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Topic #35071 58 posts Started by Kodak
Kodak
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What's up 6g!!! I have a ST which 140 on the dash. I know that cars have restrictors on them and stuff, but damn I topped out at like 120mph. I found this out when I was on the highway racing my friends hemi powered Charger on the way to a business meeting. You guys know who won that one. : laugh.gif I was wondering if the ST was supposed to "cut off" at that 120 mark or if there is something wrong with my car.

This post has been edited by Kodak: Mar 17, 2006 - 10:31 PM
Kwanza26
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there is a hard limiter at about 115-125mph depending on the size of your tires. Not all speedo's are perfectly accurate... but yes... it is limited. The car barely has enough power to make it up there anyways... hehe
"It's ok to be naked girl... I'm an artist!"1995 AT200 Celica ST:stocked out daily driver...1984 AE86 Corolla GT-SR5:silvertop 20V 4AGE project car jacked up with goodies...1991 SW2x MR2 n/a:bare bones hardtop model soon to be...
Kodak
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there is a hard limiter at about 115-125mph depending on the size of your tires. Not all speedo's are perfectly accurate... but yes... it is limited. The car barely has enough power to make it up there anyways... hehe

Ha ha!!!! Thanks for your reply. I was beginning to think that no one was out there. If I got someone to take it off would that hurt my car?
Kwanza26
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Ha ha!!!! Thanks for your reply. I was beginning to think that no one was out there. If I got someone to take it off would that hurt my car?

the actual rpm limit isn't much more than 120mph anyways... and I don't reccomend you doing it or anything.
"It's ok to be naked girl... I'm an artist!"1995 AT200 Celica ST:stocked out daily driver...1984 AE86 Corolla GT-SR5:silvertop 20V 4AGE project car jacked up with goodies...1991 SW2x MR2 n/a:bare bones hardtop model soon to be...
lagos
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please, dont drive that fast. there is no need for that and you are just risking your life and everyones around you.
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yyet
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please, dont drive that fast. there is no need for that and you are just risking your life and everyones around you.


agreed. A quote that my brother told me, "Turn heads driving slow."
Cutrara
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6GC speedometer goes up to 150 wink.gif
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You can temporarily disable it by interupting the speed signal to the ECU, but good luck getting the car to go much faster.

Link: http://evilspeed.com/Speed_defeat.htm
QUOTE (cjh4l22 @ May 15, 2009 - 4:02 AM)hey, nice mod does it come in hetero?Need parts?I'm parting out a '94 ST
Batman722
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good link Alex, I was going to post that.

Art, you are 100% correct smile.gif

also, the car only goes that fast for a reason, any further pushing above the "max" can cause serious internal damage. It is designed to be a economy vehicle, not a performance machine wink.gif
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burneeed
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alex with you and I in your st I dont think that thing would go over 110mph.
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Bitter
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:lol: if you havent won by about 50 you're not going to win you're just going to do a ricer fly by.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
j0e_p3t
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why are you trying to drive so fast with a 115 hp car anyways. i'm sorry but our cars are slow. do a swap if you want, but i've accepted the fact that my car will never be fast. so just as long as people never find out how slow it actually is, i'm happy. "turn heads driving slow." something my car is extremely good at.
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nader
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:lol: if you havent won by about 50 you're not going to win you're just going to do a ricer fly by.


laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif
yyet
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On another note... I never broke 100 in my car yet... freeways in Hawaii: to small, to short, to CROWDED. frown.gif

Yet
BLADDER_MASTER
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Don't know how fast I go (Broken speedo), but I've hit 6krpm in 5th gear on my 3S-GE several times. Fun, but dangerous, even though the car feels very stable.

This post has been edited by BLADDER_MASTER: Mar 18, 2006 - 4:44 AM
Celicav
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I think the fastest I have hit was 100 mph in my GT, and that was probably for only a few seconds. I think getting up to 120 is pretty risky esp in the ST...I woulda been crossing my fingers that I was not gonna crash or bust the engine up.
Conwa
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Mine hit 135 at a german freeway.
Its a European ST with no mods at all.
alexjb
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There's a WWII airfield near me that has infeilf race track and a central 2 1/2 mile landing strip that we test construction machines on and my JDM import indicated 140mph untill I ran out of airstrip, realise that this is realistically maybe closer to 130 but this is with a 3fe engine not beams.

Didn't hit a limiter of any description though, anyone know what revs the limiter hence max theoretical is for the 140hp 3fe powered car?
A plesant chap with no ulterior motivesGen 6, 97 ST202 Jap import.
crismillencolin
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Mine hit 135 at a german freeway.
Its a European ST with no mods at all.


Really ??? i Have a 3sfe GT and it cuts at 112mph but i dont think it would go much faster .

