretty good.If I can fix my rev limit problem I KNOW I can go at least 135.My mods to the engine are pretty simple right now new Venom injectors and an APC 3" straight thru muffler which ,by the way makes my car sound awesome!!Other than that...stock.My baby is EFI w/very clean intake 7mm "nascar" plug wires and simple nippon/denso v-groove plugs.
Since I posted this I have put a new exhast system on my baby and I have a pic if my speedo at something like 130!!!no shit!I will post it in my sig as soon as I get them back which should be some time next week.ASs for being full of shit I also checked myself and....a liitle pee but no poop! :gun: :rocket: :321:Hey this is my 100th post.No longer a newbie am I!!

[i.c.]

70 MPH WOOT!my car is never gonna be fast....

[accordlxi2.0]

shit it should b you have a dx, lighter than most of us

[ChaseR]

why would a DX be so much lighter?

[accordlxi2.0]

cause it has no powersteering, power window's, rarely no a/c, power mirror's, has only 2 speaker's, and mostly come's with a 5speed tranny.

[MrBen]

DX has power steering and has four speakers.

[accordlxi2.0]

are u for real i was at a bone yard and found a dx and the back were the speaker goes was covered up.
oh as for the steering i guess i was wrong

[A20A1]

Some DX's have the holes in the netal but not the board in the back... nor does it have the grills for the speakers... I had to cut some out on my DX. It does have PS though... just not a power center console and power mirrors and windows.

[Bioforge]

YES, finally stoped raining in Atlanta...I can actually venture out into sunshine(well kinda)....I'll make a vid of 100-pegged this friday if it doesnt rain....also, now that I think about it I am full of shit, so if you'll excuse me I hear February's issue of s.i. calling my name. :cheers:

[litvik627]

i got my stock 89 Accord LX up to 110 with 4 ppl in the car, i have a picture too of the spedometer

[accordlxi2.0]

you can do better. . . .but do it responsibly, ;)

[mattalica]

i got my stock 89 Accord LX up to 110 with 4 ppl in the car, i have a picture too of the spedometer
Dude I dig that your going faster but,when u try for top speed u should only do it by yourself on an empty road or empty freeway.I caught myself haulin' ass on the freeway the other day at about 2:00 pm plenty of traffic and I flashed on the wrecks I have seen and slowed down.I also had my son in the car,he was having fun but what if I blew a tire at 120mph???I did blow a tire last week at about 70mph and that was a bitch!I don't mean to sound like an old man but...if u crash at 110mph with 4 people in the car someone is probably going to die!Would u want to live with that?Sorry for being such a downer but we have to be more responsible as a community.That being said I'm having trouble posting pic's of my speedo at 130mph!!hehehe!Thanks for reading my sermon,Matt

[MrBen]

Don't ever speed with other people in the car. You are responsible for their life. Only speed when it's just you. That's what I do.

[litvik627]

yeah, i know it was stupid, and i would never do it again, but still i dont know how it hauled that much weight for a 98 HP car

[mattalica]

Anyone who says their accord has done much over 115 is completely full of shit, unless their car is heavily modified or they were going down a steep ass hill... If you don't have forced induction, etc, and you say you were doing like 130, then you better post a picture of it before you expect anyone to believe you. I do have forced induction, by the way. (Mitsubishi big 16g turbo/ additional injector controller/J&S Safeguard knock control, etc, etc)Dude check the sig!!!!!!!No it's not fucked w/ and YES IT DOES SAY 130MPH!!!!!!I don't have forced induction nor was I going down a steep ass hill.I did this on a stretch of road from Lawrence welk drive to El Norte drive appox.2 3/4 miles.yeeehaaaa BIAWTCH!lol :321:

[litvik627]

jeebus rice! i thought i would never see the day

[accordlxi2.0]

daaaaaammmnnn was that in 5th gear too?

[mattalica]

daaaaaammmnnn was that in 5th gear too?
If it wasn't I would be in the redline!Yeah it was in 5th!

[accordlxi2.0]

sorry . . . . .wait i've gotten up to 125 and had rpm left.

[BITESIZE]

I don't see why everybody gets so excited about our speedodometers being maxed out...

[ChaseR]

mettalica, why is your engine temp so low especially with the engine going that fast?

[mattalica]

mettalica, why is your engine temp so low especially with the engine going that fast?I only live a block from the freeway so I'd only driven about 4 miles total when this pic was taken.And my temp gauge only works when it wants to.lol.And it's M-A-T-T-A-L-I-C-A. :cheers:

[mattalica]

I don't see why everybody gets so excited about our speedodometers being maxed out...Dude,are u always a dick or were u just born that way?Don't get all agro just cuz my "fackin' ugly" car that u "would be embarassed to drive around in" is faster than yours!BTW I saw the before and after pic's of your car and that is one sweeeeet ride.I kinda like the roof rack.

[accordlxi2.0]

mine's get like that too, it even went all the way down past the line.
the temp gauge i mean.
and bitesize we get like that cause they're proud that there 19,18,17,16 year old car can still get up that speed and that it's still stock!

[Chicane]

You guys might want to bring along a portable GPS. Factory speedos usually aren't perfect, and they get worse as the speeds increase. Ex: If you're off by 2-3mph when your speedo says 70mph, you're going to be off a lot more at 100+mph. GPS, on the other hand is very accurate at determining speed. When I was in the badlands with my X I did this :)

http://chicane.myftp.org/pics/badlands/pics-Images/41.jpg

As for the LX... eh.. man... I basically consider it an 'around town' car... it really doesn't seem like a good idea to get going real fast with it. I've probably had it up to 85-90, and that was enough. The soft suspension and the engine at pretty high rpms basically makes me feel pretty uncomfortable to go above 75. Maybe some bigger rims and lower profile tires would help it feel more connected to the road...

[accordlxi2.0]

yea..but teh suspensin that i have is'nt what you would say soft...
it's a lil firmer than a lx-i.
engine wise..yea right.....

[Chicane]

Sure, when it's modded I'm sure it's a whole nother story. :) But the stock LX suspension is pretty cushy...

[Dr._8t9LX]

OK, so I was reading this a few weeks ago and on my way home from Marin to Sac at night on HWY 80 I get out ahead of the pack. There is this huge gap of like 5 miles tell the next pack of cars and I am cruzing at 90 mph anyway. So I watch traffic behind and gas it up to 110 and climbing....Suddenly a car in the slow lane behind starts to pull out too.....and I notice a vertical line reflecting between the Headlights. I just coast it and sure enough it is a CHP (the line was his push bumber), my heart drops and I am stressed, but he just blasts on past. :)

about 10 minutes later I come to some construction and he is there with his lights on warning traffic....so he must have been late and lucky for me, that would have been a bad ticket.....

I got an new rebuilt AHA3 under carb with an Auto Trans, and it felt like I could maybe go to 120. I was only a 4500 RPM or something