This was on crail airstrip in fife - bugger doing that on a road , too many idiots out there to be driving that speed biggrin.gif

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There's a WWII airfield near me that has infeilf race track and a central 2 1/2 mile landing strip that we test construction machines on and my JDM import indicated 140mph untill I ran out of airstrip, realise that this is realistically maybe closer to 130 but this is with a 3fe engine not beams.

Didn't hit a limiter of any description though, anyone know what revs the limiter hence max theoretical is for the 140hp 3fe powered car?

well my 3sfe has a limiter (Jap import) at 112 mph - its a new engine too (6ok)i dont think it would ever ever ever sniff 130 mph
351.5bhp RWD TT
j0e_p3t
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Mine hit 135 at a german freeway.
Its a European ST with no mods at all.


is that mph or km/h?

This post has been edited by j0e_p3t: Mar 18, 2006 - 1:19 PM
ss-iii splitters and 404 skirts areon. which means i need to update my sig.
BlackSTX
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My ST Auto will barely hit 100. I had to turn off the O/D and go downhill and finally hit 105.
tim86
#22
topped the celica out once... got up to 125, but as stated before, its very dangerous and i would not do that again... too many risks, especially other peoples lives
Bitter
#23
at those speeds the spedometer can be off by 10% or more, so that 125 may have really been 115 wink.gif
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
Kodak
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QUOTE(lagos @ Mar 17, 2006 - 11:01 PM) [snapback]409442[/snapback]
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please, dont drive that fast. there is no need for that and you are just risking your life and everyones around you.


agreed. A quote that my brother told me, "Turn heads driving slow."

Driving at 120 mph was exciting yet scary. The only reason I was driving that fast was because my friend and I was running late for a business meeting. No cars were on the highway so the only death involved would be mine as the hemi-powered charger was like eight car lengths ahead. tongue.gif I really don't intend on doing this again unless an emergency happened. I just thought the car would do at least like 130mph though.

Oh and I was wondering why would crismillencolin 3sge cut off at 112 and my ST at 120?
BLADDER_MASTER
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QUOTE(lagos @ Mar 17, 2006 - 11:01 PM) [snapback]409442[/snapback]
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please, dont drive that fast. there is no need for that and you are just risking your life and everyones around you.


agreed. A quote that my brother told me, "Turn heads driving slow."

Driving at 120 mph was exciting yet scary. The only reason I was driving that fast was because my friend and I was running late for a business meeting. No cars were on the highway so the only death involved would be mine as the hemi-powered charger was like eight car lengths ahead. tongue.gif I really don't intend on doing this again unless an emergency happened. I just thought the car would do at least like 130mph though.

Oh and I was wondering why would crismillencolin 3sge cut off at 112 and my ST at 120?


I believe all JDM vehicles are limited to that speed. I know mine is supposed to cut off around that same speed, but since my speedo don't work, I don't have a limiter. biggrin.gif
crismillencolin
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QUOTE(yyet @ Mar 17, 2006 - 11:21 PM) [snapback]409449[/snapback]
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QUOTE(lagos @ Mar 17, 2006 - 11:01 PM) [snapback]409442[/snapback]
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please, dont drive that fast. there is no need for that and you are just risking your life and everyones around you.


agreed. A quote that my brother told me, "Turn heads driving slow."

Driving at 120 mph was exciting yet scary. The only reason I was driving that fast was because my friend and I was running late for a business meeting. No cars were on the highway so the only death involved would be mine as the hemi-powered charger was like eight car lengths ahead. tongue.gif I really don't intend on doing this again unless an emergency happened. I just thought the car would do at least like 130mph though.

Oh and I was wondering why would crismillencolin 3sge cut off at 112 and my ST at 120?

I am 99% sure 112mph is the speed imports are limited too...... laugh.gif correct me if am wrong!
351.5bhp RWD TT
alexjb
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I'll check with the guy who imported my 3sfe, most of the card he imports are modified already so maybe limiter was removed already.

Didn't seem like a lot left but definately no limiter.
Next time will check with GPS.

anyone else used gps to check how far out the std speedo is?
A plesant chap with no ulterior motivesGen 6, 97 ST202 Jap import.
CheesyLobster
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I've never made mine cut off and the most I've ever did was 120 (I know it's unsafe and I usually don't do stuff like that)
Cutrara
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alex with you and I in your st I dont think that thing would go over 110mph.

At least my car runs and drives wink.gif

OH BURN laugh.gif
QUOTE (cjh4l22 @ May 15, 2009 - 4:02 AM)hey, nice mod does it come in hetero?Need parts?I'm parting out a '94 ST
burneeed
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haha.... right it does... but we still might have to prove thi theory.
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